Applied Materials, Inc. today announced that 11 companies have received Supplier Excellence Awards for their contributions to Applied’s business over the past year. The awards reflect outstanding technical and operational performance in several areas including quality, service, lead time, delivery, cost and sustainability.

Seiko Epson Corporation (TSE: 6724, "Epson") has developed and begun accepting orders for samples of the S2D13V52, a scaler IC for in-vehicle systems that upscales or downscales image data streamed from a host and outputs it on a display. Epson plans to produce 100,000 of the new chips per month.

Quickly finds tiny pinhole defects in sheet workpieces down to a diameter of only 1 micron

TE Connectivity (TE), a leading global supplier of connectivity technology and sensor solutions, will once again be exhibiting at this year's SPS, which will take place from 26 to 28 November in Nuremberg. The focus of the trade fair presence (Hall 10, Stand 440) will be on the company's expertise in four application areas: control cabinets, servo drives, servo motors and robotics.

State-of-the-art R&D facility provides Applied Materials customers and ecosystem partners with unique capabilities to pioneer breakthrough technologies

The META Center is a state-of-the art R&D facility aimed at speeding the commercialization of new technologies for the AI Era.

S1C17F63 microcontroller ideal for smart cards with displays and other applications using small e-paper screens

Ideal for wide range of products that need clock functions, from small electronics to factory automation equipment

S1C17M40 supports products from home appliance remote controllers to compact factory automation devices, including those requiring 5V operation
Seiko Epson Corporation (TSE: 6724, "Epson") has begun shipping samples of the newly developed S1C17M40, a low-power microcontroller with 16-bits of embedded flash memory. This microcontroller unit (MCU) is ideal for remote controlled home appliances such as air conditioners and for small factory automation devices such as time switches and counters. The company plans to produce 200,000 units per month.

Biometrics-as-a-Service provider BioID today announced their integration into POS AG’s remote identity proofing for prepaid SIM card self-activation. The Austrian software development company is an innovator for the digitization of business processes, now entering the market of ID verification. With using BioID PhotoVerify, POS AG offers a full remote identity proofing workflow including biometric capability for determining the ownership of an ID document. This collaboration is set to deliver a solution for the new requirements European telephone companies must meet for prepaid SIM card activation. BioID’s technology ensures user presence and validates ID ownership effectively through face recognition with high assurance levels.

• This certification is a recognition of Ficosa's innovation in the automotive sector and a demonstration of the maturity of solutions such as its CarCom platform.
• The company was also a pioneer in testing the C-V2X technology in the US intelligent cities largest pilot program.

Epson acceleration sensing technology helps realize safer social infrastructure

Toshiba Memory Corporation, the world leader in memory solutions, has started sampling[1] the industry’s first[2] Universal Flash Storage (UFS) Ver. 3.0[3] embedded flash memory devices. The new line-up utilizes the company’s cutting-edge, 96-layer BiCS FLASH™ 3D flash memory and is available in three capacities: 128GB, 256GB and 512GB[4]. With high-speed read/write performance and low power consumption, the new devices are suitable for applications such as mobile devices, smartphones, tablets, and augmented/virtual reality systems.