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MACOM Technology Solutions Inc. announced its new MACP Series of high performance power detectors with integrated, low loss directional couplers, optimized for power monitoring and leveling in point-to-point radios, ISM, radar, VSAT, EW and aerospace and defense applications.

Global fab equipment spending will increase 14 percent this year to $62.8 billion and is expected to rise 7.5 percent, to $67.5 billion, in 2019, marking the fourth consecutive year of spending growth and the highest investment year for fab equipment in the history of the industry, according to the latest "World Fab Forecast Report" published by SEMI.

After moving into a new, state-of-the-art facility, SemiGen has made an additional capital investment exceeding $500,000 for new production, wafer fabrication and test equipment to support customer demand.

Anokiwave Inc. has appointed Abhishek Kapoor as VP of sales.

In the latest combination in a consolidating semiconductor industry, Renesas Electronics will acquire Integrated Device Technology (IDT) for $49 per share in an all-cash deal, representing approximately $6.7 billion in equity value. The share price is approximately 16 percent above IDT’s closing price on Monday, September 10.

Custom MMIC announced the award of its inaugural “Women In Engineering” scholarships, which will help three young women pursue undergraduate degrees in engineering.

Custom MMIC has launched a new product line of eight GaAs digital step attenuators (DSA) covering various bands from DC to 40 GHz.