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<br /> <br /> ISSN 1752-2935 (online)<br /> semiconductorTODAY<br /> COMPOUNDS & ADVANCED SILICON<br /> Vol.9 · Issue 7 · September 2014 www.semiconductor-today.com<br /> Transition-metal<br /> dichalcogenides for<br /> two-dimensional materials<br /> RFMD and TriQuint to become Qorvo·JDSU splits in two<br /> Emcore sells solar business ·Thin-film PV efficiency hits 21.7%<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 co<a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(07)Sept page 1" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/e0cdd7ea?page=1"> </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(07)Sept page 2" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/e0cdd7ea?page=2"> ISSN 1752-2935 (online) semiconductorTODAY COMPOU</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(07)Sept page 3" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/e0cdd7ea?page=3"> Lower Cost LEDs Faster LED Adoption Another br</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(07)Sept page 4" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/e0cdd7ea?page=4"> 3 contents Editorial </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(07)Sept page 5" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/e0cdd7ea?page=5"> 4 editorial Adding & dropping businesses In earl</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(07)Sept page 6" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/e0cdd7ea?page=6"> 200mm GaN-on-Si Batch Reactor AIX G5+ </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(07)Sept page 7" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/e0cdd7ea?page=7"> 6 news LED luminaire market for outdoor and park</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(07)Sept page 8" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/e0cdd7ea?page=8"> News: Markets 7 Automotive industry playing incre</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(07)Sept page 9" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/e0cdd7ea?page=9"> 8 News: Markets LED market to grow at 13.5% CAGR </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(07)Sept page 10" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/e0cdd7ea?page=10"> </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(07)Sept page 11" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/e0cdd7ea?page=11"> 10 News: Microelectronics Anadigics' PAs enabling</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(07)Sept page 12" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/e0cdd7ea?page=12"> News: Microelectronics 11 Taiwan GaAs foundry WIN</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(07)Sept page 13" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/e0cdd7ea?page=13"> 12 News: Microelectronics RFMD and TriQuint share</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(07)Sept page 14" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/e0cdd7ea?page=14"> News: Microelectronics 13 Skyworks' David Aldrich</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(07)Sept page 15" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/e0cdd7ea?page=15"> 14 News: Microelectronics GSI rejects proposed ac</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(07)Sept page 16" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/e0cdd7ea?page=16"> Experience you can trust. 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title="Semiconductor Today 2014(07)Sept page 45" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/e0cdd7ea?page=45"> 44 News: LEDs Shareholders approve Epistar's acqu</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(07)Sept page 46" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/e0cdd7ea?page=46"> THE NEW BAK… BECAUSE NOT ALL EVAPORATORS ARE THE </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(07)Sept page 47" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/e0cdd7ea?page=47"> 46 News: LEDs Lumileds launch Matrix Platform, de</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(07)Sept page 48" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/e0cdd7ea?page=48"> Perfect layer deposition Beautifully Un</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(07)Sept page 49" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/e0cdd7ea?page=49"> 48 News: LEDs Cree files lawsuits to protect LED </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(07)Sept page 50" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/e0cdd7ea?page=50"> News: LEDs 49 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href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/e0cdd7ea?page=62"> News: Photovoltaics 61 Iridium qualifies Spectrol</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(07)Sept page 63" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/e0cdd7ea?page=63"> 62 News: Photovoltaics ZSW raises thin-film PV ef</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(07)Sept page 64" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/e0cdd7ea?page=64"> News: Photovoltaics 63 Ascent Solar announces new</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(07)Sept page 65" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/e0cdd7ea?page=65"> 64 Technology focus: Photovoltaics Low-cost non-</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(07)Sept page 66" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/e0cdd7ea?page=66"> ISSN 1752-2935 (online) semiconductorTODAY COMP</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(07)Sept page 67" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/e0cdd7ea?page=67"> 66 Technology focus: Lasers Working toward laser</a> <a 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