Rising EV and AI Loads Bring Connectors Into Early Design Decisions - Explore how advanced interconnect solutions drive EV and AI infrastructure growth in this interview with Amphenol. The post Rising EV and AI Loads Bring Connectors Into Early Design Decisions appeared first on EE Times .
Applied Materials Announces ASU, RPI and Stanford to Join EPIC Center - Research partnerships with Arizona State University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Stanford University accelerate the U.S. lab-to-fab innovation pipeline by combining academic insights with commercial equipment and process expertise Located in Silicon Valley, Applied’s EPIC Center provides a...
Supermicro datacentre support for Agentic AI uses Arm Agi CPU - Supermicro has expanded its Data Center Building Block Solutions (DCBBS) portfolio. These are server platforms based on the new Arm AGI CPU. The systems are in 2U and 5U form factors. These deliver high core density, expanded memory capacity, and flexible I/O for energy-efficient, scalable agentic AI...
Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: May 11 - High-NA EUV litho; MRDIMM performance; GPU power estimation for AI workloads; RISC-V verification; inverse-designed grating couplers; SDV drive architectures; multi-chiplet memory-centric attention serving; GAA transistor leakage. The post Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: May 11 appeared first on...
NOCO’s Genius 1: A trickle charger that tries harder - Diminutive? Definitely. Flexible? Indubitably. Safety-cognizant? Thankfully…unless you activate “FORCE” mode, hopefully intentionally. The post NOCO’s Genius 1: A trickle charger that tries harder appeared first on EDN .
Physicists Solve Major Challenge in Quantum Synchronization - A theoretical study shows how nonreciprocal quantum synchronization could be achieved in real-world systems. Three theoretical physicists at RIKEN have proposed a new way to achieve one-way quantum synchronization in phonons. The method is designed to remain stable even when real-world obstacles, including...
CEO Interview with Matt Crowley of Scintil Photonics - Matt Crowley is Chief Executive Officer of Scintil Photonics. A physicist by training, Matt built his career transitioning advanced semiconductor technologies from development to volume manufacturing. Before Scintil, he led MEMS technology company Vesper Technologies to high-volume production and through...
TSMC and Sony Plan Image Sensor Joint Venture in Japan - Sony Semiconductor Solutions and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding to explore a strategic partnership for the development and manufacturing of next-generation CMOS image sensors. Under the proposed structure, the two companies intend to establish...
Humanoid Robots Show ROI, but Success Depends on Effective Output - Humanoid robots are moving from prototype validation toward early commercial deployment, with automotive manufacturing and logistics expected to form the core demand base over the next decade. As capital costs decline, the cost per productive hour falls accordingly, with the most significant reductions...
Decarbonizing Transport and Energy - IDTechEx at Innovation Zero - Innovation Zero 2026 saw many biofuel and energy companies making a name for themselves within the sustainability space, with IDTechEx having spoken to multiple players involved in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and biofuel production, the decarbonization of the maritime sector, and new growth in nuclear...
Discover Melexis’ Power Electronics Solutions in Action at PCIM 2026 - Melexis will showcase its latest sensing and protection technologies for ePowertrain and power electronics at PCIM 2026. Visit the team in Hall 7, Booth 0230 from 9-11 June in Nuremberg to see live demonstrations of Si-RC snubbers, IMC-Hall ® current sensors, Triaxis ® position sensors, and far-infrared...
Wooptix Targets AI Packaging Bottleneck with Astronomy Tech - A Canary Islands startup brings wavefront imaging to semiconductor metrology, aiming to tackle wafer shape challenges in 3D integration. The post Wooptix Targets AI Packaging Bottleneck with Astronomy Tech appeared first on EE Times .
TI CEO Haviv Ilan to speak at Bernstein investor conference - Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (Nasdaq: TXN) Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Haviv Ilan will speak at the Bernstein 42nd Annual Strategic Decisions Conference in New York City...
Intel Foundry: The Last Chance - The author Damnang2 has penned an authoritative piece on Substack about the hill Intel has to climb to catch TSMC. Here it is: In Q4 2025, Intel Foundry posted revenue of $4.5 billion alongside an operating loss of $2.5 billion. CEO Lip-Bu Tan admitted that “the company invested too much, too fast,...
From Point Solutions to Agentic AI Ecosystems: Semiconductor Process Control Depends on Its Past - Agentic AI is often presented as a revolutionary shift in semiconductor manufacturing, driven by large language models and generative AI. However, this framing overlooks an important reality: today’s advances are built on decades of prior work. As Jonathan Holt of PDF Solutions emphasizes in his recent...
Applied Materials and TSMC Partner at the EPIC Center to Accelerate AI Scaling - Companies to work together at Applied’s EPIC Center in Silicon Valley to develop materials, equipment and process technologies required to scale next-generation semiconductor devices Partnership strengthens the innovation pipeline and accelerates the transition of breakthrough technologies from
Machine learning proves that graphene is hydrophobic - For more than a decade, a fundamental mystery has surrounded graphene—the one-atom-thick "wonder material" known for its exceptional strength, conductivity, and transparency. Despite its seemingly simple structure, one basic ...
Okmetic participating in Semicon Connect - We are excited to participate in the Semicon Connect event on May 12 at A Grid in Espoo, Finland. Organized by Aalto Startup Center, Enter Espoo, and A Grid, the event brings together semiconductor industry companies, startups, investors, and ecosystem partners, including Okmetic, Murata, Kvanttinova,...
Exyte signs on to build Black Semiconductor’s FabONE facility - Next-generation chip technology, Black Semiconductor, and global design engineering giant, Exyte, put their partnership on paper this week to start construction for FabONE—the world’s first fab designed to manufacture photonics using the 2D material graphene on a 300mm wafer.
Molex buys Teramount - Molex has bought Teramount, an Israel-based developer of detachable fibtr-to-chip connectivity products optimised for high volume Co-Packaged Optics (CPO) and other silicon photonics applications. “Teramount’s passive, detachable coupling approach supports large assembly tolerances and semiconductor...
Advantech April revenue hits record as edge AI surges - Advantech posted a fresh monthly revenue record in April 2026 as rising demand for edge AI applications and synchronized growth across major global markets lifted the industrial PC (IPC) maker beyond a traditional IPC supplier profile. Looking to the second quarter of 2026, the company remained cautiously...
OpenAI and chipmakers roll out MRC to prevent AI training slowdowns - OpenAI said it has partnered with chipmakers and cloud providers — including AMD, Broadcom, Intel, Microsoft, and Nvidia — to develop a new networking protocol aimed at improving the performance and reliability of large-scale AI training systems.
Powering Robotics and Drones with MediaTek Genio - AI is rapidly moving into the physical world, giving rise to physical AI. This shift enables systems to perceive, decide, and act in real time, interacting directly with dynamic, unpredictable environments. Robotics and commercial drones are at the forefront of this evolution, driving new levels of......
