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<br /> ISSN 1752-2935 (online)<br /> semiconductorTODAY<br /> COMPOUNDS & ADVANCED SILICON<br /> Vol.18 · Issue 9 · November/December 2023 www.semiconductor-today.com<br /> Investments and<br /> collaborations<br /> continue for<br /> silicon carbide<br /> Vishay buys Newport Wafer Fab · CHIPS Act funding for BAE<br /> Qorvo selling China back-end plants · BluGlass buys GaNWorks<br /> <br /> THE GLOBAL<br /> LEADER IN<br /> EPIWAFER<br /> SUPPLY<br /> Enabling the Best RF, Photonics<br /> & Power Semiconductors<br /> ‘One-stop-shop’ for III-V & Silicon epiwafer products<br /> 2” to 6” epitaxy ready substrates & polycrystalline materials<br /> Multiple manufacturing sites; Europe, Asia & America<br /> Leveraging 30+ years of compound semiconductor IP<br /> Custom engineered structures; R&D to production volumes<br /> EUROPE: +44 2920 839 400<br /> AMERICAS: +1 508 824 6696<br /> APAC: +886 3 579 8181<br /> A<a title="SemiconductorToday2023(09)NovDec page 1" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4723e26c?page=1"> ISSN 1752-2935 (online) semiconductorTODAY COMPOU</a> <a title="SemiconductorToday2023(09)NovDec page 2" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4723e26c?page=2"> THE GLOBAL LEADER IN EPIWAFER SUPPLY Enabling the</a> <a title="SemiconductorToday2023(09)NovDec page 3" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4723e26c?page=3"> 3 contents Editorial </a> <a title="SemiconductorToday2023(09)NovDec page 4" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4723e26c?page=4"> 4 editorial SiC-driven alliances and acquisition</a> <a title="SemiconductorToday2023(09)NovDec page 5" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4723e26c?page=5"> 100 95 75 25 5 0 SemiTo</a> <a title="SemiconductorToday2023(09)NovDec page 6" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4723e26c?page=6"> 6 news Gallium nitride and silicon carbide to be</a> <a title="SemiconductorToday2023(09)NovDec page 7" 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