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Tunnel Diodes ‘Off the Shelf’.

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This was the headline, 55 years ago, on a story in Electronics Weekly’s edition of February 1st 1961. The story opens: An off-the-shelf delivery service is now available for STC tunnel diodes. They were introduced early last yea r in development form to enable engineers to gain experience in the use of them Since then …

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Q2 bookings up 26%, says SEMI

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Q2 worldwide semiconductor billings were $10.5 billion – 26% up on Q1 and 11% up on Q2 2015, says SEMI. Q2 worldwide semiconductor equipment bookings were $11.9 billion up 27% on Q1 and up 17% on Q2 2015. The quarterly billings data by region in billions of U.S. dollars, quarter-over-quarter growth and year-over-year rates by …

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IQE sparkles

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In H1 IQE, the Cardiff compound semiconductor wafer specialist, saw double digit growth in revenues, profits and cash generation. Revenues were up 18% reflecting increasing revenues in all markets; cash generated from operations increased 176%; debt was reduced by 28% to £35.4 million and photonics sales grew 45% y-o-y; The company earned licensing income of …

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