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<br /> ISSN 1752-2935 (online)<br /> semiconductorTODAY<br /> COMPOUNDS & ADVANCED SILICON<br /> Vol.5 · Issue 6 · July/August 2010 www.semiconductor-today.com<br /> Intel demos 50G InP/Si link<br /> China driving MOCVD growth<br /> Veeco sheds Metrology business · LED makers gear up for 6”<br /> Emcore & San'an form Suncore · First 100W blue-violet laser<br /> 3<br /> contents<br /> Editorial 4<br /> News<br /> Markets 6<br /> SI GaAs epi market to grow 21% in 2010 · Samsung has Nokia in<br /> sights despite stumble · China LED growth driving MOCVD boom<br /> Microelectronics 12<br /> Nokia-led RFMD's 5% Q2 growth lags 15–16% of Skyworks, TriQuint<br /> Wide-bandgap electronics <a title="Semiconductor Today July/August 2010 page 1" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/2c0232a7?page=1"> ISSN 1752-2935 (online) semiconductorTODAY COMPOU</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today July/August 2010 page 2" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/2c0232a7?page=2"> </a> <a 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