Funding led by Applied Ventures enables Vesper to scale production of its microphones and enter new sensor markets.
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AI-Based Imaging Analysis Tools and Cloud-Based Deployments to Bolster the Global Digital Pathology Market
Storage solutions segment to register the highest growth, followed by software solutions and hardware solutions, finds Frost & Sullivan.
ISS Europe to Explore Digitalization, Security and Environmental Sustainability
Leading executives, analysts, economists and technologists will gather 20-22 April, 2021, at the SEMI Industry Strategy Symposium Europe (ISS Europe), a virtual event, to highlight the technologies and the collaborations vital to meeting Europe’s most pressing strategic, social and economic challenges. Registration is open.
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.

Optoelectronics, Sensors/Actuators, and Discretes Gain Momentum
Total O-S-D sales set a record high in 2020 despite the Covid-19 virus crisis wrecking the global economy. In a 2021 rebound, optoelectronics is expected to join sensors/actuators and discretes in strong growth.
Odyssey Semiconductor Technologies, Inc. Raises $5 Million to Further Develop and Commercialize GaN Power Devices for Electric Vehicles and Solar Energy
Odyssey Semiconductor Technologies, Inc. announced it has raised $5 million in a common stock private placement to further fund the development and production of high-voltage vertically-conducting GaN power-switching devices.
Lattice Brings Embedded Vision Optimized FPGA to Automotive Applications
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation today expanded its award-winning Lattice Crosslink-NX family with new FPGAs specified for automotive applications such as advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) systems.
Axcelis Announces Multiple Shipments of Purion High Energy Systems to Leading CMOS Image Sensor Manufacturers
Axcelis Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has shipped multiple Purion VXE high energy systems to leading CMOS image sensor manufacturers.
Damage from Fire at Renesas Chip Factory Worse Than Initial Reports
Renesas Electronics Corporation today held a second press conference regarding the occurrence of a fire on March 19, 2021 at part of the processes in the N3 Building (300mm line) of Naka Factory (located in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture).