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.
UCSB Materials Research Lab gets $20M
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