Nextin to supply inspection kit to major memory maker - Fab equipment maker Nextin will be supplying its metrology and inspection (MI) equipment to a major South Korean memory maker, TheElec has learned.Official placement of orders is expected in the fourth quarter this year, sources said.Nextin’s revenue has been reliant on another major customer; being...
Infineon phases out GaN System parts - Infineon Technologies is phasing out the automotive gallium nitride (GaN) power devices it acquired with GaN Systems as it looks…
[News] NVIDIA May Relax HBM4 Specs as Samsung and SK hynix Reportedly Face Capacity, Yield Limits - Competition among memory suppliers in the HBM4 segment is heating up. According to ZDNet, Samsung Electronics edged ahead of SK hynix and Micron on the 12th by announcing its HBM4 mass-production shipments. Even so, the overall HBM4 supply dynamics this year are likely to hinge primarily on NVIDIA�......
World's largest GaAs foundry sees 2–3x surge from 1.6T optical boom - GaAs foundry leader Win Semiconductor forecasts explosive growth in the 1.6T optical communication module market in 2026, expecting a 2-3x increase in demand driven by satellite and optical communications sectors.
Quantum Internet Takes Shape With 100 km Secure Transmission Milestone - A breakthrough in quantum repeater technology has enabled secure quantum communication over 100 kilometers. Researchers led by Jianwei Pan, Qiang Zhang, and Xiaohui Bao at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), have achieved a major milestone...
Time to be The \\ - The current state of the of Hybrid Manufacturing Semiconductor Companies
Adata Shows Off Quad-Ranked DDR5 CUDIMMs At High Speed - Adata had two interesting items at CES, a case and a new type of high end DDR5. Read more ▶ The post Adata Shows Off Quad-Ranked DDR5 CUDIMMs At High Speed appeared first on Semiaccurate .
Podcast EP331: Soitec’s Broad Impact on Quantum Computing and More with Dr. Christophe Maleville - Daniel is joined by Dr. Christophe Maleville, Chief Technology Officer and Senior Executive Vice-President of Soitec’s Innovation. He joined Soitec in 1993 and was a driving force behind the company’s joint research activities with CEA-Leti. For several years, he led new SOI process development, oversaw...
Applied Materials Announces First Quarter 2026 Results - Revenue $7.01 billion, down 2 percent year over year GAAP gross margin 49.0 percent and non-GAAP gross margin 49.1 percent GAAP EPS $2.54 and non-GAAP EPS $2.38, up 75 percent and flat year over year, respectively Semiconductor Systems achieved record DRAM revenue Applied Global Services delivered
AI-powered MCU elevates vehicle intelligence - The Stellar P3E automotive MCU from ST features built-in AI acceleration, enabling real-time AI applications at the edge. The post AI-powered MCU elevates vehicle intelligence appeared first on EDN .
Budget RGB Fan Roundup: Are cheap PC fans always this bad? - We pit five budget-friendly RGB fans against each other, in tests that don’t quite lead us to a clear winner. The most complete isn’t the best performing. There is, however, one clear loser that might be worth avoiding.
Why is TSMC spending $45bn so early? - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) has greenlit a massive $44.96 billion capital budget following a historic board meeting in Kumamoto, Japan.
A Singaporean reality check for the semiconductor age - Joseph Liow, dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore, said in a recent public lecture that technology is no longer merely an engine of economic growth but has become a core instrument in great-power competition. For Taiwan, which sits at the center of the...
Gradient cathodes boost stability of Li-rich batteries - Recently, a research team led by Prof. Zhao Bangchuan from the Institute of Solid State Physics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with Prof. Xiao Yao from Wenzhou University, ...
Carrier Mapping in Sub-2nm Node NSFETs with SSRM (imec, KU Leuven) - Researchers from imec and KU Leuven published “Carrier Mapping in Sub-2nm Node Nanosheet Transistors with Scanning Spreading Resistance Microscopy.” Abstract “As the semiconductor industry transitions to gate-all-around architectures such as Nanosheet-FETs (NSFETs) for the 2nm node and beyond, controlling...
Super-moiré spin textures revealed - Quantum magnetometry on twisted CrI 3 reveals moiré magnetism characterized by a period that exceeds the underlying moiré superlattice by an order of magnitude.
Elon to launch datacentre satellites from the Moon - Elon Musk has told his staff at xAI – his AI development company – that they need to build a factory on the moon to build datacentres to be launched from the moon by a catapult, reports the New York Times. This will give xAI more computing power than its AI rivals. “If you’re moving faster than...
Safe operating area - Dunn addresses a poorly designed switching circuit using the 2N2222 NPN BJT by reconstructing the SOA chart taken from an old data sheet. The post Safe operating area appeared first on EDN .
Qatar’s Deep Tech Ambitions Come Into Focus - Qatar accelerates deep-tech domination with major AI, quantum, and semiconductor investments. The post Qatar’s Deep Tech Ambitions Come Into Focus appeared first on EE Times .
Qatar’s AI Ambitions Span the Tech Stack - Qatar is actively investing in multiple levels of the AI tech stack. The post Qatar’s AI Ambitions Span the Tech Stack appeared first on EE Times .
AMD's growing server and PC share pressures Intel as China supply constraints tighten prices - AMD's EPYC server processors captured a record 41.3% revenue market share in the server segment in the fourth quarter of 2025, Mercury Research reported, driven by accelerated adoption in cloud and enterprise markets. The gain marks a significant shift in the composition of vendor revenue in the quarter....
