Mask Contamination: The Big Operational Headache for EUV Lithography  - Pellicles lasting less than a day of exposures, masks getting dirty at unknown times and getting worn out by cleans

 Wolfspeed Appoints Seasoned Investor Relations Leader to Enhance Engagement with the Investment Community

 From Static Compliance to Operational Proof: The Next Phase of Semiconductor Manufacturing Cybersecurity

 Andy McLean: Rapidus MoU Will Help British Innovators Access 2-nm Technology  - As the UK Semiconductor Centre signs an MoU with Rapidus, EE Times speaks exclusively with its new CEO, Andy McLean. The post Andy McLean: Rapidus MoU Will Help British Innovators Access 2-nm Technology appeared first on EE Times .

+1 from  eetimes

 ASML, TSMC and imec bring industry-ready 2D-material transistors closer with breakthrough 300mm integration

 Chinese compound chip stocks surge after Supreme Court blocks Infineon in GaN patent case  - A decision by China’s Supreme People’s Court on Friday upheld a lower court’s injunction issued against the German company in May

+1 from  scmp

 CEA-Leti Scales Ferroelectric RAM to 22nm Node, Unlocking Denser, More Efficient Memory for Edge AI  - Breakthrough Reported at VLSI 2026 Also Extends to High-Performance Computing, Aerospace & Defense Systems, and IoT Platforms​

 This week’s outside five sigma (#103)  - Optical Circuit Switch with Lasers

 Samsung foundry chief sees 2028 profit path as bonus costs mount  - Samsung Electronics' foundry division chief told employees on June 12 that a return to profitability in the contract chipmaking business looks difficult next year, with 2028 emerging as a more likely timeline, Yonhap , ZDNet Korea, and Chosun reported.

+10 from  digitimes

 MLCCs: The \u201CRice of Electronics\u201D Becomes a Power Bottleneck in the AI Era  - Original Article By SemiVision Research [Reading time: 22 mins]

 IQE and Tower Semiconductor Announce Multi-year InP epiwafer Supply Agreement

 Exclusive: Wiwynn triples capital, president says it signals confidence  - Wiwynn, Taiwan's smallest-capital server ODM with the highest EPS, is set to triple its share capital after shareholders approve a retained-earnings-to-capital-increase plan in 2026. President William Lin said the move is meant to show the market that the company is optimistic about the future. Wiwynn's...

+24 from  digitimes

 Is SMIC N+3’s Metal Pitch Smaller than Intel 18A’s?  - SMIC N+3 Node Deep Dive vs TSMC N6, TechInsights Private Equity Sale, SemiAnalysis Teardown Engineering & Evaluation Lab…

 SpeedTech's shift toward assembly and systems work could reshape 2026 revenue mix  - Connector and wire-harness maker SpeedTech is accelerating its shift from component supply toward systems assembly and full-unit OEM production, while expanding into low-Earth orbit satellites, gaming equipment, and industrial PCs (IPCs). The company said these new business lines should support double-digit...

+4 from  digitimes

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

 Nvidia raises RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell GPU pricing to $13,250 — 55% increase over MSRP in a year's time  - Nvidia now sells the RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell graphics cards for $13,250, while partner offerings start at $11,359.99.

+1 from  tomshardware

 Mitigating the degradation of metal– semiconductor contacts with optimized electron beam evaporation

 LPDDR6: Samsung/SK Hynix at ISSCC 2026  - The Future of Memory

 Nanoengineered wood sets new record for transformer insulation  - The world's power grid is straining under the surge in electricity demand from data centers, electric vehicles and renewable energy. And a century-old technology, the power transformer, must support this dramatic increase. ...

 How AI forms the future of Europe’s EDA industry  - The User2User event hosted by Siemens EDA brings together the electronic design automation community to share their real-world experiences.

 Microchip’s TimePictra 12 targets HA-TT synchronisation management  - Microchip Technology is announcing the release of its TimePictra 12 platform. This is a software upgrade to its synchronisation management software for critical infrastructure operators. It aims to manage advanced timing architectures with “greater visibility, automation and control”, says the company....

+6 from  electronicsweekly

 42% slashed off Samsung's 990 Pro SSD, 2TB now $369 — $270 savings brings one of the fastest PCIe 4.0 SSDs to its lowest price in months  - Samsung's 990 Pro 2TB is one of the fastest PCIe 4.0 M.2 SSDs around, delivering excellent performance and efficiency and backed by a 5-year warranty - now priced at $369.99, it's not the cheapest around, but is a well-rounded storage upgrade for any build.

+1 from  tomshardware

 Transceiver teardowns: Intel 100G CWDM4, Cisco Finisar 400G DR4, Innolight 200G QSFP FR4, 400G OSFP DR4+ and 800G OSFP PSM8  - Intel

 Optical interconnect market explodes to $39B by 2030  - The market for co-packaged optics (CPO) and near-packaged optics (NPO) is expected to grow from around 100 million dollars in 2025 to more than 39 billion dollars by 2030, according to Trendforce.

+2 from  bits-chips.nl

 Connected Vehicle Ecosystem: SAKURA Internet Joins AECC  - SAKURA internet has joined the Automotive Edge Computing Consortium (AECC) as a Contributor Member, bringing its expertise…

+2 from  eenewseurope

 Toshiba Develops 6500V Press-Pack IEGT Chip with High Turn-Off and Short-Circuit Capability that will Contribute to Higher Voltage Operation and Equipment Downsizing

 BAE SYSTEMS AND NEC SIGN MOU TO STRENGTHEN JAPAN'S ACTIVE CYBER DEFENCE

 CEO Interview with Suresh Vasudevan of Clockwork.io  - Suresh Vasudevan is CEO of Clockwork.io , pioneering Software-Driven AI Fabrics™ that recover the 60-80% of cluster capacity that today goes completely unutilized. Previously, he led Nimble Storage to IPO and HPE acquisition, and served as CEO of Sysdig. Prior to that, he was at NetApp and McKinsey...

+2 from  semiwiki

 Grab this MSI Codex Z2 16-thread gaming Ryzen PC with a 2TB SSD at a $400 discount — system packs a Ryzen 8700F, 16GB DDR5, and RTX 5060 Ti 8GB for $1,499  - MSI's prebuilt gaming desktop pairs a Zen 4 processor with Nvidia's latest RTX 5060 Ti graphics card and comes housed in an airflow-focused chassis with ARGB lighting.

+1 from  tomshardware

 Battery-Free Artificial Photosynthesis Turns Sunlight, Water, and CO2 Into Fuel  - A self-regulating artificial photosynthesis system makes solar fuel without batteries, offering a simpler and potentially cheaper path to clean energy storage. Researchers at Osaka Metropolitan University have created a new artificial photosynthesis system that can produce solar fuel more consistently...

 TP-Link MC220L: Media conversion keeps the network well  - Got lightning? A bidirectional RJ45/SFP intermediary can prevent it from propagating through the remainder of your network. The post TP-Link MC220L: Media conversion keeps the network well appeared first on EDN .

+1 from  planetanalog

 Nanya Technology is invited to attend Capital Securities Investment Forum

 The ‘rice of electronics’: how AI-driven demand for MLCCs triggered a supply bottleneck  - Power-hungry data centres fuel demand for MLCCs, which are crucial components for modern innovations including smartphones and electric cars

 NUBURU agrees Lyocon-led alliance with SunCubes  - Laser Arm initiative combines laser-source manufacturing, beam-control and optical power technologies for counter-drone, defense mobility and critical-infrastructure applications

+3 from  semiconductor-today

 [News] TSMC CoWoS Supply-Demand Gap Reportedly Seen Narrowing from 20% to 10% by End-2026  - TSMC continues to accelerate its advanced packaging capacity expansion, helping move the industry closer to supply-demand balance. According to Economic Daily News, institutional investors said that as TSMC and its partners aggressively build out new advanced packaging capacity, the CoWoS supply-dem......

+3 from  trendforce

 Making qubits is hard and manufacturing them even harder

 Optical Interconnects Become Critical to AI Factory Expansion; CPO/NPO Market Expected to Exceed US$39 Billion by 2030, Says TrendForce  - TrendForce’s recent research on silicon photonics (SiPh) shows that the rapid growth of AI training and inference workloads is pushing AI data centers toward increased power use, higher rack densities, and larger clusters. As data transfer becomes a major energy drain, CSPs are treating interconnect...

 Rapidus、UK Semiconductor Centreと将来の半導体製造のための基本合意締結  - ～ 本政府と英国が進める技術協力の枠組みの一環として推進～

 Surface resistance and resistivity testers for ESD applications  - These precision measurements define whether a material behaves as conductive, dissipative, or insulative to ensure effective ESD control. The post Surface resistance and resistivity testers for ESD applications appeared first on EDN .

 [News] SK hynix Reportedly Pulls Forward HBM4E Sample Timeline, Eyeing June–July Shipments to Key Customers  - Samsung announced the start of HBM4E sampling in late May and later unveiled an HBM5 mock-up for the first time at COMPUTEX 2026. Against this backdrop, rival SK hynix is also stepping up its next-generation HBM push, with South Korean media outlet Newsis reporting that the memory giant has secured ......

 Forget Signal Dead Zones: These 3D-Printed Panels Could Supercharge 6G  - A new passive technology could help future wireless networks reach places where signals struggle today. Dead zones are one of the most persistent problems in wireless communications. Whether it’s a basement office, a warehouse aisle, a tunnel, or a crowded indoor venue, signals often struggle to reach...

+1 from  scitechdaily