IQE partners with AmberWave for production of 200 mm strained Si epiwafers
Under the terms of the agreement, IQE-SC has become the first licensee of AmberWave s strained silicon technology for the production of 150 mm and 200 mm wafers. AmberWave s worldwide device licensee base will have immediate access to IQE s wafers for use in next-generation digital, wireless and optoelectronic applications.
Working together, AmberWave and IQE offer the silicon industry immediate and cost-effective access to epiwafers that will increase speed and reduce power in conventional CMOS, enabling tremendous advancements in digital, wireless and optoelectronic applications.
Drew Nelson, President and CEO of IQE, commented, "We are excited to be working with AmberWave to roll out commercial product based on AmberWave s strained silicon platform. As the strained silicon pioneer, AmberWave has developed and patented a new roadmap for the silicon industry that enhances CMOS performance without changing the existing silicon infrastructure. This is the solution the industry has been searching for, and we re thrilled to work with AmberWave to deliver it."
IQE-SC will utilize AmberWave?s technology to produce production quantities of strained silicon wafers that are suitable for high volume, highly integrated applications, such as today s microprocessors and field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs).
"IQE s Silicon Compounds division is Europe s first fully flexible, dedicated outsource service for silicon based epitaxial structures, and is an ideal partner for us because it takes our intellectual property position and moves it into global high-volume production," said Mark Wolf, President and CEO of AmberWave Systems. "Working together, we are committed to providing the global semiconductor industry with a new silicon roadmap that will speed past the constraints of current silicon technology."
Chris Meadows
E-mail: cmeadows@iqep.com
Web site: http://www.iqep.com
