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🥂 Yesterday, we've had a small get-together to celebrate the end of this eventful and successful year for KD 🎆! Our management presented the achievements in 2024 and gave an outlook for 2025 with goals and roadmap 🌟 🙏 We're grateful for all milestones we've reached in joint efforts. Special thanks to our team and collaborators, with customers, partners, supporters, and investors 🤝 🫶 Thanks a lot for this confident moment to all! We're excited to continue our innovative path together next year. #happy2025 #automotive #fiberoptics

You're studying IT and want to implement your windows/linux programming knowledge in an exciting technical presentation project? 👍 Check out our job opening for Windows Linux Programming Internship! The project is about building a system with a web server that pulls information from our development boards (we have an SDK for windows, Linux and MATLAB) and presents them illustratively on a website. It will be shown to customers, conferences, and exhibitions, in compliance with our corporate design. Tasks include: ❇️ Gather all necessary information ❇️ Develop and start up the project with the minimum help as possible from the IT and I+D department We look forward to meeting you! For details, please see https://lnkd.in/dc6yWAjD 👉 Contact us via dm with your questions and CV! #jobopening #internship #windows #linuxprogramming #hiring #trainee #spain

🌟 A day of innovation and collaboration! 🌟 We were thrilled to host the EPIC European Photonics Industy Consortium at our #headquarters in #Madrid yesterday. During the visit, we showcased the latest advancements in our #technology and unveiled our cutting-edge #labs, designed to drive future projects and groundbreaking discoveries. A special thank you to Carlos Lee EPIC for your enthusiasm, insightful conversations, and genuine interest in KD’s journey. Here’s to forging strong #partnerships and shaping the future of #photonics and #optics together! 💡

📅 Save the date for the International Solid-State-Circuits Conference [ISSCC] from February 16-20, 2025 in San Francisco! We're excited to present our optical multi-gigabit connectivity highlights at #ISSCC2025. In the exhibit areal, we'll show our latest demo setups based on our new KD7251 #automotive #optical multi-protocol transceiver. This ASIC implements the BASE-AU physical layers, compliant with the IEEE Std 802.3cz™ specification (IEEE Standards Association | IEEE SA) for automotive multi-gigabit optical communication links over multi-mode glass optical fiber OM3. This year’s conference theme is “The Silicon Engine Driving the AI Revolution”. It highlights how silicon technology continues to shape and accelerate advancements in artificial intelligence. The International Solid-State Circuits Conference is the foremost global forum for presentation of advances in solid-state circuits and systems-on-a-chip. The Conference offers a unique opportunity for engineers working at the cutting edge of IC design and application to maintain technical currency, and to network with leading experts. We look forward to meeting you in San Fransisco! For event details, read on at https://www.isscc.org #ai #optical #automotiveethernet #automotive #fiberoptics #autonomousvehicles #adas

Last Wednesday, Guillermo Da Silva presented "Multi-gigabit Optical Transceivers: the front-end IC design and its challenges" at the one-day conference "Optoelectronic Interfaces for Integrated Silicon Photonics: A workshop on bridging the photonic and electronic domains from the CAS perspective", held at the Instituto de Microelectrónica de Sevilla IMSE-CNM. 🙏 Many thanks to the sponsoring and support by the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (CASS), Spanish Association of Semiconductor Industry - Asociación Española de la Industria de Semiconductores - AESEMI, and Catedra USECHIP Chair! In the presentation, co-authored by Iria Garcia Lopez, Guillermo, gave insight into: 👉 Silicon Photonics (SiPh): past & present, ecosystem & applications,  👉 Optical transceivers in silicon photonics: high-speed optical transceiver 👉 O/E devices & RX front-end: photo detectors, transimpedance amplifier, RX architectures etc. 👉 E/O devices & TX front-end: VCSEL as DML, EMLs, MZM etc. 👉 Full transceiver integration 👉 Takeaways, remaining challenges, and current solutions for automotive For more information, please dm us with your questions! #automotive #optical #automotiveethernet #fiberoptics

Are you ready to take on the challenge and make your mark in the world of #engineering, #microelectronics, and #optics? Join our engineering team as Digital Verification Engineer in our headquarters in Tres Cantos near #Madrid, Spain! Tasks of the Digital Verification Engineer include: ✅ Verify digital logic using SystemVerilog and reusable, standardized methodologies. ✅ Verify digital systems that use both custom and standard IP components and interconnects, including microprocessor cores and hierarchical memory subsystems. ✅ Contribute to verification and modeling at the chip top level. Debug tests with design engineers to deliver functionally correct design blocks. ✅ Work closely with the design and test teams to define test specifications, verification plans and manufacturing transfer. ✅ Create and maintain verification infrastructure and tools. ✅ Collect and analyze coverage metrics and establish verification best practices. At KD, we create the future. We're a team of visionaries, innovators, and engineering enthusiasts dedicated to transforming ideas into tangible realities. We look forward to meeting you! Please send us your CV or dm us for questions! Read on in the job profile for more details: https://lnkd.in/dt2wpNM4 #jobopening #careeropportunity #automotive #optoelectronics #fiberoptics #automotiveethernet

Last week, we've had the pleasure to talk about semiconductors in #automotive and the #photonics industry in Spain at the #CHIPNATION Congress 2024, organized by the Spanish Semiconductor Industry Association (Asociación Española de la Industria de Semiconductores - AESEMI) and VASIC (Valencia Silicon Cluster) in València. Our CEO Carlos Pardo participated in the panel "Scaling Up the Photonics Industry in Spain", moderated by Francisco Javier Cruz Hernández. The round table brought together companies dedicated to photonics in the Spanish semiconductor ecosystem, with Daniel Pérez López, CTO, iPRONICS, Javier Martí, President, DAS Photonics, Iñigo Artundo, CEO, VLC Photonics (Hitachi Group), and Waldimar Amaya, SVP Engineering, Quside. In his technical semiconductor session, Luisma Torres presented "Automotive Optical Multi-gigabit: Designing Semiconductors with Global Impact" The video (in Spanish) of the round table is available at https://lnkd.in/dGm7TkuF #fiberoptics #autonomousvehicles #photonics #automotiveethernet #adas

🏆 Yesterday, our CTO Rubén Pérez - Aranda Alonso was recognized for his effort and his contributions to the development of the standard IEEE Std 802.3cz with the #IEEESAAwards Standards Medallion. 👏 Congratulations, Rubén! As 2024 IEEE Standards Association | IEEE SA Awards honoree, Rubén has been awarded for his pivotal technical contributions in developing optical Ethernet physical layers and test methods for #automotive applications. He's co-inventor of 10 patents and the primary contributor to the Multi-Gigabit Optical Automotive Ethernet standard, IEEE Std 802.3cz. The award ceremony took place at The Imperia in New Jersey, USA. #fiberoptics #connectedcar #autonomousvehicles #photonics #automotiveethernet #adas #driverassist #IEEESAAwards2024

Thank you very much for joining our Sales and Marketing Director Oscar Ciordia in the webinar "Driving the Future: Optical Communications in Next-generation Automotive Technology" yesterday by Automotive World! "We're very grateful for the great interest in the future of in-vehicle connectivity," described Óscar. "It's been a pleasure to disclose the disruptive role of #optical communications in the #automotive industry." 🖥️ The replay is now available at https://lnkd.in/dKRWkw4i The focus of the webinar was on high-speed data transfer, advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS), and autonomous driving technologies. Óscar demonstrated how fiber optics and optical networks enhance in-car connectivity, improve safety, and support future-ready, data-intensive automotive applications, shaping the next generation of smart, connected vehicles. Please contact us per dm for any questions. #fiberoptics #autonomousvehicles #photonics #automotiveethernet

Recently, we've had an intensive 3-day workshop with our strategic technology partner Hinge Technology. We're excited to jointly advance #automotive #optical communications! We very much enjoyed: 😀 In-depth discussions on the development progress and the future of IVON (In-Vehicle Optical Network). 👏 Live demonstrations showcasing our collaborative projects with Chinese OEMs, offering valuable insights into market advancements. 👍 Joint problem-solving sessions, where the Chinese and Spanish teams worked hand-in-hand to address technical challenges and develop innovative solutions. 🙏 Thank you so much to the team of Hinge Technology for visiting us in Tres Cantos! We look forward to continue working on our innovative projects for in-vehicle connectivity! #fiberoptics #autonomousvehicles #photonics #automotiveethernet #adas Photo credit: Hinge Technology, KD