MEMS Heralds an Overdue Step Change in Switching Technology - Ditch creaky relays: MEMS switches slash heat, power draw and bulk for AI data centers and automation. The post MEMS Heralds an Overdue Step Change in Switching Technology appeared first on EE Times .
Stable Power for Honam Semiconductor Complex Without New Lines - The government has predicted that stable power supply will be possible for the new semiconductor industrial complex in the Honam region without the need for separate new inter-regional power transmission
ASD-Eurospace releases 30th edition of ‘facts and figures’ report - ASD-Eurospace, the trade association for the European space industry, has released the 30th edition of its annual ‘facts and figures’ space industry report. Covering 2025, the headline figures include 68,000 people being employed in the European space industry, a 2% increase on the year before. And...
Insight: Advanced Packaging For 2.5D and 3D Integration - Technology Survey - The world’s leading foundries have all developed comprehensive advanced packaging products. These offerings are now a critical part of attracting and retaining customers, as competitive designs across broad market segments rely on packaging technology. Many outsourced assembly and test suppliers are...
Unlocking Scalable SRG Waveguides for Mass‑Market AR/MR Displays - An approach for full process control for the HVM of SRG waveguides, encompassing metal film metrology, OCD measurements of grating parameters, overlay alignment verification, and defect inspection. The post Unlocking Scalable SRG Waveguides for Mass‑Market AR/MR Displays appeared first on Semiconductor...
Besi leads hybrid-bonding race, with twenty players chasing - Everyone is piling into hybrid bonding, the holy grail for stacking chips. Twenty different platforms are now in development worldwide. Yet, Besi remains confident about its lead.
David Potter - David Potter, founder of Psion, has died at the age of 82. Born in South Africa, Potter won a scholarship toTrinity Cambridge, Cambridge and was awarded his doctorate by Imperial College, London. He lectured in the USA and UK, while successfully investing on the stock market, then set up Psion to participate...
The Accidental Infrastructure: How Crypto Miners Built the Foundation of the AI Boom - Most crypto forty-niners died broke in a warehouse full of their computing rigs. Former Ethereum miner CoreWeave took its gold to Wall Street. On June 22, 2026, it joined the Nasdaq-100 — fifteen months after its IPO, nine years after its founders assembled their first GPU rig in a New Jersey office....
Firefly, Astrobotic, Intuitive win NASA lunar lander contracts - Nasa has awarded lunar lander contracts contracts totalling almost $600 million to three companies: Firefly, Astrobotic and Intuitive Machines. Specifically, Astrobotic is awarded $297.9 million total for two deliveries. And Firefly Aerospace is awarded $144.2 million and Intuitive Machines $148.3 million...
Gluing 8192 MCUs Together to Make a GPU - What do you get when you take 8,192 CH570 MCUs, put them on custom PCBs, and write firmware for this interconnected gaggle of cores? In the case of [bitluni]’s project, …read more
Unifying Software And Semiconductor Development - Redefining IP lifecycle management by uniting silicon and software to deliver traceability, automation, and AI-ready design flows. The post Unifying Software And Semiconductor Development appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering .
Netherlands presses China talks on Nexperia and ASML trade frictions - The Netherlands used a trade mission to Beijing this week to reopen economic ties with China while semiconductor tensions remained at the center of the agenda. Dutch trade officials met Chinese counterparts as Amsterdam sought to manage disputes involving Nexperia and ASML amid broader US-China technology...
Understanding all costs involved in analog ASIC development - The costs of designing and producing an analog ASIC can be grouped into three parts: human capital, software tools, and prototype fabrication. The post Understanding all costs involved in analog ASIC development appeared first on EDN .
[News] Memory Rally Extends as ADATA Reportedly Sees Q3 DRAM Prices Up 20-30%, NAND Up 35-40% - Memory pricing is expected to extend its rally amid surging AI demand. Citing ADATA Chairman Simon Chen, Taiwan's Economic Daily News and Commercial Times report that memory makers have notified customers of another 20%-30% increase in DRAM contract prices for Q3, while NAND Flash contract prices ar......
The Dawn of Agentic AI Super-Agents - On the one hand, I think I’m taking the incredible advances we’re currently seeing in Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools in my stride, striving to maintain a dignified persona as the latest and greatest marvels unfold before my eyes. On the other hand, I sometimes find it hard to restrain myself...
Making noise with a BANG, part 1: Concept and hardware - This noise generator has an adjustable bandwidth and a consistent amplitude no matter what bandwidth is selected. The post Making noise with a BANG, part 1: Concept and hardware appeared first on EDN .
Demonstrating the EasyAI ECO Suite – An AI-Powered Functional ECO Solution at DAC 2026 - Easy-Logic , a leading provider of high-performance Engineering Change Order (ECO) solutions in Electronic Design Automation (EDA), will showcase its latest innovation — the EasyAI ECO Suite — at DAC in Los Angeles, July 27–29, 2026. This intelligent ECO solution integrates AI engines into the entire...
[News] Intel Reportedly Raises CPU Prices; Flagship Xeon Up US$1,495, Select Desktop Chips +US$30–50 - Intel has raised prices for a range of its CPUs. According to Tom’s Hardware, the company confirmed on the 3rd that it had increased prices for selected consumer and server processors. An Intel spokesperson said the pricing adjustments reflect current market conditions, including rising supply cha......
Narrative: Connected TV Devices Q1 2026 - World Cup Fever Boosts Connected TV Device Shipments - The FIFA World Cup is providing a seasonal boost in demand for smart TVs, but the more durable story is the cost pressure building beneath the surface. AI-driven memory inflation is forcing OEMs to rethink pricing, specifications, margins, and product roadmaps as datacenter demand redirects supply toward...
Global Semiconductor Sales Increase 9.2% Month-to-Month in May - An increase of 9.2% compared to the April 2026 total of $110.5 billion and 104.1% more than the May 2025 total of $59.1 billion. The post Global Semiconductor Sales Increase 9.2% Month-to-Month in May appeared first on Semiconductor Digest .
MIPS on the RISC-V Shift: ‘Physical AI Is Agentic AI at the Edge’ - MIPS bets RISC-V and ARC AI will power physical AI in cars and factory robots. Watch the interview and learn more. The post MIPS on the RISC-V Shift: ‘Physical AI Is Agentic AI at the Edge’ appeared first on EE Times .
Voice Is Key to Physical AI; Development Methods Need to Catch Up - Voice AI can’t survive on clean-room tests; real-world acoustics break it. See why physics-based benchmarks must lead the next leap. The post Voice Is Key to Physical AI; Development Methods Need to Catch Up appeared first on EE Times .
Longsys forecasts sharp 1H26 profit growth on stronger memory market, AI demand - Longsys Electronics expects a sharp rise in first-half profit as global memory supply stays tight and demand from artificial intelligence-related devices strengthens. The outlook points to firmer conditions across the semiconductor market, with implications for storage prices, component availability,...
IP Lifecycle Management in the AI Era - Large design enterprises have multiple concurrent activities around IP of various types: software/firmware, blocks defined in RTL or HLS, verification IPs of multiple different types, physical implementations, scripts/files for timing, power management, etc., etc. Each of these continues to evolve and...
ESP32 Keeps Tabs on Your Local Airspace - We know, we know. Despite being called ESP32-Plane-Radar, this project from [Mateusz Juszczyk] isn’t actually using radar. But thanks to the round LCD this desktop gadget does a fantastic job …read more
Can Agentic AI Solve the Embedded Software Problem? - Agents will also need CPU plus acceleration to run on edge devices, said Ambarella’s Muneyb Minhazuddin. The post Can Agentic AI Solve the Embedded Software Problem? appeared first on EE Times .
Analog Devices Completes Acquisition of Empower Semiconductor - Analog Devices, Inc. today announced the completion of its acquisition of Empower Semiconductor. The post Analog Devices Completes Acquisition of Empower Semiconductor appeared first on Semiconductor Digest .
High Bandwidth Flash: The Full Report - Why HBF for inference decode fits, what it does to the DRAM and NAND markets, a worked cost model, who moves first, and risks
Q-Tech targets rad-hardened MCXOs at Space applications - Q-Tech is expanding its QT2020/QT2021 series of microcomputer compensated crystal oscillators (MCXOs). The new MCXOs are designed to withstand radiation levels of 50kRad(Si) TID, highlights the company. The oscillator specialist says the devices offer a minimum single-event latch-up (SEL) of 29MeV-cm2/mg....
Fulltech's Thailand plant targets AI and satellite demand - Fulltech held the groundbreaking ceremony for phase one of its new Thailand plant on July 5, 2026, with chairman Yuan-Pin Chang saying the project will require about NT$3.1 billion (approx. US$96.8 million) in total investment and that production capacity has already been fully booked by customers. The...
EP 182: AI Fatigue , Meta's Neo-Cloud Rumors , and Samsung's Foundry Comeback - In this episode of The Circuit, Ben and Jay break down the recent volatility and AI fatigue hitting semiconductor stocks. They analyze how retail "tourists" and passive index funds might be driving market valuations ahead of actual fundamentals. The hosts also unpack the rumors surrounding Meta reportedly...
Ceramic Electrostatic Chucks - This report reviews top-line and segmented ceramic electrostatic chucks (ESC) revenues. We collect data throughout the year on public companies and analyze over 160 total companies that supply the subsystem market. Our analysis process combines historical data, econometric modeling, bottom-up and top-down...
Executive Interview with Chris Morrison, VP Product Marketing at Agile Analog - Chris Morrison is VP Product Marketing at Agile Analog, the customizable analog IP company. He has over 18 years’ experience of developing strong relationships with key partners across the semiconductor industry and delivering innovative analog, digital, power management and audio products, working...
TP-Link’s Tapo T300 sensor detects water and other liquid-leak dangers - Unintended fluids dripping from above? Accumulating from below? The T300 alerts you to them all. Threaded contacts suggest other uses, too. The post TP-Link’s Tapo T300 sensor detects water and other liquid-leak dangers appeared first on EDN .
