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Skyworks Solutions, Inc., an innovator of high performance analog semiconductors enabling a broad range of end markets, announced the creation of a joint venture with Panasonic Corporation, one of the largest electronic product manufacturers in the world, to design, develop and deliver high performance filters including surface acoustic wave (SAW) and temperature compensated (TC) SAW devices. At the core of the joint venture is Panasonic Filter Division's engineering and process talent, expertise in filter design and leading edge products as well as 412 fundamental filter patents and patent applications.

The RF/microwave semiconductor market is poised to undergo some major shifts in the not too distant future with recent news of mergers between leading GaAs-based integrated device manufacturers, RFMD and TriQuint, CMOS-based RF front-ends for multi-mode, multi-band mobile devices from Peregrine and Qualcomm and the continued success in commercializing GaN by a number of vendors.  As GaN and CMOS semiconductor processes continue to improve performance and reduce costs, market share will undoubtedly shift between players.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces immediate availability and full design support capabilities for five new gallium nitride (GaN) on silicon carbide (SiC) high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs) RF transistors from M/A-COM Technology Solutions (MACOM).

 

Fujitsu Limited, Panasonic Corporation, and DBJ have signed a MoU in which DBJ will make an investment and provide a line of credit for a new fabless company specializing in LSI design and development, which Fujitsu and Panasonic will jointly establish.

Indium Corporation technology experts will serve as session chair and give a poster presentation at IMAPS New England May 6 in Boxborough, Mass.

RFMW Ltd. announces design and sales support forwideband, DC-3.5GHz GaN transistors from TriQuint. Available as the T2G4003532-FS earless package or the T2G4003532-FL, both transistors are input prematched for S-band operation. The devices are constructed with TriQuint's proven TQGaN25 process, which features advanced field plate techniques to optimize power and efficiency at high drain bias operating conditions.

Nujira Ltd. has closed a new funding round, raising $20 million for working capital to support the production ramp of its Coolteq chips, and to fund continued development of the company’s long term product roadmap.

NXP Semiconductors has appointed Li Zheng as Senior Vice President Sales & Marketing, Greater China and Country Manager for China, who will be based in Shanghai.

Link Microtek has been appointed as a UK and Ireland representative for Peregrine Semiconductor Corp. founder of RF SOI and pioneer of advanced RF solutions.

Plextek RF Integrationhas been selected by Cree as a preferred design resource to provide third party design services to Cree’s European foundry customers.