LEOBEN, AUSTRIA – Over the next four years, the GaNonCMOS project consortium intends to develop cost‑effective and reliable GaN-based processes, components, modules and integration approaches. In particular, the project aims to exploit the energy-efficiency advantages of GaN (gallium nitride), targeting the production of several demonstrators with GaN power switches and CMOS drivers, as well as new magnetic core materials that will enable switching frequencies up to 200MHz.

IBARA-SHI OKY, JAPAN -- Tazmo Co. announced it will buy Facility, a maker of printed circuit board plating equipment, for about 811 million yen ($7.1 million).