Cisco buys Luxtera

Cisco is to buy the photonics IC specialist Luxtera for $660 million. “Our customers are looking to address the unrelenting demand for more bandwidth driven by an emerging class of distributed cloud, mobility, and IoT applications,’ says Cisco’s Rob Salvagno (pictured), “simply put, the exponentially growing demands on the network require a new era of ...

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November SEMI billings down 4.2% m-o-m and 5.3% y-o-y

North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $1.94 billion in billings worldwide in November 2018 (three-month average basis), according SEMI. The billings figure is 4.2 percent lower than the final October 2018 level of $2.03 billion, and is 5.3 percent lower than the November 2017 billings level of $2.05 billion. “For the first time in over ...

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Despite the trade war, IC Insights believes the semiconductor industry will grow. The growth is not big – single digit – but it is considerably more optimistic than SEMI’s forecast for the 2019 fab equipment industry which switched, this week, from a positive 7% to a negative 8%. While acknowledging that China will play a ...

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MACOM launches negative voltage drivers

MACOM has announced two new negative voltage drivers designed for use with a broad range of MACOM’s AlGaAs and HMIC PIN diode switches. The  MADR-011020 and MADR-011022 drivers enable integration that complements the industry-leading performance of MACOM’s advanced PIN diodes, providing designers with layout-efficient and cost-effective solutions while eliminating the design complexities and time to market ...

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