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A Mississippi State University faculty member has earned a US National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award to develop the next generation of energy-efficient, transparent and environmentally friendly LED lighting...

BluGlass Ltd of Silverwater, Australia — which develops and manufactures gallium nitride (GaN) blue laser diodes based on its proprietary low-temperature, low-hydrogen remote-plasma chemical vapor deposition (RPCVD) technology — has issued a quarterly report on its fiscal Q4/2025 (to end-June)...

Chris Van de Walle, a distinguished professor in the Materials Department of University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB), has received the 2025 Heinrich Welker Award in recognition of his “development and application of computational methods to elucidate the properties of interfaces, defects, doping, polarization and loss mechanisms in compound semiconductors.”...

Infineon Technologies AG Munich, Germany has launched the CoolSiC MOSFETs 1200V G2 in a top-side-cooled (TSC) Q-DPAK package. Delivering what is said to be optimized thermal performance, system efficiency and power density, the new devices were specifically designed for demanding industrial applications that require high performance and reliability, such as electric vehicle chargers, solar inverters, uninterruptible power supplies, motor drives, and solid-state circuit breakers...

Intelligent power and sensing technology firm onsemi of Scottsdale, AZ, USA says that it is working with NVIDIA of Santa Clara, CA, USA to support the transition to 800V direct current (VDC) power architectures, which is driving significant gains in efficiency, density and sustainability for next-generation AI data centers...

ams OSRAM of Premstaetten, Austria and Munich, Germany has sold its Entertainment and Industry Lamps (ENI) business to Ushio Inc of Tokyo, Japan for €114m (on a cash-and-debt-free basis) as the first divestment under its deleveraging plan. Net deal proceeds will be determined upon final closing accounts at the date of the transaction closing, which is expected by the end of March 2026 (subject to typical closing procedures)...

ams OSRAM of Premstaetten, Austria and Munich, Germany has placed €500m 2029 senior notes to pre-finance OSRAM minority put option exercises and buy back €150m 2027 convertible bonds. The firm has also announces solid preliminary Q2/2025 results...

Solid-state transformers (SSTs) that use power electronics and high-frequency components to convert and control electricity are extremely useful for integrating renewable energy sources and energy storage systems into the grid, as well as managing surges and disturbances, reducing the likelihood of blackouts. In April, a major blackout occurred across Spain and Portugal, disrupting power for more than 10 hours and causing economic losses of an estimated $1.6bn...

For coverage of all the key business and technology developments in compound semiconductors and advanced silicon materials and devices over the last month...

Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE in Herzogenrath, near Aachen, Germany says that the UK’s University of Cambridge has purchased a Close Coupled Showerhead system for 2D materials for its photonics and optoelectronics R&D...

MACOM Technology Solutions Inc of Lowell, MA, USA (which designs and makes RF, microwave, analog and mixed-signal and optical semiconductor technologies) has assumed full operational control of the wafer fabrication facility in Research Triangle Park, NC, that it purchased from Wolfspeed Inc of Durham, NC, USA in December 2023...

Luminus Devices Inc of Sunnyvale, CA, USA — which designs and makes LEDs and solid-state technology (SST) light sources for illumination markets — has added to its MP-5050 Series of high-power LEDs with the new MP-5050-240P and MP-5050-810P models, which deliver what is claimed to be industry-leading efficiency and reliability, designed specifically for demanding outdoor and commercial lighting applications...

NUBURU Inc of Centennial, CO, USA — which was founded in 2015 and developed and previously manufactured high-power industrial blue lasers — says that NYSE American LLC has accepted its plan to regain compliance with continued listing standards, granting an extension through 29 October 2026...

Intelligent power and sensing technology firm onsemi of Scottsdale, AZ, USA has expanded its existing multi-year collaboration with Germany-based motion technology company Schaeffler (formerly Vitesco Technologies) through a new design win that leverages onsemi’s next-generation EliteSiC product line of silicon carbide MOSFETs. The onsemi solution will power the Schaeffler traction inverter for a leading global automaker’s plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) platform...

Micro-LED display startup Q-Pixel Inc of Los Angeles, CA, USA has debuted Q-Transfer technology, which directly addresses the pixel transfer challenge long faced by the micro-LED display industry...

Tokyo-based JX Advanced Metals Corp is investing about ¥1.5bn (about US$10.2m) to increase its indium phosphide (InP) substrate production capacity by about 20% at its Isohara Plant in Kitaibaraki City, Ibaraki Prefecture...

For first-half 2025, molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) system maker Riber S.A. of Bezons, France has reported revenue of €10.7m, down 22% on €13.7m in first-half 2024...

Photonic simulation CAD software developer Photon Design Ltd of Oxford, UK is now providing a photonic-crystal surface-emitting laser (PCSEL) and photonic crystal laser (PCL) design solution for laser designers, by using a combination of its HAROLD and OmniSim simulation tools. Existing HAROLD users can add OmniSim to begin designing crystal lasers...

Alpes Lasers SA of St-Blaise, Switzerland — an engineering company pioneering advanced light sources, especially quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) — has launched the GLIDER, its most versatile and powerful widely tunable laser source to date. Designed for fast mid-infrared spectroscopy, the GLIDER delivers what is claimed to be exceptional performance across a wide range of applications, from advanced research to industrial discovery...

Altum RF of Eindhoven, The Netherlands (which designs RF, microwave and millimeter-wave semiconductors) has announced a sales representative agreement with RF Alliance, covering customers in New Jersey, New York and east Pennsylvania. Founded in 2005 with headquarters in West Milford, NJ, RF Alliance specializes in technical knowledge and support of RF, microwave, mmWave, frequency-control and analog components. As an international company, with strategic partnerships and office locations worldwide to support its growing product portfolio, Altum RF has expertise and relationships across various RF markets and applications including telecoms, satellite, test & measurement, defense and aerospace markets...