March 2008 Archives

Sales in 2007 increase more than 40 percent year-over-year driven by expanding penetration across the computing, home entertainment and mobile markets.

OTTAWA, ON and ANDOVER, MA, March 31 /PRNewswire/ - SiGe Semiconductor, a leading global supplier of RF front-end solutions enabling wireless multimedia for consumer electronics, today reported that revenues for 2007 were US $69 million, an increase of 40 percent year-over-year.

SAN JOSE, CA - March 31, 2008 - LUXEON power LEDs from Philips Lumileds are poised to rapidly increase their presence in front-of-vehicle applications with expected European Union regulations mandating daytime running lamps (DRLs) on new cars beginning in 2011.

Payback from energy and maintenance savings expected in 12 months

SAN JOSE, CA - The Brazilian government has awarded a first-place Rational Use and Energy Conservation National Award to a project by electric power distributor Bandeirante Energia S.A. that replaced all the incandescent-based traffic lights in a Sao Paolo suburb with LUXEON LED-based lamps.

2007 revenues increase 38% to record $98.1 million; CyberDisplay sales double to $54.6 million

TAUNTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kopin Corporation (NASDAQ: KOPN - News) today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 29, 2007.

FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oplink Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:OPLK - News), a leading photonic components, intelligent modules, and subsystems solution provider, today provided an updated outlook for its third quarter, ending March 31, 2008.

Stavropol, Russia - March 2008 - Concern Energomera (Energomera) announced today that it has signed an agreement to acquire all of the stock of Atlas PCF (Atlas), another Russian synthetic sapphire manufacturer.

Acquisition Adds FPGA and Rapid Prototyping Portfolios and Increases Market Reach

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design and manufacturing, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Synplicity, Inc. (NASDAQ: SYNP), a leading supplier of innovative field programmable gate array (FPGA) and IC design and verification solutions that serve a wide range of communications, military/aerospace, semiconductor, consumer, computer, and other electronic applications markets. When completed, the acquisition will significantly expand Synopsys' technology portfolio, channel reach and total addressable market.

Separate Publicly-Traded Mobile Devices Business and Broadband & Mobility Solutions Business Anticipated

SCHAUMBURG, Ill., March 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT - News) today announced that the Company's Board of Directors has commenced a process to create two independent, publicly-traded companies.

DORTMUND, Germany & SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Innolume, a leading provider of quantum-dot (QD) laser diodes and modules covering the 1050 nm to 1320 nm spectrum, today announced that it will begin sampling its ground-breaking semiconductor laser, the InnoComb.

RONKONKOMA and BROOKLYN, N.Y., March 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- FirstNano, a division of CVD Equipment Corporation (CVD) and The City University of New York at Brooklyn College, today announced the signing of a Sponsored Research Agreement to jointly develop Zinc Oxide (ZnO) nano materials and related semiconductor devices.

US International Trade Commission institutes Section 337 investigation on certain short-wavelength LEDs, laser diodes and products containing same.

The US International Trade Commission (ITC) has voted to institute an investigation of certain short-wavelength light emitting diodes, laser diodes, and products containing same. The products at issue in this investigation are short-wavelength (e.g., blue, violet) LEDs and laser diodes that are used in products such as hand-held mobile devices, instrument panels, billboards, traffic lights, HD DVD players (e.g., Blu-ray disc players), and data storage devices.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - March 24, 2008 - The RF Power Semiconductor Device Market below 4 GHz is composed of six major segments, as defined in a recent report by ABI Research.

Spectacular LED strip is the shape of futuristic headlighting

Pininfarina's futuristic Sintesi concept car caused a sensation at the 2008 Geneva Motor Show, not least because of its spectacular headlight design featuring high-brightness LEDs from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors.

Norrköping, Sweden, 18 March, 2008 - A consortium of Swedish and international investors, including venture capital firms Northzone Ventures, Eqvitec and Creandum, has invested €15 million into the future growth of the Swedish Clean Tech company, Norstel.

Raleigh, NC / March 17, 2008 - Kyma Technologies, Inc., a leading supplier of ultra-high purity crystalline gallium nitride (GaN) and aluminum nitride (AlN) materials and related products and services, announced the signing of an agreement with New Metals and Chemicals Corporation, Ltd. (NMCC) for NMCC to serve as Kyma's exclusive sales representative in Japan.

...for high peak-to-average power applications

NPT1004 GaN power transistor addresses 2.5 and 3.5GHz markets

LAS VEGAS -- GOMAC Tech, Booth #106 (March 19, 2008) -- Nitronex, the leading producer of GaN-on-Silicon RF power devices for the broadband and commercial wireless infrastructure markets, has developed a gallium nitride high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) that delivers 45W at 28V for high PAR (peak to average ratio) and pulsed applications.

Linear Products Business Captures Key Design Wins for Special Mobile Radio, RFID, Meter Reading and Industrial Control Applications

WOBURN, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Skyworks Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: SWKS - News), an innovator of high performance analog and mixed signal semiconductors enabling mobile connectivity, today announced key design wins and production ramps for its growing line of power amplifiers (PAs), synthesizers, switches, and silicon voltage controlled oscillators (VCOs).

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., March 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- EMCORE Corporation (Nasdaq: EMKR - News), a leading provider of semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the broadband, fiber-optic, satellite and terrestrial solar power markets, responded today to a report about the Company contained in a recent blog posting.

Tools for Capacity Expansion in HB-LED Manufacturing

WOODBURY, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO), announced today that an additional four of its TurboDisc K465 gallium nitride (GaN) Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) Systems have been accepted by high brightness light emitting diode (HB-LED) manufacturers located throughout Asia.

Latest version includes higher near-term efficacy targets for LEDs

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released the March 2008 edition of the Multi-Year Program Plan FY'09-FY'14; Solid-State Lighting (SSL) Research and Development. The report provides a description of the activities the Department plans to undertake in the period of FY'09 through FY'14 to implement its SSL mission.

Los Angeles-based American Elements announced today expanded production capacity for certain high purity semi-conductor materials. Materials include zinc telluride, bismuth telluride, cadmium telluride and several other telluride and selenide products essential to many next generation optics, electronic and photo-voltaic (solar energy) applications.

Seoul wins the award for the second time since Acriche in 2006

SEOUL, KOREA - (March 18, 2008) - Seoul Semiconductor, one of the world's leading LED manufacturers, announced today that the company's flash LED has been named 'Product of the Year for 2008' by Elektronik, one of the most prestigious electronics magazines in Germany.

Draws Energy-Oriented Investors as it Targets Expansion into New Lighting Markets

Billerica, Massachusetts -- Luminus Devices, Inc., the developer and manufacturer of PhlatLight (Photonic Lattice) LED products for a wide variety of display and illumination applications, today announced the closing of a new round of financing of over $72 million.

TriQuint to Present Relevant GaN R&D Findings, as well as GaAs Power Amplifier, IC Packaging Papers at GOMACTech 2008

HILLSBORO, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TriQuint Semiconductor (Nasdaq: TQNT - News), a leading RF semiconductor manufacturer and foundry services provider, and IQE plc (AIM: IQE), the leading manufacturer of advanced semiconductor wafers to the global semiconductor industry, today announced TriQuint has placed the largest commercial gallium nitride (GaN) wafer order in the history of IQE Plc.

More than 200 industry leaders to attend the Concentrated Photovoltaic Summit
'08 in Madrid

The first commercially focused Concentrated Photovoltaic Summit (Madrid, April 1-2) has
confirmed 200 attendees, 2 platinum sponsors (Solfocus and Gold &Green Energy) and Titán Trackers, Suntrackers, Spire Semiconductors as exhibitors.

IQE plc (AIM: IQE, "the Group"), the leading global supplier of advanced wafer products and wafer services to the semiconductor industry, has announced its Preliminary Results for the year ended 31 December 2007.

Tool Delivers True SPICE Accuracy 5x-10x faster for Complex-Block Characterization

Santa Clara, CA, - March 11, 2008 - Berkeley Design Automation Inc., provider of Precision Circuit Analysis technology for advanced analog and RF integrated circuits (ICs), today announced that Skyworks Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:SWKS), an innovator of high performance analog and mixed signal semiconductors enabling mobile connectivity, has selected the company's Analog FastSPICE circuit simulator for full-circuit functional simulation and complex-block characterization of its multi-mode multi-band analog and RF transceivers.

11 Projects selected from universities across the country; includes 6 projects focused on compound semiconductor and CIGS technologies

WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced that DOE will invest up to $13.7 million, over three years (Fiscal Years 2008-2010), for 11 university-led projects that will focus on developing advanced solar photovoltaic (PV) technology manufacturing processes and products.

* Revenues +25% to EUR 215m; EBIT up to EUR 20.6m, Net Result up to EUR 17.3m
* Order Intake up to EUR 86.9m in Q4
* Order Backlog up to EUR 132.0m
* 2007 Dividend Proposal: EUR 0.07 per Share
* Guidance for 2008: EUR 270-300m Revenues, 10-12% EBIT Margin

Devices Utilize InGaN Technology to Offer Luminous Intensity Range of 1800mcd to 7100mcd, and Low Resistance of 40K/W and 50K/W

MALVERN, PENNSYLVANIA -- March 12, 2008 -- Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH) today released two new series of warm white power SMD LEDs that utilize InGaN technology to offer low resistance and high optical power.

Leader in High Power Semiconductor Laser Technology Delivers Miniature High Brightness Lasers for Next Generation Laser TV

SYLMAR, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--QPC Lasers, Inc. (OTCBB:QPCI - News) "QPC," a world leader in the design and manufacture of high brightness, high power semiconductor lasers for the consumer electronics, industrial, defense, and medical markets, announced that the company has delivered initial semiconductor lasers in connection with its recently announced Laser TV contract, fulfilling the first $1 Million of the development phase of the contract.

Company Clarifies Company Structure and Mission

SARASOTA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sunovia Energy Technologies, Inc. (NASD OTC Bulletin Board: SUNV - News) announced today that it has established a new infrared materials and systems integration division for advanced cadmium telluride (CdTe) and mercury cadmium telluride (HgCdTe) infrared imaging and sensor products.

More GaAs consolidation on the cards, as WJ product innovation expands TriQuint's RF/Analog product portfolio and RF module capability

HILLSBORO, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TriQuint Semiconductor (NASDAQ:TQNT), a leading RF supplier to the wireless communications industry and WJ Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:WJCI), today announced a definitive agreement for TriQuint to acquire WJ. WJ is a leading supplier of radio frequency (RF) solutions for wireless infrastructure and will expand TriQuint's reach into this market.

GREENSBORO, N.C., Mar 10, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- RF Micro Devices, Inc. (Nasdaq GS: RFMD), a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance radio systems and solutions, today forecast strong growth in calendar year 2008 for its portfolio of open market solutions targeting emerging markets.