FitTech acquires TWC Opto, XQT-Opto
LED probing, testing and sorting equipment maker FitTech has disclosed it has acquired Taiwan-based TWC Opto and China-based XQT-Opto Technology in a bid to strengthen its product lines of laser probing and testing equipment......»»
Contentstack Acquires CMS Division, Openprise Raises $16 Million and More News
Contenstack acquires CMS division of Raw Engineering, Openprise raises $16 million, and more customer experience and digital marketing software news. Continue reading........»»
Ennostar, TAS developing short-wavelength infrared LED biosensing devices
Ennostar and Taiwan Asia Semiconductor (TAS, formerly Opto Tech) are developing short-wavelength (over 1,000nm) infrared (IR) LED devices for use in biosensing including heart rates, SpO2, blood glucose, and expect such devices to be use in smart wea.....»»
Taiwan Asia Semiconductor expanding Si-based sensor production capacity
LED chip and Si-based sensor maker Taiwan Asia Semiconductor (formerly from Opto Tech) is setting aside NT$800 million (US$28.6 million) for production capacity expansions......»»
Sivers acquires MixComm to expand mmWave ecosystem
Sweden-based Sivers Semiconductors will acquire millimeter wave (mmWave) semiconductor supplier US-based MixComm for US$135 million (NT$37.6 billion)......»»
Molecular interfaces as building blocks for innovative sensors and data storage devices
Molecular interfaces formed between metals and molecular compounds have enormous potential as building blocks for future opto-electronics and spin-electronics devices. Transition metal phthalocyanine and porphyrin complexes are promising components f.....»»
Opto Tech seeking stable growth in 2022
LED chip and Si-based sensor chip maker Opto Tech will put increased focus on its core business growth in 2022, and will be striving to improve its product mix for margins improvement, according to the company......»»
Sony acquires its most prominent remaster studio, Bluepoint Games
And the house behind PS5's Demon's Souls is working on an original game next. Enlarge (credit: Play Station) After months of speculation, it's finally official: Sony is acquiring Demon's Souls developer Bluepoint Games. News of Bluepoint's add.....»»
Sony acquires Demon’s Souls developer, which already has new game in the works
Sony's acquisition of Bluepoint Games comes after a leak that followed it's purchase of Housemarque......»»
MediaLab Acquires Imgur
In a blog post, Imgur announced that it has been acquired by a company called MediaLab. "It's the beginning of a new chapter, and we're excited to share the news with you," writes the Imgur team. From the post: We've been acquired by MediaLab! MediaL.....»»
Ultrathin electronic barrier layer to control interface luminescence
In a new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances, researchers led by Professor Xu Chunxiang, Southeast University, Nanjing, China discuss nano-buffer controlled electron tunneling to regulate heterojunctional interface emission......»»
Micro-scale opto-thermo-mechanical actuation in the dry adhesive regime
Realizing optical manipulation of micro-objects in nonliquid environments is challenging due to strong friction force (~µN) that makes optical force (~pN) insignificant. Towards this goal, scientists from Westlake University in China demonstrated sp.....»»
Alan acquires Jour and launches mental health service Alan Mind
French startup Alan is better known for its health insurance products — they now insure 200,000 people. But it has been slowly building a superapp for your health and expanding with new services. Today, the company announced its first acquisition e.....»»
Fivetran hauls in $565M on $5.6B valuation, acquires competitor HVR for $700M
Fivetran, the data connectivity startup, had a big day today. For starters it announced a $565 million investment on a $5.6 billion valuation, but it didn’t stop there. It also announced its second acquisition this year, snagging HVR, a data in.....»»
Byju’s acquires coding platform Tynker for $200 million in US expansion push
Byju’s said on Thursday it has acquired California-headquartered Tynker, a leading coding platform for K-12 students, the latest in a series of major purchases as the Indian edtech giant attempts to aggressively expand to international markets. The.....»»
SpotOn raises $300M at a $3.15B valuation and acquires Appetize
Last year at this time, SpotOn was on the brink of announcing a $60 million Series C funding round at a $625 million valuation. Fast forward to almost exactly one year later, and a lot has changed for the payments and software startup. Today, SpotOn.....»»
BitSight raises $250M from Moody’s and acquires cyber risk startup VisibleRisk
BitSight, a startup that assesses the likelihood that an organization will be breached, has received a $250 million investment from credit rating giant Moody’s, and acquired Israeli cyber risk assessment startup VisibleRisk for an undisclosed sum......»»
Edison Opto suffers decreasing shipments of LED automotive lighting modules
LED packaging service provider Edison Opto has seen decreasing shipments of LED automotive lighting modules to supply chain makers for automakers in North America since the second quarter of 2021 mainly because these automakers have suffered a short.....»»
Compal acquires Indiana factory from Cal-Comp for car electronics
Compal Electronics has announced that it is acquiring 100% Cal-Comp USA (Indiana)'s shares. Cal-Comp Indiana is the sub-subsidiary of Cal-Comp Thailand. Now Compal and Cal-Comp belong to the same parent group......»»
Electrically-tunable metasurfaces using dual epsilon-near-zero resonances
In a new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances, Researchers led by Professor Jinghua Teng from Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore consider ultra-high extinction-ratio l.....»»
NortonLifeLock to acquire Avast for $8 billion
Once Norton acquires the Czech antivirus developer, the new firm will be dually headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, USA, and Prague, Czech Republic. NortonLifeLock CEO Vincent Pilette and CFO Natalie Derse will remain CEO and CFO respectively. Avast CEO.....»»