46 PCB007 MAGAZINE I APRIL 2021
Global Semiconductor Materials Market
Sets New High of $55.3 Billion E
e global semiconductor materials market
grew 4.9% in 2020 to $55.3 billion in revenue,
surpassing the previous market high of $52.9
billion set in 2018, according to SEMI, the
global industry association representing the
electronics manufacturing and design supply
chain, as reported in its Materials Market Data
Subscription.
LG Innotek Joins Hands with Microsoft
to Proliferate Cloud-Connected 3D
Sensing Camera E
LG Innotek announced that it has collaborated
with Microso to unblock access to 3D vision
technology and unleash innovation across mul-
tiple industry verticals such as: fitness, health-
care, logistics and retail with LG Innotek's ToF
(Time of Flight) technology-based 3D camera
modules and Microso's Azure Depth Platform.
Nokia, Orange Strike Global 5G Network
Optimization Deal E
Nokia has announced that it will expand its
Self-Organizing Networks (SON) technolo-
gy across 5G networks operated by one of the
world's leading telecommunications carriers,
Orange.
Smart Eye Launches a Complete
Driver Monitoring System for
Automotive Aftermarket E
Smart Eye, leading developer of AI-based eye
tracking technology, breaks new ground with
the launch of the AIS. Aer more than two de-
cades delivering eye tracking soware to the
automotive industry, the company is launch-
ing a complete driver monitoring system to
raise safety standards for public transport and
commercial vehicles.
Artificial Intelligence Technology
Solutions Subsidiary to Integrate
EAGL Gunshot Detection Technology E
Artificial Intelligence Technology Solutions,
Inc. has announced that its wholly owned sub-
sidiary has entered into an agreement with
EAGL Technology, Inc. to offer EAGL's Gun-
shot Detection System in all present and fore-
seeable future RAD devices.
Fujitsu, Kyoto University Develop
Explainable AI Verification System E
Fujitsu Limited and a Kyoto University re-
search group led by Professor Yasushi Oku-
no of the Kyoto University Graduate School
of Medicine have developed an AI verification
system called "MGeND Intelligence."
DeepSig 5G Wireless AI Lab Enables
Advanced Research and Development E
DeepSig's new 5G Wireless AI Lab has official-
ly opened. e lab includes an end-to-end 5G
network using state-of-art, commercial grade,
multi-vendor products and tools.
Researchers Realize Quantum
Communications Milestone Using Light E
Technologies based on the notoriously tricky
laws of quantum mechanics promise to enable
computers more powerful than today's fastest
supercomputers unhackable secure communi-
cations and unprecedented sensing capabilities
necessary for further scientific discovery.