About AmberWave

About company

AmberWave, Inc., formerly AmberWave Systems Corporation, engages in the research, development, and licensing of technologies for semiconductor manufacturing. It provides Strained Silicon, a technology that is used in microchips to improve performance and decrease power consumption; and Aspect Ratio Trapping, a technology, which is used to make chips for silicon-based photonics and photovoltaic cells. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Salem, New Hampshire. AmberWave Systems Corporation is a former subsidiary of U.S. Robotics Corp.