MENU

Business news Page 499

Business news Page 499
Continental teams up with Nexteer for motion control systems
Continental teams up with Nexteer for motion control systems
Business news |
Automated driving, the current mega-topic of the automotive industry, will require more or less all systems in the cars to…
AMS pulls out of $2 billion wafer fab project
AMS pulls out of $2 billion wafer fab project
Business news |
Austria's AMS AG (Premstaetten, Austria) has withdrawn from a wafer fab project located in New York that was budgeted with…
AI ethics under scrutiny
AI ethics under scrutiny
Business news |
The newly launched Ethics and Governance of Artificial Intelligence Fund aims to foster global research that advances AI for the…
Gooee partners with Brazilian lighting provider
Gooee partners with Brazilian lighting provider
Business news |
Smart lighting start-up Gooee (St. Petersburg, FL) has extended its international reach to South America by partnering with the Lumicenter…

Analog firm qualifies IP with On Semi
Analog firm qualifies IP with On Semi
Business news |
Hexius Semiconductor Inc. (Tempe, Arizona) has qualified several analog circuit blocks of its design on the ONC18 0.18-micron CMOS process of On Semiconductor.
LG to favour 18:9 LCD for next smartphone
LG to favour 18:9 LCD for next smartphone
Business news |
South Korean display manufacturer LG Display announced a new smartphone LCD display with QHD+ resolution (1440x2880 pixels) with a 18:9 aspect ratio.
Gooee partners with Brazilian Lumicenter Lighting Group
Gooee partners with Brazilian Lumicenter Lighting Group
Business news |
Smart lighting start-up Gooee has extended its international reach to South America by partnering with the Lumicenter Lighting Group, the Brazilian provider of conventional and LED lighting solutions. This partnership…
Samsung incubator targets frontier tech in AI, VR & IoT
Samsung incubator targets frontier tech in AI, VR & IoT
Business news |
Samsung NEXT (Formerly Samsung Global Innovation Center) is expanding its global support of early stage startups with a $150 million venture capital investment fund. More specifically, the fund is aimed…
Samsung-powered incubator fund is $150M strong: expanding
Samsung-powered incubator fund is $150M strong: expanding
Business news |
Samsung NEXT (Formerly Samsung Global Innovation Center) is expanding its global support of early stage startups with a $150 million venture capital investment fund. More specifically, the fund is aimed…
ZF shows platform concept for electric city vehicles
ZF shows platform concept for electric city vehicles
Business news |
The large-scale industrial manufacturing of electric vehicles is coming closer. Automotive tier one supplier ZF AG is introducing a platform concept for electric vehicles at the North American International Auto…
Tesla powers up battery production at Gigafactory
Tesla powers up battery production at Gigafactory
Business news |
Tesla (Palo Alto, CA) and Panasonic (Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture, Japan) have started production of lithium ion battery cells at Tesla's 'Gigafactory' in Nevada.
Tesla starts battery production at gigafactory
Tesla starts battery production at gigafactory
Business news |
Tesla and Panasonic have started production of lithium ion battery cells at Tesla's 'gigafactory' in Nevada, US.
MediaTek selected by BT to enable home Wi-Fi networks
MediaTek selected by BT to enable home Wi-Fi networks
Business news |
Telecommunications services company BT Group plc has selected fabless chip company MediaTek Inc. (Hsinchu, Taiwan) to provide the underlying technology for its Whole Home Wi-Fi product.
BMW will soon test autonomous cars – with a little help from Intel and Mobileye
BMW will soon test autonomous cars – with a little help from Intel and Mobileye
Business news |
When past year BMW announced a cooperation with Mobileye and Intel to devise self-driving cars, industry observers were puzzled because Intel so far had no significant activities in the world…
BT signs MediaTek to enable home Wi-Fi networks
BT signs MediaTek to enable home Wi-Fi networks
Business news |
Telecommunications services company BT Group plc has selected fabless chip company MediaTek Inc. (Hsinchu, Taiwan) to provide the underlying technology for its Whole Home Wi-Fi product.
Wireless R&D firm InterDigital buys sensor processing tech developer
Wireless R&D firm InterDigital buys sensor processing tech developer
Business news |
Sensor motion technology company Hillcrest Laboratories Inc. (Rockville, MD) has been acquired by InterDigital Inc. (Wilmington, DE), a technology intellectual property company.
Hillcrest Labs sold to InterDigital
Hillcrest Labs sold to InterDigital
Business news |
Sensor motion technology company Hillcrest Laboratories Inc. (Rockville, Maryland) has been acquired by InterDigital Inc. (Wilmington, Delaware), a technology intellectual property company.
Transition at German subsidiary drives down revenue at Electrovaya
Transition at German subsidiary drives down revenue at Electrovaya
Business news |
Battery technology developer Electrovaya saw a loss of over $8m last year on revenues of $19.5m, largely as a result of changes at its German subsidiary Litharion.
Intel buys into map services provider Here
Intel buys into map services provider Here
Business news |
Chipmaker Intel will acquire 15% of Here, a company that offers digital map services and real-time location-based services for the automotive industry. The move follows similar announcements from other major…
Report: US mulls ramping semiconductor protection
Report: US mulls ramping semiconductor protection
Business news |
A report being prepared for the United States government will recommend increased protection for the US semiconductor industry, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
Microsoft tackles the connected car
Microsoft tackles the connected car
Business news |
For a long time, software giant Microsoft has been notably absent from the growing market around the connected car. Apparently, this is about to change. At the Consumer Electronics Show…
Safety-oriented wearable design challenge launched
Safety-oriented wearable design challenge launched
Business news |
Electronics distributor element14 has launched a new design challenge for designers and engineers called ‘Safe and Sound’. Sponsored by Texas Instruments (TI), element14 will challenge 15 community members to design…
Submit your safety-oriented wearable designs ’till the end of the month
Submit your safety-oriented wearable designs ’till the end of the month
Business news |
element14 has launched a new design challenge for designers and engineers called ‘Safe and Sound’. Sponsored by Texas Instruments (TI), element14 will challenge 15 community members to design a personal…
Kopin enters the OLED Microdisplay market
Kopin enters the OLED Microdisplay market
Business news |
Kopin Corporation announced its entry into the fast growth OLED microdisplay market, with first product demonstrations to be shown at CES 2017.
Autoliv, Volvo launch software company for autonomous driving
Autoliv, Volvo launch software company for autonomous driving
Business news |
By signing the final agreement to form a joint venture dedicated to developing software for autonomous driving, carmaker Volvo and safety systems suppliers have substantiated an earlier announcement. The JV,…
AR Europe to distribute Noisecom and Boonton products
AR Europe to distribute Noisecom and Boonton products
Business news |
Wireless Telecom Group has announced an agreement with AR Europe for the distribution of Boonton Electronics and Noisecom products throughout Europe.
Qualcomm, Meizu settle 3G/4G global patent dispute
Qualcomm, Meizu settle 3G/4G global patent dispute
Business news |
Qualcomm Incorporated (San Diego, CA) and Meizu Technology Co., Ltd. (Zhuhai, China), say they have reached a patent license agreement where Qualcomm grants Meizu a worldwide royalty-bearing patent license to…
Qualcomm and Meizu sign 3G/4G global patent agreement
Qualcomm and Meizu sign 3G/4G global patent agreement
Business news |
Qualcomm Incorporated and Meizu Technology Co., Ltd., say they have reached a patent license agreement whereby Qualcomm grants Meizu a worldwide royalty-bearing patent license to develop, manufacture and sell CDMA2000,…


10s