Automotive and Discrete Group (ADG)
- Awarded a complete anti-lock brake chipset, including a 32-bit microcontroller, for a motorbike application from a major Japanese tier1;
- Continued expansion of 32-bit automotive microcontroller business with a major award from a Japanese tier 1 for a networking gateway with embedded security;
- Landed a win for a next-generation airbag smart-power chipset from two major Japanese tier 1 players for a leading Japanese carmaker;
- Earned awards for class AB amplifiers from major tier 1s for multiple infotainment head-unit applications for a leading American carmaker;
- Recorded important design-wins for ESD protection devices from smartphone and wearable market leaders in the US and Asia;
- Collected multiple design wins for common-mode filters and high-speed HDMI protection devices with tablet and PC market leaders;
- Won multiple designs from several players for super-junction and SiC MOSFET product families across a range of applications including servers, solar, gaming systems, and dc/dc converters;
- Started a collaboration with a major Japanese tier 1 for a surround-view camera system;
- Announced the development of the 5th generation system-on-chip for Mobileye in sub-10nm technology.
Analog and MEMS Group (AMG)
MEMS & Sensors
- Ramped production of 6-axis ultra-low-power MEMS accelerometer and gyroscope, optical-image-stabilization gyroscope, and barometric sensor for latest Samsung Galaxy smartphones, including Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 edge;
- Booked multiple Automotive design wins for custom MEMS accelerometer in Japan and for 3-axis automotive gyroscope from a top tier-1 supplier for an American manufacturer;
- Landed multiple design wins for 6-axis single- and dual-core inertial measurement units for user interface and optical image stabilization from numerous Chinese manufacturers and for applications like sportwatches from wearable players;
- Increased presence in optical image stabilization with our latest low-noise gyroscope;
- Announced collaboration with Qualcomm on sensors for smart mobile devices;
- Awarded socket for ultra-low-power, high performance 3-axis accelerometer for anti-tampering protection in smart meters;
- Ramped production of newest pressure sensor for wearable and smartphone applications for leading Asia-Pacific suppliers;
- Launched production of ultra-low-power smart accelerometer with embedded pedometer for a Chinese manufacturer and for a children's watch application.
Analog
- Initiated volume production of next-generation smart meters for Enel;
- Introduced latest-generation single-chip Bluetooth Low Energy Chip (SoC) that delivers a performance edge at a cost-effective price;
- Ramped shipments of latest motion-control chip (STSPIN) for a new high-performance drone from a well-known Chinese manufacturer;
- Began production of wireless-charger IC for an edgy, youth-targeted smart watch;
- Continued proliferation of latest-generation touchscreen sensor with multiple design wins for mobile applications in China and Asia Pacific.
Microcontrollers and Digital ICs Group (MDG)
- Made significant progress in the drone market with STM32 family design-ins from several major drone manufacturers for in-flight and motor control;
- Captured design-in for STM32F0 at a major European lighting manufacturer;
- Won an FD-SOI ASIC design from a major Japanese player;
- Recorded several 55nm BiCMOS design wins, including a trans-impedance amplifier at a major Chinese ASIC house and two ASICs from a leading network optical module supplier;
- Began production ramp of dynamic NFC tags along with high-density EEPROMs for a major European smart-meter program;
- Ramped production of ST's first silicon photonic transceiver for a networking module manufacturer to upgrade a leading datacenter operator to 100Gbit/sec;
- Started H9 RF-SOI volume production for a smartphone Front-End Module (FEM) ASIC for a Chinese customer;
- Achieved milestone two billionth STM8 units shipped, less than two years after passing the one billion unit mark in May 2014;
- Launched cooperation with Arduino to expand maker-community access to STM32 MCUs;
- Revealed a cooperation with Securitag Assembly Group (SAG) to deliver high-performance, tiny NFC tags for IoT applications;
- Unveiled USB Type-C 1.2 and USB Power Delivery 2.0 middleware stack for the STM32;
- Announced free development tools to enable STM32 developers access from all desktops environments (Linux and OS-X, in addition to Windows);
- Qualified and certified to Common Criteria the ST31G480 dual-interface secure microcontroller;
- Introduced the STSAFE-A100 secure element to protect connected devices in the Internet of Things (IoT) and certified STSAFE-TPM (Trusted Platform Module) to Common Criteria and TCG 1.2 & 2.
Imaging Product Division (IMD)
- Recorded multiple design-wins for the just-announced VL53L0 Time-of-Flight ranging sensor for auto-focus applications in the flagship smartphones of Huawei and other leading Asian manufacturers.
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