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🌑 AsiaPac 
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 Coherent Lite Transceivers + AMD CPU Opportunity  - Expanding on FundaAI's Excellent Work

 Indian Firm Scales Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Production for Batteries and Chips  - NoPo scales HiPco single-walled carbon nanotube output for sub-2-nm chips and anodes. The post Indian Firm Scales Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Production for Batteries and Chips appeared first on EE Times .

 How Nvidia’s South Korean AI deals could fuel ‘the next industrial revolution’  - Jensen Huang’s dealings in Seoul may provide a road map for South Korea’s AI ambitions but experts warn against painting too rosy a picture

 Enhancing long-context, high-concurrency LLM serving on a 32 GB workstation GPU: TurboQuant KV Cache  - Long context LLM serving is running into a memory wall. The problem is not always raw compute. It is the KV cache, which grows with every token and every concurrent user.In this article, we show how T...

 From GTC Taipei to Computex 2026: Taiwan\u2019s Strategic Role in the AI Supply Chain  - Original Article By SemiVision Reserach [Reading time: 40 mins]

 Refining Vision-Language Models For Lithography Defect Detection  - Researchers from Hanyang University, Korea University, and Korea Institute of Industrial Technology have published “Failure-Aware Refinement of Vision-Language Model for Lithography Defect Detection”. Abstract “Semiconductor lithography inspection requires reliable detection of small pattern defects...

 Podcast EP350: The Growing Threat of Hardware Security Breaches and What to do About it with Dr. Andreas Kuehlmann  - Daniel is joined by Dr. Andreas Kuehlmann, General Manager of Security Solutions at Arteris . He has over 35 years of experience in semiconductor design, software, and cybersecurity, including roles at IBM Research, UC Berkeley, Cadence, and Synopsys. Previously, he was CEO of Cycuity, which was acquired...

 System Check: How do you learn electronics and engineering?  - It is System Check time! Tell us: How do you prefer to learn electronics? Which learning format works best for…

 Surface mount and microwaves  - Upside-down mounting can deliver inductance upsides for surface mount passives and other components. The post Surface mount and microwaves appeared first on EDN .

 Variscite Expands Industrial Edge Capabilities with SMARC Modules  - Variscite is expanding its SMARC portfolio with modules based on the NXP i.MX 95 and i.MX 8M Plus applications processors, enabling secure, scalable edge AI, vision processing, and real-time control for a wide range of industrial and embedded systems.

 Chip Industry Week In Review  - 2nm; 14A accelerates; memory deal; optimizing EUV output; KGD screening; McKinsey's auto chips report; HW security exploits; humanoids; H-1B policy; diamonds for heat; Europe's IC progress; imec's latest; quantum HW progress towards fault-tolerance. The post Chip Industry Week In Review appeared first...

🌑 EMEA 
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 Can AI Create Missing Models?  - It depends on what those models are used, which also can have a big impact on the cost. The post Can AI Create Missing Models? appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering .

 Rebellions Bets on Memory-Centric Architecture as It Weighs IPO Options  - Rebellions leverages memory-centric AI chip designs with SK Hynix and Samsung to fuel IPO ambitions. The post Rebellions Bets on Memory-Centric Architecture as It Weighs IPO Options appeared first on EE Times .

 Lablup adds Intel Arc Pro B70 support to Backend.AI  - Building on its existing support for Intel Gaudi 2/3 AI accelerators, Backend.AI now extends its Int...

 Qualinx tapes out first chip on GF’s all-European manufacturing flow  - Delft-based RF chip design firm Qualinx and Globalfoundries have completed what they describe as the first fully European end-to-end semiconductor manufacturing flow for security-critical chips.

 Transparent OLED advance could improve AR displays and smart windows  - Seoul National University College of Engineering announced that a research team led by Prof. Yongtaek Hong from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering has developed a high-performance transparent organic light-emitting ...

 Commentary: Precision vs. breadth—Why Taiwan's lens giants have opposite CPO playbooks  - Optical industry leaders Largan and Genius Electronic Optical (GSEO) have recently discussed progress in co-packaged optics (CPO), a key non-smartphone growth driver, and their strategies differ sharply. As customer demand and orders become clearer and more firmly secured, both companies have also turned...

 SK Hynix to boost memory production 3x ... you can wait another 8 years, right?  - We're moving as fast as we can, says SK Group chair

 Micro-LED transfer via electrochemical etch  - Researchers transfer arrays of devices down to 3µm onto silicon.

 Micron D1γ 16 Gb DDR5 DRAM Analysis  - Discover how Micron's D1γ DDR5 DRAM advances memory scaling. Access detailed process analysis, package investigation, and technology insights.

 \uD83C\uDF6A TWiC: Controversial Packaged Optics  - Developing an appreciation for engineering challenges in CPO deployment.

 Strong AI Demand and Early Consumer Electronics Inventory Build Drive Top 10 Foundries to 3.7% QoQ Revenue Growth in 1Q26, Says TrendForce  - TrendForce's latest investigation into the foundry industry reveals that strong shipments of AI HPC chips and related components continued throughout 1Q26. Meanwhile, TV and PC/notebook supply chains accelerated production schedules and increased inventory levels for peripheral ICs, prompting foundries...

 Delos Data offers AI chip startups a fast track to rack scale  - Half the trouble of building an Nvidia NVL or AMD Helios competitor is just getting the networking out of the box

 An Interview with Intel's Kira Boyko: Xeon 6+'s Product Director ...  - Hello you fine Internet folks, today we have an interview with Kira Boyko, the Product Director of Intel Xeon 6+. ...

🌑 Americas 
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 UCLA’s $125M Semiconductor Hub: “We Want High Impact, Not Incremental Research”  - UCLA launches a $125M semiconductor hub to smash chip bottlenecks with AI research. The post UCLA’s $125M Semiconductor Hub: “We Want High Impact, Not Incremental Research” appeared first on EE Times .

 RISC-V Targets Data Centers, Edge AI, Space  - "RISC-V is now," said Andrea Gallo, CEO of RISC-V International, during his keynote at this week's RISC-V Summit Europe 2026 in Bologna. The post RISC-V Targets Data Centers, Edge AI, Space appeared first on EE Times .

 Out of the shadows: Huawei’s ‘chip queen’ steps back into the spotlight with scaling law  - He Tingbo says her epiphany came from an ancient irrigation system in Sichuan province, built without modern machinery or electricity

 Get 32GB of DDR5 RAM for only $255 in this 2-item combo from Newegg — just $514.99 gets you Corsair Vengeance RGB RAM and a Gigabyte X870 Aorus Elite motherboard, 26% off  - Newegg slashes ~$185 off this 2-item combo, dropping the RAM to an affordable $255 - just $514.99 gets you a solid Gigabyte X870 motherboards, and 32GB of RAM in this incredible Newegg combo deal.

 SpaceX IPO: Building the Space Economy for the AI Era  - Original Article By SemiVision Research [Reading time: 21 mins]

 How UCODE X Is Advancing RAIN RFID in Pharma and Healthcare  - Exceptional read/write sensitivity, GS1 compliance and data integrity: how UCODE X is accelerating RAIN RFID adoption across healthcare and pharma.

 Midas Displays shines spotlight on Aurum TFT display series  - Midas Displays is shipping its Aurum series of TFT displays. The range combines high brightness screens, a unified flex design, and support for RGB, LVDS and HDMI interfaces. An embedded option based on Bridgetek’s BT817 advanced video engine IC is also available, said the Great Yarmouth-based company....

 Medtronic completes acquisition of Scientia Vascular, seamlessly integrating access and therapeutic portfolios for neurovascular care  - Acquisition delivers simplicity and access, supporting physicians across the full procedural workflow GALWAY, Ireland, June 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Medtronic plc (NYSE: MDT), a global leader in...

 Webinar | How Rising Costs Are Reshaping the Conductive Inks Market  - Join IDTechEx Principal Technology Analyst Dr Conor O'Brien on Thursday 18 June for the expert-led webinar, "The Silver Squeeze: How Rising Costs Are Reshaping the Conductive Inks Market". Choose your preferred time zone - the webinar runs three times in one day.

 Volta Metals awarded up to $500,000 from Ontario’s Critical Minerals Innovation Fund  - Funds for metallurgical and mineral processing work to enhance recovery of rare-earth elements and gallium from Springer Deposit

 [News] Tesla Elon Musk Discusses TeraFab at ASML Conference; Project Expected to Spur EUV Tool Orders  - Elon Musk is expanding his ambitions beyond EVs, AI, and space technology with TeraFab, a large-scale semiconductor manufacturing project in Texas. According to CNBC, during an ASML conference on Thursday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk outlined his TeraFab vision. As the only provider of a crucial EUV machine......