Luminar, lub tuam txhab uas tsim lub zeem muag-raws li lidar thiab tshuab xaav thev naus laus zis rau kev tsav tsheb, tau txais kev ua haujlwm siab laser chaw tsim tshuaj paus Freedom Photonics hnub Monday. Cov khoom lag luam tag nrho suav nrog Luminar muag 3 lab feem ntawm nws cov khoom lag luam, lossis kwv yees li $ 42.3 lab ntawm hnub no tus nqi sib koom, rau ib daim ntawv teev kev cai.
Qhov kev yuav yog Luminar qhov tseeb tshaj plaws rau vertically integrate core lidar Cheebtsam kom coj tau qhov tseeb dua, cov khoom siv qis dua rau kev ua lag luam.
"Qhov kev pom zoo tau kos npe thiab xav tias yuav kaw nyob rau lub quarter thib ob, thiab nws yeej coj Kev ywj pheej Photonics lub zog siab laser thiab lawv cov thev naus laus zis thev naus laus zis thev naus laus zis los ua kom zoo dua qhov kev ua tau zoo, nrog rau kev ua ntej peb cov nqi them nqi, ntawm peb cov sensors yav tom ntej," Jason Eichenholz, Luminar tus co-founder thiab tus thawj coj thev naus laus zis, hais rau TechCrunch.
Txawm nyob rau hauv txoj kev hauv nroog los yog txoj kev loj, qhov teeb meem tseem ceeb ntawm lub tsheb uas muaj lub ntsej muag yog lub peev xwm pom thiab paub txog cov khoom nyob deb. Txhawm rau kom tau txais cov ntsiab lus ceev thiab kev daws teeb meem xav tau los tso cai rau AV system los txiav txim seb nws puas pom lub log tsheb lossis ib tus neeg 300 meters ua ntej ntawm txoj kev, lub tshuab hluav taws xob muaj zog laser pulse thiab cov kab hluav taws xob zoo yog qhov tseem ceeb, ob yam uas muaj kev ywj pheej. Photonics ua tau zoo ntawm, raws li Eichenholz.
Qhov kev pom zoo, uas ua raws li kev sib koom tes ntau xyoo ntawm ob lub tuam txhab, tsis yog tsuas yog txhim kho Luminar lub lidar zoo, tab sis nws kuj tso cai rau Luminar los tswj ntau tus nqi ntawm cov khoom siv. Qhov no tsis yog vim tias lasers yog qhov nyuaj heev los ntawm, tab sis "lasers nrog cov kev ua tau zoo tsis zoo los qhib kev tswj hwm tus kheej thiab muaj kev nyab xeeb zoo uas tuaj yeem ua tau raws li qhov tsim nyog ntawm lub tsheb yog qhov nyuaj dua," Eichenholz hais.
Lidar yog ib qho ntawm cov khoom kim tshaj plaws ntawm kev tsav tsheb tsis muaj zog, uas ua rau nws nyuaj rau kev lag luam thiab teev. Kev txiav nqi yog qhov tseem ceeb thiab ib yam dab tsi Luminar nquag ua raws li nws nce qib ntawm nws lub hom phiaj ntawm kev ua tiav sub-$ 100 daim nqi ntawm cov ntaub ntawv rau peb qhov tseem ceeb lidar hardware Cheebtsam uas Eichenholz hais txog "peb ceg ntawm cov quav" - tus txais , ASIC lossis ua lub zog, thiab lub laser, uas tam sim no muaj los ntawm Kev ywj pheej Photonics.
Luminar twb tau txais cov thev naus laus zis thiab pab pawg rau lwm ob ceg ntawm cov quav. Nws 2017 tau los ntawm Black Forest Engineers, kev cai teeb liab ua chipmaker, ua rau Luminar txo qis tus nqi ntawm cov neeg txais nyiaj los ntawm kaum tawm txhiab daus las rau $ 3. Thiab xyoo tas los nrhiav tau ntawm Optogration thiab nws cov chips txais kuj tau qhib kev ua haujlwm thiab kev lag luam rau lub tuam txhab, raws li Eichenholz.
Milan Mashanovitch, CEO ntawm Freedom Photonics tau hais tias "Mus tag nrho-hauv nrog Luminar yog lub sijhawm zoo tshaj plaws rau Kev ywj pheej Photonics, muab peb txoj hauv kev nrawm rau kev lag luam ntawm peb lub ntiaj teb-chav laser chip technologies," said Milan Mashanovitch, CEO ntawm Freedom Photonics, hauv ib nqe lus. "Ntxiv rau kev pab txuas ntxiv Luminar txoj kev coj noj coj ua ntawm kev lag luam tsheb, qhov no muab sijhawm ntau dua rau peb ib txhij txhawb nqa thiab ntsuas cov neeg siv khoom hauv lwm qhov kev lag luam ntsug."
Kev ywj pheej Photonics cov neeg ua haujlwm tseem yuav tau txais los ntawm Luminar, thiab nws pab pawg thawj coj yuav txuas ntxiv ua tus thawj coj ua lag luam thaum kaw qhov kev lag luam.
Luminar tus nqi sib faib tau nqis txog 2% tom qab teev.
Cov kab lus no tau hloov kho kom muaj kev cuam tshuam txog cov nqe lus nyiaj txiag ntawm qhov kev cog lus.
Tau qhov twg los: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/luminar-acquisition-brings-high-performance-200052733.html