IBM’s SOI-based BlueGene/Q takes the top 5 spots on the latest “Green500” list of energy-efficient supercomputers.

• SiTime has entered the smartphone/tablet/mobile app market with the first MEMS oscillator in a chip scale package (CSP) - SiTime, which leverages SOI for high-performance MEMS timing solutions, has entered the smartphone/tablet/mobile app market with the first MEMS oscillator in a... More →
• An agreement between Soitec and GT Advanced Technologies is aiming to lower the cost of LED production and accelerate adoption in commercial and residential lighting - An agreement between Soitec and GT Advanced Technologies is aiming to lower the cost of LED production and accelerate adoption in commercial and residential... More →
• Soitec's Smart Cut™ technology is now being leveraged to produce GaN substrates for high-performance LED lighting applications - Soitec's Smart Cut™ technology, best known for its role as the leading technology for producing SOI wafers, is now being leveraged to produce GaN substrates... More →
• FD-SOI Forum 2013 in Hsinchu, Taiwan - Presentations available online! - On April 22, 2013, leading companies from the SOI Industry Consortium organized a forum focused on fully depleted technologies for highly energy-efficient... More →
• DARPA reports that a team of researchers at the University of Southern California and Columbia University has achieved output power levels of nearly 0.5W at 45 GHz with a 45nm SOI CMOS chip - (Image courtesy of DARPA and Columbia University) - DARPA reports that a team of researchers at the University of Southern California and Columbia University... More →
• Altis Semiconductor will be a foundry partner for the IBM 180nm SOI technology - Specialty foundry Altis Semiconductor will be a foundry partner for the IBM 180nm SOI technology. ALTIS will deliver high volume products starting Q2 2013 and... More →
• Peregrine has announced the latest version of UltraCMOS® process technology-Semiconductor Technology Platform 8 (STeP8) - Peregrine has announced the latest version of UltraCMOS® process technology—Semiconductor Technology Platform 8 (STeP8), which the company says enables... More →
• TowerJazz says its latest RF SOI technology offers the industry’s best figure of merit for antenna switch and antenna tuning applications - Specialty foundry TowerJazz says its latest RF SOI technology offers the industry’s best figure of merit for antenna switch and antenna tuning applications... More →
• RDA Microelectronics has begun volume shipments of its RDALN16 GPS LNA - RDA Microelectronics has begun volume shipments of its RDALN16 GPS LNA for use in Samsung's 3G handsets deployed in Europe and emerging markets worldwide, such... More →
• Skyworks announced that its industry-leading Silicon-on-insulator (SOI) switching technology is now being used by European, Japanese, Korean and North American car manufacturers - Skyworks announced that its industry-leading Silicon-on-insulator (SOI) switching technology is now being used by European, Japanese, Korean and North American... More →
• GSS has declared, “Metal-gate-first FD-SOI will be very good but metal-gate-last could be spectacular - Following investigations and simulations, GSS has declared, “Metal-gate-first FD-SOI will be very good but metal-gate-last could be spectacular.” “...the... More →
• STMicroeletronics announced its 28nm FD-SOI Technology is ready for manufacturing in its leading-edge Crolles fab - STMicroeletronics announced its 28nm FD-SOI Technology is ready for manufacturing in its leading-edge Crolles fab. At the SOI Consortium FD Symposium, ST... More →
• Debiotech has introduced, for the first time worldwide, its SOI-MEMS-based JewelPUMP platform for Diabetes Therapy at the prestigious EASD 2012 conference in Berlin, Germany - Following its much heralded debut at the ADA last year, Debiotech has introduced, for the first time worldwide, its SOI-MEMS-based JewelPUMP platform for... More →
• Four researchers from STMicroelectronics and Leti have received the 2012 Général Ferrié Award - (from left to right) Stéphane Monfray and Frédéric Bœuf (ST), and Claire Fenouillet-Béranger and Olivier Faynot (Leti) are the recipients of the 2012... More →
• MagnaChip has expanded production of Peregrine's STeP5 UltraCMOS® technology-based RFIC product line - Following the recent news that Soitec has more than doubled production of bonded silicon-on-sapphire (BSOS) substrates (a flavor of SOI) to meet increased... More →

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