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Forbes
28-07-2025
- Automotive
- Forbes
The Weak Link: Hidden Chip Connections Crash Your Calls, Cars And Care
Invisible 'in‑between' links still sabotage modern tech. Specialist chipmakers are now racing to secure signals and restore reliability Every modern action, from tapping a phone to steering a car, relies on semiconductor muscle. Yet our video calls still freeze, medical images blur, driver‑assist alerts misfire, and everyday functions fail far too often. What consistently breaks is not the headline compute, it is the fragile 'in‑between' layer that ferries raw signals from sensor to processor and from board to board. It is the fragile 'in‑between' layer that ferries raw signals from sensor to processor and from ... More illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on July 19, 2023. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images) 'It's often not your internet, it could be your USB cable maxing out its bandwidth, or a flaky connector dropping frames before they even hit your screen,' says Valens Semiconductor CEO Gideon Ben Zvi. "While we keep blaming 'the network,' the real fault often lies a few centimeters of copper away." Industry‑wide, only a minority of the roughly 600 U.S. chip firms keep dedicated signal‑integrity teams; most chase clock speeds and process nodes instead, and that leaves huge swaths of functionality exposed. Valens Semiconductor, public on the NYSE since a $1.1 billion SPAC merger in 2021, focuses specifically on these 'in‑between' layers, building chips that keep video, control, data, and power signals clean and synchronized over interference‑prone cables in cars, medical devices, industrial vision, and pro‑AV. "The 'in‑between' fragility ripples through critical domains. In a U.S. hospital network, intermittent, low‑resolution endoscope feeds were undermining confidence in minimally invasive procedures until the system migrated to a disposable‑scope architecture built on hardened long‑reach link," says Ben Zvi. 'Moving to a disposable‑endoscope architecture with our chipsets, would eliminate feed errors 98% of the time, giving doctors the real-time clarity they need to save lives." The same approach shows up elsewhere; for video calls, they collapse camera video, audio, control, USB (and often power) into a single long‑reach, interference‑robust cable so the 4K image actually arrives intact. In vehicles they move multi‑sensor ADAS data over resilient links that shrug off EMI bursts before those errors can silently erode perception. "solving the problems that show up in real‑world systems." Valens isn't alone. More suppliers are targeting the 'in‑between' layer. Texas Instruments' active EMI filter ICs inject counter‑phase currents to reduce conducted and common‑mode noise, helping designers shrink traditional filtering components. Samtec's Flyover® twinax assemblies lift high‑speed lanes off lossy PCB traces to extend reach while maintaining signal margin. Spectra7 integrates analog equalization into ultra‑thin VR/AR cables so high‑resolution, low‑latency video can traverse lighter, more flexible tethers. Alphawave provides power‑efficient high‑speed SerDes IP tuned for longer, noisier channels, helping complex SoCs meet bit‑error and latency targets without excessive board complexity. Different markets, same takeaway. As commodity performance plateaus in perceived user benefit, reliability and integrity in the 'in‑between' become sharper differentiators. 'We're not chasing headlines. We're solving the problems that show up in real‑world systems,' Ben Zvi says, and that stance illustrates a broader strategic shift. Fixing the 'in‑between' won't make benchmark splash, but it is what keeps surgeries sharp, cars safer, factories running, collaboration fluid, and without it, every layer of modern life remains vulnerable to silent, preventable failure.
Yahoo
16-07-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Valens Semiconductor to Announce Second Quarter 2025 Financial Results on August 6, 2025
HOD HASHARON, Israel, July 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Valens Semiconductor (NYSE: VLN), a leader in high-performance connectivity, today announced that it will release its second quarter 2025 financial results before the market opens on Wednesday, August 6, 2025. Gideon Ben Zvi, Chief Executive Officer, and Guy Nathanzon, Chief Financial Officer, will host a conference call on Wednesday, August 6, 2025, at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time (ET) to discuss the company's second quarter 2025 financial results and business outlook. To access this call, please dial: U.S: +1 (888) 281-1167 UK: 0 (808) 101-2717 Israel: 03 918 0610 Other: +972 3 918 0610 A live webcast of the conference call will be available via the investor relations section of Valens Semiconductor's website at Valens - Financials - Quarterly Results. The live webcast can also be accessed by clicking here. A replay of the conference call will be available on Valens Semiconductor's website shortly after the call concludes. About Valens Semiconductor Valens Semiconductor (NYSE: VLN) is a leader in high-performance connectivity, enabling customers to transform the digital experiences of people worldwide. Valens' chipsets are integrated into countless devices from leading customers, powering state-of-the-art audio-video installations, next-generation videoconferencing, and enabling the evolution of ADAS and autonomous driving. Pushing the boundaries of connectivity, Valens sets the standard everywhere it operates, and its technology forms the basis for the leading industry standards such as HDBaseT® and MIPI A-PHY. For more information, visit Investor Contacts:Michal Ben AriInvestor Relations ManagerValens Semiconductor Miri SegalMS-IR IR for Valensmsegal@ Media Contact:Yoni DayanHead of CommunicationsValens Semiconductor Logo - View original content: SOURCE Valens Semiconductor
