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TowerJazz, the global specialty foundry leader, announced its SiGe Terabit Platform targeting high-speed wireline communications for the terabit age. Wireline data traffic is increasing dramatically, with traffic at Google famously increasing by 50 times over the last six to seven years, or at 75 percent per year. Estimates vary, but experts agree on double digit CAGRs and a 2020 market for high speed optical components in excess of $9 billion. TowerJazz addresses this market through a family of customized foundry silicon-germanium (SiGe) BiCMOS technologies and is announcing availability of its highest performance process to date: S4.
GigOptix Inc., a leading supplier of advanced semiconductor communications components for use in Cloud connectivity, data centers, and high-speed optical and wireless networks, announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire Magnum Semiconductor Inc., a privately-held Milpitas, California-based provider of silicon ICs, SoCs, software, and IP for the professional video broadcast and IoT camera markets, in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $55 million net based upon the average closing price of GigOptix stock for the trailing thirty day period ended April 1, 2016.
Skyworks introduced two new broadband, 75 ohm MMIC front-end, low-noise amplifiers (LNAs) designed specifically for set-top box applications: the SKY65450-92LF (with bypass mode) and the SKY65452-92LF.
POET Technologies Inc., a developer of opto-electronics fabrication processes for the semiconductor industry, announced a research and development initiative for future generations of smart pixels and other applications in association with the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), a part of the Singapore-based Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR).
Qorvo®, a leading provider of core technologies and RF solutions for mobile, infrastructure and defense applications, has added 10 new DOCSIS 3.1-ready reverse path amplifiers to its portfolio, enabling cable broadband service providers with the fastest data rate capabilities required for high-bandwidth content uploading.
GigOptix Inc. a leading supplier of advanced semiconductor communications components for use in Cloud connectivity, data centers, and high-speed optical and wireless networks, announced leadership position in point-to-point (PtP) wireless backhaul with delivery of high performance E-Band radio system in package (SIP) products.
GLOBALFOUNDRIES announced new advanced radio-frequency (RF) silicon solutions, further expanding the portfolio of Silicon Germanium (SiGe) power amplifier (PA) technologies designed to enable performance-optimized cellular and Wi-Fi solutions in increasingly sophisticated mobile devices and hardware.
Coupling Wave Solutions S.A. (CWS), a leader in solutions for interference analysis in complex chip designs incorporating RF and analog blocks, announced the availability of a new productivity tool called SiPEX. SiPEX models the silicon substrate on insulators much faster than any other tools in its class and allows radio frequency (RF) silicon-on-insulator (SOI) designers to increase the number of design iterations—including spice simulation—up to 10 times in the same time frame.
EDI CON China 2016, taking place April 19-21 in Beijing at the China National Convention Center (CNCC), is pleased to announce that GLOBALFOUNDRIES’ Peter Rabbeni, Sr. Director, RF BU Business Development & Product Marketing, will kick off the newly added RF Silicon on Insulator (SOI) Technology Track with a keynote talk entitled, “RF SOI: Revolutionizing Radio Design Today and Driving Innovation for Tomorrow.”
II-VI completed the acquisition of ANADIGICS on March 15, after a surprisingly prolonged auction that included GaAs Labs, II-VI and an unnamed Chinese company. The final price of $78 million was 2.4 times higher than the original deal secured by GaAs Labs.
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Skyworks introduced two new broadband, 75 ohm MMIC front-end, low-noise amplifiers (LNAs) designed specifically for set-top box applications: the SKY65450-92LF (with bypass mode) and the SKY65452-92LF. 
EDI CON China 2016, taking place April 19-21 in Beijing at the China National Convention Center (CNCC), is pleased to announce that GLOBALFOUNDRIES’ Peter Rabbeni, Sr. Director, RF BU Business Development & Product Marketing, will kick off the newly added RF Silicon on Insulator (SOI) Technology Track with a keynote talk entitled, “RF SOI: Revolutionizing Radio Design Today and Driving Innovation for Tomorrow.” 
II-VI completed the acquisition of ANADIGICS on March 15, after a surprisingly prolonged auction that included GaAs Labs, II-VI and an unnamed Chinese company. The final price of $78 million was 2.4 times higher than the original deal secured by GaAs Labs.