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Oxford Instruments’ plasma processing equipment enabling Coherent to ramp up 6-inch InP fabs

What happened

Oxford Instruments' plasma processing equipment enables Coherent Corp to ramp up 6-inch InP wafer fabrication. This marks the industry's first fully automated capability for photonic devices. Bearish: Increased InP wafer supply capacity may put downward pressure on spot prices.

Impact and signal

Medium impactImpact score: 65/100

Affected components and suppliers

InP wafers

Oxford InstrumentsCoherent Corp

capacity_expansionInPphotonic

Source and time

Source: Semiconductor Today · 11/17/2025 · View original source

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Oxford Instruments’ plasma processing equipment enabling Coherent to ramp up 6-inch InP fabs

What happened

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