Electronic equipment – and the value of semiconductors — in cars is constantly growing. Modern cars, from luxury models to even entry-level vehicles, contain lots of electronic modules providing…
Making Driving Greener is a focus of car manufacturers today and it is one of ST’s Smart Driving goals. Most of the general public’s focus today relates to the…
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ST Previews a Tech-Enabled Smart Future at Smart Living Forum
April 27, 2018
Smart technologies are spreading worldwide amid heavy market demand and investment by high-tech companies During the 2018 Smart City Summit & Expo, ST organized the Smart Living Forum at…
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Car Boots, Trunks or Tailgates? Whatever – You can rely on ST to control them all!
April 25, 2018
Car Boots, Trunks or Tailgates? Depending on what flavor of English you’re used to, you probably can figure out that we are talking about the rear end of a…
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ST Perfects Seat Control to Increase Comfort and Save Lives
March 28, 2018
Sitting Pretty with ST Technology Car electrification and the pervasiveness of semiconductors are key elements for innovation in traditional automotive body components. ST’s rich portfolio makes it possible to…
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Orlando: An SoC With a Neural Network and the Future of IoT?
March 19, 2018
ST held a lecture on how it uses Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN or ConvNets) at Embedded World 2018 to show how Deep Learning will impact future embedded systems. The…
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Better Fuel Injection Electronics Make Motorcycles Cleaner and Greener
March 15, 2018
Chinese motorcycle manufacturers produce about 15 million motorcycles per year with about 60% of that production used in China. Now, the Chinese government is moving to promote better emission…
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Enabling Multiple Gasoline Injection Strategies to go Ballistic!
February 26, 2018
Before emission-free electric vehicles fill our roads, there are a number of improvements that car makers can make to internal combustion engines to reduce emissions while they continue to…
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ASTDay: ST and Academia Prepare Students for the IoT of Tomorrow
February 21, 2018
On February 22, ST is holding its ASTDay in partnership with the Politecnico di Milano (Polytechnic University of Milan), the largest technical post-secondary establishment in Italy, and with the participation…
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CES 2018: Your Next Car Secured by an ST CPU and Argus Cyber Security
January 8, 2018
STMicroelectronics and Argus Cyber Security are announcing today a collaboration that brings Telemaco3P microprocessors and the Argus Connectivity Protection solution together to ensure manufacturers can ship powerful and secure…
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ST Helps Alibaba Unlock IoT Riches in China
October 25, 2017
“ST and AliOS,” two magic words that open the path towards China’s first end-to-end turnkey platform for the Internet of Things (IoT). Signed on Oct 13, the collaboration between…
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Last ST Technology Tour of 2017 Rocked Canada, the New IoT Country!
October 19, 2017
Yesterday, ST held its last Technology Tour for 2017 in Toronto, Ontario (Canada), and the energy was electric. In certain ways, the event mirrored last month’s ST Developers Conference…
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Avoid the Automotive Cybersecurity Speed Trap
October 18, 2017
Among connected-car enthusiasts, manufacturers and drivers, cybersecurity is the looming speed trap. If, as Gartner Research projects, there will be a quarter of a billion cars on the road…
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We’ve Got the Power: It’s Vertical and Intelligent
October 4, 2017
The idea behind ST’s VIPower(TM) technology is relatively simple. Many applications require the ability to control high power, to sense and communicate their status, and to provide device protection…
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ST’s SPC5 family of 32-bit MCUs is already a major player in the automotive market with more than 150 million parts shipped. The family includes over 200 devices but…
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ST Developers Conference: IoT and SensorTile Make a Splash, Literally!
September 7, 2017
After months of preparation, numerous blog posts, and massive anticipation, the ST Developers Conference took place yesterday in Santa Clara, California, and the excitement was palpable. With a lot…
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ST Developers Conference: Inertial Sensors Making Cars Autonomous since the 90s
August 23, 2017
Inertial sensors continue to have an essential role in this new age of the automobile, which is why Stuart Ferguson will give a lecture on their role in autonomous…
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Electric car sales reached 750,000 vehicles worldwide in 2016[1]. China alone represented over 300,000 vehicles. And there are forecasts of between 40 and 70 million Electric Vehicles being deployed…
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ST Developers Conference: V2X Communications, The Talkative Cars of Tomorrow
August 3, 2017
To ensure developers can deal with the rise of connected cars, Raed (pronounced as “ra’ed”) Shatara from ST will hold a lecture on V2X communication at the next Developers…
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Towards Mission Critical GNSS
July 6, 2017
It wasn’t so long ago that the Global Positioning System (GPS) seemed like the answers to all our navigational nightmares. Originally developed by the US military just for their own…
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Students from the University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in Brazil came to Lincoln, Nebraska with their electric car to compete in the SAE International Formula program. The design competition challenges…
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STM32 ODE Function Packs: Three Major Updates, New Applications with Sensor Boards and Bluetooth Modules
June 29, 2017
ST has recently updated three STM32 ODE Function Packs to provide more features to their development platforms and simplify the application creation process for developers. The STM32 Open Development…
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Robotic Cars Drive into High Schools
June 20, 2017
It started with an email. Mauro D’Angelo, GNSS Senior System Testing Engineer for ST and founder of the Perlatecnica association, which promotes the teaching of robotics and coding in…
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Expanding STM32 Ecosystem Drives IoT Progress
June 15, 2017
Whether by Smart Balance wheel containing several STM32 components, pedaling on a Mobike, which has STM32 embedded in its design, or by more conventional means, speakers, attendees, and ecosystem…
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Silicon Carbide: Go Beyond Silicon
June 8, 2017
Among a range of options, Silicon is by far the most widely used semiconductor material with good reason. It is easy to fabricate and provides good general electrical and…
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NFC Tag Reading Lands Key Endorsement
June 7, 2017
Many users — and NFC-market leaders — have long awaited an announcement on NFC tag reading from Apple. With just under 20% market share according to Gartner’s 2016 analysis and an…
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Cars electronics are evolving at an incredible pace. We can read something new about autonomous vehicles, car electrification or vehicle connectivity almost every day. With all of this, however,…
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PSI5 : The Simple Bus Interface Going Beyond Airbag Applications
April 28, 2017
Airbags have been around for years, saving lives in the unfortunate event of an accident. Initially only installed for the driver of the vehicle, it’s now common to have…
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Securing the Connected Vehicle with the SPC58
March 30, 2017
Electronics in the car are evolving from stand-alone objects to interconnected objects and objects connected to the Cloud or other cars. Connectivity will enable new functionalities while also creating…
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Embedded World 2017 : 3D Printing in Space or Protecting Cars From Hackers At the ST Booth
March 16, 2017
Embedded World 2017 is closing its doors today, and it has been a great opportunity to show in a very practical way, the many products and technologies we cover…
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Towards an Automotive Mobile World
March 3, 2017
Mobile World Congress originated in Madrid in 1987 as GSM World Congress and moved as it’s grown to Cannes and now to Barcelona. It has also expanded from being…
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28nm FD-SOI Technology is in Pole Position for Automotive Applications
February 15, 2017
When ST originally launched FD-SOI technology, we followed the normal process-technology playbook and focused on high-volume consumer markets. We knew the technology’s intrinsic robustness had broad appeal to the automotive…
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Come See ST at Mobile World Congress
February 10, 2017
In case you hadn’t looked at the calendar recently, Mobile World Congress is coming! Billed as the world’s largest gathering for the mobile industry, the event takes place in beautiful…
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Demonstrating progress in their recently announced collaboration, ST and MicroVision brought Laser Beam Scanning (LBS) technology to CES2017. The incredible technology, potentially used in Heads-Up Displays (HuD), could soon find its…
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Smart Parking becoming a reality
January 25, 2017
Hate wasting time driving around looking for a parking spot? While circling the streets or parking lots, we waste time, add to traffic congestion, increase carbon emissions and, if…
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Wireless charging for electric vehicles (EV) and hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) is coming to market soon, and WiTricity is leading the charge in technology development and standardization with its magnetic-resonance-based wireless…
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Telemaco3 : Driving Car Security Into the 21st Century
January 13, 2017
Cars are undeniably getting smarter, but few people understand why, and even fewer have a grasp on how to make them smarter as ST does. This is because ST has…
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ST Powering Big Trends at CES 2017
January 7, 2017
As the tech masses gathered in Las Vegas this week for the 50th annual CES conference, ST technology was powering some of the hottest trends. AI & Smart Assistants:…
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Low-Power Wide-Area Network Demo Among CES Highlights
January 5, 2017
Executives traveling in ST limos to and from the private STMicroelectronics demo suites at a hotel on the Las Vegas Strip are enjoying an upgrade in service while helping…
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Need a Gift? We’re Here to Help!
December 12, 2016
Tis the season for “peace on earth and goodwill to man.” And as we approach the end of 2016, we’re also entering the traditional season of gift giving around…