Innovation Map
17 Feb 2025

Water Management Semiconductor Player Strategies
Innovation map of water management semiconductor player strategies.
Update
3 Feb 2025

QuantumScape: Developing the Future of Solid-State
QuantumScape is a major player in the solid-state battery space and developer of lithium metal batteries.
30 Jan 2025

Innovations in Sustainable Electronics Manufacturing
The electronics market is vast, with integrated circuits (ICs) being the third most traded product globally, presenting significant opportunities for sustainable electronics innovation. Action is currently being undertaken by many well-known electronics manufacturers to improve the sustainability and efficiency of their products. This includes water management strategies for semiconductor manufacturing, with over 500 billion liters of water used annually by the industry.
Full profile interview
27 Jan 2025

Plan Optik AG
Plan Optik AG, a German-based company established in 1972, has positioned itself as a prominent player in the field of high-precision glass substrate manufacturing. Plan Optik specializes in producing structured wafers made from glass, glass-silicon compounds, and quartz.
Event summary
24 Jan 2025

CES 2025: The Press Conferences
CES is one of the biggest events of the year, covering technologies from autonomous driving to extended/virtual reality (XR/VR), humanoid robotics, and hydrogen and green technology, and seeing more than 140,000 visitors. This premium article highlights the key takeaways from each, some general themes from the press conferences and the show, and gives IDTechEx's take.
Full profile interview: Company financials
16 Jan 2025

Rivian
US$827 million from Illinois state government in May 2024
US$5 billion from Volkswagen Group in June 2024
US$6.6 billion from US DoE Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing Program in November 2024
Update
16 Jan 2025

Schneider Electric: C&I BESS & UPS
Schneider Electric is a multinational manufacturer of energy management and automation technology, including battery energy storage systems (BESS) and uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems.
Background
16 Jan 2025

CAMX Power: New Cathode Platforms
CAMX Power is a privately held company focussed on battery materials and design. In 2014, it was spun-off as a separate company from the Advanced Battery Materials division of TIAX, which was established in 2001 to develop and consult on early stage technologies. IDTechEx attended a presentation by CAMX, where it presented on its new additions to its cathode platform: high-Mn/low-Co and high-Ni/zero-Co.
Background
14 Jan 2025

ExcessChip
ExcessChip provides inventory management to electronics manufacturers, by purchasing and reselling excess stock. IDTechEx spoke to Izzy Zhang, GLobal Procurement Supervisor at Electronica 2024.
Full profile interview
30 Dec 2024

DEEPX
Founded in 2018, DEEPX is a private company based in South Korea. DEEPX designs and manufactures advanced NPUs (neural process units), which it integrates into its portfolio of SoC AI chips.
23 Dec 2024

Quantum Communication: Satellites and Smart Phone Security
As well as being heroic in many ways, quantum technology could also be a large threat to security over the next 30 years when used to break cryptographic and authentication algorithms that many companies rely upon to keep data safe.