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IQE sues Tower over porous silicon technology
What happened
Epiwafer and substrate supplier IQE has filed a lawsuit against foundry Tower Semiconductor over alleged misuse of its porous silicon technology. The dispute centers on intellectual property rights for a specialized semiconductor manufacturing process. Neutral: This is a bilateral legal matter with no immediate, broad impact on component supply, pricing, or production capacity for traders.
Impact and signal
Low impactImpact score: 5/100
Affected components and suppliers
epitaxial waferssubstrates
IQE plcTower Semiconductor Ltd
lawsuitip-disputespecialty-materials
Source and time
Source: Semiconductor Today · 7/18/2022 · View original source
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