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<br /> <br /> ISSN 1752-2935 (online)<br /> semiconductorTODAY<br /> COMPOUNDS & ADVANCED SILICON<br /> Vol.9 · Issue 5 · June/July 2014 www.semiconductor-today.com<br /> III-Vs on silicon: report<br /> from VLSI Symposium<br /> Fraunhofer ISE sets<br /> solar module efficiency<br /> record of 36.7%<br /> Anadigics cutting 30% of staff·GaN Systems expands<br /> Orbotech to acquire SPTS ·Epistar acquiring Formosa Epitaxy<br /> <br /> <br /> 3<br /> contents<br /> Editorial 4<br /> Markets News 6<br /> Compound semiconductor market to grow at 12.6% to 2020<br /> Microelectronics News 10<br /> Anadigics cuts 30% of staff · Skyworks, RFMD & TriQuint beat guidance<br /> Wide-bandgap electronics News <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 1" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=1"> </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 2" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=2"> ISSN 1752-2935 (online) semiconductorTODAY COMPOU</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 3" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=3"> </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 4" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=4"> 3 contents Editorial </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 5" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=5"> 4 editorial Integration and consolidation On pag</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 6" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=6"> 200mm GaN-on-Si Batch Reactor AIX G5+ </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 7" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=7"> 6 news Compound semiconductor market to grow at </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 8" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=8"> News: Markets 7 VCSEL market growing at CAGR of 3</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 9" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=9"> 8 News: Markets GaAs bulk substrate market revenu</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 10" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=10"> </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 11" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=11"> 10 News: Microelectronics TriQuint's revenue rebo</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 12" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=12"> News: Microelectronics 11 smartphones,” says Qui</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 13" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=13"> 12 News: Microelectronics Anadigics lowers revenu</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 14" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=14"> News: Microelectronics 13 Skyworks exceeds raised</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 15" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=15"> 14 News: Microelectronics RFaxis partners with Gr</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 16" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=16"> News: Microelectronics 15 DARPA's ELASTx program </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 17" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=17"> 16 News: Microelectronics FinScale launches 3D MO</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 18" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=18"> News: Microelectronics 17 Soitec seeing widesprea</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 19" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=19"> 18 News: Wide-bandgap electronics GE to lead $500</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 20" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=20"> News: Microelectronics 19 CNSE/SUNYIT plans for I</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 21" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=21"> 20 News: Wide-bandgap electronics Mitsubishi laun</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 22" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=22"> News: Wide-bandgap electronics 21 Germany's NeuLa</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 23" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=23"> 22 News: Wide-bandgap electronics EDA-led project</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 24" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=24"> News: Wide-bandgap electronics 23 Google and IEEE</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 25" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=25"> 24 News: Wide-bandgap electronics Anadigics' GaN </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 26" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=26"> News: Wide-bandgap electronics 25 TriQuint hits t</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 27" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=27"> 26 News: Wide-bandgap electronics GaN FET maker E</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 28" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=28"> News: Wide-bandgap electronics 27 EPC launches `o</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 29" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=29"> 28 News: Wide-bandgap electronics Agilent announc</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 30" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=30"> THE FUTURE OF SEMICONDUCTORS HAS ARRIVED… </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 31" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=31"> 30 News: Materials and processing equipment IQE's</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 32" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=32"> </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 33" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=33"> 32 News: Materials and processing equipment Riber</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 34" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=34"> News: Materials and processing equipment 33 Riber</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 35" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=35"> 34 News: Materials and processing equipment Veeco</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 36" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=36"> News: Materials and processing equipment 35 Veeco</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 37" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=37"> 36 News: Materials and processing equipment Enkri</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 38" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=38"> News: Materials and processing equipment 37 Finis</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 39" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=39"> 38 News: Materials and processing equipment Oxfor</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 40" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=40"> News: Materials and processing equipment 39 Morga</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 41" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=41"> 40 News: Materials and processing equipment Class</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 42" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=42"> News: Materials and processing equipment 41 Avant</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 43" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=43"> 42 News: Materials and processing equipment Orbot</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 44" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=44"> News: Materials and processing equipment 43 BluGl</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 45" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=45"> 44 News: Materials and processing equipment Jorda</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 46" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=46"> News: Materials and processing equipment 45 KLA-T</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 47" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=47"> 46 News: LEDs GaN-on-Si LED maker LatticePower ra</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 48" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=48"> Perfect layer deposition Beautifully Un</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 49" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=49"> 48 News: LEDs Philips Lighting to spin off Lumile</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 50" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=50"> THE NEW BAK… BECAUSE NOT ALL EVAPORATORS ARE THE </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 51" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=51"> 50 News: LEDs FOREPI merger to boost Epistar from</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 52" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=52"> News: LEDs 51 Epistar to acquire FOREPI to expand</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 53" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=53"> 52 News: Optoelectronics VI Systems, UCSB and Tec</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 54" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=54"> Put the Freeze on Process Variation The Next G</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 55" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=55"> 54 News: Optoelectronics Nichia to release blue a</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 56" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=56"> News: Optoelectronics 55 POET announces technolog</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 57" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=57"> 56 News: Optical communications Imec demos 28Gb/s</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 58" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=58"> Experience you can trust. Turnaround time</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 59" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=59"> 58 News: Optical communications GigOptix's revenu</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 60" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=60"> News: Optical communications 59 GigOptix adds low</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 61" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=61"> 60 News: Photovoltaics Fraunhofer ISE sets PV mod</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 62" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=62"> News: Photovoltaics 61 First Solar to build large</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 63" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=63"> 62 News: Photovoltaics First Solar selected by ED</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 64" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=64"> News: Photovoltaics 63 Singulus receives €15m ord</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 65" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=65"> 64 News: Photovoltaics Vanguard chooses Ascent's </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 66" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=66"> News: Photovoltaics 65 Ascent reaches milestone f</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 67" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=67"> 66 Technology focus: Nitride LEDs Wider-band mod</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 68" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=68"> Technology focus: Nitride LEDs 67 Figure 2. (a) </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 69" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=69"> 68 Technology focus: Nitride LEDs Developing pho</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 70" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=70"> Technology focus: Nitride LEDs 69 a hexagonal ar</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 71" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=71"> 70 Technology focus: Opto/microelectronic integra</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 72" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=72"> Technology focus: Opto/microelectronic integratio</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 73" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=73"> 72 Technology focus: III-Vs on silicon MIT demon</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 74" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=74"> Technology focus: III-Vs on silicon 73 The estim</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 75" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=75"> 74 Technology focus: III-Vs on silicon Growing c</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 76" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=76"> Technology focus: III-Vs on silicon 75 </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 77" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=77"> 76 Technology focus: III-Vs on silicon </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 78" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=78"> Technology focus: III-V MOSFETs 77 UCSB reports </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 79" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=79"> 78 Conference report: VLSI Symposium Progress to</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 80" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=80"> Conference report: VLSI Symposium 79 commerciall</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 81" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=81"> 80 Conference report: VLSI Symposium </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 82" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=82"> Conference report: VLSI Symposium 81 </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 83" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=83"> 82 Conference report: VLSI Symposium </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 84" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=84"> Conference report: VLSI Symposium 83 quality 10n</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 85" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=85"> 84 Technology focus: III-Vs MOSFETs Beryllium ox</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 86" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=86"> Technology focus: III-Vs MOSFETs 85 </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 87" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=87"> 86 Technology focus: III-Vs on silicon Growing I</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 88" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=88"> Technology focus: III-Vs on silicon 87 (TSMC) gr</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 89" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=89"> 88 Technology focus: Nanowires Top-down InGaAs n</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 90" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=90"> Technology focus: Nanowires 89 silicon tetrachlo</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 91" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=91"> 90 Technology focus: Transistors Chloride-based </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 92" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=92"> Market focus: Silicon photonics 91 Silicon photo</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 93" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=93"> 92 Market focus: Silicon photonics </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 94" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=94"> Market focus: Silicon photonics 93 investment, n</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 95" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=95"> 94 suppliers' directory Index 1 Bulk crystal so</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(05)JuneJuly page 96" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7aacc229?page=96"> Suppliers' Directory 95 MARUWA CO LTD 3-83, Minam</a> 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