An online resource site dedicated to the needs of the compound semiconductor industry, including news, jobs, reviews, analysis, education, technology primers, white papers and directories of companies, products and services. http://compoundsemi.com/ 2010-09-08T11:20:09+01:00 text/html 2010-09-06T04:00:00+01:00 http://www.compoundsemi.com/ http://www.compoundsemi.com/documents/articles/news/119686.html#top MiaSolé of Santa Clara, California USA, a maker of copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic solar panels announced an indepedently confirmed 14.3 percent efficiency for its 1 square meter modules. According to Miasole, the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory confirmed the results. Miasole says that 14.3 percent ...<br><br>Category: solar text/html 2010-09-06T04:00:00+01:00 http://www.compoundsemi.com/ http://www.compoundsemi.com/documents/articles/news/119687.html#top Global Solar of Tucson, Arizona USA, unveiled its flexible CIGS building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) module, the PowerFlex BIPV. The company specially designed the PowerFlex BIPV modules for commercial and industrial rooftops. Global Solar claims that the modules can deliver more power per rooftop than any other solar solution. Global Solar ...<br><br>Category: solar text/html 2010-09-06T04:00:00+01:00 http://www.compoundsemi.com/ http://www.compoundsemi.com/documents/articles/news/119679.html#top Cree of Durham, North Carolina USA, has reported a silicon carbide advance that the company says will help lead to wide scale commercialization of SiC. The company demonstrated high quality, 150-mm SiC substrates with micropipe densities of less than 10/cm2. The current Cree standard for SiC substrates is 100-mm diameter ...<br><br>Category: inframaterialsubstrate text/html 2010-09-06T04:00:00+01:00 http://www.compoundsemi.com/ http://www.compoundsemi.com/documents/articles/news/119660.html#top Veeco Intruments reports that Tsinghua Tongfang Company, a Beijing-based division of Tsinghua Holdings Company Limited, has selected Veeco to supply its metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) systems for their new LED factory. Veeco says that Tsignhua accepted the order of the initial systems as part of a planned large ...<br><br>Category: infraequipprocess text/html 2010-09-06T04:00:00+01:00 http://www.compoundsemi.com/ http://www.compoundsemi.com/documents/articles/news/119659.html#top MiaSole, a maker of glass-glass copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic solar panels, announced purchase agreements to supply German renewable energy company, juwi Solar GmbH with CIGS photovoltaic modules. The larger agreement is for 7.5 MW of MiaSole's CIGS thin-film modules and will be used in Q3 and Q4 ...<br><br>Category: solar text/html 2010-09-06T04:00:00+01:00 http://www.compoundsemi.com/ http://www.compoundsemi.com/documents/articles/news/119658.html#top Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), a large contract chip maker, reported that work on its first thin film solar cell plant is expected to begin in September, according to an <a href="http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?ID=201008280015&Type=aECO">article</a> in Focus Taiwan. Rick Tsai, president of TSMC's new businesses division, indicated that the new plant will focus ...<br><br>Category: solar