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<br /> ISSN 1752-2935 (online)<br /> semiconductorTODAY<br /> COMPOUNDS & ADVANCED SILICON<br /> Vol.19 · Issue 9 · November/December 2024 www.semiconductor-today.com<br /> Investment continues<br /> in silicon carbide,<br /> aided by US CHIPS Act<br /> onsemi buys Qorvo's SiC subsidiary · MACOM acquires ENGIN-IC<br /> IQE expanding in Greensboro · Aixtron opens Innovation Center<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 IN<a title="SemiconductorToday2024(09)NovDec page 1" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5f6bea69?page=1"> ISSN 1752-2935 (online) semiconductorTODAY COMPOU</a> <a title="SemiconductorToday2024(09)NovDec page 2" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5f6bea69?page=2"> THE GLOBAL LEADER IN EPIWAFER SUPPLY Enabling the</a> <a title="SemiconductorToday2024(09)NovDec page 3" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5f6bea69?page=3"> 3 contents Editorial </a> <a title="SemiconductorToday2024(09)NovDec page 4" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5f6bea69?page=4"> 4 editorial US CHIPS funding awards accelerate L</a> <a title="SemiconductorToday2024(09)NovDec page 5" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5f6bea69?page=5"> 100 95 75 25 5 0 SemiTo</a> <a title="SemiconductorToday2024(09)NovDec page 6" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5f6bea69?page=6"> 6 news US Geological Survey reckons China ban on</a> <a title="SemiconductorToday2024(09)NovDec page 7" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5f6bea69?page=7"> News: Markets & funding 7 ban, but the decreased</a> <a title="SemiconductorToday2024(09)NovDec page 8" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5f6bea69?page=8"> 8 News: Markets & funding Silicon carbide prices </a> <a title="SemiconductorToday2024(09)NovDec page 9" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5f6bea69?page=9"> News: Markets & funding 9 US Microelectronics Com</a> <a title="SemiconductorToday2024(09)NovDec page 10" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5f6bea69?page=10"> 10 News: Markets & funding Coherent, SkyWater and</a> <a title="SemiconductorToday2024(09)NovDec page 11" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5f6bea69?page=11"> News: Markets & funding 11 X-FAB launches next-ge</a> <a title="SemiconductorToday2024(09)NovDec page 12" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5f6bea69?page=12"> 12 News: Markets & funding US CHIPS Incentives Pr</a> <a title="SemiconductorToday2024(09)NovDec page 13" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5f6bea69?page=13"> News: Microelectronics 13 Soitec and GlobalFoundr</a> <a title="SemiconductorToday2024(09)NovDec page 14" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5f6bea69?page=14"> 14 News: Microelectronics Qorvo quarterly revenue</a> <a title="SemiconductorToday2024(09)NovDec page 15" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5f6bea69?page=15"> News: Microelectronics 15 $265m. 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dioxide (SiO2) passi</a> <a title="SemiconductorToday2024(09)NovDec page 86" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5f6bea69?page=86"> 86 Technology focus: Lasers Table 1. 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