Velodyne will continue to sell spinning “puck”-style LiDAR units for automated vehicles developed for on-demand ride services, though the new non-spinning solid-state chip, developed with Los Angeles-based Efficient Power Corp., or EPC, is designed to be integrated into the exterior of vehicles for retail car buyers, Jellen said. The new chips are tiny, just 4 square millimeters, yet highly efficient owing to a new monolithic gallium nitride integrated circuit developed with EPC.
Last modified: April 12, 2017
