Texas Instruments

Google: Optical Circuit Switches and Data Center Fabrics

At Microtech Ventures' 2024 Microfab Summit Dr. Kevin Yasumura, Principal Engineer and Technical Lead for MEMS and Optical Switching Development at Google, spoke about the tech giant's Lightwave Fabric architecture for data centers. This talk focused on Google's optical circuit switches and its role in this architecture.

Waveye: Cost-Effective Approach to Imaging Radars

Radars are an integral part of a car's ADAS feature set. Recently radar players have been working on technologies to improve imaging performance. This has usually come with increased costs. Waveye focusses on transmitter heavy radars as a way of delivering high performance with a moderated cost.

How Technological Advances are Reducing the Helium Demand for MRI

Innovation map for how technological advances are reducing the helium demand for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI).

Shenzhen Dynanonic

Shenzhen Dynanonic are a Chinese producer of LFP cathode active material (CAM).

Bruker

Bruker develops and manufactures scientific equipment and analytical and diagnostic solutions. Bruker has a range of NMR instruments in its product portfolio, including helium recovery systems to combat chronic helium supply issues.

Siemens Healthineers

Siemens Healthineers is a provider of healthcare products, solutions, and services, with a presence in over 70 countries globally. The company developed MRI systems using its DryCool technology that significantly reduces the amount of helium needed from ~1500L to 0.7L in a 'sealed-for-life' magnet design.

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.