Secretary of State for Wales Alun Cairns has announced that the Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult – Wales’ first and the UK’s newest Catapult – will open its Innovation Centre, based in South East Wales, ...
PowerSphyr Inc of Danville, CA, USA – which delivers end-to-end wireless power charging solutions – and GaN Systems Inc of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (a fabless developer of gallium nitride-based power switching semiconductors for ...
Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA (which makes analog and mixed-signal semiconductors) has signed a definitive agreement to buy private fabless semiconductor supplier Avnera Corp of Beaverton, OR, USA, a developer of analog system ...
Tags: analog, semiconductors
For second-quarter 2018, epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA has reported revenue of $157.8m, down slightly on $158.6m last quarter but up 40.6% on $112.2m a year ago. ...
Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath, near Aachen, Germany is supplying several more AIX 2800G4-TM cluster metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) systems (for delivery between third-quarter 2018 and first-quarter ...
Tags: Aixtron, MOCVD Changelight, LED
After beginning volume production of its first bulk-CMOS radio frequency (RF) switch in 2008, Infineon Technologies AG of Munich, Germany has now reached an annual run-rate far exceeding 1 billion and a cumulative shipments of 5 billion RF ...
Results have been announced for the research project ‘Integrated High-Volume Production along the LED Value-Added Chain for Large Wafers and Panels’ (InteGreat), which ran between December 2014 and February 2018 supported by the ...
Tags: packaging, LED product
SLD Laser of Goleta, CA, USA (a spin-off from LED lighting firm Soraa Inc that is commercializing visible laser light sources for automotive, specialty lighting and display applications) says that its LaserLight SMD product line has ...
Tags: LED lighting, Laser Lighting
Honda has announced pricing and range details of the redesigned and refreshed 2019 Pilot, bringing a range upgrades to the 8-seat SUV. The 2019 Pilot LX with standard front-wheel drive carries a starting manufacturer's suggested retail ...
US-based Terrafugia said that the latest features and systems will be incorporated into the Transition flying car, which is due to come to market in 2019. The new features in the Transition production vehicle, a two-seat auto and ...
Tags: Terrafugia, Flying Car, Hybrid Mode
BMW has started production of 8 Series Coupé sportscar at Dingolfing plant on Germany. The company invested an investment in the low three-digit-million into the site in Lower Bavaria in preparation for the 8 Series, with BMW ...
BMW has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to join Baidu’s open autonomous driving platform Apollo as a board member. Both the firms plan to work together to bring safe and intelligent mobility experiences for Chinese ...
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Bosch and Daimler have selected and signed an agreement with the US AI computing firm Nvidia as a supplier for the artificial intelligence (AI) platform they need. AI is an important building block in fully automated and driverless ...
Tags: Daimler, Bosch, Nvidia, AI Platform
South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor has invested in Autotalks to develop connectivity technology for increased road safety. The companies will collaborate to develop the next generation Vehicle to Everything (V2X) chipset for connected ...
Tags: Hyundai Motor, sensors
Japanese automaker Nissan has abandoned the deal to sell its EV battery manufacturing unit to Chinese private equity firm GSR Capital. The deal, valued at nearly $1bn, was cancelled by Nissan stating that the Chinese firm lacked the ...
Tags: Nissan, GSR Capital