From a device standpoint they would compete with Cree.
Thanks Fatboy. As you listed in your excellent series of Cree posts recently, Sterling Semiconductor is also a competitor to Cree. The Sterling Semiconductor-Microsemi alliance is worth checking every now and then to get a continuing sense of just some the real world applications available to Cree. MSCC is a leading company on the trailing edge of a wide set of niche markets. Through a series of acquisitions over the last two years, it is complementing that status with a growing number of leading edge broadband products including an intriguing line of microscopic flip chips.
Microsemi Announces Alliance With Sterling Semiconductor to Develop Silicon Carbide Semiconductors
SANTA ANA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 21, 1999--Microsemi Corp. (Nasdaq:MSCC), a leading manufacturer of discrete semiconductor products, Tuesday announced that it has entered into an alliance with Sterling Semiconductor Inc., Sterling, Va., to design and develop silicon carbide-based semiconductors for a variety of Microsemi applications.
Microsemi plans to use silicon carbide technology to create devices for high-speed modems, implantable cardio defibrillators, military radar, space applications, MRI equipment and other applications Microsemi has identified that can benefit from the high-temperature and high-frequency properties of silicon carbide.
The first product under development is a 480 volt Schottky diode to be packaged in Microsemi's patented Powermite(TM) surface mount package. It has been scheduled for initial demonstration in the first quarter of next year......
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Note also today's press release and how MSCC is positioning itself to benefit from Motorola's ongoing move to outsource part of its manufacturing. That translates to more opportunities to develop devices using silicon carbide, IMO.
Microsemi Introduces Low Noise RF Transistor for Mobile Power Amplifier Applications
SANTA ANA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 7, 2000--Microsemi Corp. (Nasdaq: MSCC) today announced that it has introduced a new surface mount silicon low noise RF low power transistor used in the input stage for power amplifier designs for two-way mobile radios.
The MRF5812 Series is a pin-compatible product originally developed by Motorola's RF/IF Division in Tempe, Ariz. Microsemi said it purchased from Motorola (now On Semi) equipment necessary to continue to produce this series as part of an agreement the two companies completed. This new product is the first in a series of 40 new products transitioned from Motorola to Microsemi that are designed for use in wireless application infrastructure and mobile terminals.....
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