Compound Semiconductor Week 2010

May31-June 4, 2010
Takamatsu Symbol Tower, Kagawa, Japan

First collocation

General Plenary Talk, June 2, 2010

"Compound Semiconductor Markets: Current Status and Future Prospects Through 2013"

Mr. A. Anwar, Strategy Analytics, UK

GaAs-based devices will continue to enable next generation wireless technologies, while InP will be at the forefront of future telecom network rollouts that will enable demand for high bandwidth applications, coupled with traffic demands from emerging 3G and 4G networks. While the market for GaN RF and power devices will still be at an early, GaN-based devices will be pivotal to the development of solid-state lighting markets. The collective market for compound semiconductor devices and related materials will grow to exceed $20 billion by 2013.

 

"How We Started Hi-Tech Research and Industries in Taiwan and Booming Now"

Prof. C.Y. Chang, National Academy of Engineering, U.S.A., National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan

Since 1960, we have started Hi-Tech research in silicon planar technology which was regarded as "the origin of VLSI" by Gordon Moore in 1965, and metal-oxide-semiconductor structures. In 1970, we have made LED, and continue to develop compound semiconductor devices and physics.

We have enjoyed good development in these areas. TSMC and UMCC are sharing more than 72% of world foundry share. GaN LED, HBT, Hemt production capacity are among the highest in the world. There are more than 600 MOCVD systems in Taiwan and will be 200 more by the end of the year. LCD industry is also booming now.

Finally, I will address more about why it was successful and what is the challenge in the future.

 

"Izumoring; A Strategy for Total Production of Rare Sugars"

Prof. K. Izumori, Kagawa University, Japan

Rare sugars are monosaccharides that occur in small amounts as natural products. Izumoring is a strategy to produce all rare sugars from inexpensive D-glucose. Practically, this system has been shown to be able to produce all the rare sugars from the few monosaccharides abundant in nature. Potential applications of rare sugars and the development project in Kagawa will be introduced in the talk.