The Week in Review: IoT

By Jeff Dorsch - 23 Feb, 2018 - Comments: 0

Finance Vectra raised $36 million in Series D funding led by Atlantic Bridge Capital. The Ireland Strategic Investment Fund and Nissho Electronics also participated in this funding round along with returning investors Khosla Ventures, Accel Partners, IA Ventures, AME Cloud Ventures, DAG Ventures, and Wipro Ventures, bringing Vectra’s total funding to date to $123 million. Vectra will use the... » read more

The Week In Review: IoT

By Jeff Dorsch - 08 Sep, 2017 - Comments: 0

Deals Deere & Co. has agreed to acquire Blue River Technology of Sunnyvale, Calif., for $305 million. The transaction is expected to close this month. Blue River develops computer vision and machine learning technology for use in precision agriculture. Monsanto Growth Ventures, Data Collective Venture Capital, Innovation Endeavors, Khosla Ventures, and Pontifax AgTech were among the investors... » read more

Agricultural IoT: Outstanding In The Field

By Jeff Dorsch - 01 Dec, 2016 - Comments: 0

The Internet of Things represents many different things, for multiple industries and markets. For farmers, it offers the opportunity to take part in another Green Revolution. Precision agriculture is the term often applied to [getkc id="76" kc_name="IoT"]-based farming. What that means is using [getkc id="187" kc_name="sensors"] and other technology to improve agricultural production, involv... » read more

Avogy: Vertical GaN Power Devices

By Mark LaPedus - 02 Feb, 2015 - Comments: 0

Gallium nitride (GaN), a binary III-V bandgap material, has been used to make LEDs for the last several years. GaN has also been touted as the next big thing in power electronics and RF. To some degree, GaN has made inroads in RF, especially in high-end defense and aerospace applications. But the technology is having mixed success in power electronics. Today’s GaN-on-silicon devices are l... » read more

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The Week in Review: IoT

The Week In Review: IoT

Agricultural IoT: Outstanding In The Field

Avogy: Vertical GaN Power Devices