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<br /> <br /> ISSN 1752-2935 (online)<br /> semiconductorTODAY<br /> COMPOUNDS & ADVANCED SILICON<br /> Vol.17 · Issue 8 · October/November 2022 www.semiconductor-today.com<br /> Silicon carbide wafer<br /> capacity expansion<br /> accelerates<br /> Vishay buys MaxPower ·CGD raises $19m · SweGaN raises €12m<br /> · Avicena acquires Nanosys' GaN micro-LED fab<br /> <br /> THE GLOBAL<br /> LEADER IN<br /> EPIWAFER<br /> SUPPLY<br /> Enabling the Best RF, Photonics<br /> & Power Semiconductors<br /> ‘One-stop-shop’ for III-V & Silicon epiwafer products<br /> 2” to 6” epitaxy ready substrates & polycrystalline materials<br /> Multiple manufacturing sites; Europe, Asia & America<br /> Leveraging 30+ years of compound semiconductor IP<br /> Custom engineered structures; R&D to production volumes<br /> EUROPE: +44 2920 839 400<br /> AMERICAS: +1 508 824 6696<br /> APAC: +886 3 579 8181<br /> ALL IN<a title="SemiconductorToday2022(08)OctNov page 1" 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communications OpenLight makes a</a> <a title="SemiconductorToday2022(08)OctNov page 70" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9f4de2b?page=70"> News: Optical communications 69 Ayar granted $15m</a> <a title="SemiconductorToday2022(08)OctNov page 71" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9f4de2b?page=71"> 70 News: Optical communications POET unveils 800G</a> <a title="SemiconductorToday2022(08)OctNov page 72" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9f4de2b?page=72"> News: Optical communications 71 Lumentum's high-s</a> <a title="SemiconductorToday2022(08)OctNov page 73" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9f4de2b?page=73"> 72 News: Photovoltaics 5N Plus renews and increas</a> <a title="SemiconductorToday2022(08)OctNov page 74" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/e9f4de2b?page=74"> News: Photovoltaics 73 5N Plus' AZUR to supply ne</a> <a title="SemiconductorToday2022(08)OctNov page 75" 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