EMCORE Company Description
EMCORE is both compound and complex. The company's offerings include compound semiconductors -- chips made from compound materials, such as gallium arsenide (GaAs) and gallium nitride (GaN), rather than silicon. Compound semiconductors are used in high-tech devices, including photovoltaic solar cells and optical components for high-speed telecommunications networks. EMCORE's customers include Alcatel-Lucent, Boeing, Cisco Systems, Fujitsu, General Dynamics, Hewlett-Packard, Lockheed Martin, Motorola, Northrop Grumman, Sycamore Networks, Tellabs, and the US government. The company draws more than half of its sales from customers in North America.
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