Taiwan-based gallium arsenide (GaAs) foundries and epi-wafer suppliers have started delivering epi-wafer samples, which are used in power amplifiers (PA) for Wi-Fi 7 radio-frequency front-end modules (RF FEM), according to industry sources.
Let’s take a moment to review the rise and fall of Taiwan’s DRAM industry. Taiwan’s DRAM industry came into being in the mid-1990s. In the beginning, although some companies wanted to self-develop related technologies, most companies chose to become competitive by exchanging production capacity for technology licensing with partners. This method certainly had some drawbacks, including that companies obtaining the licensed technologies could be controlled by their partners.