Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd. (KOSDAQ 046890), a leading global innovator of LED technology, announced that its SunLike Series natural spectrum LEDs, which implement light that closely matches the spectrum of sunlight, has been selected by WalaLight™ for its Healthy Circadian LED Lighting System, designed as a passive adaptive LED lighting system that delivers the appropriate spectrum of lighting through a smart Kelvin-changing technology to improve human wellness. Combining WalaLight’s state-of-the-art automated wireless Bluetooth and wired Dali lighting control systems with Seoul Semiconductor’s SunLike natural spectrum LED technology, consumers experience light that closely matches the spectrum of natural sunlight, and can replicate sunlight’s spectral changes by remotely and automatically adjusting the Kelvin color temperature, dimming, and zone control of each light in the system over a 24-hour period to optimize the indoor environment for ideal light exposure, enabling a healthy circadian rhythm.
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BOE Launches Joint Venture with Rohinni to Develop Mini and Micro LED-based LCD Displays and Video Walls
BOE and Rohinni today officially launched BOE Pixey. This exclusive joint venture between a world leader in the semiconductor display industry and the fast-growing mini and micro LED technology startup will bring the power and brilliance of micron-scale LEDs to mass-market fruition. In development for more than two years, BOE Pixey will design and build LCD display backlights, direct-emission displays and display-related sensors for high- performance televisions, video walls and other large-format end products. The JV rolls out at CES 2020, with demos that will offer visitors a glimpse of the future of high-performance display products.
Atmosic Technologies Raises $28.5 Million in Latest Round of Funding
Atmosic™ Technologies, innovator of ultra-low-power wireless for the Internet of Things (IoT), today announced the completion of its Series B funding, raising $28.5 million. This investment, led by Sutter Hill Ventures – along with investments from Clear Ventures, Walden International, Dolby Family Ventures, and Arden Road Investments – brings the total amount of funding raised to $49.5 million since the company’s inception in 2016. This new round of funding will be used to deploy Atmosic’s award-winning M2 and M3 series Bluetooth 5 system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions into commercial products in early 2020. The funding will also support the company’s continued laser focus on R&D to develop its next generation solutions, and Atmosic’s efforts to scale the business as the supplier of the lowest-power consumption wireless technologies for the IoT.
LiFi-Multicell at CES 2020: The World’s First Smart Orchestrator for Interference-Free LiFi Networks
LiFi, or visible-light communication, has significant advantages over WiFi, such as data-transmission speed and the data security it offers because light does not penetrate walls. But wide adoption is constrained primarily because of interference between devices using LiFi networks and LiFi’s resulting poor performance in large areas. Until now. CEA-Leti’s LiFi-multicell system is the first-ever smart interference orchestrator that automatically detects interference between lighting zones in networks and optimizes data transmission rates for each nearby device. The system also manages—asymmetrically and independently—uplink/downlink interference.
ON Semiconductor to Demonstrate Intelligent IoT Technologies Including Advanced Audio Processing at CES 2020
ON Semiconductor (Nasdaq: ON), driving energy efficient innovations, will showcase a wide range of innovative technologies for smart homes, connected buildings and personal IoT at CES 2020. The rise of voice control and Voice User Interfaces (VUI) has made audio processing critical to the success of a wide range of building automation and household applications. ON Semiconductor will feature two demonstrations using its LC823455, which provides key features for portable sound solutions and support for VUI. A Strata-enabled stereo speaker capable of streaming music over Bluetooth® will show various advanced audio functionalities including touch sensor-based volume control and voice commands. The LC823455 will also be featured in a cloud-based VUI demonstration for communication with IoT edge-nodes applications.
In Breakthrough Method of Creating Solar Material, NREL Scientists Prove the Impossible Really Isn’t
Scientists at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) achieved a technological breakthrough for solar cells previously thought impossible. The scientists successfully integrated an aluminum source into their hydride vapor phase epitaxy (HVPE) reactor, then demonstrated the growth of the semiconductors aluminum indium phosphide (AlInP) and aluminum gallium indium phosphide (AlGaInP) for the first time by this technique.
FLEX and MSTC 2020 to Showcase Flexible Hybrid Electronics, MEMS and Sensors Innovations for More Personalized Applications
Flexible hybrid electronics breakthroughs are driving the next wave of smart MEMS and sensing solutions for more personalized, portable electronics, setting the stage for the co-located Flexible Hybrid Electronics Conference and Exhibition (FLEX) and MEMS & Sensors Technical Congress (MSTC) Feb. 24-27, 2020. Co-sponsored by SEMI FlexTech and SEMI MEMS & Sensors Industry Group, FLEX and MSTC will gather more than 100 global experts for market and technical presentations, tech courses, and more than 50 exhibit opportunities for connecting with industry visionaries at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in San Jose, Calif. Registration is now open.
ULVAC Inc. and Silex Microsystems AB Sign Joint Development Agreement on Leading-Edge Sputtered PZT for MEMS
ULVAC, Inc. (ULVAC), headquartered in Kanagawa, Japan and lead by CEO Setsuo Iwashita and SILEX Microsystems AB (Silex), headquartered in Järfälla, Sweden and lead by CEO Edvard Kälvesten, today announced they have signed an agreement to develop a production thin film piezoelectric process (PZT) for MEMS actuators and sensors with cutting edge performance and reliability.
Member of the Executive Board of the HARTING Technology Group Honored with the Karmarsch Medal
Dr.-Ing. e. h. Dietmar Harting has been honoured with the Karmarsch Medal of the Leibniz University Society Hanover e.V. for his outstanding commitment as a shaper and supporter of technology, science and industry. The speech of congratulations was given by former German President Christian Wulff. Dietmar Harting, longstanding CEO and personally liable partner of the HARTING Technology Group, was actively engaged as president of national and international associations and bodies for norm setting, standardisation and innovation, thereby contributing significantly to the positive development of the German electronics and electrical engineering industry.
Kandou Demonstrates Prototype of First USB4 Multiprotocol Retimer at CES
Kandou, an innovative leader in high-speed, energy efficient, chip-to-chip link solutions, will demonstrate a working prototype of the industry’s first USB-C® multiprotocol retimer solution with USB4™ support at CES January 7-10 in Las Vegas, Nev. The prototype will showcase the benefits of Kandou’s Matterhorn USB Type-C® 40 GB/s multiprotocol switch and bidirectional bit-level retimer solution for faster video processing and data transfer connections to drive next-generation USB-enabled devices. It follows the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) specification for USB4 and targets a wide range of applications that include mobile, tablet and desktop PCs, active cables, monitors, docking stations, external hard solid-state drives, and gaming consoles.
