4 Aug 2020

Public Launch of a Materials Informatics Platform
Citrine Informatics has launched their materials informatics platform
31 Jul 2020

MicroLED Displays: Getting Ready for the Future?
MicroLED, believed by many to be the next generation of display technology, has been pursued by players of LED, display, OEM, materials and so on. Differentiated from LCD and OLED, microLED is considered to be the only display technology that has no size limitation. What are the potential applications?
28 Jul 2020

Solid-State Batteries Will Create a $6 Billion Market in 2030
Solid-state batteries keep on attracting tremendous attention and investment with the maturing technologies and closeness to mass production.
Full profile interview: SWOT
24 Jul 2020

Liquid Wire
23 Jul 2020

ML Approaches Will Be Ubiquitous For Chemicals & Materials R&D
In the future, all materials scientists and chemists will have access to machine learning tools to enhance their R&D. Seamlessly integrating these underlying operations will not happen quickly, but overlooking the developments in materials informatics will lead to a loss of any competitive advantage.
Background
8 Jul 2020

Abbott Diabetes Care
This is a comprehensive review of the business and technology of Abbott Diabetes Care, assembled from company reports and extensive academic literature review, and supported by additional interview comments over several years. It focuses primarily on the technology behind their market leading FreeStyle™ Libre™ CGM device, which generated over $1.8bn in revenue in 2019.
Full profile interview
25 Jun 2020

DSP Group
IDTechEx interviewed Ofer Elaykim and Tali Chen, CEO and CMO respectively of DSP Group. In this profile we give an overview of the company as well as details about their more recent focus on hearables and the related acquisition of SoundChip.
Full profile interview
19 May 2020

Schrödinger
Schrödinger provides physics-based computer modelling, machine learning approaches, and comprehensive informatics to accelerate life science and materials science R&D. IDTechEx spoke with Dr Mathew Halls (Vice President, Materials Science) about their work in materials informatics.
Full profile interview
7 May 2020

Citrine Informatics
Citrine Informatics provide a materials informatics platform. IDTechEx spoke with Greg Mulholland (CEO and co-founder).
Full profile interview
16 Apr 2020

Fraunhofer FEP
Fraunhofer FEP is one of many Fraunhofer institutes across Germany. This profile examines their recent work on image sensors that combine a silicon backplane with an organic light absorbing layer to extend the wavelength detection range into the SWIR region.
Background
14 Apr 2020

Lordstown Motors
Lordstown Motors is an American EV startup developing an all-electric pickup truck
6 Apr 2020

Could There be a Li-Ion Battery Shortage?
IDTechEx forecast Li-ion demand to grow almost 10-fold from 2020-2030, but can supply meet this demand? Automotive manufacturers the world over are pledging to electrify their fleets.
Update
24 Mar 2020

Tesla Motors (battery development)
This profile discusses Tesla involvement in Li-ion battery development specifically.
Full profile interview
10 Feb 2020

Panasonic (Electronic Materials Business Division)
Panasonic Electronic Materials Business Division focuses primarily on high performance PCBs. However, this profile focuses on their recently developed stretchable, temperature resistant flexible substrate that provides a platform for 'stretchable hybrid electronics', and is particularly applicable to wearable devices.
Included are:
Full profile interview: Company Financials
6 Feb 2020

Fluence Energy
5 Feb 2020

Toyota, Panasonic Joint Venture for Automotive Prismatic Batteries
Toyota and Panasonic have decided to establish a joint venture specializing in automotive prismatic batteries.
Update
22 Jan 2020

Interlink Electronics
IDTechEx visited Interlink Electronics R&D centre in Singapore.
Background
14 Nov 2019

Panasonic Corporation
Panasonic Corporation are developing TOF image sensors and lidar modules.
Included are:
External press release
7 Nov 2019

Optomec Delivers 500th Industrial 3D Printer
Optomec, Inc has delivered its 500th Industrial 3D printer. The machine is installed at a division of General Electric, which now counts more than 20 Optomec systems in use across GE business units including aviation, healthcare, power, and oil & gas.