Semi. Fabs and Clean Rooms 49m ago: Recent semiconductor fab construction, cleanroom expansions, and capacity updates show continued heavy investment in advanced manufacturing, driven by AI demand, node transitions, and government incentives like the U.S. CHIPS Act. Arizona leads U.S. growth with TSMC Phoenix, Intel Chandler, Amkor Peoria expansions. Global 300mm fab equipment spending projected at $149B in 2026 rising to $227B by 2029. Micron notes cleanroom additions required beyond node shrinks.
World Photonics Day - Innovation World Photonics Day How Seagate uses photonics and HAMR technology to advance mass-capacity data storage.
Rad-tolerant GaN converter powers space electronics - Microchip’s POL-05-20S-T GaN converter delivers up to 20 A to power FPGAs, MCUs, and other processing-intensive digital loads in space. The post Rad-tolerant GaN converter powers space electronics appeared first on EDN .
Arteris FlexGen Opens Up Multi-Die Traffic Management for Non-Coherent Networks - Last year I wrote about Arteris’ introduction of multi-die support for coherent NoCs . This is a very big deal because hyperscalers and OEMs are now building large systems that depend on multi-chiplet architectures and require efficient traffic management between chiplets, in one case as many as 12...
Did You Miss a SEMICON West Show Daily? - Three days, one industry, and a lot happening on the show floor. If you couldn’t keep up with everything at SEMICON West’s San Francisco return, our Show Daily editions have the news, insights, and announcements you need. The post Did You Miss a SEMICON West Show Daily? appeared first on Semiconductor...
Cancer Guidance Technology Firm FluoGuide Collaborates with Leica Microsystems - FluoGuide, a biotech company specializing in precision cancer surgery, has entered into a collaboration with Leica Microsystems. According to FluoGuide, the agreement aims to optimize the use of imaging systems — namely Leica's microscope systems —...
Nanocrystalline cubic boron arsenide growth on GaAs(100) by gas source molecular beam epitaxy - Cubic boron arsenide (c-BAs) is a promising ultrahigh thermal conductivity semiconductor , but its direct synthesis on lattice-mismatched substrates remains challenging. Here, we demonstrate the synthesis of nanocrystalline c-BAs thin films on GaAs(100) substrates using gas source molecular beam epitaxy....
Innovasea Packs Long-Life Electronics into Fish Tags - A company on Canada’s east coast is pushing acoustic telemetry toward lighter payloads and decade-scale deployments by treating energy, sensing, and animal welfare as a single systems problem. The post Innovasea Packs Long-Life Electronics into Fish Tags appeared first on EE Times .
The Industry Challenge: AI Is Forcing Semiconductor Innovation Beyond the Chip - Applied Materials President and CEO Gary Dickerson with the EPIC Center founding partners on October 12, 2026, in Sunnyvale, CA. (Tomas Ovalle/AP Content Services for Applied Materials, Inc.) The bottlenecks are becoming interconnected
From boon to burden: AI spending woes leave Kospi among worst-performing major indexes - From boon to burden: AI spending woes leave Kospi among worst-performing major indexes Concerns over AI infrastructure spending are hitting Samsung Electronics and SK hynix, magnifying losses across Korea’s stock market. 10/20/2026 - 06:24 AM JIN MIN-JI, LEE JAE-LIM
Foreigners buying US shares for AI bet - Foreign buying of US shares has increased sharply in the last four years, according to the IMF. The figures published in the IMF Global Financial Stability Report this October are […] The post Foreigners buying US shares for AI bet appeared first on Electronics Weekly .
Automotive sensor power supply without a switching pre-regulator - An automotive sensor power supply appears deceptively simple to design but in fact poses many formidable challenges. The post Automotive sensor power supply without a switching pre-regulator appeared first on EDN .
Asian Stocks Shrug Off US Chip Rally, Oil Steadies - Asian stocks opened lower Tuesday, shrugging off a chip-led rebound on Wall Street that helped the Nasdaq 100 recover from its worst week since the tariff turmoil of April 2025.
WFE to the Moon (Still), Semicon West and OCP Insights - In this action-packed episode of The Circuit, Ben Bajarin and Jay Goldberg recap a hectic week in Silicon Valley, spanning Semicon West in San Francisco, the Open Compute Project (OCP) Summit in San Jose, and major analyst events. The hosts examine the evolving semicap and wafer equipment landscape—including...
Qualcomm Wins Key Claims Against Arm, but Damages Total Just $2 - The verdict is the latest chapter in a four-year IP dispute between the two chip giants, safeguarding Qualcomm's custom processors while placing financial pressure on Arm. The post Qualcomm Wins Key Claims Against Arm, but Damages Total Just $2 appeared first on EE Times .
Korea cannot dismiss the despair of French youth - Korea cannot dismiss the despair of French youth France’s economic strain and anger among the youth at its entrenched system should serve as a clear warning for Korea to diversify growth, create jobs and make housing more affordable. 10/19/2026 - 11:01 AM Opinion Desk
Chip Startup Tenstorrent Raises Funds at $6.2 Billion Value - AI chip startup Tenstorrent Inc., after attracting takeover interest earlier this year, has raised $1.5 billion from investors in a funding round that boosts its valuation to $6.2 billion.
Spectrum Instrumentation digitisers get onboard averaging function - Spectrum Instrumentation has introduced a new firmware option for its high-resolution 59xx series digitizers to perform onboard summation averaging. The tool is for reducing unwanted signal noise while and improving […] The post Spectrum Instrumentation digitisers get onboard averaging function appeared...
Special Report: Comparison of MediaTek's FR2 IF Tranceivers - The report is written for RF architects, competitive analysts, and product planners who need to understand how a leading mmWave transceiver supplier changes its design from one generation to the next. The analysis first lays out the three devices side by side across the package, die, and architecture...
Roseville Shows What It Takes to Build Semiconductor Capacity in Northern California - When Bosch acquired the former TSI Semiconductors fab in Roseville, Calif., it chose to modernize a site with nearly 40 years of semiconductor manufacturing experience rather than build from scratch. Bosch is investing up to $2 billion to convert the facility to silicon carbide production, and sample...
Why France is burning - Why France is burning France’s current unrest exposes how decades of deficit spending can leave future generations carrying an unbearable fiscal burden. 10/21/2026 - 11:01 AM Opinion Desk
India’s OSAT Buildout Puts Semiconductor Testing in Focus - NI said Kaynes Semicon has selected its semiconductor test systems, while other Indian OSATs continue to evaluate equipment as manufacturers prepare for production. The post India’s OSAT Buildout Puts Semiconductor Testing in Focus appeared first on EE Times .
Micron reaches deal with Taiwan union to introduce quarterly profit bonuses in FY27 - Micron Technology's labor dispute in Taiwan appears set for resolution after its Taichung union signed a labor-management agreement with the company and withdrew from the mediation session scheduled for October 22. According to an internal email circulated by employees, Micron will introduce quarterly...
Self-Blinking Dye Simplifies Superresolution Microscopy Experiments - Very small antibody fragments, known as nanobodies, can be used as probes to enhance superresolution microscopy. For this purpose, the nanobodies bind to specific molecules with blinking, fluorescent dye. Self-blinking dye switches spontaneously...
Hyundai Mobis to supply homegrown chips for Hyundai, Kia cars by 2029 - Hyundai Mobis to supply homegrown chips for Hyundai, Kia cars by 2029 The company seeks to reduce Korea’s heavy reliance on imports, as 95 percent of chips used in domestic automotive production currently come from outside the country. 10/21/2026 - 02:10 AM SARAH CHEA
Edge AI MCU Features Multimodal Compute, Tiered Memory - A new MCU combines AI-native acceleration with integrated high-bandwidth DRAM scalable to hundreds of megabytes. The post Edge AI MCU Features Multimodal Compute, Tiered Memory appeared first on EE Times .
Qualcomm to start worldwide layoffs - Qualcomm is to lay off staff worldwide according to a memo from CEO Cristiano Amon to employees seen by Reuters. Notifications are to start next month. The number involved is […] The post Qualcomm to start worldwide layoffs appeared first on Electronics Weekly .
Nanophotonic Extreme Ultraviolet Polarimeter - …how we manipulate the polarization of visible light. Here, we extend such control to extreme ultraviolet radiation, the spectral region of attosecond science and semiconductor lithography, where transmissive optical elements are lacking. We implement channel waveguides that restrict incident 41-nm-wavelength...
Contrel, FSE combine laser and plasma processes for advanced packaging - Contrel Technology and FSE jointly showcased dual-core laser micromachining and plasma process technologies at TPCA Show 2026, targeting advanced packaging and high-end substrate manufacturing. The companies' solutions span key processes from surface treatment and residue removal to laser trimming, debonding,...
How Singapore Connects Chip Research, Startups, and Manufacturing - From SiC power devices to silicon photonics, Singapore is building the infrastructure and industrial partnerships needed to bring deep-tech research to market. The post How Singapore Connects Chip Research, Startups, and Manufacturing appeared first on EE Times .
Perché proprio il carburo di silicio (SiC)? - La specifica di Google, Microsoft e NVIDIA non impone nessuna tecnologia. Ma tre formule spiegano perché, oggi, i suoi numeri portano al SiC.
Good Golly It’s MOLY - 65 years ago this ad for TI diodes packaged using its Molybdenum Glass hermetic seal technique appeared in Electronics Weekly’s edition of May 3 1961: The post Good Golly It’s MOLY appeared first on Electronics Weekly .
Korea growth may top IMF forecast - Korea growth may top IMF forecast Finance Minister Lee Hyoung-il said strong exports and investment could lift growth above the IMF's 3.3 percent projection. 10/18/2026 - 11:04 PM
Agentic AI Explores Heterogeneous Chip and Interconnect Architectures (Argonne, UIUC) - Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign published a technical paper titled “Agentic AI for Heterogeneous System Design Across Chip, Scale-Up, and Scale-Out Domains.” Abstract Excerpt: “The design space of modern AI/HPC systems has expanded rapidly...
Scientists Turn Ordinary Plastic Into Billions of Tiny Diamonds Using Powerful Lasers - Diamonds recovered from plastic contain roughly 3,000 atoms each and could be modified with other elements for future use in medical imaging. Powerful lasers can turn plastic into tiny diamonds, but recovering the crystals means catching them as they shoot out at speeds comparable to a meteorite impact....
Littelfuse automotive TVS diodes deliver low, flat-clamping voltage - Littelfuse is launching its TP7.0SMD-XC series of automotive TVS (transient voltage suppression) diodes. The surface-mount parts delivers 7000 W peak pulse power and a low, flat-clamping voltage to protect sensitive […] The post Littelfuse automotive TVS diodes deliver low, flat-clamping voltage appeared...
Scaling Data Movement For Physical AI - One size does not fit all. The post Scaling Data Movement For Physical AI appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering .
STL expands fiber trunk portfolio for AI data centers - STL (Sterlite Technologies) has expanded its Neuralis Data Center portfolio with pre-terminated fiber trunk assemblies supporting fiber counts from 48 to 6,912. The new high-density cabling solutions are…
Exports double in 1st 20 days of October on robust chip shipments - Exports double in 1st 20 days of October on robust chip shipments Korea’s exports more than doubled in the first 20 days of October, driven by a record surge in semiconductor shipments. 10/20/2026 - 09:42 PM
Taiwan PCB output set to top NT$1 trillion as VP touts AI opportunity - The 27th Taiwan Printed Circuit Industry International Exhibition (TPCA Show 2026) opened in Nangang on October 20, with Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim calling on the PCB industry to seize opportunities created by the AI boom. Taiwan's PCB industry is expected to generate more than NT$1 trillion in output...
Quantamap hunts the defects holding back quantum computing - Most quantum computing chips don’t work as well as they should, but nobody understands why. Leiden-based startup Quantamap is developing tools to hunt down critical defects, paving the way toward scalable chip-based quantum computing.
Axcelis to Begin Construction of New Manufacturing Facility in Pyeongtaek, Korea - Axcelis Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: ACLS), a supplier of enabling ion implantation solutions for the semiconductor industry, today announced that it will officially break ground on its new ion implantation equipment manufacturing facility in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, Korea. The post Axcelis to Begin...
Innodisk’s DDR5 8000 RDIMM addresses edge AI - Innodisk is expanding its DDR5 portfolio with 8000 RDIMM for compute-intensive applications, such as edge AI and enterprise servers. As the name indicates, the modules deliver data transfer speeds of […] The post Innodisk’s DDR5 8000 RDIMM addresses edge AI appeared first on Electronics Weekly .
Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: Oct. 20 - HBM power consumption; GAAFET leakage pathways; agentic AI for heterogeneous system design; nanoelectromechanical gain-cell eDRAM; AI-accelerated 3D-IC thermal modeling; agentic AI for RTL verification and debugging; thermal side-channel attacks in autonomous vehicles. The post Chip Industry Technical...
Building Physical AI Systems That Can Work in the Real World - Build scalable physical AI by balancing compute, power, safety, and cost—see why system architecture outperforms raw model size. The post Building Physical AI Systems That Can Work in the Real World appeared first on EE Times .
Privacy-Preserving Robust Monitoring of Dense-Time Temporal Logic - …monitoring. In a number of system testing scenarios, the designer and the tester are separate parties. This testing-as-a-service model is common in software, avionics, and semiconductors , and is growing in importance in the red-teaming of machine learning models. In such a model, the designer seeks...
Electronic System Design Industry Posts $5.7 Billion in Revenue in Q2 2026, ESD Alliance Reports - Electronic System Design (ESD) industry revenue increased 12.2% to $5,710.8 million in the second quarter of 2026 from the $5,089.4 million registered in the second quarter of 2025, the ESD Alliance, a SEMI Technology Coalition, announced today. The post Electronic System Design Industry Posts $5.7 Billion...
Won for the win - Won for the win A currency exchange shop in the Myeongdong neighborhood of Jung District, central Seoul, is displaying exchange rates on Oct. 19. 10/19/2026 - 04:34 AM
Starboard Sees Value In Apple Chip Supplier Skyworks - Starboard Value, which just acquired a stake in Skyworks Solutions Inc. via its takeover of Qorvo Inc., sees big upside should it execute on the goals of its merger with the rival wireless chipmaker, according to people familiar with the matter.
Accelerate Motor Control and Embedded Development With Microchip - Microchip rounds out its newest release wave with tools built for engineers developing and debugging embedded systems—from a dual-core motor control daughter card to an OpenOCD debug probe, a new Curiosity Nano and a functional safety development kit.
Who Wants A Sports Car? - Tesla unveiled its flying Roadster last week, marking a return to the company’s roots. The very first vehicle Tesla ever sold was an electric sports car. The new Roadster is […] The post Who Wants A Sports Car? appeared first on Electronics Weekly .
