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<br /> ISSN 1752-2935 (online)<br /> semiconductorTODAY<br /> COMPOUNDS & ADVANCED SILICON<br /> Vol.18 · Issue 7 · September/October 2023 www.semiconductor-today.com<br /> Aixtron launches<br /> G10-GaN platform for<br /> power & RF devices<br /> First Solar breaks ground in Louisiana · AlixLabs raises SEK40m<br /> Plasma-Therm buys Thin Film Equipment · indie buys EXALOS<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 /> ALL INQUIR<a title="SemiconductorToday2023(07)SeptOct page 1" 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