Coherent has secured $15m of CHIPS Act funding
April 12, 2024
US-based Coherent Corp has received a funding boost from the US government to accelerate the development of its wide and ultrawide bandgap semiconductors for defence purposes.
Coherent expands capacity in US and Europe
March 27, 2024
Compound semiconductor specialist Coherent Corp. has established the world’s first capability for 6-inch indium phosphide (InP) wafer fabrication, at the company’s Sherman, Texas, and Järfälla, Sweden, wafer fabs.
SiC and its impact on Europe
December 11, 2023
There is no denying that SiC will play a pivotal role in the semiconductor landscape in the future and the power device market specifically.
Coherent ready to accelerate SiC business expansion
December 07, 2023
Coherent has closed the USD 1 billion aggregate investment by Denso and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation in the company's silicon carbide semiconductor business.
Denso and Mitsubishi Electric invests in Coherent's SiC business
November 01, 2023
Denso and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation have agreed to invest an aggregate of USD 1 billion in Coherent's silicon carbide business.
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MediaTek partners with Nvidia to provide full-scale product roadmap to the auto industry
May 30, 2023
MediaTek has entered into a partnership with Nvidia to deliver a complete range of in-vehicle AI cabin solutions for the next generation of software-defined vehicles.
Mitsubishi Electric and Coherent to scale SiC manufacturing
May 26, 2023
Mitsubishi Electric and materials specialist Coherent Corp.have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on a program looking to scale manufacturing of SiC power electronics on a 200 mm technology platform.
Safran combines subsidiaries
May 04, 2022
Safran Electronics & Defense is grouping two subsidiaries, Safran Colibrys (in Switzerland) and the recently acquired Sensonor (in Norway,) under a single banner, Safran Sensing Technologies.
A deal has been struck – II-VI to acquire Coherent
March 29, 2021
The engineered materials and optoelectronics specialist says that it has entered into definitive agreement to acquire laser technology provider Coherent.
The fight for Coherent Inc. isn’t over
March 09, 2021
Engineered materials and optoelectronic components specialist II-VI, announced yesterday that it had moved into the top spot among the companies offering to acquire the provider of lasers and laser-based technology – edging out offers from both Lumentum and MKS Instruments.
AC and DC Data Acquisition Signal Chains Made Easy
February 10, 2021
Sampling phenomena in analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) induce the problems of aliasing and capacitive kickback, and to solve these problems, designers use filters and driving amplifiers that introduce their own sets of challenges.
Swedish radar sensor company turns to Rohde & Schwarz
May 12, 2020
Test and measurement expert Rohde & Schwarz has provided Acconeer, a specialist for pulsed coherent radar (PCR) and IoT, with an R&S FSW85 signal and spectrum analyser.
Acconeer and Alps Alpine enter joint development agreement
April 27, 2020
Swedish radar sensor company, Acconeer, says that it has entered into a joint development agreement with Alps Alpine, to develop next generation patented Pulse Coherent sensors.
Communications equipment makers want high power outputs and small solution footprints
February 11, 2020
Many communications systems are powered via a 48 V backplane. This voltage is normally stepped down to a lower intermediate bus voltage, typically to either 12 V, 5 V, or even lower, in order to power the racks of boards within the system.
Samsung’s CPU project ends, layoffs in CA and TX
November 06, 2019
Samsung has confirmed in a letter to the Texas Workforce Commission that layoffs as a result of the closure of the CPU project at the Samsung R&D Center (SARC) in Austin, Texas and the San Jose Advanced Computing Lab (ACL) in San Jose, California, will begin December 31.
Indesmatech and Acconeer enter partnership
March 04, 2019
Indesmatech and Acconeer has entered a cooperation agreement on marketing of the Acconeer technologies in Europe.
Molex and Elenion extend investment to bring silicon photonic-based solutions
March 04, 2019
Molex Ventures has announced a further investment between Molex Optical Solutions Group (OSG) and Elenion Technologies, LLC (Elenion), collaborating on the next-generation of high Baud rate coherent optical module solutions.
Lattice appoints new CFO
January 04, 2019
Lattice Semiconductor has appointed Sherri Luther as the Company’s Chief Financial Offer, effective immediately. Ms. Luther brings extensive strategic and financial operations experience to her new role.
Sensor specialist invests in Essemtec equpiment for Swiss site
December 05, 2018
The principle in sensor technology is to pack more and more intelligence in spaces that become progressively smaller. Balluff is specialist in high-quality sensor, identification and network solutions.
Accelerating development of embedded systems with logic analyzers
March 28, 2018
While logic analyzers may be originally known for parallel system debugging with wide data busses, the last decade has seen their usage shifting to serial applications, involving less signal lines, like I2C, SPI or UART.
Lumentum to acquire Oclaro for $1.8 billion
March 15, 2018
Lumentum Holdings and Oclaro have signed a definitive agreement, unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both companies, under which Lumentum will acquire all of the outstanding common stock of Oclaro.
Digi-Key ink deal with supplier of tiny radar sensors
February 19, 2018
Swedish Acconeer's A1 SRD radar sensors are available worldwide through Digi-Key Electronics thanks to a new distribution agreement.
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Oryx Vision saises $50M to build LiDAR for autonomous vehicles
August 11, 2017
Oryx uses microscopic light-sensing antennas to build a powerful LiDAR, which the company claims to be as simple as a digital camera. The company’s second funding round was led by Third Point Ventures and WRV.
The spin in graphene can be switched off
July 17, 2017
By combining graphene with another two-dimensional material, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology have created a prototype of a transistor-like device for future computers, based on what is known as spintronics.
Finmasi Group adds PCB manufacturing equipment
June 08, 2017
Cistelaier Spa and Techci Rhône-Alpes SA have added new Pluritec machines: Inspecta Combo HPL X-Ray drilling system, Multistation EVO S drilling system and C2 routing machine.
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