socalTECH

JULY 30, 2019

Goleta-based Transphorm , which develops high voltage, Gallium Nitride (GaN) semiconductors, has received $18.5M in a contract from the U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR). base contract with the company, which will go to establish a domestic source of Gallium Nitride epiwafers. option on an existing $2.6M

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Goleta-based Aurrion , a developer of silicon photonics fabrication technology, reported today that it has been awarded $13.9M in a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) contract. Aurrion's technology is aimed at allowing active components such as lasers and amplifiers to be fabricated on silicon wafers.

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socalTECH

MARCH 7, 2019

Santa Barbara-based HG Data , which has been developing software that helps companies understand the technology stack their operations depend on, has rebranded itself as HG Insights , and launched a new platform it calls the HG Insights Platform.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 24, 2013

Soraa , the LED lighting technolgoy developers which was spun out of U.C. Santa Barbara, reported today that it has been awarded several million dollars in funding from the Department of Energy''s Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy (ARPA-E). project to develop GaN substrates for use in power switches.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 5, 2015

Santa Barbara-based energy storage technology developer Ice Energy announced today that it is opening up a new, research and development center in Riverside, with plans to immediately hire 12 at the location. megawatt deployment the company has contracted with Southern California Edison (SCE).

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 24, 2016

Shortly thereafter, we began developing apps and websites out of Brent’s garage. Greathouse: You and Brent are currently third and fourth year Computer Science majors at UC Santa Barbara. They created a futures exchange in which the contracts were based upon the outcome of political events.

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