China backs chipmakers as 'one team,' while Korean firms go it alone - China backs chipmakers as 'one team,' while Korean firms go it alone China’s coordinated public financing and infrastructure support contrast with the heavier investment burden facing Samsung Electronics and SK hynix. 9/14/2026 - 06:00 PM News Team
Chipmakers’ rejection of prepaid power bills warrants reflection - Chipmakers’ rejection of prepaid power bills warrants reflection Samsung Electronics and SK hynix’s rejection of Kepco’s prepaid power plan underscores the risks of basing industrial and fiscal policy on a prolonged semiconductor boom. 9/14/2026 - 11:01 AM Opinion Desk
Collaborators Chart Pathway to Nonlinear Optical Device Miniaturization - Nonlinear optical processes enable frequency mixing, ultrafast signal processing, high-speed modulation, and many other functions critical to optical and quantum applications. Although nonlinearity is fundamental to photonics technologies, existing optical devices offer limited nonlinear capabilities....
Korea's ICT exports mark record high on sustained AI investments - Korea's ICT exports mark record high on sustained AI investments Korea's ICT exports hit a record $59.98 billion in August, with semiconductor demand driving the sector's first trade surplus above $40 billion. 9/14/2026 - 12:50 AM
Technical Report: XinpleTek DGCAF3 UHB L-PAMiF Module Architecture Analysis - The following is a Module Architecture Analysis report of the XinpleTek DGCAF3 Ultra High-Band (UHB) Radio Frequency Power Amplifier Module with LNA, and integrated filters (L-PAMiF). The DGCAF3 has four active and two passive dies, with integrated packaged or printed passives. The specific component...
[News] South Korea Expands Espionage Law to Combat Chip Tech Leaks; China Led Overseas Cases at 54.5% - South Korea has broadened its espionage law as it steps up efforts to protect advanced technologies from overseas leaks. According to Edaily, citing Reuters, the revised Criminal Act took effect on Sept. 13, expanding the scope of espionage offenses beyond North Korea to cover foreign countries and ......
The Aliens Are Going to Be Very Confused - What would impress aliens about Earth? Perhaps the ingenious RF technology quietly making our increasingly connected world work seamlessly every day.
CAST Moves the Full TCP/IP Stack into Hardware at 100 Gbps - CAST has introduced TCPIP-100G, a synthesizable intellectual-property core that implements a complete TCP/IP stack in hardware for ASICs and FPGAs. The core is designed to transmit and receive at up to 100 Gbps without depending on a host processor. That distinction is important: this is not simply a...
binder adds midmount PCB connectors to its M12 portfolio - The circular industrial connector specialist binder binder is expanding its M12 portfolio with angled panel-mount connectors. For centric PCB mounting, they are designed to fit into a slim, cylindrical housing. […] The post binder adds midmount PCB connectors to its M12 portfolio appeared first on Electronics...
The NY Creates and Micron Technology Joint Apprenticeship Program Welcomes First Cohort - Albany, NY — NY Creates (the New York Center for Research, Economic Advancement, Technology, Engineering, and Science) and Micron Technology, Inc., held a signing ceremony where 10 apprentices joined the first cohort of their joint workforce development program. Announced in April by Governor Kathy...
CircuitPython Goes Turbo With Precompiled Functions - It would not be at all original to declare that Python is the new BASIC. Like BASIC, it has been the first programming language for a whole generation of coders, …read more
Datacentre performance now sold by the rack not the chip - The value in datacentres is shifting from the chip to the rack, says Yole, with hyperscalers and AI labs co-designing their own AI ASICs and with advanced packaging, HBM4, […] The post Datacentre performance now sold by the rack not the chip appeared first on Electronics Weekly .
SemiWiki CEO Interview with Dr. Nissan Maskil of Qarakal Quantum - Nissan Maskil, PhD, is the CEO and co-founder of Qarakal Quantum, established in 2024. Nissan brings 40 years of national technology program experience to Qarakal Quantum, where they’re working to enable researchers and enterprises to run larger and more meaningful quantum computing workloads sooner....
Omdia: Global Semiconductor Revenue Surges 31% to Record $425B in 2Q26 - Global semiconductor revenue surpassed $425bn in 2Q26 reaching another all-time high as the market grew a record 31.4% quarter-over-quarter (QoQ), according to new research from Omdia. The post Omdia: Global Semiconductor Revenue Surges 31% to Record $425B in 2Q26 appeared first on Semiconductor Digest...
Exclusive: China's 8-inch SiC suppliers turn to pricing discipline after 6-inch price war - As the silicon carbide (SiC) industry shifts from 6-inch to 8-inch wafer manufacturing, leading China-based substrate suppliers are taking a more disciplined approach to pricing and customer selection, seeking to protect margins and avoid a repeat of the severe price competition that has battered the...
Hardware Assisted Verification Is Key to AI Chip Design - Juergen Jaeger of Siemens EDA explains why hardware-assisted verification has since become a must-have. The post Hardware Assisted Verification Is Key to AI Chip Design appeared first on Semiconductor Digest .
Improved thin film harnesses indoor light to power devices - Remember the solar calculator from middle school math class that had a small solar cell at the top? The idea behind that technology is not a relic of the past but the subject of continuous innovation. Today's indoor solar ...
Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: Sept. 14 - Heterogeneous memory chiplets for multi-request LLM inference; long-span ECC for HBM AI inference; quasi phase-only EUV masks; advanced packaging underfill cure and thermal-endurance modeling; HW information-flow tracking for pre-silicon security testing; charge characterization in TMD-based MOS structures....
Radon sensor embeds sizeable alpha particle detector - PIN photodiode collects, counts and discriminates alpha energies to determine residences’ radon gas-caused cancer danger degrees. The post Radon sensor embeds sizeable alpha particle detector appeared first on EDN .
Kokusai Electric gains from Hitachi split as AI memory demand surges - Kokusai Electric, the semiconductor equipment maker spun off from Hitachi and later acquired by KKR, has emerged as one of the clearest winners from Hitachi's restructuring. According to Nikkei , the company benefited from faster decision-making, continued research and development spending, and rising...
