Brokerages slash Samsung, SK hynix price targets - Brokerages slash Samsung, SK hynix price targets Brokerages began lowering their price targets in late July due to concerns that the commodity chip market had peaked and China's push to produce semiconductor lithography equipment domestically. 8/11/2026 - 03:23 AM News Team
Special Report - Compliance Monitor Commentary: The U.S. Turn Toward Frontier AI Regulation - The United States has long been the exception to the global sovereign AI trend, with most major governments prioritizing AI autonomy since ChatGPT's launch while Washington favored a hands-off approach. That has now changed. This commentary examines why the U.S. has pivoted toward actively regulating...
Europe Needs Government Support For Data Processing - The need for Government support in Europe for automatic data processing was stressed by Mr. B. A. Maynard, of Cooper Brothers, when he spoke on Monday about the DEEC report […] The post Europe Needs Government Support For Data Processing appeared first on Electronics Weekly .
DAC 2026 Wrap-Up: AI-Powered Engineering Moves from Vision to Workflow Reality - Explore Cadence IP Every year, Design Automation Conference (DAC) brings big announcements, packed demos, and deep technical conversations—and this year at DAC 2026, the inflection point was AI moving from point-task assistance to workflow-level autonomy. Across a week of high-energy …
Electrical Failure Analysis (EFA) of Integrated Circuits - When an integrated circuit fails, one of the first questions is: How is the device failing electrically? A chip may exhibit excessive leakage current, a short circuit, an open connection, abnormal supply current, a parametric shift or a complete functional failure. Before engineers physically cut into...
Musk hints at free-electron laser EUV source tech for Terafab - Terafab, the joint chipmaking venture by SpaceX and Tesla, may adopt free-electron lasers (FELs) to produce EUV light rather than the laser-produced plasma sources currently employed by ASML.
Shinhan Expert Advises Survival Focus for High-Net-Worth Investors - While high-net-worth individuals are interested in this year’s dominant semiconductor stocks, they split their funds into high-dividend stocks, monthly distribution ETFs, and gold bars to prepare for market
Dissecting third-party camera batteries, part 2: Swelling - It’s not uncommon for a midsection to become distended with advancing age. But when it happens to a battery, it can be quite problematic. The post Dissecting third-party camera batteries, part 2: Swelling appeared first on EDN .
TSMC July revenue up 44.7% YoY - TSMC’s revenue for July 2026 was approximately $14.5 billion, an increase of 5.6% from June 2026 and an increase of 44.7 percent from July 2025. Revenue for January through July […] The post TSMC July revenue up 44.7% YoY appeared first on Electronics Weekly .
Multiplexed OCT Captures Corneal Biomechanical Events as They Unfold - In a step toward more accurate assessment of corneal biomechanics, an international research team developed an OCT system that measures dynamic corneal deformation at one central and eight peripheral points in the cornea simultaneously, following a multi-spot air-puff stimulus. The new system could allow...
EP 187: Inside the Future of Memory Summit & AMD’s "Boring" Bullishness - n this episode of The Circuit, Ben and Jay unpack a busy week of tech earnings and the buzzing Future of Memory Summit. The hosts kick things off by analyzing AMD’s latest earnings, discussing why the street had a mixed reaction to a quarter that demonstrated solid, reliable execution and surprisingly...
Korea urged to tighten risky ETF rules - Korea urged to tighten risky ETF rules After a sharp Kospi sell-off tied to single-stock leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETF), Korea needs stronger disclosures, tougher safeguards and faster regulatory action. 8/9/2026 - 11:01 AM Opinion Desk
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Megaproject management - Megaproject management President Lee Jae Myung told officials to cut red tape and speed up investment in AI and semiconductor megaprojects during a Blue House progress review. 8/10/2026 - 06:18 AM
Inference 2.0: How enterprise AI is reshaping AI system architectures - Enterprise AI is turning inference from a model-level computation into a context-aware workflow. System architects must now reconsider what AI performance really means. The post Inference 2.0: How enterprise AI is reshaping AI system architectures appeared first on EDN .
How Long Does A Measurement Remain Valid? - Measurements can be misleading after the chip, the test path, or the assumptions behind the result change. The post How Long Does A Measurement Remain Valid? appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering .
Google's Gemini delay puts pressure on its AI leadership - Google's repeated delays to Gemini 3.5 Pro are sharpening scrutiny of its AI strategy, as the company works to keep pace with OpenAI and Anthropic. In response, Google has elevated Koray Kavukcuoglu to oversee DeepMind operations, AI research, and the Gemini team, signaling a shift toward execution as...
Amkor Is Said to Explore Stake Sale in $1.5 Billion China Unit - Amkor Technology Inc., a provider of outsourced semiconductor assembly and testing services, is considering options including selling a stake in its China business, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
NVIDIA Brings Agentic AI Toolkit to EDA - NVIDIA’s expansion of the NVIDIA Agent Toolkit with PhysicsNeMo and CUDA-X libraries marks a shift from general-purpose AI assistants toward autonomous engineering systems. Instead of limiting agents to document retrieval, code generation, or workflow automation, the expanded toolkit lets developers...
How AI Is Reshaping Semiconductor Design and the Emerging Questions Around Human Inventorship - IP attorney Stephen Kudla argues that's changing fast: new "agentic" AI systems can now interpret a design specification, generate RTL, build verification environments, and iterate through fixes with minimal human involvement between steps. The post How AI Is Reshaping Semiconductor Design and the Emerging...
Six Five Pod Ep. 314: TerraFab, Memory's Comeback, and the Custom Silicon Debate - Patrick Moorhead and Daniel Newman cover Tesla and SpaceX's $16.8 billion TerraFab chip factory, Samsung's zHBM debut at FMS 2026, a week of frontier model launches, and a simulated debate for “The Flip” over whether custom silicon will capture the majority of AI workload dollars by 2028. The episode...
Lane Electronics distributing Cinch-Fibreco JCON series beam adapters - The newly released Cinch-Fibreco JCON series, the JCON Junior Bulkhead Expanded Beam Adapter, is now available from Lane Electronics. The design of the adaptor is to simplify panel-mount fibre-optic connectivity […] The post Lane Electronics distributing Cinch-Fibreco JCON series beam adapters appeared...
DAC 2026: How Undo Makes AI for Chip Design Work Better - DAC was abuzz this year with new AI-fueled approaches to chip design and debug. New tools powered by deeply trained models opened substantial possibilities to deliver higher quality designs much faster, potentially with less resources. Every new technology has its risks. For AI-driven chip design some...
Unitree CEO eyes embodied AI and robot expansion - Chinese humanoid robotics company Unitree said on August 7, 2026, it will continue boosting R&D in core embodied AI technologies, focusing on large embodied AI models, reinforcement learning, self-developed core components, and high-performance actuators. The company also plans to expand its humanoid...
How Data Center AI Can Keep Growing, Despite Supply Chain Bottlenecks - Efficiency is key for the next two to five years. But what happens when supply eventually catches up? The post How Data Center AI Can Keep Growing, Despite Supply Chain Bottlenecks appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering .
CEO Interview with David Reeder from Entegris - David Reeder became president and CEO of Entegris in 2025, with more than 20 years of semiconductor expertise across IDMs, fabless, foundry, systems, and component companies. Most recently, Dave served as Chief Financial Officer at Chewy where he successfully oversaw all financial functions. Prior to...
Nanya set to become ASML’s newest EUV customer - Taiwanese memory maker Nanya Technology is preparing to join the group of chipmakers using EUV lithography, giving ASML another customer for its flagship exposure systems.
[News] TSMC’s 5.5-Reticle CoWoS Reportedly Tops 99% Yield; Flags Memory, ABF as AI Bottlenecks - Amid surging demand for advanced packaging, TSMC Vice President of Advanced Packaging Technology and Services Jun He highlighted the company’s latest CoWoS advances at the 2026 OCP APAC Summit today. According to TechNews and the Economic Daily News, TSMC’s 5.5-reticle-size CoWoS is now in volum......
LX Semicon Begins Supplying Automotive MCUs to Hyundai Motor and Kia - LX Semicon has begun supplying automotive semiconductors to Hyundai Motor and Kia, marking the first major achievement from a new business initiative launched four years ago to diversify beyond display driver ICs (DDIs).The company said on Aug. 10 that it has been supplying its automotive microcontr
A fully integrated dispersion-managed femtosecond mode-locked laser - …on a dispersion-managed architecture that accesses this regime. The laser combines erbium-implanted silicon nitride gain waveguides, integrated chirped Bragg gratings, and a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror to generate optical pulses with repetition rates from 0.5 to 1.2 GHz, pulse durations...
Chip price increases are set to keep spreading into the second half of 2026 - Global chip buyers from device makers to cloud companies are likely to face higher semiconductor costs for longer as supply-chain price increases continue to spread into the second half of 2026. The pressure could mean pricier electronics, tighter margins, and more frequent contract renegotiations across...
Failure Analysis HW Enables System-Level Debug For 3D ICs (Google, TU Delft) - Researchers from Google and Delft University of Technology published a technical paper titled “Innovative FA Hardware Solution to Enable System-Level Debug of 3D ICs.” Abstract Excerpt: “This paper presents a novel Failure Analysis (FA) hardware and sample preparation solution that enables System-Level...
Baillie Gifford’s McPadden Backs TSMC, SK Hynix Over China Chips - Baillie Gifford & Co.’s Paulina McPadden said companies like Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and SK Hynix Inc. hold near-monopoly positions in advanced chip manufacturing that China will struggle to match, even as Beijing mobilizes its stock and bond market to fund its AI ambitions.
Technical Report: Telink TL3228BE BT 6.0/Zigbee/Thread Multi-Standard Wireless SoC Floorplan Analysis - The Telink TL3228BE is a highly integrated multi-protocol wireless SoC featuring dual 32-bit RISC-V processor cores and support for Bluetooth® LE, Zigbee, Thread, Matter, RF4CE, and proprietary 2.4 GHz wireless protocols. The device integrates embedded memory, an RF transceiver, and a rich set of peripherals...
Can AI Command Earth-to-Orbit Operations? - The aerospace and defense sector is facing a confluence of geopolitical instability, rapid technological advances, evolving security requirements, and complex global supply chains. The post Can AI Command Earth-to-Orbit Operations? appeared first on EE Times .
Cheong Wa Dae: Mega Zone 52-Hour Exemption Needs Labor Agreement - Cheong Wa Dae announced plans to enact a Mega Special Zone Special Act within the year, related to a 4,700 trillion Korean won-scale mega-project centered on establishing a semiconductor cluster in the
SK hynix workers move to merge three unions into one over bonus fight - SK hynix workers move to merge three unions into one over bonus fight More than 4,000 SK hynix employees are organizing a single independent union after management reopened a profit-sharing deal that had united office and production workers in protest. 8/10/2026 - 02:34 AM News Team
Korea urged to tighten risky ETF rules (KOR) - Korea urged to tighten risky ETF rules (KOR) After a sharp Kospi sell-off tied to single-stock leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETF), Korea needs stronger disclosures, tougher safeguards and faster regulatory action. 8/9/2026 - 08:28 PM Opinion Desk
Scientists Catch a Hidden Electronic State Forming Almost Instantly - Researchers observed a hidden state triggered by light forming within 30 femtoseconds. A pulse of light sent a metal-organic framework into a hidden electronic state in just 30 femtoseconds. By watching the transformation almost as it happened, researchers uncovered a fleeting intermediate stage that...
SK hynix weighs stake sale in China packaging plant: report - SK hynix weighs stake sale in China packaging plant: report The chipmaker is reviewing options including a partial sale of its Chongqing packaging plant, though it says no decision has been made. 8/8/2026 - 11:54 PM News Team
