Background
19 May 2023

Qualcomm: Sense ID
Qualcomm is an American company, providing semiconductors, software and services related to wireless technology. Its fingerprint sensor solution is termed Sense ID.
Background
15 May 2023

The Metaverse Standards Forum
The Metaverse Standards Forum is intended as the place for communication between stakeholders to create recommendations for standards to make an interoperable metaverse possible. The Khronos Group-founded organization counts almost 2500 companies as members. IDTechEx spoke to its chair, Neil Trevett, about the Forum's goals and work to date.
Full profile interview
12 May 2023

TriLite Technologies
TriLite is a developer and manufacturer of laser beam scanning (LBS) projectors, targeted especially for use in consumer augmented reality (AR) glasses. TriLite's Trixel 3 projector is extremely compact to fit in the arm of glasses, uses a single bi-axial MEMS mirror, and does not require external relay optics. The Vienna, Austria based firm has developed innovative machine learning-based software to simplify calibration and control, reducing production costs and increasing manufacturing yields.
Update interview
9 May 2023

HTC's Vive XR Elite: New Design Approaches in Virtual Reality
HTC's new Vive XR Elite brings interesting benefits with its convertible design but poses a tough product targeting challenge.
Event summary
19 Apr 2023

AV Sensors 2023
AV Sensors 2023 is one of the highlights of the year for conferences in the autonomous vehicles space. This premium article will discuss key market trends, give highlights from the player presentations, and cover key takeaways from some of the round table discussions.
Full profile interview
22 Feb 2023

Lumus
Lumus is an Israeli company which designs optical engines for AR and other head mounted display (HMD) devices. These optical engines are composed of a display and reflective (also known as geometric) waveguide combiner — Lumus' key expertise is in the design of these waveguides, which can expand the exit pupil in two dimensions. Although largely fabless, it has its own smaller production line for R&D and specialized orders.
Full profile interview
2 Feb 2023

LitePoint
IDTechEx interviewed LitePoint, a company that provides end-to-end testing solutions for wireless technologies, in November 2022.
Full profile interview
30 Jan 2023

GlobalFoundries
GlobalFoundries is a leading semiconductor foundry, producing typically 300 mm wafers across six platforms, one of which is silicon photonics. IDTechEx spoke with Anthony Yu (VP, Silicon Photonics Product Management) and Vikas Gupta (Senior Director, Product Management & Marketing).
Full profile interview
12 Oct 2022

Qualcomm: Preparing to Supply Autonomy to Automotive Market
Qualcomm has a long history in communications and chip design for mobile devices. As the automotive industry moves towards autonomous abilities as the main performance differentiator, Qualcomm is preparing to position itself as a supplier of autonomous systems for the future. It has its own chip design to support the computations of automated driving and it has acquired other companies to support it with sensing hardware and autonomous software.
IDTechEx spoke to Qualcomm at ITS World Congress, where the two discussed Qualcomm's business, the consolidating ADAS market, and the US Chips Act.