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Plessey and JDC Collaborate on Tailored Backplane for Monolithic Micro-LED Displays
Sep 17, 2018Plessey Semiconductors Ltd of Plymouth, UK has announced a strategic partnership for its own monolithic micro-LED displays – manufactured on its proprietary gallium nitride on silicon (GaN-on-Si) wafers – to be driven by the ...
Tags: Micro-LED Displays
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Magna, Lyft Partner to Develop Self-Driving Systems
Mar 19, 2018Canadian global automotive supplier Magna and US ridesharing firm Lyft have partnered to jointly fund, develop, and manufacture self-driving systems. Apart from funding the partnership, Magna agreed to invest $200 in Lyft. The ...
Tags: Magna, Self-Driving Systems
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SF Motors Starts Test Driving Autonomous Technology on Silicon Valley Streets
Mar 8, 2018SF Motors has started test driving autonomous technology on the streets of Silicon Valley after securing a permit from California's Department of Motor Vehicles to test autonomous vehicle technology on public roads. With two manufacturing ...
Tags: SF Motors, Silicon Valley Streets
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Plessey Demos Microled-Based AR and VR Hud Concept at CES
Jan 19, 2018Plessey Semiconductors Ltd of Plymouth, UK has demonstrated how its monolithic microLED technology can be used to deliver the next-generation of head-up displays (HUDs), enabling new augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) ...
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ROHM Supplying Full-SiC Power Modules to Venturi Formula E Racing Team
Dec 5, 2017ROHM of Kyoto, Japan is to provide full-SiC (silicon carbide) power modules to the VENTURI Formula E team during season 4 (2017–2018) of FIA Formula E (the world’s first formula racing championship for all-electric vehicles), ...
Tags: Power Modules, silicon carbide
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Seoul Semiconductor First to Receive Low-Risk Eye-Safety Certification for Natural-Light LEDs
Nov 22, 2017South Korean LED maker Seoul Semiconductor says that SunLike (which is claimed to emit light that comes closest to sunlight) has received an RG-1 Eye Safety certification based on the safety of its light source, and has been recognized for ...
Tags: LEDs, natural-light LED
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Volvo's Parent Firm Geely to Buy Us Flying-Car Startup Terrafugia
Nov 16, 2017Zhejiang Geely, the Chinese automaker that owns Volvo, has agreed to acquire Terrafugia, a US-based startup company working on the development of a flying car. Terrafugia was founded in 2006 by five Massachusetts Institute of Technology ...
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Osram and Continental Planning JV for Intelligent Lighting Solutions in The Automotive Sector
Nov 8, 2017Lighting firm Osram GmbH and automotive technology firm Continental AG in Germany are to establish a Munich-registered 50:50 joint venture Osram Continental GmbH combining lighting technology with electronics and software to develop, ...
Tags: Osram, Automotive, LED lighting
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Sun Chemical Acquires Transitions Digital Graphics
Nov 6, 2017Sun Chemical has acquired the assets and business of Transitions Digital Graphics. Based in Santa Barbara, Calif., Transitions Digital Graphics is a leader in the development of changeable advertising signage and displays which utilize ...
Tags: Sun Chemical, Digital Graphics
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Enevate Unveils 5-Minute Extreme Fast Charge Battery Technology for EVs
Nov 6, 2017Enevate has announced HD-Energy Technology for Electric Vehicles (EVs) which features extreme fast charging in only 5 minutes with high energy density and long driving range that adds up to 240 miles (390 km)—or up to 50 miles (80 km) ...
Tags: Enevate, Fast Charge Battery, EV
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GlobalFoundries Unveils Roadmap for Next-Generation 5G Mmwave Applications
Oct 17, 2017GlobalFoundries of Santa Clara, CA, USA (one of the world’s largest semiconductor foundries, with more than 250 customers and operations in Singapore, Germany and the USA) has announced its vision and roadmap for a range of technology ...
Tags: semiconductor, wireless networks
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Delphi Partners with Blackberry for Autonomous Driving Operating System Platform
Sep 25, 2017Delphi Automotive has signed a commercial partnership agreement with BlackBerry to provide operating system for its autonomous driving system. Delphi and BlackBerry QNX will collaborate to bolster software performance and safety in their ...
Tags: Delphi Automotive, BlackBerry
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Seoul Semiconductor Sues Archipelago Lighting for Infringement of 12 Acrich Patents
Sep 20, 2017South Korean LED maker Seoul Semiconductor Co Ltd has filed a lawsuit, together with its affiliate Seoul Viosys Co Ltd, in the US District Court for the Central District of California asserting that Archipelago Lighting Inc is selling ...
Tags: LED bulb, LED packaging
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PEIC Panelists to Address Perspectives on Workforce Challenges & Opportunities Facing Power Electronics Industry
Sep 11, 2017As part of the Special Session program at the IEEE Energy Conversion Congress & Expo (ECCE 2017) in Cincinnati, OH (1–5 October), the Power Electronics Industry Collaborative (PEIC) – a national, industry-focused member-based ...
Tags: semiconductor, supply chain
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Magna Reveals MAX4 Autonomous Driving Platform
Sep 5, 2017Magna has unveiled MAX4, a fully integrated, customizable and scalable autonomous driving sensing and compute platform that can allow up to Level 4 autonomous driving capabilities in both urban and highway environments. MAX4 combines ...
Tags: Magna, autonomous driving sensing