MENU

Page 1723

Page 1723
Analog Devices acquires GaAs / GaN chip maker OneTree
Analog Devices acquires GaAs / GaN chip maker OneTree
Business news |
Analog Devices has acquired fabless device maker OneTree Microdevices, based in Santa Rosa, California, a specialist in GaAs and GaN…
Test software enables easy and intuitive EMI measurements
Test software enables easy and intuitive EMI measurements
New Products |
Elektra EMI test software from Rohde & Schwarz has been designed for easy and intuitive EMI measurements during product development,…
Passives kit supports wireless design with Nordic ICs
Passives kit supports wireless design with Nordic ICs
New Products |
Distributor Rutronik (Ispringen, Germany) has Starter Kits, assembled by Murata from its range of passive devices, for Nordic Semiconductor chip…
ZF invests in radar sensor company
ZF invests in radar sensor company
Business news |
ZF Friedrichshafen AG has acquired approximately 45 percent of the shares of Astyx Communication & Sensors GmbH (Ottobrunn, Germany) from…

IoT ecosystem adds DALI, Ethernet interfaces
IoT ecosystem adds DALI, Ethernet interfaces
New Products |
Dortmund, Germany-based company Lemonbeat GmbH has added interfaces for “DALI”, the international standard for lighting controls in building automation, as well as cabled Ethernet to its Lemonbeat IoT infrastructure. Lemonbeat's…
Quantum computing startup targets cloud platform, raises $64M
Quantum computing startup targets cloud platform, raises $64M
Business news |
Rigetti Computing Inc., (Berkeley, CA), a company founded by Chad Rigetti in 2013, has announced it has raised $64 million in Series A and B funding rounds, bringing the amount…
Academic program to expand Ultrahaptics’ reach
Academic program to expand Ultrahaptics’ reach
Technology News |
Shortly after it released its first development kit for its ultrasound-based mid-air haptic solutions, Ultrahaptics is now supporting academic research groups around the world in exploring and developing haptic interfaces…
Cree doubles light output with horticulture-optimized blue LED
Cree doubles light output with horticulture-optimized blue LED
New Products |
The XLamp XP-G3 Royal Blue LED doubles the maximum light output of similar size competing LEDs, says manufacturer Cree while delivering a wall-plug efficiency of up to 81%.
Thermoelectric modules take over 1-million temperature cycles
Thermoelectric modules take over 1-million temperature cycles
New Products |
Laird's PC Series thermoelectric modules (TEMs) have been tested to more than 1-million temperature cycles, offering a significantly longer operating life and lower overall cost of ownership compared to standard…
Roll-to-roll process supports over-molded LEDs on flexible foil
Roll-to-roll process supports over-molded LEDs on flexible foil
Technology News |
The LED lit flexible wristband demonstrator showcased by the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland at LOPEC was entirely manufactured through a roll-to-roll process.
Analog Devices acquires GaAs & GaN cable chip maker OneTree
Analog Devices acquires GaAs & GaN cable chip maker OneTree
Business news |
Analog Devices has acquired fabless device maker OneTree Microdevices, based in Santa Rosa, California, a specialist in GaAs and GaN amplifiers for fibre-to-the-home networks, cable (CATV) networks, digital video distribution…
3-axis accelerometer performs wake-up in consumer designs
3-axis accelerometer performs wake-up in consumer designs
New Products |
Kionix (Ithaca, New York), part of the Rohm Group, has added the KXTJ3 3-axis low-cost accelerometer that offers the performance of a more expensive accelerometer in a 2 x 2…
Dongle protects software against reverse engineering
Dongle protects software against reverse engineering
New Products |
Wibu Systems (Karlsruhe, Germany) has developed a piece of hardware that provides protection against reverse engineering of software to users of standard or embedded software for machines, systems or smart…
Machine learning chip startup raises $9 million
Machine learning chip startup raises $9 million
Business news |
Startup machine-learning chip developer Mythic (Austin, Texas) – founded in 2012 as Isocline Engineer Corp. – has raised $9.3 million in a Series A round of funding.
Okmetic invests €40 million in MEMS wafer production
Okmetic invests €40 million in MEMS wafer production
Business news |
Specialist wafer supplier Okmetic Oy (Vantaa, Finland) – which was acquired by China's National Silicon Industry Group (NSIG) in 2016 – has said it will spend €40 million upgrading its…
V2X chipset vendor raises $30 million
V2X chipset vendor raises $30 million
Business news |
Automotive communications chipset vendor Autotalks Ltd. (Kfar Netter, Israel) has raised $30 million in a Round D of funding.
Quantum computing startup raises $64M for cloud platform
Quantum computing startup raises $64M for cloud platform
Business news |
Rigetti Computing Inc. (Berkeley, CA), a company founded by Chad Rigetti in 2013, has announced it has raised $64 million in Series A and B funding rounds, bringing the amount…
Will AI condition human behavior?
Will AI condition human behavior?
Feature articles |
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is all the rage and certainly a topic that's now trending more than the Internet of Things (whose acronym all marcom guys have had to insert in…
Security, FPGA partnership enables Encryption-as-a-Service for cloud providers
Security, FPGA partnership enables Encryption-as-a-Service for cloud providers
Business news |
Encryption IP provider Barco Silex (Louvain‐la‐Neuve, Belgium) announced it has struck a partnership with Accelize (San Jose, CA), a provider of cloud-based FPGA Acceleration-as-a-Service, to enable high-quality cloud-based encryption services…
IoT ecosystem adds DALI, Ethernet
IoT ecosystem adds DALI, Ethernet
New Products |
Dortmund, Germany-based company Lemonbeat GmbH has added interfaces for “DALI”, the international standard for lighting controls in building automation, as well as cabled Ethernet to its Lemonbeat IoT infrastructure. Lemonbeat's…
Sensirion: Microsensors open up new consumer applications
Sensirion: Microsensors open up new consumer applications
Technology News |
Today, sensors make many new applications possible that were inconceivable just a few years ago. Sensors such as the SHTW2 humidity and temperature sensor from Sensirion (Staefa, Switzerland) are microscopic…
CEO interview: Chip equipment supplier on a rocket trajectory
CEO interview: Chip equipment supplier on a rocket trajectory
Interviews |
Metrology and inspection company Unity Semiconductor SAS (Grenoble, France), is experiencing strong growth and expects to double its sales year-on-year in 2017. We asked CEO Gilles Fresquet to explain why…
Tin perovskite thin-film tandem solar cell patent granted
Tin perovskite thin-film tandem solar cell patent granted
Technology News |
Solar-Tectic (Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.) has been granted a key US patent on thin film tin perovskite solar cells that could reach a theoretical 45% efficiency.
Compact power management IC for medical, fitness wearables
Compact power management IC for medical, fitness wearables
New Products |
With its MAX20310 ultra-low quiescent current (IQ) power management integrated circuit (PMIC), Maxim Integrated (San Jose, CA) claims primary cell designers can reduce their solution size by 50% while extending…
Largest supercap factory in Europe opens
Largest supercap factory in Europe opens
Business news |
Skeleton Technologies (Viimsi, Harjumaa, Estonia) has opened a new supercapacitor production line in Saxony, Germany as part of a €6.2m investment.
TDK to acquire EU sensor IC specialist
TDK to acquire EU sensor IC specialist
Business news |
Japan's TDK Corp. is set to acquire ICsense NV (Leuven, Belgium), an analog and mixed-signal ASIC design specialist. The value of the deal was not provided.
Quantum computing startup has $69 million
Quantum computing startup has $69 million
Business news |
Rigetti Quantum Computing Inc. (Berkeley, Calif.), a company founded by Chad Rigetti in 2013, has announced it has raised $64 million in Series A and B funding rounds bring the…
High efficiency thin film perovskite solar cell patent granted to Solar-Tectic
High efficiency thin film perovskite solar cell patent granted to Solar-Tectic
Technology News |
Solar-Tectic in the US has been granted a key US patent on thin film tin perovskite solar cells that could reach a theoretical 45% efficiency.


10s