SMEs Ombudsman Proposes Easing Financial Rules for Startup Support - Wint, a company producing semiconductor precision parts, pointed out that while early-stage startups may experience temporary capital impairment due to pre-investing in production facilities and R&D costs
MicroIP lands NT$630 million AI smart-building contract in northern Taiwan - MicroIP said on Sept. 10 that it secured a systems integration contract worth about NT$630 million for a major AI smart residential project in northern Taiwan. The agreement is expected to run for about 36 months, with the first phase — system architecture planning and project management integration...
[News] TSMC August Revenue Tops NT$500B for First Time, Sets Record for Fourth Straight Month - Apple’s rollout of the iPhone Duo, iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, all powered by A20 Pro chips built on TSMC’s 2nm process, is giving its foundry partner a major boost. The launch comes as TSMC posted record August revenue of NT$514.8 billion, up 10.1% MoM and 53.3% YoY, according to its press relea......
Siemens and Sparepartsnow selling refurbished auto components - Siemens has entered a partnership with the German B2B platform Sparepartsnow to make refurbished Siemens automation products more easily accessible to industrial customers. Through Sparepartsnow’s digital marketplace, customers can now […] The post Siemens and Sparepartsnow selling refurbished auto...
SK Hynix Saves 170,000 Tons of Water Daily - The company aims to cumulatively save 600 million tons of water resources by 2030 by expanding water reuse in semiconductor production processes.
Delta Optical Thin Film Appoints CEO: People in the News: 9/9/26 - Delta Optical Thin Film, a manufacturer of high-performance optical filters, appointed Michael Stanley Pedersen as CEO. Pedersen succeeds Poul Svensgaard, who will continue to serve on the board of directors. Pedersen and Svensgaard will work...
SEMI Calls on the Chips Act 2.0 to Strengthen Semiconductor Competitiveness and Resilience - SEMI outlines nine policy recommendations in its latest Position Paper on the Chips Act 2.0, aimed at helping ensure Europe remains a vital contributor to the global semiconductor ecosystem. The post SEMI Calls on the Chips Act 2.0 to Strengthen Semiconductor Competitiveness and Resilience appeared first...
Can 2200 V PowiGaN Challenge Silicon Carbide? - Access TechInsights’ special report on Power Integrations’ 2200 V PowiGaN demonstration and its potential impact on high-voltage power semiconductor markets.
Keysight EDA update at DAC 2026 - On the last day of #DAC2026 I stopped by the Keysight booth to chat with Nilesh Kamdar, GM of EDA Business to get an update. He has spent 27 years in the industry, and this made 25 DAC trips for him. For Keysight the application areas of focus are serving designers of high frequency and high-speed digital,...
IonQ puts quantum threat to Bitcoin on its 2028 roadmap - A fault-tolerant quantum computer with roughly 20,000 physical qubits could crack the elliptic-curve cryptography used by Bitcoin in less than a month, according to a recently published resource estimate by IonQ.
Double DPOT programming: Parallel gang-up, singleton, or none - Courtesy of this circuit's flexibliity, you can select and adjust both, one, or none of the channels of a dual digipot. The post Double DPOT programming: Parallel gang-up, singleton, or none appeared first on EDN .
$40,000 club matters, but fix youth unemployment first (KOR) - $40,000 club matters, but fix youth unemployment first (KOR) The semiconductor-led boom could lift Korea into the $40,000 per capita GNI club, but youth unemployment threatens to widen the prosperity gap. 9/8/2026 - 09:58 PM Opinion Desk
Can GPUs Continue To Dominate AI Compute? - Google, Amazon, and now OpenAI have competitive offerings and are gaining share. The post Can GPUs Continue To Dominate AI Compute? appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering .
Narrative: Value Share: Global Smartphone Revenue, ASP, and Profit by Vendor by Price Tier – Q2 2026 - Global smartphone wholesale revenue rose 12.5% YoY to US$103.9 billion in Q2 2026, while shipments fell 7.4% to 277.6 million — the steepest decline in three years. Apple took 84% of the revenue increase, lifting its value share to 52.2%, a June-quarter record. The profit pool outside Apple turned negative:...
Encapsulated macroscopic WS _2 _2 monolayers enable room-temperature exciton-polariton lattices - Large-area, optically homogeneous monolayer semiconductors are a critical prerequisite for scalable room-temperature polaritonics and for realizing polariton lattices extending across many unit cells. Yet, the small size, optical inhomogeneity, and device-to-device variability of conventional exfoliated...
Control knobs are customizable and production-ready - OKW's customized rotary potentiometer and encoder knobs are designed for menu-driven interfaces. The post Control knobs are customizable and production-ready appeared first on EDN .
Strategy Paper Urges Canada to Add Semiconductors to AI Strategy - Canada’s sovereign AI ambitions will fall short unless procurement, talent, funding, and existing semiconductor strengths are aligned behind domestic hardware capability. The post Strategy Paper Urges Canada to Add Semiconductors to AI Strategy appeared first on EE Times .
$40,000 club matters, but fix youth unemployment first - $40,000 club matters, but fix youth unemployment first The semiconductor-led boom could lift Korea into the $40,000 per capita GNI club, but youth unemployment threatens to widen the prosperity gap. 9/8/2026 - 11:01 AM Opinion Desk
AEye’s Apollo lidar wins Pegasus lunar vehicle contract - AEye’s Apollo long-range lidar (Light Detection and Ranging) has been has been selected by Lunar Outpost for integrating into its Pegasus LTV (Lunar Terrain Vehicle). This is the vehicle that […] The post AEye’s Apollo lidar wins Pegasus lunar vehicle contract appeared first on Electronics Weekly...
Materials Science Workaround Optimizes Tunable Light Source for Photonic Integration - Fluorescent nanostructures based on a hybrid architecture could provide a scalable way to engineer nanoscale light sources for integrated photonic circuits. This new approach combines carbon dots (CDs), a tunable photoluminescent material, with the optoelectronic properties of semiconductor nanowires...
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Smart Outlier Detection - Just because a chip is deemed good doesn't mean it will work as expected. The post Smart Outlier Detection appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering .
People Power Party Lawmakers Urge Gwangju Dispersal Halt - Yecheon until mid-2028,” criticizing, “The Lee Jae Myung government is holding South Korea’s national security and the survival rights of residents in other regions hostage to push for the Honam semiconductor
Bank of Korea weighs further rate hikes as inflation persists - Bank of Korea weighs further rate hikes as inflation persists The central bank said it will assess domestic and global risks as strong growth, elevated inflation and household debt shape its policy path. 9/10/2026 - 01:35 AM
SK hynix ADR nears $200, hits post-listing high on chip crunch - SK hynix ADR nears $200, hits post-listing high on chip crunch SK hynix’s U.S.-listed shares surged 7 percent to a record as investors bet memory shortages and AI demand will support gains into 2027. 9/9/2026 - 09:51 PM News Team
Accelerating AI Silicon Design with AI-Driven Flows - Explore Cadence IP here AI silicon complexity is rising faster than engineering teams can scale with traditional workflows. As designs push into advanced nodes, chiplets, and 3D-IC architectures, how these designs are developed, optimized, and converged become crucial. It involves …
Polymorph Engineering of the Layered Rare-Earth Magnet GdAlGe - …by a study of electron transport revealing the anomalous Hall effect and negative magnetoresistance. The material is naturally integrated with Ge, a technological semiconductor , which should facilitate applications. The present study can serve as a blueprint for design of layered magnets via polymorph...
Memory Semiconductors Now Half Global Semiconductor Revenue - Hosseini estimated the current share of memory in total semiconductor revenue at 50–55%, based on July global semiconductor shipment and average selling price (ASP) data from the Semiconductor Industry
Qualcomm and Amazon Initiate Long-Term Collaboration - Qualcomm Technologies and Amazon have established a multi-generation collaboration to enable customized silicon at scale for large-scale AI data centers, working together on AI inference. Additionally, the companies are working on optical connectivity solutions extending up to 1.6T and future-generation...
When your debt is speculation and mine is investment - When your debt is speculation and mine is investment A record budget and new "Future Response Fund" will push national debt past 1.5 quadrillion won ($1.12 trillion), leaving taxpayers to bear the eventual cost. 9/9/2026 - 11:01 AM Opinion Desk
Closing the Gap: How Intelligent Sensing Is Reshaping Wafer Process Control - Vidya Vijay of Nordson Test & Inspection looks at how reliance on manual inspection and operator judgment has become one of the more understated bottlenecks in modern fabs. The post Closing the Gap: How Intelligent Sensing Is Reshaping Wafer Process Control appeared first on Semiconductor Digest...
High-Voltage DC/DC Converter ICs: 40V, 60V, 80V & 100V Alternatives - High-voltage DC/DC converters are widely used in industrial electronics, automotive systems, telecommunications, energy storage, battery-powered equipment and other applications where the input supply can be significantly higher than the low-voltage rails required by processors, sensors and control electronics....
Verizon, Corning strike multi-billion-dollar fiber deal for broadband and AI buildout - Verizon and Corning have agreed to a multi-billion-dollar supply deal that could shape broadband access and artificial intelligence infrastructure well beyond the US. The pact underscores how telecom networks are becoming a shared foundation for consumer internet, enterprise connectivity, and the data-heavy...
[News] OpenAI Says It Is Working with Samsung on Next-Gen Chips; Ties Could Expand Beyond Memory - OpenAI is pushing deeper into custom AI silicon, and Samsung may be playing a growing role in its chip ambitions. According to Reuters, Harrison Kim, General Manager of OpenAI Korea, said the two companies have made significant progress in working together on the production and research of OpenAI’......
Quantum Scaling Is Becoming a Control-Electronics Problem - Too many wires, too much heat, and too much latency are forcing quantum control electronics deeper into the cold. The post Quantum Scaling Is Becoming a Control-Electronics Problem appeared first on EE Times .
HBM’s Second Act: When Memory Starts Thinking - Samsung’s Hot Chips 2026 presentation, “HBM Base Die: How HBM Will Evolve Using Advanced Logic Processes,” argues that the base die beneath a High Bandwidth Memory stack is about to become far more than a communications layer. Traditionally, an HBM base die mainly connects stacked DRAM dies to a...
Fun with third-order active filters - Butterworth circuits come in both low- and high-pass versions, as well as ideal, Sallen-Key, emitter follower and DC accurate variants. The post Fun with third-order active filters appeared first on EDN .
Fail-Safe Frames: Why Chips&Media’s ASIL-B Video IP Matters - As vehicles evolve into software-defined, increasingly autonomous platforms, video processing is becoming part of the safety-critical computing chain. Camera feeds support functions ranging from surround-view monitoring and driver assistance to object detection and automated driving. If the hardware processing...
Shares snap 3-day rise amid U.S. rate hike concerns - Shares snap 3-day rise amid U.S. rate hike concerns Seoul shares snapped a three-day winning streak as concerns over U.S. rate hikes and Middle East tensions weighed on investor sentiment. 9/8/2026 - 04:06 AM
Kospi opens higher amid revived AI hopes - Kospi opens higher amid revived AI hopes Stocks gained Tuesday, led by Samsung Electronics and SK hynix, as renewed AI optimism offset concerns over higher oil prices and inflation. 9/7/2026 - 08:43 PM
Murata to stop some MLCC lines as AI server demand strains supply - Murata Manufacturing said it will gradually end production of several multilayer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) part numbers as AI demand continues to pressure supply chains. The Japanese passive components leader said the move was aimed at stabilizing deliveries, improving customer support, and reallocating...
Validation Gets Tested At 1kW - Kilowatt-class AI accelerators are forcing engineers to rethink what counts as adequate coverage across workload, thermal behavior, test hardware, and time. The post Validation Gets Tested At 1kW appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering .
JD Cloud plans 100,000-GPU cluster built on Moore Threads chips - JD Cloud said on September 9 that it plans to build a 100,000-card cluster of full-function GPUs supplied by Moore Threads, a deployment the company describes as the first time domestic GPUs have gone into a 100,000-card core computing cluster at a leading Chinese AI cloud provider. The plan was announced...
Kim Jong-hwa signals October rate pause as Bank of Korea reviews hikes - most important considerations,” he said, “are whether the recently rekindled military tensions in the Middle East will re-elevate expense pressures, and at what pace the export boom centered on the semiconductor
Strong Impact of Halide Ordering on Structural Phase Transitions in Mixed Perovskites - Mixed halide perovskites are highly versatile semiconductors with applications in photovoltaics, light-emitting diodes, and photodetectors. Understanding their thermodynamic phase behavior is central to guiding compositional design and improving device stability. Here, we train machine-learned interatomic...
ASML Secures Commitments from Leading Chipmakers - Against a backdrop of growing demand for next-generation semiconductor technology, ASML announced that it has deepened collaborations with Intel, Samsung Electronics, and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC). As detailed in separate...
WD New Research Reveals the Reshaping of AI Infrastructure Economics as Data Persists and Compounds - style="display: -webkit-box; -webkit-line-clamp: 4; -webkit-box-orient: vertical; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; max-height: 5em;"WD-sponsored global study finds AI is driving rapid data growth, longer retention, and renewed demand for historical data, reshaping infrastructure economics at...
Mini handheld game console transforms for photo editing - Thanks to hackster.io for highlighting this one - a mini handheld game console that can help with photo-editing via a USB MIDI surface for Adobe's Lightroom... The post Mini handheld game console transforms for photo editing appeared first on Electronics Weekly .
Pulsiv appoints new CEO - Pulsiv, the UK power electronics specialist, today announced the appointment of Tim Joyce as CEO and a member of the Board of Directors. Tim succeeds outgoing CEO Darrel Kingham, who […] The post Pulsiv appoints new CEO appeared first on Electronics Weekly .
KPCA Takes Students to Taiwan for Advanced Semiconductor Packaging Training - The Korea Electronics Packaging and Circuits Association (KPCA) said Sept. 7 that it conducted an advanced semiconductor packaging industry training program in Taiwan.The Taiwan advanced packaging program was jointly organized by KPCA, Gyeongsang National University and Pukyong National University.
Invention may bring smart bionic eye into sight - A working prototype that can see, remember and interact with the world like the human brain could one day underpin smart bionic eyes while using far less energy than today's technologies. The invention from RMIT University ...
Technical Report: Unknown S611343A MHB L-PAMiD (Huawei Pura X Max) Module Architecture Analysis - The following is a Module Architecture Analysis report for the Unidentified CN S611343A MHB L-PAMiD, a Mid/High Band (MHB) Radio Frequency Power Amplifier Module with an embedded Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) and integrated duplexers (L-PAMiD), developed for 4G LTE and 5G NR applications. The specific component...
Welcome to the Materials Age (We Hope You’ll Enjoy Your Stay) - When you come to think about it, many of the early ages of human development were defined by the materials people used, such as the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, and the Iron Age. Much later came the Industrial Revolution and the Industrial Age. This was followed by a succession of increasingly overlapping...
High-NA EUV Moves From Experiment to Manufacturing - Intel Foundry and ASML say high-numerical-aperture extreme-ultraviolet lithography has crossed an important boundary: it is no longer only a development tool, but a production technology. At the SPIE Photomask Technology and Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography conference , the companies reported that Intel...
ARM’s 2026 ‘Tech’ Day Is A Self-Inflicted Wound - ARM's most recent 'Tech' Day was an embarrassment for the company, destroying a reuptation for solid messaging built over a decade. Read more ▶ The post ARM’s 2026 ‘Tech’ Day Is A Self-Inflicted Wound appeared first on Semiaccurate .
Korea weighs $120 billion investment in 8 nuclear reactors in U.S. as part of tariff deal - Korea weighs $120 billion investment in 8 nuclear reactors in U.S. as part of tariff deal Seoul is reviewing a proposal by Washington, with Korea looking to build two of the first four and the United States taking the lead on the other two. 9/7/2026 - 05:42 AM News Team
