Silvaco Inc of Santa Clara, CA, USA (which provides electronic design automation and IP software tools for process and device development), Purdue University and Purdue Research Foundation have formed a partnership to extend Moore’s ...
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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, ...
German automaker Volkswagen is set to use quantum computing to simulate industrially relevant molecules for the development of batteries for electric vehicles. The experts have successfully simulated molecules such as lithium-hydrogen and ...
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Baidu has unveiled Apollo 2.5, the latest version of the open autonomous driving platform, which now supports autonomous driving on geo-fenced highways. At a launch event to celebrate Apollo’s one-year anniversary in Beijing, Baidu ...
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Chinese multinational technology firm Baidu has secured first batch of licenses to carry out road tests for autonomous vehicles in Beijing. At the launch ceremony today, five cars powered by Apollo, the open autonomous driving platform by ...
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ON Semiconductor of Phoenix, AZ, USA – which supplies power management, analog, sensors, logic, timing, connectivity, discrete, system-on-chip (SoC) and custom devices – has extended its silicon carbide (SiC) diode portfolio by ...
FCA US has agreed to deliver Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans to Waymo's driverless ride-hailing service. Delivery of the vehicles is expected to take place later this year and they will be deployed across multiple cities in the US. ...
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Researchers from the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and experts from industry and academia have developed software tools, which can predict the fiber orientation and length distribution of ...
This month sees the launch in Grenoble, France of the three-year, €7.2m European Union ‘Horizon 2020’ project ModulED, which brings together 10 European research institutes, key members of the automotive-industry value ...
After being showcased at the International Conference on Silicon Carbide and Related Materials (ICSCRM 2017) in Washington DC, USA (17-22 September), Tokyo-based Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd (SEI) has launched the EpiEra high-quality ...
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Chinese search engine giant Baidu has created a new CNY10bn ($1.5bn) Apollo Fund to invest in more than 100 new and emerging autonomous driving projects in the next three years. The company has also released Apollo 1.5, its latest ...
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As 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 ...
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German automotive manufacturing firm Continental has become a development partner and system integrator of the collaboration between BMW Group, Intel and Mobileye for automated driving. It is the goal of the BMW Group, Intel and Mobileye ...
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Japanese automaker Honda is planning to introduce Level 4 automated driving capability into its vehicles by 2025. The decision is line with the company’s plans to introduce automated freeway driving capability (SAE Level 3) into ...
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Based in Shanghai, each of the centres will boast virtual and augmented reality technology, character interactions and more. Hasbro and Dan Mintz's DMG Entertainment are joining forces to launch a line of interactive Transformers digital ...
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