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<br /> ISSN 1752-2935 (online)<br /> semiconductorTODAY<br /> COMPOUNDS & ADVANCED SILICON<br /> Vol.8 · Issue 10 · Dec 2013/Jan 2014 www.semiconductor-today.com<br /> GaN-on-silicon to<br /> extend CMOS fab life?<br /> Fully integrated MBE<br /> for R&D applications<br /> Imec demos strained Ge FinFETs · CZTS efficiency hits 12.6%<br /> Transphorm & Fujitsu GaN device merger · Finisar buys u2t<br /> <br /> <br /> 3<br /> contents<br /> Editorial 4<br /> News<br /> Markets News 6<br /> GaN-on-Si LEDs to grow at 69% to 2020 ·China LED lighting to<br /> more than double by 2017 ·CPV installations to grow 750% by 2020<br /> Microelectronics 10<br /> Imec demos first strained germanium FinFETs · Low-power tunneling<br /> <a title="Semiconductor Today Dec2013Jan2014 page 1" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3fb7bb29?page=1"> ISSN 1752-2935 (online) semiconductorTODAY COMPOU</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Dec2013Jan2014 page 2" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3fb7bb29?page=2"> </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Dec2013Jan2014 page 3" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3fb7bb29?page=3"> 3 contents Editorial </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Dec2013Jan2014 page 4" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3fb7bb29?page=4"> 4 editorial GaN gains increasing impetus In the </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Dec2013Jan2014 page 5" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3fb7bb29?page=5"> 200mm GaN-on-Si Batch Reactor AIX G5+ </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Dec2013Jan2014 page 6" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3fb7bb29?page=6"> 6 news Chinese LED packaging growth driven by li</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Dec2013Jan2014 page 7" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3fb7bb29?page=7"> News: Markets 7 GaN-on-Si LEDs to grow at 69% CAG</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Dec2013Jan2014 page 8" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3fb7bb29?page=8"> 8 News: Markets CPV installations to grow 750% fr</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Dec2013Jan2014 page 9" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3fb7bb29?page=9"> News: Markets 9 Sapphire substrate makers expandi</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Dec2013Jan2014 page 10" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3fb7bb29?page=10"> 10 News: Microelectronics RF Micro Devices adds t</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Dec2013Jan2014 page 11" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3fb7bb29?page=11"> </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Dec2013Jan2014 page 12" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3fb7bb29?page=12"> 12 News: Microelectronics IN BRIEF MACOM launches</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Dec2013Jan2014 page 13" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3fb7bb29?page=13"> </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Dec2013Jan2014 page 14" 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BR</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Dec2013Jan2014 page 37" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3fb7bb29?page=37"> News: Materials and processing equipment 37 Nanot</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Dec2013Jan2014 page 38" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3fb7bb29?page=38"> 38 News: Materials and processing equipment Brewe</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Dec2013Jan2014 page 39" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3fb7bb29?page=39"> News: Materials and processing equipment 39 EVG l</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Dec2013Jan2014 page 40" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3fb7bb29?page=40"> 40 News: Materials and processing equipment Packa</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Dec2013Jan2014 page 41" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/3fb7bb29?page=41"> The end of the rainbow is closer than you think. </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Dec2013Jan2014 page 42" 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