Besi leads hybrid-bonding race, with twenty players chasing - Everyone is piling into hybrid bonding, the holy grail for stacking chips. Twenty different platforms are now in development worldwide. Yet, Besi remains confident about its lead.
Exclusive: Geckos bets on AI materials beyond nano copper powders and CPO waveguides - As generative AI drives rapid growth in high-performance computing (HPC) demand, the semiconductor industry is shifting from process-node competition to materials competition. Geckos chairman Raymond Shen said that once chip manufacturing advances to 2nm and beyond, improvements in AI computing power...
Taiwan pushes care robots as eldercare shortages expose legal gaps - Taiwan is accelerating efforts to bring care robots into eldercare as labor shortages deepen, while lawmakers and regulators continue to debate how the devices should be classified and supervised. The National Science and Technology Council is advancing related programs, and TSMC chairman C.C. Wei said...
EP 182: AI Fatigue , Meta's Neo-Cloud Rumors , and Samsung's Foundry Comeback - In this episode of The Circuit, Ben and Jay break down the recent volatility and AI fatigue hitting semiconductor stocks. They analyze how retail "tourists" and passive index funds might be driving market valuations ahead of actual fundamentals. The hosts also unpack the rumors surrounding Meta reportedly...
WFE Regional Equipment Sales - The Wafer Fab Equipment Revenue Sales by region includes revenue sales from China, Europe, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, North America, and Rest of the World. These reports are published both annually and quarterly. They provide a breakdown of total sales within each region, as well as detailed regional sales...
Executive Interview with Chris Morrison, VP Product Marketing at Agile Analog - Chris Morrison is VP Product Marketing at Agile Analog, the customizable analog IP company. He has over 18 years’ experience of developing strong relationships with key partners across the semiconductor industry and delivering innovative analog, digital, power management and audio products, working...
TP-Link’s Tapo T300 sensor detects water and other liquid-leak dangers - Unintended fluids dripping from above? Accumulating from below? The T300 alerts you to them all. Threaded contacts suggest other uses, too. The post TP-Link’s Tapo T300 sensor detects water and other liquid-leak dangers appeared first on EDN .
Data Center AI Growth Faces Challenging Bottlenecks - Will AI growth grind to a halt due to bottlenecks? The post Data Center AI Growth Faces Challenging Bottlenecks appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering .
Test Equipment Market Share - TechInsights' Test Equipment Market Share Database covers quarterly and annual data for automated test equipment (ATE), Systems-on-a-Chip (SoC), Burn-in Test System, Handlers & Probers equipment segments and subsegments.
Unlocking Scalable SRG Waveguides for Mass‑Market AR/MR Displays - An approach for full process control for the HVM of SRG waveguides, encompassing metal film metrology, OCD measurements of grating parameters, overlay alignment verification, and defect inspection. The post Unlocking Scalable SRG Waveguides for Mass‑Market AR/MR Displays appeared first on Semiconductor...
Technical Report: MPS MPC22157-130 Server & Compute Core Regulator PMIC Essentials and Package - Monolithic Power Systems (MPS) MPC22157-130 is a highly integrated dual-phase synchronous buck power module designed to provide high-current, low-voltage power rails for servers, ASICs, FPGAs, and high-performance computing platforms. The module integrates DrMOS (driver-integrated MOS) power stages and...
Making noise with a BANG, part 1: Concept and hardware - This noise generator has an adjustable bandwidth and a consistent amplitude no matter what bandwidth is selected. The post Making noise with a BANG, part 1: Concept and hardware appeared first on EDN .
[News] Intel Reportedly Raises CPU Prices; Flagship Xeon Up US$1,495, Select Desktop Chips +US$30–50 - Intel has raised prices for a range of its CPUs. According to Tom’s Hardware, the company confirmed on the 3rd that it had increased prices for selected consumer and server processors. An Intel spokesperson said the pricing adjustments reflect current market conditions, including rising supply cha......
Manufacturing Database - These reports include TechInsights' latest views on the semiconductor manufacturing landscape from 2015 and forecasting for the next 5 years, updated on a quarterly basis. These databases provides critical insights into the manufacturing landscape within the Semiconductor industry. These are the first...
Role in Building National Semiconductor Workforce Grows - UT Dallas to lead key initiatives within the new National Network for Microelectronics Education South Regional Node. The post Role in Building National Semiconductor Workforce Grows appeared first on Semiconductor Digest .
MIPS on the RISC-V Shift: ‘Physical AI Is Agentic AI at the Edge’ - MIPS bets RISC-V and ARC AI will power physical AI in cars and factory robots. Watch the interview and learn more. The post MIPS on the RISC-V Shift: ‘Physical AI Is Agentic AI at the Edge’ appeared first on EE Times .
Voice Is Key to Physical AI; Development Methods Need to Catch Up - Voice AI can’t survive on clean-room tests; real-world acoustics break it. See why physics-based benchmarks must lead the next leap. The post Voice Is Key to Physical AI; Development Methods Need to Catch Up appeared first on EE Times .
Anthropic's reported chip plans with Samsung could ease inference costs, not chase top-end performance - Anthropic's reported move into in-house chip development could matter well beyond Silicon Valley if it helps lower the cost of running AI services worldwide. By prioritizing cheaper inference rather than elite performance, the startup may be signaling a more pragmatic path that could influence how global...
The shape of what’s coming: a synthesis - We’re watching a structural transition in software-intensive business that ranks with the largest such transitions in the history of the discipline, contends Jan Bosch.
CEO Interview with Brice Cruchon, CEO of Dracula Technologies - Brice Cruchon is the Founder and CEO of Dracula Technologies, a company he established in 2011 to develop and industrialize organic photovoltaic (OPV) technologies for indoor energy harvesting. He holds a Master’s degree in Chemistry from the University of Nantes (France) and has built a career spanning...
Nexperia’s 1200 V SiC MOSFETs in QDPAK packaging - Nexperia is releasing 1200 V silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFETs in QDPAK packaging, as part of its wide-bandgap (WBG) portfolio. They feature a top-side cooled surface-mount package optimised for high-power density and thermally demanding applications, says the company. For example, EV onboard chargers (OBC),...
The Dawn of Agentic AI Super-Agents - On the one hand, I think I’m taking the incredible advances we’re currently seeing in Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools in my stride, striving to maintain a dignified persona as the latest and greatest marvels unfold before my eyes. On the other hand, I sometimes find it hard to restrain myself...
Demonstrating the EasyAI ECO Suite – An AI-Powered Functional ECO Solution at DAC 2026 - Easy-Logic , a leading provider of high-performance Engineering Change Order (ECO) solutions in Electronic Design Automation (EDA), will showcase its latest innovation — the EasyAI ECO Suite — at DAC in Los Angeles, July 27–29, 2026. This intelligent ECO solution integrates AI engines into the entire...
Reed Semi raises $100m - Seven year-old Rhode Island power management specialist Reed Semiconductor has raised $100 million. Reed doesn’t reveal the names of its investors though PitchBook and Crunchbase list UMC Capital as an investor. Reed has raised about $144 million in total across all funding rounds. Reed makes Multiphase...
From Detection to Safety: Reframing Fault Simulation for Functional Safety - In the early 1980s, when computer-aided engineering (CAE), the precursor to modern electronic design automation (EDA), was just taking shape, my professional trajectory shifted in a way that would prove foundational. I joined Teradyne, the Boston-based leader in automated test equipment (ATE), and I encountered...
Firefly, Astrobotic, Intuitive win NASA lunar lander contracts - Nasa has awarded lunar lander contracts contracts totalling almost $600 million to three companies: Firefly, Astrobotic and Intuitive Machines. Specifically, Astrobotic is awarded $297.9 million total for two deliveries. And Firefly Aerospace is awarded $144.2 million and Intuitive Machines $148.3 million...
Gluing 8192 MCUs Together to Make a GPU - What do you get when you take 8,192 CH570 MCUs, put them on custom PCBs, and write firmware for this interconnected gaggle of cores? In the case of [bitluni]’s project, …read more
Raspberry Pi upgrades secure boot provisioning software - Raspberry Pi has upgraded its secure boot provisioning software, rpi-sb-provisioner, making it easier to provision more complex operating system images and deploy Raspberry Pi Connect at scale. Version 2.3 of rpi-sb-provisioner makes use of the new device identity support in Raspberry Pi Connect for Organisations,...
CSCC advances carbon materials for AI data center BBU supply chain - CSCC is pushing its carbon materials, advanced carbon materials, and graphite blocks as a three-pronged strategy to target battery backup units (BBUs) for AI servers. Its advanced carbon materials have entered the final customer certification stage and are expected to secure an entry point into the AI...
