Product category: Microprocessors, Microcontrollers and DSPs
News Release from: Freescale Semiconductor
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 07 September 2001
Motorola cracks the GaAs on silicon
riddle
Motorola is claiming a first in combining silicon with III-V materials.
Motorola is claiming a first in combining silicon with III-V materials The discovery, which solves a problem that has been vexing the semiconductor industry for nearly 30 years, opens the door to significantly less expensive optical communications, high-frequency radio devices and high-speed microprocessor-based subsystems by potentially eliminating the current cost barriers holding back many advanced applications
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 20 Mar 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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