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Wolfspeed, a Cree Company and a leading global supplier of GaN-on-SiC high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) and monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs) with best-in-class reliability, is exhibiting at DMC 2015, which will take place November 30 – December 3 in Phoenix, Ariz.

Anritsu Co. announces the appointment of Paul Innis as vice president and general manager of the Americas Sales Region, incorporating the United States, Canada, Central and South Americas, as well as the Caribbean. Innis will use his extensive experience to successfully position Anritsu Co.’s wide portfolio of product and services into the telecommunications, general industry and government markets, as well as into emerging industries, such as connected cars and the rapidly growing Internet of Things (IoT).

TowerJazz, the global specialty foundry leader, announced it has signed an agreement with Maxim Integrated Products Inc. to purchase Maxim’s 8-inch fabrication facility in San Antonio, Texas.

Raytheon Co., in partnership with the U.S. Navy, has completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for the Next Generation Jammer (NGJ) program, a key milestone in the acquisition process.

Ericsson Mobility Report provides insight into the future of 5G networks, including a forecast of 150 million 5G mobile subscriptions by 2021. South Korea, Japan, China and the U.S. are predicted to lead with the first, and fastest, 5G subscription uptake. 5G will connect new types of devices, enabling new use cases related to the Internet of Things (IoT); the transition will open up new industries and verticals to ICT transformation.

Anritsu Co. introduces two options for its MN4765B series of O/E calibration modules that help to create a highly accurate, flexible and cost-effective solution for the characterization of optoelectronic devices such as modulators, photoreceivers and integrated optical transceiver modules. With these new options, the MN4765B can be used with the MS4640B VectorStar® Vector Network Analyzer (VNA) family to perform optoelectronic measurements up to 70 GHz at both 1310 nm and 1550 nm wavelengths.

KRYTAR Inc., a leader in the design and production of ultra-broadband microwave components and test equipment announces the continued expansion of its growing line of microwave coaxial adapters with a new Within Series model offering application coverage over the frequency range of DC to 67 GHz.

ON Semiconductor Corp. and Fairchild Semiconductor International Inc. announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for ON Semiconductor to acquire Fairchild for $20.00 per share in an all cash transaction valued at approximately $2.4 billion. The acquisition creates a leader in the power semiconductor market with combined revenue of approximately $5 billion, diversified across multiple markets with a strategic focus on automotive, industrial and smartphone end markets.

Keysight Technologies Inc. announced a four-level pulsed amplitude modulation (PAM-4) capabilityfor the Keysight EEsof EDA Advanced Design System (ADS) Channel Simulator. The introduction of this capability further advances Keysight’s leadership position in IBIS-AMI SerDes channel simulation.

M/A-COM Technology Solutions Holdings Inc., a leading supplier of high-performance analog RF, microwave, millimeter wave and photonic semiconductor products, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire FiBest Ltd. (FiBest), a Japan-based merchant market component supplier of optical sub assemblies, in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $60 million, or 2.4 times trailing twelve months revenue.