Semiconductor foundry United Microelectronics Corp of Hsinchu, Taiwan has announced what it claims is the first 3D IC solution for radio-frequency silicon-on-insulator (RFSOI) technology. Available on UMC’s 55nm RFSOI platform, the stacked silicon technology reduces die size by more than 45% without any degradation of RF performance, enabling customers to efficiently integrate more RF components to address the greater bandwidth requirements of 5G ..read more

The University of Arkansas (U of A) has celebrated a milestone with the topping-out of the Multi-User Silicon Carbide Research and Fabrication Facility ..read more

Aledia S.A of Echirolles, near Grenoble, France (a developer and manufacturer of 3D micro-LEDs for display applications based on its large-area gallium nitride nanowires-on-silicon platform) has announced a series of technical advances that, it claims, set new standards for performance, efficiency and display quality ..read more

SemiQ Inc of Lake Forest, CA, USA — which designs, develops and manufactures silicon carbide (SiC) power semiconductors and 150mm SiC epitaxial wafers for high-voltage applications — has announced a partnership with ClearComm Technical Sales of Huntsville, AL, USA, a specialist manufacturer’s representative serving the computing, communication, industrial and consumer sectors across the Southeastern USA ..read more

SemiQ Inc of Lake Forest, CA, USA — which designs, develops and manufactures silicon carbide (SiC) power semiconductors and 150mm SiC epitaxial wafers for high-voltage applications — has begun a known-good-die (KGD) screening program that delivers high-quality, electrically sorted and optically inspected SiC MOSFET technology ready for back-end processing and direct die attachment ..read more

First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA says that MN8 Energy LLC has placed orders for 457MW of its cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film photovoltaics (PV) modules, including 170MW of its Series 6 Plus bifacial modules and 287MW of its Series 7 modules, to power projects in the northeastern and southern USA ..read more

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has announced that State University of New York Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) is the recipient of a $4m Empire State Development (ESD) Grant. The new funding — combined with an additional $16m investment in SUNY Poly’s College of Engineering announced by Hochul in November — will support the establishment of a $26.5m Semiconductor Processing to Packaging Research, Education, and Training Center in the NY CREATES Quad C building on SUNY Poly’s campus, which is also occupied by Semikron Danfoss ..read more

Compound Semiconductor Applications (CSA) Catapult in Newport, South Wales, UK has appointed Jonathan Flint CBE as the new chair of its board of directors. He will lead the board to help deliver the mission and purpose of CSA Catapult, as well as overseeing the corporate governance of the organization ..read more

Guerrilla RF Inc (GRF) of Greensboro, NC, USA — which develops and manufactures radio-frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) and monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs) for wireless applications — has finalized the acquisition of entire portfolio of gallium nitride (GaN) power amplifiers and front-end modules of Singapore-based Gallium Semiconductor, which designs and manufactures RF GaN products for 5G mobile communications, aerospace & defense, and industrial, scientific & medical (ISM) applications ..read more

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