Semi. Fabs and Clean Rooms 3h ago: Recent X posts (as of September 20, 2026) highlight ongoing semiconductor fab construction, cleanroom expansions, yield/process improvements, and capacity updates. Key themes include India's emerging ecosystem, Korean memory capacity debates, U.S./global AI-driven builds, and supply-chain constraints. Tata Electronics Dholera fab under active construction, Semicon projects approved, Applied Materials $5B India investment. SK hynix vs Samsung DRAM/HBM capacity debate ongoing. Cleanrooms seen as bottleneck for AI supply.
AI Power Demands Push GaN into Data Center Design - Rising AI power demands are pushing data center designers toward GaN-based power conversion for higher efficiency and density. The post AI Power Demands Push GaN into Data Center Design appeared first on EE Times .
Brent’s Musings: This One Is for All the Marbles - A childhood box of marbles reveals an unexpected family connection between century-old manufacturing innovation and a lifelong career in semiconductors.
Technical Report: Skyworks PK5712_01 LNA Die (SKY520-21) Circuit Report - The following is a Circuit Analysis report on the Skyworks PK5712 01 die found in the Skyworks SKY520-21 LMHB L-PAMiD package. The PK5712 01 component used in this analysis was extracted from the Xiaomi Redmi K80 Ultra.
Korea ranks second from bottom of OECD for income redistribution - Korea ranks second from bottom of OECD for income redistribution The country’s Gini coefficient, measuring income inequality, improved by 17.6 percent, about half the average of member states. 9/19/2026 - 11:20 PM
AI in Chip Design: From Code Generation to EDA Orchestration (University of Edinburgh) - Researchers at the University of Edinburgh published a technical perspective titled “LLMs in Digital EDA: A perspective on shifting roles from Generation to Orchestration.” Abstract Excerpt: “In this Perspective, we instead define three hierarchical roles that reveal how capability accumulates:...
President of Royal Society says government’s splitting of DSIT functions was mistaken - The president of the Royal Society, Sir Paul Nurse (pictured), has told the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee that the government’s move to split up the DSIT was […] The post President of Royal Society says government’s splitting of DSIT functions was mistaken appeared first on Electronics...
SFP: The single-mode module autopsy - This initial entry in a planned series analyzes a long distance-capable fiber optic cable networking adapter containing a focused-beam laser. The post SFP: The single-mode module autopsy appeared first on EDN .
Broadcom’s AI Engine Shifts Into Overdrive - Broadcom’s fiscal third-quarter 2026 results show how artificial-intelligence infrastructure is shifting from general-purpose acceleration toward customized compute and large-scale networking. The company reported AI semiconductor revenue of $16.7 billion, up 221% year over year and 54% sequentially....
Taiwan firms keen on investing in US manufacturing - A recent survey found that 36% of nearly 120 US manufacturers have already reshored or are actively reshoring production, while more than 60% have capital investment plans for doing so. Taiwan's investment in the US is also rising, and Taiwanese firms' moves will become clearer after the Taiwan Electrical...
Chip rebound deepens Korea’s trade dependence - Chip rebound deepens Korea’s trade dependence Korea’s trade exposure rose in 2024 as a strong semiconductor recovery boosted exports and reshaped industrial transactions, Bank of Korea data showed. 9/21/2026 - 01:29 AM
Partnership for Realization and Validation of AI hardware Leadership - The photonixFAB project aims to empower photonics innovation by SMEs and large entities by providing low barrier access to both low-loss silicon nitride (SiN) and silicon-on-insulator (SOI) based photonics platforms with indium phosphide (InP) and lithium niobate (LNO) heterogenous integration capabilities....
Coherent Launches PhotonLink™ Integrated Optics Platform for AI Infrastructu - Coherent launches PhotonLink™, an integrated optics platform that combines critical photonics technologies with end-to-end assembly, test, and manufacturing capabilities to deliver complete optical solutions for next-generation AI infrastructure.
China’s DRAM Specialist CXMT Eyes NAND Flash Entry - China’s twin memory stars, CXMT and YMTC, move into each other’s turf to capitalize on AI-driven storage shortages. The post China’s DRAM Specialist CXMT Eyes NAND Flash Entry appeared first on EE Times .
Anthropic’s AI Slowdown, OpenAI’s $1.2T Valuation & Salesforce’s AI Bet - Anthropic's "Pace the Frontier" essay set off a week in which nearly every major AI leader, and two heads of state, weighed in on whether the frontier should slow down. Patrick Moorhead and Daniel Newman read the incident as something larger than a safety debate. Whoever sets the pace of the frontier...
Qualcomm’s Adreno X2 GPU ... - Integrated GPUs have become a crucial component in recent laptop chips, thanks to a push for better graphics performance in ultraportable devices. ...
Magnachip Announces Strategic Investment by Navitas Semiconductor - Magnachip Semiconductor Corporation, a designer and manufacturer of analog and mixed-signal power semiconductor platform solutions, today announced that Navitas Semiconductor Corporation has agreed to make a $5 million strategic equity investment in Magnachip. The post Magnachip Announces Strategic Investment...
Apple A20 Pro: The iPhone 18 Pro's TSMC 2nm Processor - TechInsights performed an exploratory teardown and analysis of the Apple A20 Pro processor extracted from Apple’s newly released iPhone 18 Pro. The Apple A20 Pro application processor is fabricated using TSMC's N2 process—the first 2 nm process from TSMC featuring gate-all-around transistor technology....
Exports up 78% in first 20 days of September on robust chip shipments - Exports up 78% in first 20 days of September on robust chip shipments Korea's exports surged 78 percent in the first 20 days of September, led by a 259 percent jump in semiconductor shipments. 9/20/2026 - 09:58 PM
How 60 GHz Radar Improves Low-Power Presence Sensing In IoT Devices - Track occupancy and motion continuously without keeping the full sensing and processing chain active. The post How 60 GHz Radar Improves Low-Power Presence Sensing In IoT Devices appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering .
ARIA funds Space Solar for stratospheric RF power beaming - Space Solar, the Harwell-based space company specialising in wireless power beaming, has won a £1.3m research contract from the UK’s Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA). The award from ARIA […] The post ARIA funds Space Solar for stratospheric RF power beaming appeared first on Electronics...
