Autonomous Vehicle (AV) technology company Insight LiDAR today announced that its product, Insight 1600, is the first LiDAR with the combined high resolution and velocity detection to enable pedestrian gesture recognition.
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Habana AI Accelerators Chosen by the San Diego Supercomputer Center to Power Voyager Research Program
Scheduled to be in service in the fall of 2021, Voyager will be dedicated to advancing AI research across a range of science and engineering domains.
H.I.G. Capital Completes Acquisition of SMTC Corporation
H.I.G. Capital, a global alternative investment firm with over $43 billion of equity capital under management, announced that an affiliate has completed the acquisition of SMTC Corporation.
IIT Delhi Selects Samco Multi-Chamber CVD System for Developing Heterojunction with Intrinsic Thin-layer Solar Cell
Samco, a manufacturer of plasma processing equipment for the compound semiconductor industry, announced that the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi) has selected a Samco Multi-Chamber CVD system to develop a Heterojunction with Intrinsic Thin-layer (HIT) solar cell.
SEMI Applauds Initiatives to Bolster Semiconductor Manufacturing and Research in American Jobs Plan
SEMI today applauded the inclusion of initiatives to strengthen U.S. semiconductor manufacturing and research and calls for investment in the Biden Administration’s American Jobs Plan.
New RA6M5 Group from Renesas Completes Mainstream Line of RA6 Series Arm Cortex M33-Based MCUs
Renesas Electronics Corporation today announced the expansion of its RA6 Series microcontrollers (MCUs) with 20 new RA6M5 Group MCUs, completing the mainstream line of RA6 Series devices.
Proteus Adds SnapEDA CAD Model Search to Boost Electronics Design Productivity
SnapEDA announced a new collaboration that places SnapEDA directly within Proteus’ printed circuit board (PCB) design environment.
Intel Teams with IBM for Advanced Semiconductor R&D
As Intel expands its domestic manufacturing operations, they will conduct new semiconductor research in advanced semiconductor technology working with IBM’s Albany Semiconductor Research Facility.
MaxLinear Appoints Tsu-Jae King Liu to Its Board of Directors
Dr. Liu has been appointed a Class I director with a term continuing until the 2022 annual meeting of stockholders, effective immediately.
TSMC’s Technology Roadmap
Mark Liu, Chairman of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), provided detailed insights into the company’s technology roadmap at the recent International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC). He waved off the suggestion that device technology improvements are slowing down.
