John Bowers, a professor of electrical and computer engineering and of materials at University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB), has been selected to receive the 2017 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Photonics ...
Tags: Integrated Photonics, PICs
Members of the Automotive Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Auto-ISAC) released an overview of comprehensive Automotive Cybersecurity Best Practices, developed as a proactive measure to further enhance vehicle cybersecurity ...
Tags: auto industry, Cybersecurity
LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has announced a strategic agreement with global technology distributor Avnet Inc that expands coverage in the Americas for the distribution of Cree's portfolio of LED ...
Tags: Cree, LED Components, LED chip
Infineon Technologies AG of Munich, Germany has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Wolfspeed Power & RF division of Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA for $850m in cash (about €740m). The deal also includes the related silicon ...
The pan-European REFERENCE research project - created to leverage disruptive radio-frequency silicon-on-insulator (RF-SOI) technology in developing industrial solutions for the performance, cost and integration needs of RF front-end modules ...
Tags: RF-SOI, ECSEL, 4G+communications
Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) announced a new usage-based insurance (UBI) and telematics insurance product that can help insurers price new products based on driving behaviors. The new UBI offering incorporates digital claims, ...
Semiconductor process equipment maker SAMCO Inc has held a completion ceremony for its second production center (a two-floor steel-framed building adjacent to the headquarters in Kyoto, Japan), which began construction in January and is ...
Tags: Semiconductor, PECVD, MOCVD
The Bluetooth SIG has officially unveiled the next big update to the Bluetooth connection standard, Bluetooth 5. We knew that this Bluetooth 5 announcement was coming last week, when Bluetooth SIG CEO Mark Powell tipped us all off. The ...
American motor vehicle manufacturing firm Local Motors has unveiled Olli, a self-driving vehicle which incorporates IBM Watson advanced cognitive computing capabilities. The vehicle, which can carry about 12 people, was debuted during the ...
Tags: Olli, cognitive computing capabilities, transportation solution
Over 40,000 industry professionals and visitors from 177 different countries of the world were present at COMPUTEX 2016 during its five-day run(photo courtesy of TAITRA).Retaining its global reputation as a great marketplace of tech ...
Tags: COMPUTEX 2016, ICT trade
Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA (which manufactures analog and mixed-signal semiconductors) has launched a suite of high-performance amplifiers specifically addressing the rapidly growing small-cell infrastructure market. As ...
Tags: Skyworks, semiconductors
A new highly efficient power amplifier (PA) based on silicon-on-insulator (SOI) CMOS could help to make possible next-generation cell phones, low-cost collision-avoidance radar for cars and lightweight microsatellites for communications, ...
Tags: Power Amplifier, Cell Phones
TUKU, a innovator in location-based mobile marketing, has entered into a commercial collaboration with Jones Packaging, a provider of premier packaging solutions for healthcare and consumer brands. Together, the partners will integrate ...
Tags: Intelligent Packaging, TUKU
Materials, component and precision system supplier Ferrotec Corp of Santa Clara, CA, USA (whose Temescal division of Livermore, CA, USA makes electron-beam-based evaporative coating systems) says that a Temescal UEFC series evaporator - the ...
Fulham Co., Inc. (www.fulham.com), a leading supplier of lighting components and electronics for commercial and specialty applications, today introduced a new line of WorkHorse LED Outdoor drivers that are fully programmable, and offer a ...