Semi. Fabs and Clean Rooms 3h ago: Semiconductor fab construction, cleanroom expansions, capacity updates, and yield improvements are driving massive industry growth, particularly in the US with Arizona as a standout hub. Over 70 expansions since 2020 totaling $319B. TSMC committed $265B for 10 fabs in Phoenix. Global 300mm fab equipment spending projected at $149B in 2026 rising to $227B in 2029. Samsung and SK Hynix upgrading China plants.
E Ink and FUJIFILM Imaging Systems Partner to Expand Large-Format Color ePaper Signage - E Ink announced a partnership with FUJIFILM Imaging Systems Co., Ltd. to establish a large-format color ePaper signage business, initially targeting the railway sector. Upon successful completion of prototype assessments, the companies will begin introducing select sizes in 2027.
Did You Miss a SEMICON West Show Daily? - Three days, one industry, and a lot happening on the show floor. If you couldn’t keep up with everything at SEMICON West’s San Francisco return, our Show Daily editions have the news, insights, and announcements you need. The post Did You Miss a SEMICON West Show Daily? appeared first on Semiconductor...
Cancer Guidance Technology Firm FluoGuide Collaborates with Leica Microsystems - FluoGuide, a biotech company specializing in precision cancer surgery, has entered into a collaboration with Leica Microsystems. According to FluoGuide, the agreement aims to optimize the use of imaging systems — namely Leica's microscope systems —...
NTT Consortium Developing Mass-Production Tech for Optical Chiplets - The participating companies will jointly develop mass-production technologies for optical chiplets, with NTT serving as an advisor. The post NTT Consortium Developing Mass-Production Tech for Optical Chiplets appeared first on Semiconductor Digest .
Who Gets to Move the Recipe? How Autonomous Agents Earn Decision Authority in the Fab - There’s a question I’ve started asking at every agentic AI demo I sit through, and it has a clean answer in every fab on earth: who is allowed to change the recipe? In a semiconductor factory, that was settled decades ago. A person doesn’t touch a production recipe because they feel confident.…...
The shared challenge of particle accelerators and chip machines - Control systems for deep-tech tools share several common denominators, whether in a particle accelerator or a proton therapy linac: real-time operation, deterministic behavior and zero room for failure. Cosylab built this expertise over 25+ years. Now, it’s applying it in the semiconductor industry....
Automotive sensor power supply without a switching pre-regulator - An automotive sensor power supply appears deceptively simple to design but in fact poses many formidable challenges. The post Automotive sensor power supply without a switching pre-regulator appeared first on EDN .
Bloomberg Daybreak Asia: Asia Bucks US Chip Rally - Business and finance news from the Asia-Pacific.Asian stocks dropped, diverging from a chip-led rally on Wall Street, as sentiment toward the artificial intelligence trade remained jittery ahead of key earnings this week that will test the strength of gains in the technology sector. The MSCI Asia Pacific...
Forgotten Material From the 1960s Is Hiding Something Unexpected - A long-overlooked material has revealed a hidden atomic pattern that challenges conventional expectations about magnetism. A uranium compound that has received little scientific attention for decades has been found to contain a previously unknown atomic structure with unusual magnetic properties. The...
AI Infrastructure for 2027: The Data and Orchestration Layers Agentic AI Needs - Futurum Research finds enterprise agentic AI adoption leveling off at 47%, and nearly half of enterprises running AI spend over budget. Drawing on a year of Six Five conversations, Futurum, and Moor Insights & Strategy research, here is the agentic AI data stack, MCP/A2A orchestration, and governance...
Optics Primer, Part 4: Coherent Optics - How amplitude, phase and polarization carry data hundreds of kilometers, why that costs more than the optics inside a data center, and where…
India’s OSAT Buildout Puts Semiconductor Testing in Focus - NI said Kaynes Semicon has selected its semiconductor test systems, while other Indian OSATs continue to evaluate equipment as manufacturers prepare for production. The post India’s OSAT Buildout Puts Semiconductor Testing in Focus appeared first on EE Times .
Micron reaches deal with Taiwan union to introduce quarterly profit bonuses in FY27 - Micron Technology's labor dispute in Taiwan appears set for resolution after its Taichung union signed a labor-management agreement with the company and withdrew from the mediation session scheduled for October 22. According to an internal email circulated by employees, Micron will introduce quarterly...
OMRON Acquires Industrial Computing Firm OnLogic for $675M - OMRON AUTOMATION, an industrial automation company, acquired OnLogic, an industrial automation company. By combining OnLogic’s industrial computing expertise with OMRON’s proven automation solutions, the two companies can help customers...
AI spending skepticism weighs on Kosdaq IPO debut - AI spending skepticism weighs on Kosdaq IPO debut The AI cloud provider hit its daily trading limit Wednesday after investors questioned its valuation, signaling global cynicism toward data infrastructure. 10/21/2026 - 03:13 AM News Team
Edge AI MCU Features Multimodal Compute, Tiered Memory - A new MCU combines AI-native acceleration with integrated high-bandwidth DRAM scalable to hundreds of megabytes. The post Edge AI MCU Features Multimodal Compute, Tiered Memory appeared first on EE Times .
Qualcomm to start worldwide layoffs - Qualcomm is to lay off staff worldwide according to a memo from CEO Cristiano Amon to employees seen by Reuters. Notifications are to start next month. The number involved is […] The post Qualcomm to start worldwide layoffs appeared first on Electronics Weekly .
Nanophotonic Extreme Ultraviolet Polarimeter - …how we manipulate the polarization of visible light. Here, we extend such control to extreme ultraviolet radiation, the spectral region of attosecond science and semiconductor lithography, where transmissive optical elements are lacking. We implement channel waveguides that restrict incident 41-nm-wavelength...
Innovasea Packs Long-Life Electronics into Fish Tags - A company on Canada’s east coast is pushing acoustic telemetry toward lighter payloads and decade-scale deployments by treating energy, sensing, and animal welfare as a single systems problem. The post Innovasea Packs Long-Life Electronics into Fish Tags appeared first on EE Times .
Innodisk’s DDR5 8000 RDIMM addresses edge AI - Innodisk is expanding its DDR5 portfolio with 8000 RDIMM for compute-intensive applications, such as edge AI and enterprise servers. As the name indicates, the modules deliver data transfer speeds of […] The post Innodisk’s DDR5 8000 RDIMM addresses edge AI appeared first on Electronics Weekly .
Korea cannot dismiss the despair of French youth (KOR) - Korea cannot dismiss the despair of French youth (KOR) France’s economic strain and anger among the youth at its entrenched system should serve as a clear warning for Korea to diversify growth, create jobs and make housing more affordable. 10/19/2026 - 08:26 PM Opinion Desk
Perché proprio il carburo di silicio (SiC)? - La specifica di Google, Microsoft e NVIDIA non impone nessuna tecnologia. Ma tre formule spiegano perché, oggi, i suoi numeri portano al SiC.
Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: Oct. 20 - HBM power consumption; GAAFET leakage pathways; agentic AI for heterogeneous system design; nanoelectromechanical gain-cell eDRAM; AI-accelerated 3D-IC thermal modeling; agentic AI for RTL verification and debugging; thermal side-channel attacks in autonomous vehicles. The post Chip Industry Technical...
Building Physical AI Systems That Can Work in the Real World - Build scalable physical AI by balancing compute, power, safety, and cost—see why system architecture outperforms raw model size. The post Building Physical AI Systems That Can Work in the Real World appeared first on EE Times .
[News] NVIDIA-Linked Groq Reportedly Eyes Shift From SRAM to 3D-Stacked DRAM for Next-Gen AI Chips - As AI workloads demand greater memory capacity, chipmakers are exploring alternatives to traditional memory architectures. According to ZDNet, industry sources say Groq, the AI chip company that licensed its inference technology to NVIDIA, is considering 3D-stacked DRAM for its next-generation chips......
Carbon Capture Scratching The Surface - According to the Global Status of CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage) report, there are currently 132 commercial CCS projects in operation around the world. Together, these facilities are capable of […] The post Carbon Capture Scratching The Surface appeared first on Electronics Weekly .
Old LCD plants are back in business — this time for AI - Old LCD plants are back in business — this time for AI Once-idle display factories are being converted into semiconductor packaging lines and AI data centers as companies seek to expand operations quickly. 10/21/2026 - 06:00 PM News Team
Rad-tolerant GaN converter powers space electronics - Microchip’s POL-05-20S-T GaN converter delivers up to 20 A to power FPGAs, MCUs, and other processing-intensive digital loads in space. The post Rad-tolerant GaN converter powers space electronics appeared first on EDN .
Why France is burning - Why France is burning France’s current unrest exposes how decades of deficit spending can leave future generations carrying an unbearable fiscal burden. 10/21/2026 - 11:01 AM Opinion Desk
Iceye expands SAR satellite constellation - Iceye has successfully launched and deployed four further SAR satellites into orbit, expanding its LEO constellation for Earth Observation. The four craft include two satellites for Portugal’s Atlantic Constellation with […] The post Iceye expands SAR satellite constellation appeared first on Electronics...
Accelerate Yield Ramp with Closed-Loop Yield Learning - An analytics-driven approach leveraging integrated industry leading technologies targeting advanced node devices. The post Accelerate Yield Ramp with Closed-Loop Yield Learning appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering .
Molex unveils VersaBeam Mini for high-density AI connectivity - Molex has introduced VersaBeam Mini, a 16-fiber expanded-beam optical connector aimed at increasing fiber density in AI and hyperscale data centers. The connector combines a very small form…
Alleged Chinese spy's snooping on Korea-U.S. drills raises alarm over shared intelligence practices - Alleged Chinese spy's snooping on Korea-U.S. drills raises alarm over shared intelligence practices A former Chinese PLA officer allegedly intercepted communications near key Korean and U.S. bases, intensifying concerns over Seoul’s intelligence-sharing credibility with Washington. 10/20/2026 - 06:00...
Taiwan PCB output set to top NT$1 trillion as VP touts AI opportunity - The 27th Taiwan Printed Circuit Industry International Exhibition (TPCA Show 2026) opened in Nangang on October 20, with Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim calling on the PCB industry to seize opportunities created by the AI boom. Taiwan's PCB industry is expected to generate more than NT$1 trillion in output...
Lace takes lithography beyond light - The Norwegian-Dutch startup Lace Lithography is betting that neutral helium atoms will take center stage in the next major leap in semiconductor patterning.
How Singapore Connects Chip Research, Startups, and Manufacturing - From SiC power devices to silicon photonics, Singapore is building the infrastructure and industrial partnerships needed to bring deep-tech research to market. The post How Singapore Connects Chip Research, Startups, and Manufacturing appeared first on EE Times .
The rise of MEMS switches in electronics - When voltage is applied, the beam touches the substrate. The MEMS switch turns on MEMS switches are gaining popularity in AI-driven optical networks, datacentres and other areas, and are considered […] The post The rise of MEMS switches in electronics appeared first on Electronics Weekly .
Good Golly It’s MOLY - 65 years ago this ad for TI diodes packaged using its Molybdenum Glass hermetic seal technique appeared in Electronics Weekly’s edition of May 3 1961: The post Good Golly It’s MOLY appeared first on Electronics Weekly .
Electronic System Design Industry Posts $5.7 Billion in Revenue in Q2 2026, ESD Alliance Reports - Electronic System Design (ESD) industry revenue increased 12.2% to $5,710.8 million in the second quarter of 2026 from the $5,089.4 million registered in the second quarter of 2025, the ESD Alliance, a SEMI Technology Coalition, announced today. The post Electronic System Design Industry Posts $5.7 Billion...
WFE to the Moon (Still), Semicon West and OCP Insights - In this action-packed episode of The Circuit, Ben Bajarin and Jay Goldberg recap a hectic week in Silicon Valley, spanning Semicon West in San Francisco, the Open Compute Project (OCP) Summit in San Jose, and major analyst events. The hosts examine the evolving semicap and wafer equipment landscape—including...
