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.
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Full profile interview: SWOT
10 Oct 2022

Mobileye: Improving ADAS with REM
Background
22 Sep 2022

Particle
Particle is a US-based company providing an integrated IoT platform-as-a-service.
Full profile interview
21 Sep 2022

Cardea Bio
Cardea Bio produces the BPU, a biosensor chip that uses graphene.
Background
20 Sep 2022

Lenovo: The ThinkReality A3
Lenovo showcased its ThinkReality A3 headset at Laval Virtual 2022. Released in 2021, these are marketed as a lightweight AR headset or smart glasses, as opposed to an MR device.
Update interview
19 Sep 2022

Qualcomm: Snapdragon Spaces
Qualcomm's Snapdragon Spaces SDK is designed to streamline and simplify XR development, particularly for AR/MR. One of its stated benefits is porting content from smartphone apps to AR/MR glasses to smooth the transition towards spatial computing.
Update interview
31 Aug 2022

Brain Corp
Brain Corp is an autonomous solution provider that equips machines with autonomous mobility.
Full profile interview
12 Aug 2022

WiTricity
WiTricity is a wireless charging company spun-out from the physics department at MIT and has over 1200 patents in the field. It licenses its IP to auto OEMs and tier 1s looking to introduce wireless charging platforms as well as offering its own product. IDTechEx spoke to David Schatz, VP of Sales and Business Development at WiTricity, to understand its technology and business model.
Full profile interview
30 May 2022

Spartan Radar: Radar-Enhancing Software
Spartan Radar is a relatively recent entrant in the radar start-up space, having been founded in 2020. Spartan Radar is offering radar software which is intended to improve the performance of existing hardware and be compatible with existing off-the-shelf radars.
Full profile interview
30 May 2022

Fusion Processing
Fusion Processing is an engineering consultancy working with autonomous technologies to improve vehicle and road safety. Fusion Processing has been involved in several trials around the UK and has accumulated more than 1.8 million kilometres of service so far.
Full profile interview: SWOT
4 Apr 2022

Derq: AI-Powered City Traffic Infrastructure
16 Mar 2022

MWC 2022: Trends in futuristic applications and network infrastructure
The MWC event in Barcelona earlier this month gathered more than 60,000 mobile experts from all around the world. From digital applications to network infrastructure, IDTechEx was there to cover major developments in the industry! Here are some of the key trends we observed at MWC2022 Barcelona.