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<br /> <br /> ISSN 1752-2935 (online)<br /> semiconductorTODAY<br /> COMPOUNDS & ADVANCED SILICON<br /> Vol.5 · Issue 7 · September 2010 www.semiconductor-today.com<br /> LED lighting<br /> about to<br /> bloom<br /> ...but will<br /> market<br /> overheat?<br /> Cree to add 6” LED line by mid-2011; demos low-defect 6” SiC<br /> Thin-film PV efficiency up to 20.3% · TSMC breaks ground<br /> <br /> 3<br /> contents<br /> Editorial 4<br /> News<br /> Markets 6<br /> GaAs device market to grow to $4.7bn in 2014 · MOCVD market boom<br /> Microelectronics 10<br /> Skyworks raises revenue guidance ·AML launches subsidiary Cal Mimix<br /> Wide-bandgap electronics <a title="Semiconductor Today September 2010 page 1" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/85ecbbfd?page=1"> </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today September 2010 page 2" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/85ecbbfd?page=2"> ISSN 1752-2935 (online) semiconductorTODAY COMPOU</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 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href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/85ecbbfd?page=38"> News: Materials and processing equipment 37 OEM o</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today September 2010 page 39" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/85ecbbfd?page=39"> 38 News: Materials and processing equipment IN BR</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today September 2010 page 40" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/85ecbbfd?page=40"> Why we brag about Ultra Precision Dispensing Nozz</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today September 2010 page 41" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/85ecbbfd?page=41"> 40 News: LEDs SETI and Kyma to co-develop high-ef</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today September 2010 page 42" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/85ecbbfd?page=42"> News: LEDs 41 SPTS takes 19.9% stake in BluGlass </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today September 2010 page 43" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/85ecbbfd?page=43"> 42 News: LEDs Photoluminescence boosted by 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