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Mitsubishi Electric is adding two 30 W, Ku-Band GaN HEMTs to its portfolio for SATCOM earth stations. The devices will be available on March 15.

Fraunhofer IPMS is part of the newly launched European project quantum large-scale integration with silicon (QLSI), which aims to develop a scalable technology for silicon qubits for quantum computing.

Renesas Electronics Corp. of Japan has agreed to acquire Apple Inc. supplier Dialog Semiconductor Plc, the latest U.K.-based chipmaker being sold to Asian investors. Dialog accepted the all-cash offer of about 4.9 billion euros ($5.9 billion), at 67.50 euros per share, the companies said in statements Monday. Dialog shares rose as much as 18% in early trading in London on Monday. Renesas shares dropped as much as 6.9% in Tokyo.

Skyworks introduced a complete family of high efficiency power amplifiers (PAs) designed for the stringent requirements of enterprise small cell radios.

Veeco Instruments Inc. announced that National Chiao Tung University (NCTU), based in Hsinchu, Taiwan, has selected Veeco to be an essential collaborator in their initiative to drive Taiwan’s semiconductor production through 2035.

Yole Développement projects that the GaN business will reach beyond US$680 million in 2025.

Indium Corporation’s newest jetting and microdispensing solder paste, Indium12.8HF, has been officially recommended by NSW Automation for use with their newest microfluid dispenser, SD1. 

SweGaN AB, manufacturer of custom-made GaN-on-SiC epitaxial wafers for components and devices for telecom, satellite, defense and power electronics, announced its BoD Chairman Mats Andersson has stepped down, passing the SweGaN torch to vice chairman, Agneta Franksson.