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Penn State orders another Veeco GENxplor R&D MBE system for opto materials research

What happened

Veeco Instruments has received an order from Penn State University for a GENxplor R&D MBE system to grow III-V materials for lasers and infrared meta-materials. This is a single-unit sale for academic research purposes, not a commercial production tool order. Neutral: This R&D equipment sale has no immediate impact on commercial semiconductor supply, demand, or pricing.

Impact and signal

Low impactImpact score: 8/100

Affected components and suppliers

III-V Compound Semiconductors

Veeco Instruments Inc

R&DMBEoptoelectronics

Source and time

Source: Semiconductor Today · 8/11/2022 · View original source

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Penn State orders another Veeco GENxplor R&D MBE system for opto materials research

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