On July 28, U.S.-based semiconductor materials and optoelectronic components giant Coherent officially inaugurated its new Vietnam facility located in the Nhon Trach 1 Industrial Park in Dong Nai Province. This high-tech manufacturing plant, built with a total investment of USD 127 million, will pri...

As artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC) enjoy burgeoning growth, chip power consumption is highly on the rise—making heat dissipation a critical bottleneck limiting performance and reliability. On June 13, U.S.-based Coherent announced the launch of its breakthrough di...

According to Daily Telegraph, Coherent's fab located in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, Northern England, is facing potential sale or closure as Apple ceased a supply agreement. Currently, the plant is under review, which might turn out to be sold. Coherent has issued a last-time-buy notice to its c...

A global supplier in materials, networking, and lasers, Coherent announced that DENSO  Corporation and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation have agreed to invest an aggregate $1 billion in its silicon carbide business (the “Business”). The transaction results from the strategic review process announ...

In recent developments, an industry source revealed that Coherent, a leading chip material supplier in the U.S. automotive industry, has piqued the interest of four major Japanese corporate groups with regards to its silicon carbide (SiC) business, with a transaction amount potentially reaching $5 b...