Semi. Fabs and Clean Rooms 64s ago: The semiconductor industry is seeing accelerated fab construction and capacity expansions, particularly for HBM and advanced memory to meet surging AI demand. Samsung is pushing new fab builds and yield breakthroughs for HBM capacity, while SK Hynix is advancing a major new memory fab project in Japan’s Miyagi Prefecture (tens of trillions of won investment) as its first large-scale overseas production site there, alongside ongoing domestic clusters. Broader trends include massive AI-driven capex (e.g., debt financing talks), labor and construction bottlenecks for new facilities, and selective equipment spending growth in China amid localization.
How TSMC Is Wiring the AI Era With Light - TSMC’s photonics strategy is centered on integrating optical input-output with advanced logic, rather than selling conventional optical transceivers as standalone products. The company is developing a silicon-photonics foundry platform and a packaging architecture called TSMC-COUPE , or Compact Universal...
Hua Hong, Kingboard, Zijin Gold May Join Hong Kong’s Stock Index - Hang Seng Indexes Co. may add chipmaker Hua Hong Grace Semiconductor Ltd., AI-related firm Kingboard Laminates Holdings Ltd. and miner Zijin Gold International Co. to Hong Kong’s equity benchmark, according to analysts.
Android XR advances as Jetpack XR SDK core libraries reach beta - Google is announcing that its Jetpack SceneCore, ARCore for Jetpack XR, and XR Runtime libraries are officially in beta status. And Jetpack Compose is to follow soon, it says. Basically, […] The post Android XR advances as Jetpack XR SDK core libraries reach beta appeared first on Electronics Weekly...
Iran war deadlock gave ASML reprieve from US China crackdown - ASML won a reprieve in Washington as US political infighting over the war with Iran has stalled legislation that could have further restricted the Dutch lithography giant’s movement in China.
Lee holds private dinner with SK chief Chey Tae-won - Lee holds private dinner with SK chief Chey Tae-won President Lee Jae Myung and SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won held a private dinner amid talks on semiconductor, energy and U.S. investment projects. 8/20/2026 - 08:00 PM News Team
No One’s No.1 Problem - New records for high temperatures keep getting set but climate change has still not reached the top of the agenda for many people. None of the respondents in the 32 […] The post No One’s No.1 Problem appeared first on Electronics Weekly .
CEG: Photonics, Optics and Quantum Shine in Capital Region Semiconductor Patents - A Cleanroom in NY Creates’ Albany NanoTech Complex. Read Original Center for Economic Growth Article Here Highlights In 2025, the USPTO awarded nearly 600 semiconductor-related patents that list Capital Region inventors. 1 in 6 semiconductor patents listing local inventors pertained to photonics, optics,...
Is software still the point? - In a few years, nobody will write software. Software as the artifact we fuss over, the thing we hire around, protect, refactor and treat as the crown jewels, is on its way out, Jan Bosch asserts provocatively.
Self-Publishing a Book Is Easier (and Harder) Than You Think (Part 2) - As you may recall, we ended Part 1 of this two-part series in proud possession of our book manuscript in Word and our front and back covers as PNG files. All that remains is to actually publish the little scamp, a process with certain foibles that need to be overcome. In my case, I wished to publish both...
NXP’s i.MX 93W Brings In-Package Wi-Fi to Mature Edge AI Processing - The NXP i.MX 93W is an integrated system-in-package (SiP) that fuses the dual-core Arm Cortex-A55 and Cortex-M33 architecture of the established i.MX 93 applications processor with an IW610 tri-radio subsystem. The i.MX 93 compute die is manufactured using a 16nm FINET process; the IW610 tri-radio wireless...
Hot Chips 2026: Architectures for the Agentic Computing Era - Hot Chips 2026, formally the thirty-eighth Symposium on High Performance Chips, arrives at Stanford’s Memorial Auditorium from August 23 through 25 with a program that captures a decisive shift in computer architecture. Peak arithmetic throughput remains important, but the conference is increasingly...
Smartphone Apps Processor Market Tracker - Q2 2026 - The global smartphone applications processor (AP) market declined 13 percent year-on-year in unit growth during Q2 2026 with corresponding revenue decrease of 13 percent year-on-year. Smartphone market will increasing be defined by the success of flagship devices and adoption of generative AI and the...
Northrop Grumman's SYNOPTICS Eyes Defense, Clean Energy Applications With Record-Sized Laser Crystal - Northrop Grumman subsidiary SYNOPTICS has grown and harvested an ytterbium-doped yttrium lithium fluoride (Yb:YLF) crystal boule with a diameter three times larger than the industry standard. The development addresses growing demand for larger aperture and overall size for gain media as laser engineers...
Hon’ble PM Shri. Narendra Modi to Inaugurate SEMICON India 2026 on 17th September - SEMI and the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM) today announced that Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will inaugurate SEMICON India 2026 on 17 September 2026 at Yashobhoomi (India International Convention and Expo Centre), New Delhi. The post Hon’ble PM Shri. Narendra Modi to Inaugurate SEMICON...
IBM Makes Quantum Cryogenics Modular, but Scaling Problems Remain - IBM’s new cryogenic architecture tackles one obstacle to fault-tolerant quantum computing, while exposing wiring, control, interconnect, and reliability challenges. The post IBM Makes Quantum Cryogenics Modular, but Scaling Problems Remain appeared first on EE Times .
Scientists Turn an Overlooked Chip Layer Into a Powerful New Light Source - A layer once dismissed as mere support has transformed a tiny photonic chip into a powerful generator of new light frequencies. A laser usually produces one narrow color of light. A device small enough to sit on a fingertip can turn that single input into hundreds of precisely spaced frequencies, creating...
Compact BIC Lasers Provide High Purity Linearly Polarized Light On-Chip - A new approach to engineering high-purity, linearly polarized emission from a compact bound-state-in-the-continuum (BIC) laser could lead to high-performance, miniaturized polarization light sources for a wide range of applications. The ability to access linearly polarized emission through miniaturized...
Research Insight: Upstream memory giants eye threefold 2026 revenue as 2027 capacity eases price surge - The global memory market is entering a sharp upcycle as cloud providers boost capital spending and demand for AI infrastructure lifts DRAM, NAND, and HBM prices. According to DIGITIMES, the three largest upstream memory chip makers are headed for a more than threefold jump in combined DRAM and NAND revenue...
Chip Industry Week In Review - New Micron lab; chip/AI price jump; multi-die monitoring; cryo links for quantum chips; interconnect RC bottleneck; 18A win; CPO roadmap; 2 new CEOs; humanoid readiness gap; Hot Interconnects. The post Chip Industry Week In Review appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering .
Micron Unveils Micron Research Labs, a U.S.-Based Long-Horizon Innovation Hub - Backed by a $10 billion planned investment over the next decade, Micron Research Labs will unite academia, government, startups and industry to advance the memory and compute breakthroughs that will define the AI era. The post Micron Unveils Micron Research Labs, a U.S.-Based Long-Horizon Innovation Hub...
Quantum technologies rush out of US labs to match China’s growth - The Trump administration is pushing US quantum information science and technologies (QISTs) out of the lab as the first products mature, more private investment arrives, and Washington strives to match […] The post Quantum technologies rush out of US labs to match China’s growth appeared first on...
Op-amp input filtering can cause instability without proper compensation - It’s important to use feedback capacitors to stabilize the circuit when using a capacitive filter across the input pins of an op amp. The post Op-amp input filtering can cause instability without proper compensation appeared first on EDN .
At 0.8 nanometers, carbon film may replace two layers in future chip wiring - As transistors inside microchips continue to shrink, the metal wiring that connects them is becoming a growing obstacle to faster, more energy-efficient chips. Narrower wires have greater electrical resistance, while smaller ...
Analysis: Automotive Semiconductor Industry Performance Snapshot – Q2 2026 - This report presents TechInsights’ overview of the quarterly results of semiconductor companies that lead in TechInsights' automotive semiconductor supplier rankings, as detailed in the annual Automotive Semiconductor Vendor Market Shares analysis and the related online data report, to provide perspective...
CACI Opens Defense-Oriented Manufacturing Site in Rochester - CACI International has opened its CACI Manufacturing Center of Excellence for Defense Electronics in the Greater Rochester, N.Y. area. The 61,000 sq ft facility boosts CACI’s manufacturing space by more than 300% and will serve as a hub for the development, test, assembly, and delivery of advanced electronic...
Sensor detects users of smart glasses, earphones and AR/VR devices - Vishay is sampling a fully integrated short distance VCSEL-based proximity sensor. The VCNL36829UM combines a photodiode, ASIC. 16-bit ADC, and smart dual I²C slave address in a compact 1.6 mm […] The post Sensor detects users of smart glasses, earphones and AR/VR devices appeared first on Electronics...
MCUs strengthen security in IoT and control systems - Standard MCUs in Toshiba’s TXZ+ Series M4V Group enhance security and data management in IoT devices and industrial control equipment. The post MCUs strengthen security in IoT and control systems appeared first on EDN .
Andes Condor Closure Came Amid Broader Cost-Cutting Effort - Andes Technology’s decision to close Condor was part of a broader 10-20% operational cost-cutting exercise, with Condor probably considered too expensive a bet. The post Andes Condor Closure Came Amid Broader Cost-Cutting Effort appeared first on EE Times .
Single sideband radio meets LMC555 beat frequency oscillator - This basic beat oscillator makes continuous wave keyed code and single sideband suppressed carrier signals audible. The post Single sideband radio meets LMC555 beat frequency oscillator appeared first on EDN .
WD and Tohoku University Launch AI Data Infrastructure Lab to Accelerate the Future of AI Storage - style="display: -webkit-box; -webkit-line-clamp: 4; -webkit-box-orient: vertical; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; max-height: 5em;"Joint research institute brings together industry-leading data storage expertise and world-class academic research to develop innovative technologies and cultivate...
Intel Eyes a Memory Comeback as AI Rewrites Chip Economics - Intel is considering a return to memory technology decades after abandoning mainstream DRAM and, more recently, selling its NAND business. Chief executive Lip-Bu Tan has argued that memory should no longer be viewed simply as a low-margin commodity. Artificial intelligence is turning bandwidth, latency...
Dual amplifier active filters - The frequency response of a Butterworth filter is not supposed to have any peaking. SPICE claims the contrary. The post Dual amplifier active filters appeared first on EDN .
[News] Rapidus Scales Up Advanced Packaging, Targets 8-Reticle Interposers With 600mm Panels by 2030 - Advanced packaging is taking on a bigger role as AI reshapes how semiconductor systems are designed and manufactured. Rapidus is responding with a roadmap centered on larger interposers and panel-level packaging. According to TechNews, Rozalia Beica, CTO of packaging at Rapidus Design Solutions, out......
Anthropic venture acquires Casper Studios to expand enterprise AI services - Ode with Anthropic, an Anthropic venture arm, said it has acquired Casper Studios, a move that expands its enterprise artificial intelligence services as companies worldwide look for practical ways to deploy AI inside existing workflows. The deal underscores growing demand for partners that can turn experimentation...
SiFive P570 Gen 3: The Long Road to a Modern Small RISC-V Core - SiFive’s P570 Gen 3 is a compact out-of-order RISC-V CPU IP core built for IoT, embedded Linux, and edge-AI SoCs. Bringing the P500 lineup to a modern baseline, it adds RVA23 compliance, RISC-V Vector 1.0, vector cryptography, and accelerated dot-product math. Compared to the P550, SiFive claims a 7–13%...
Agentrys Shows You How to Build a Multi-Agent System in 30 Minutes - Agentrys believes that a purpose-built multi-agent system for chip design shouldn’t be a quarter-long project. Agentic AI systems are becoming quite popular to cut design time and increase quality for complex chip design projects. The challenge is finding the right agentic flow for a particular application....
Quantum Fluctuations Break a Crystal’s Symmetry Rules - Electronic fluctuations can act as a resonant bridge between normally separate crystal vibrations, offering a new route to study and control ferroaxial quantum states. Symmetry is a basic rule of the natural world. It explains why some objects appear the same after they are rotated, reflected, or changed...
Industry minister says 'meaningful progress' achieved in talks with U.S. - Industry minister says 'meaningful progress' achieved in talks with U.S. Seoul and Washington made meaningful progress on a strategic energy investment project, with a final agreement expected next month. 8/20/2026 - 08:36 AM
[News] SK hynix Unveils CPO Roadmap, Looks Beyond HBM to AI Infrastructure - SK hynix is moving from a memory supplier to a bigger role in the AI infrastructure. According to the company, it has teamed up with leading researchers worldwide to lay out a roadmap for co-packaged optics (CPO) in the journal Nature Electronics. Notably, beyond its HBM leadership, SK hynix’s ...
반도체는 대만의 방패가 될 수 있을까 - 안녕하세요 AMEET 기자입니다. 여러분은 혹시 '실리콘 방패'라는 말을 들어보셨나요? 2000년 크레이그 애디슨이 처음 제시한 이 이론은, 대만이 전 세계 반도체 생산의 압도...
Invertible mapping between structured light and vector terahertz emission - …remains challenging. Here we establish a unified framework for generating and synthesizing vectorial THz beams through coherent control of ultrafast photocurrents in semiconductors . By exploiting quantum interference between one- and two-photon excitation pathways driven by femtosecond vector beams,...
Starlink Keeps Expanding - As of August 2026, Starlink covered almost all of South America and had launched official service in more than 25 African countries. Starlink recently launched in countries Bolivia, the Democratic […] The post Starlink Keeps Expanding appeared first on Electronics Weekly .
