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<br /> <br /> ISSN 1752-2935 (online)<br /> semiconductorTODAY<br /> COMPOUNDS & ADVANCED SILICON<br /> Vol.10 · Issue 4 · May/June 2015 www.semiconductor-today.com<br /> III-V nanoscale devices<br /> on silicon wafers<br /> NXP selling RF Power business·Cree files for Power & RF IPO<br /> Cree restructuring LED Products ·Soitec divests solar systems<br /> <br /> Lower Cost LEDs<br /> Faster LED Adoption<br /> Another breakthrough from Veeco. This time it’s EPIK.<br /> Introducing Veeco’s new TurboDisc® EPIK700™ GaN MOCVD system<br /> As global consumption for LED general lighting accelerates, manufacturers need bigger, better<br /> MOCVD technology solutions that increase productivity and lower manufacturing costs.<br /> The EPIK700 MOCVD system combines Veeco’s award-winning TurboDisc reactor design with<br /> improved wafer uniformity, increased productivity and reduced operations expenses to enable<br /> a cost per wafer savings of up t<a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(04)MayJune page 1" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7fadd36d?page=1"> </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(04)MayJune page 2" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7fadd36d?page=2"> ISSN 1752-2935 (online) semiconductorTODAY COMPOU</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(04)MayJune page 3" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7fadd36d?page=3"> Lower Cost LEDs Faster LED Adoption Another br</a> <a 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href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7fadd36d?page=94"> Technology focus: Lasers 93 sen to improve optic</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(04)MayJune page 95" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7fadd36d?page=95"> 94 Technology focus: UV LEDs Sidewall emission- </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(04)MayJune page 96" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7fadd36d?page=96"> Technology focus: UV LEDs 95 put power (LOP), EQ</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(04)MayJune page 97" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7fadd36d?page=97"> 96 Technology focus: GaN-on-silicon Stressed out</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(04)MayJune page 98" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7fadd36d?page=98"> Technology focus: GaN-on-silicon 97 Figure 2. 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