Foundry

Meta-Rosetta

Meta-Rosetta (also written as MetaRosetta) is an early-stage spinout of Taiwan's National Central University, focusing on providing software and services for the design of metasurface optics (meta-optics) including metalenses. The startup has an electronic design automation (EDA) tool for meta-optics, although has yet to decide on its final business model for the tool. IDTechEx met Meta-Rosetta's CEO, Dr. Wei-Lun Hsu, at Neo-Functional Materials 2025 in January 2025.

Samsung Electronics (Memory)

Samsung Electronics is a global electronics firm with headquarters in Korea. Its memory business manufactures and sells memory and storage products (e.g. NAND and DRAM).

Imec

Imec is a Belgian research institute, founded in 1984. It works on state-of-the-art semiconductor and nanoelectronics manufacturing. This profile explores the Sustainable Semiconductor Technologies & Systems (SSTS) program.

Xavveo: A Photonics-Based Paradigm Shift for Radar

Radar is a well-established sensor used across the automotive industry. Its major drawback has been resolution, with tier-ones and startups creating new technologies to improve performance. But, efforts so far have mostly been expanding on the same premise. Xavveo has come to the party with a ground-up rethinking of what automotive radar can be.

PragmatIC

PragmatIC produces flexible internal circuits on polymer substrates. In March 2024, it opened a high volume manufacturing plant in Durham, UK. This profile is based on an interview in which IDTechEx spoke to CTO Dr Richard Price and Corporate Content Lead, Hellen Norman.

Precision Neuroscience

Precision Neuroscience is developing a flexible thin-film electrode array for brain-computer interfacing inserted with a minimally invasive surgery.

Boréas Technologies

Boréas Technologies is a fabless Canadian semiconductor company supplying low-power drivers for piezoelectric actuation and sensing. Haptics are the primary commercial use-case to date, with micro-pumps for applications including mobile device cooling expected to be important in the near-future.

Nexperia: Copper Clip Technology and SiC MOSFETs for EVs

IDTechEx spoke to Nexperia at PCIM about its copper clip technology for power modules, as well as its new 1200V SiC MOSFETs for EVs.

Intel Foundry

US-based Intel launched Intel Foundry as its systems foundry business, targeted towards AI technologies, in February 2024.

Metalenses: The New Key to Computer Vision?

Refractive lenses are one of humanity's oldest and most ubiquitous technologies. They have developed to dizzying levels of sophistication in the last few hundred years, with today's tiny, high-quality lens assemblies found in smartphones often costing less than a dollar to produce.

Hailo: AI Acceleration in Automotive SoCs

Hailo started with AI accelerator chips in the automotive industry but has recently launched its system on chip. IDTechEx spoke to Hailo at CES 2024.

FEHRMANN MaterialsX

FEHRMANN MaterialsX is the digital materials R&D-focused arm of the FEHRMANN Tech Group, a Hamburg-based aluminum alloy specialist. Its MaterialsX software suite couples large language models with machine learning models and simulation for material behavior, and experimental verification to speed up alloy development by orders of magnitude.