Ventura group tackles energy efficiency
The Venutra County chapter of an international engineering group is organizing an energy efficiency conference that it hopes will grow to include all of the greater Los Angeles area.
Decades of success: Central Coast firms survive tough times
Two San Luis Obispo-born firms, Shopatron and ClearWater Tech, are celebrating anniversaries this fall.
Crammed computing: Tamar helps designers get more power onto chips
Tamar has invented the world’s first device that can accurately measure the thickness of a standard silicon wafer without touching it.
Amgen braces for biosimilars rules
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Transphorm gets $3.6M grant
Transphorm, the Goleta-based energy efficiency firm backed by $63 million from Google and other investors, has received a $3.6 million federal grant to improve solar panels. Transphorm’s technology uses a semiconducting material called gallium nitride to drastically reduce heat waste in electronic systems. The grant from the U.S. Department of Energy went to Transphorm in Read More →
Vitesse slashes workforce, dims sales outlook
Vitesse Semiconductor, the Ventura County chipmaker rocked by a stock-options scandal in 2006, has laid off 10 percent of its workforce and shuttered one of its Camarillo facilities. Vitesse disclosed the pink slips in a regulatory filing Oct. 3. The company said it ended its lease on facilities at 4721 Calle Carga and terminated 10 Read More →
Scan this, eat that: Honest Label launches nutrition app
Honest Label Foods launched a smart phone app earlier this year that helps users make sense of the nutrition labels on the back of grocery store foods.
