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On stand #C2421 at the European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2025) at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Denmark (29 September–1 October), Lumentum Holdings Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (which designs and makes optical and photonic products for optical networks and lasers for industrial and consumer markets) is giving several live technology and product demonstrations, reinforcing its focus on enabling AI-driven data centers and the world’s largest communications networks...

Private rare-earths exploration and process development company US Critical Materials Corp of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA has announced a strategic advisory alliance with GreenMet, a Washington DC-based firm specializing in critical minerals strategy and financing. The partnership marks a step in advancing domestic US rare-earth production, with gallium at the forefront...

On stand #C4134 at the European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2025) in Copenhagen, Denmark (28 September–2 October), data infrastructure semiconductor solutions provider Marvell Technology Inc of Santa Clara, CA, USA is showcasing its interconnect portfolio for scale-up and scale-out data-center AI deployments...

Photonic integration firm PHOTON IP of Eindhoven, The Netherlands has announced its new brand identity as Photon Bridge, and appointed Paul Marchal as its new chief executive officer...

At the European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2025) in Copenhagen, Denmark (29 September–1 October), the Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF), together with 35 participating member companies, is demonstrating how multi-vendor collaboration is delivering real-world interoperability and enabling the scale, speed and efficiency that future networks demand...

In booth C4107 at the European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2025) in Copenhagen, Denmark (29 September–1 October), TRUMPF Photonic Components GmbH of Ulm, Germany (part of the TRUMPF Group) — which makes vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) and photodiodes for datacoms — is showcasing linear performance of its new PAM4 100Gbps, 850nm multimode VCSEL in collaboration with customer Optomind Inc of Suwon, South Korea, which provides optical interconnect solutions for data centers including artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC) networks. Along with the VCSEL, TRUMPF also offers a 100G wideband (842–948nm) photodiode that can be used to further optimize the link...

In a live demo in booth C4107 at the European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2025) in Copenhagen, Denmark (29 September–1 October), TRUMPF Photonic Components GmbH of Ulm, Germany (part of the TRUMPF Group) is unveiling its new 100G vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL)...

Led by STMicroelectronics of Geneva, Switzerland, the STARLight consortium — consisting of 24 technology companies and universities from 11 European Union countries — has been selected by the European Commission under the EU CHIPS Joint Undertaking initiative...

Xerion Advanced Battery Corp of Kettering, OH, USA, which develops and manufactures next-generation battery components and critical minerals, is expanding its critical minerals refinement portfolio after recently demonstrating the capability to refine gallium. Xerion aims to develop the process on a commercial scale to support military and commercial applications, including the production and maintenance of critical defense platforms, as well as semiconductors. To demonstrate the feasibility of this technology, Xerion has been awarded Phase I funding from the US Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) under the small business innovation research (SBIR) program...

Infineon Technologies AG of Munich, Germany and ROHM Co Ltd of Kyoto, Japan have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on packages for silicon carbide (SiC) power semiconductors used in applications such as on-board chargers, photovoltaics, energy storage systems and AI data centers. Specifically, the partners aim to enable each other as second sources of selected packages for SiC power devices, which should increase design and procurement flexibility for customers. In the future, customers will be able to source devices with compatible housings from both Infineon and ROHM. The collaboration should ensure seamless compatibility and interchangeability to match specific customer needs...

Filtronic plc of Sedgefield and Leeds, UK — which designs and manufactures RF and millimeter-wave (mmWave) transmit & receive components and subsystems — is launching the latest development in solid-state power amplifiers (SSPAs) operating in the V-band. The Cerus V is being showcased alongside its Cerus W solid-state power amplifiers at European Microwave Week (EuMW 2025) in Utrecht, the Netherlands (21–26 September)...

Cree LED Inc of Durham, NC, USA (a Penguin Solutions brand) and ADJ Products LLC have reached a mutually beneficial settlement resolving a patent infringement dispute involving Cree LED’s patents related to LED components commonly used in LED displays. As part of the settlement, Cree LED granted ADJ a limited license to certain patents covering LED components...

Power Integrations Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (which provides high-voltage integrated circuits for energy-efficient power conversion) says that Sandeep Nayyar (its chief financial officer since 2010) is leaving the firm (effective 4 October) to pursue a new opportunity...

NUBURU Inc of Centennial, CO, USA — which was founded in 2015 and developed and previously manufactured high-power industrial blue lasers — has signed an agreement with an as-yet unnamed key strategic partner to establish a framework for evaluating a controlling interest acquisition aimed at developing and commercializing defense applications by integrating the blue laser technology...

Lumentum Holdings Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (which designs and makes optical and photonic products for optical networks and lasers for industrial and consumer markets) has announced its speaker line-up for the European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2025) at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Denmark (28 September–2 October)...

US-based Raytheon (a business of aerospace & defense company RTX of Arlington, VA) has unveiled the APG-82(V)X as the latest iteration of its combat-proven APG-82 radar. The new radar variant incorporates gallium nitride (GaN) technology to enhance its effectiveness, delivering increased range, advanced air-to-air, air-to-ground and electronic warfare capabilities...

Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath, near Aachen, Germany has shipped its 100th G10-SiC system, underscoring the market demand for its G10-SiC epitaxy batch technology over the last three years since its launch...

Infineon Technologies AG of Munich, Germany is providing CoolGaN power transistors to Taiwan-based Universal Microelectronics Co Ltd (UMEC) for its new 250W adapter for networking Power over Ethernet (PoE) applications...

Micro/nanotechnology R&D center CEA-Leti of Grenoble, France and CNRS–CRHEA (Centre for Research on Heteroepitaxy and its Applications) in Sophia Antipolis, France (which specializes in epitaxial growth of wide-bandgap semiconductor materials) have announced R&D results that have cleared a path toward full-color micro-displays based on a single material system, a long-standing goal for augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) technologies...

Photonic simulation CAD software developer Photon Design Ltd of Oxford, UK is exhibiting in booth C4238 at the European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2025) in Copenhagen, Denmark (28 September–2 October)...