Analysis
Acquisition to accelerate Ethernet technology leadership
Marvell and Aquantia have announced a definitive agreement, approved by the boards of directors of both companies, under which Marvell will acquire all outstanding shares of Aquantia common stock in exchange for consideration of $13.25 per share in cash.
Pan-European agreement to enhance power portfolio
It has been announced that Acal BFi has added EOS Power's open frame power supplies to its power portfolio. Acal BFi is a Europe-wide custom technology supplier and design partner for leading OEM and technology companies, with a specialist portfolio of high- and low- power solutions.
Wireless tech brings healthcare home
Over the last few decades, life expectancy has increased dramatically. Thanks to a host of factors we are all, at least on average, set to live considerably longer lives than our predecessors. Depending on your gender, genetics, socioeconomic status, and environment, life into the eighties is now not uncommon, but there is a catch.
Beacon wirelessly relays energy usage data
It has been announced by Nordic Semiconductor, that OneMeter, an Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) startup, has selected Nordic’s nRF51822 Bluetooth Low Energy (Bluetooth LE) System-on-Chip (SoC) to provide the wireless connectivity for its ‘OneMeter Beacon’, a device that provides companies with the ability to monitor and manage their energy usage data in ‘real time’.
New CTO appointed at Analog Devices
Global specialist in high-performance semiconductors for signal processing applications, Analog Devices, has announced that Daniel Leibholz, Vice President of ADI’s Communications Business Unit, has been named Chief Technology Officer (CTO), effective immediately. As CTO, Dan will develop and lead ADI’s technology strategy for applications across the company’s end markets.
Bespoke strategy to manage obsolete optical components
It has been announced that Resolve Optics has published an article that discusses the benefits of adopting a bespoke design strategy to manage the increasing occurrence of optical components becoming obsolete before the end of a products life cycle. Optical component obsolescence has always been an issue for buyers in industries ranging from aerospace and defence, right through to the nuclear industry.
Duo collaborate to produce mmwave radar chipset
Keysight Technologies has joined forces with Calterah, a leading Chinese automotive millimetre wave radar chipset design house to support the design, verification, test and launch of a new generation of automotive millimetre wave radar chipset that will drive development of the connected car supply chain.
UK office opened to accelerate EMEIA business growth
Provider of 3D LiDAR solutions for automotive, IoT, industrial, security, retail and mapping applications, Cepton has announced that it has expanded its European presence with a new office at the iHub innovation and technology park in Derby, UK. Founded in Silicon Valley in 2016, Cepton has a global customer base and is seeing growing demand in the EMEIA region for its high performance, long range and cost efficient LiDAR technology.
Getting more and going further with your automotive investment
The automotive industry frequently reuses the physical chassis from one vehicle line to another, as a way to more broadly make available and share the underpinnings of various vehicles, and extend their investments. In the same way the industry has learned to reuse platforms from one model to the next, OEMs should now think about the reuse of software and hardware architectures. Guest blog written by Marques McCammon, Wind River.
Cities making active living technologies available to citizens
‘A caring municipality’ - Aarhus has been living up to its motto and then some over the past few years, addressing the challenges of demographic change by investing time and care into empowering its senior citizens, orchestrated through various policies with technology at their heart.