Anthropic aims for mid-November IPO as it juggles relationship with Trump administration - Anthropic is reportedly eyeing an IPO as early as mid-November that could become the biggest IPO to date. The AI startup's run-up to the listing coincides with a shaky relationship with the US government, calls from its CEO Dario Amodei for more industry regulations, and nationwide public concerns about...
OECD backs Korea’s chip-funded Future Fund - OECD backs Korea’s chip-funded Future Fund The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) chief economist called Korea’s plan to invest semiconductor tax windfalls in long-term growth a wise policy choice. 10/1/2026 - 10:05 PM
Qualcomm Finally Fixes Their PC CPU Line! - Last week Qualcomm finally fixed their PC lineup, or at least made a huge step in that direction. Read more ▶ The post Qualcomm Finally Fixes Their PC CPU Line! appeared first on Semiaccurate .
Applied Materials, Besi Expand Advanced Packaging Partnership for AI scaling - Besi joins Applied's EPIC Center as an Innovation Partner, extending a collaboration that began in 2020 with the companies' joint Hybrid Bonding Center of Excellence in Singapore. The post Applied Materials, Besi Expand Advanced Packaging Partnership for AI scaling appeared first on Semiconductor Digest...
SiFive and AMD Bring ROCm to RISC-V Datacenter Servers—and Why It Matters - SiFive and AMD demonstrated an AI workload that brings together two open technologies: the RISC-V processor architecture and AMD’s ROCm GPU software platform. At the AI Infra Summit on September 15, 2026, the companies showed ROCm 10.0 running on SiFive’s BigSky datacenter development server. SiFive...
Local Governments Vie for Government-Funded Dome Stadiums - A source from Hwaseong City stated, “This investment will elevate the cultural and sports standards of the southern Gyeonggi ‘ semiconductor belt,’ including Hwaseong and Yongin.”
Iceye, Nokia partner for sovereign LEO satellite comms - Iceye, the specialist in satellite-based SAR imagery, is partnering with Nokia to develop secure, high-performance broadband low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications systems for governments. Sovereign is the keyword, according […] The post Iceye, Nokia partner for sovereign LEO satellite comms...
Market Data: SoC Markets - This report covers various aspects of the System-on-Chip (SoC) markets and design trends. It includes Silicon IP market data for licensing, royalty, and service revenues across different IP categories such as Memory, CPU, DSP, Graphics, Interconnect, and Security. The report offers insights into design...
Trustworthy AI for IC sign-off and manufacturing - As artificial intelligence moves deeper into semiconductor workflows, trust is becoming one of the last barriers to broad industry adoption. In IC design-to-sign-off, the most valuable AI systems won’t be the most autonomous, but the most transparent, governable and reliable.
Emergence AI to Deploy Neuroformal AI With Fabless Chipmakers - See how Emergence AI is deploying neuroformal AI with chipmakers to boost wafer yields and tackle fab, test, and packaging failures. The post Emergence AI to Deploy Neuroformal AI With Fabless Chipmakers appeared first on EE Times .
160-W power supply withstands harsh conditions - Advanced Energy’s DF150 160-W AC/DC power supply is built for extreme environments in defense and industrial applications. The post 160-W power supply withstands harsh conditions appeared first on EDN .
Tiny IC packs analog and logic functions - At just 1.155×1.155 mm, the Renesas GreenPAK SLG46801 configurable mixed-signal IC is small enough for use in smart rings and watches. The post Tiny IC packs analog and logic functions appeared first on EDN .
LG Innotek Accelerates Corporate Transformation Driven by Semiconductor Substrates and Physical AI - LG Innotek is demonstrating tangible results from the transformation of its business portfolio, delivering a remarkable performance rebound in the first half of the year—traditionally an off-peak season for the company. The post LG Innotek Accelerates Corporate Transformation Driven by Semiconductor...
Advancing Quantum Computing with Zinc Oxide Quantum Dots - A collaborative group of researchers have demonstrated key measurement technologies for developing spin qubits in zinc oxide quantum dots. The post Advancing Quantum Computing with Zinc Oxide Quantum Dots appeared first on Semiconductor Digest .
AI Drives Larger, Denser Packaging, Raising New Challenges for Equipment Makers - At A*STAR’s Innovate Together 2026, industry experts explored packaging, hybrid bonding, optical interconnects, and process control for AI. The post AI Drives Larger, Denser Packaging, Raising New Challenges for Equipment Makers appeared first on EE Times .
European software coalition calls for €1B in research funding - A coalition of European researchers and companies is calling on the EU to invest around 1 billion euros in fundamental software research and digital infrastructure over the next eight years.
Consumer and industrial IoT drive wireless chip market - Low power consumption, high integration, and advanced security highlight the latest wireless chips. The post Consumer and industrial IoT drive wireless chip market appeared first on EDN .
OpenWorks eyes US market for AI-powered autonomous vision systems - Northumberland’s OpenWorks Engineering, a UK defence technology company, has announced its expansion into the US market. Specifically it is opening a US regional headquarters in Ashburn, Virginia. And future plans […] The post OpenWorks eyes US market for AI-powered autonomous vision systems appeared...
Synopsys and OpenAI to teach AI models to use EDA tools - Synopsys and OpenAI are to jointly develop GPT-Synopsys, a specialised model, optimised to use Synopsys EDA tools to perform semiconductor design workflows. The agreement includes a revenue sharing arrangement and […] The post Synopsys and OpenAI to teach AI models to use EDA tools appeared first on...
Texas Instruments to webcast Q3 2026 earnings conference call - Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (Nasdaq: TXN) will webcast its third quarter earnings conference call on Wednesday, Oct. 21, at 3:30 p.m. Central time. Haviv Ilan, chairman, president and...
Room-temperature polariton supersolids - …flow, stands among the most intriguing macroscopic quantum phenomena. However, all previous demonstrations of supersolidity, whether in ultracold atomic gases or III-V semiconductor -based polariton systems, have been strictly confined to cryogenic temperatures. Here, we report the observation of room-temperature...
Quantum Equivalence Checking. Innovation in Verification - Can quantum computing have any relevance to EDA? This month’s paper suggests it might have a role someday, in accelerating one of the most fundamental of EDA algorithms: SAT. Paul Cunningham (GM, Verification at Cadence), Raúl Camposano (Silicon Catalyst, entrepreneur, former Synopsys CTO and lecturer...
TSMC OIP Ecosystem Forum 2026: Broadcom’s View of ASICs and Ecosystems - I spent a significant part of my career in the ASIC business. This segment of semiconductors has always been challenging, difficult and invigorating. There is something special about delivering a working custom chip that enables your customer to bring a world-changing product to market. It has always...
SK hynix seeks to quell investor concern as it weighs funding options for Solidigm - SK hynix seeks to quell investor concern as it weighs funding options for Solidigm The chipmaker released a statement addressing a potential public listing of its subsidiary, noting that all options are being considered. 10/1/2026 - 01:36 AM News Team
Babcock, DCE sign MoU for uncrewed ground systems - Babcock, the British aerospace and defence company, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ground vehicle specialist Digital Concepts Engineering (DCE) to explore the development of uncrewed ground systems. […] The post Babcock, DCE sign MoU for uncrewed ground systems appeared first on...
Europe’s Space Industry Seeks Greater Supply Chain Control - Europe's strategic space independence will depend on semiconductor supply chains, satellite networks, and 6G communications. The post Europe’s Space Industry Seeks Greater Supply Chain Control appeared first on EE Times .
[News] Tencent Reportedly Signs $7B Deal to Lease 100,000 AI Chips From Oracle in Southeast Asia - Tencent is turning to overseas cloud infrastructure to secure access to advanced AI computing capacity unavailable in China. According to Reuters, citing Financial Times, Tencent has reportedly signed its largest overseas leasing deal with U.S. cloud provider Oracle, gaining access to about 100,000 ......
Seagate expands lineup as personal data continues to grow - Data Creation Seagate expands lineup as personal data continues to grow Seagate’s latest consumer storage drives help people save, protect and access more of their growing digital lives.
AI agents speed silicon-to-system engineering - AgentEngineer domain-specific, long-horizon agents from Synopsys accelerate engineering across silicon-to-system design. The post AI agents speed silicon-to-system engineering appeared first on EDN .
Rethinking AI Validation - A lifecycle-driven approach for explainable and trustworthy AI by design. The post Rethinking AI Validation appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering .
JPMorgan’s Sundar Sees ‘Healthy’ Tumult of Two AI Cycles at Once - JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s Sitara Sundar urged investors to diversify their bets on artificial intelligence because the industry is caught in the “healthy” volatility of two cycles occurring at once.
Putting the boot into Electronics - One of the most eye-catching stands at Microelectronics UK 2026 was that of Sievi, showing a wide selection of shoes, trainers and boots. What's the connection between shoes and semiconductors, I wondered! The post Putting the boot into Electronics appeared first on Electronics Weekly .
원자력연구원 "방사선 이차전지·반도체 기술 개발 본격 추진" - 한국원자력연구원 첨단방사선연구소가 창립 20주년을 맞아 30일 정읍 현지에서 창립기념식을 갖고, 글로벌 방사선 기술 선도기관으로의 도약을 선언했다. 첨단방사선연구소는 의료와 바...
When AI agents make decisions, trust becomes infrastructure - As AI moves from providing information to making consequential decisions, trust can no longer remain an assumption surrounding the system. The post When AI agents make decisions, trust becomes infrastructure appeared first on EDN .
Nvidia introduces 64GB DGX Spark to throw local AI fans a lifeline amid the RAMpocalypse - Nvidia is introducing a 64GB version of its DGX Spark local AI workstation that's tailored for a new generation of highly intelligent yet compact local models. Starting at $4999, the more affordable configuration is otherwise identical to the original 128GB Spark and its GB10 siblings.
Continuous Health Monitoring Drives Integrated Wearable System Design - Analog Devices India’s Praveen Jose said device miniaturization is driving higher performance and quality in smaller form factors. The post Continuous Health Monitoring Drives Integrated Wearable System Design appeared first on EE Times .
KOSDAQ Index Rebounds 13% From September Low - The movement of some funds from large-cap semiconductor stocks like Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix to the KOSDAQ also played a role.” Foreign investor flows, however, remain a variable.
The Proof Economy - As artificial intelligence makes creation abundant, proof becomes the new scarcity. The post The Proof Economy appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering .
State of the Art in Direct Dark Matter Detectors: Technologies, Performance, and Future Directions - …Time Projection Chambers (TPCs), which currently define the sensitivity frontier for high-mass Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs), with the precision of cryogenic semiconductors and Charge-Coupled Device (CCD)- based sensors, which dominate the search for low-mass and sub-GeV candidates....
Narrative: Slow Growth for Cellular Radio Components Through 2031 - The cellular radio components market has reached a period of maturity after more than two decades of strong expansion. Slower growth in radio components reflects nearly flat smartphone shipments, as well as global economic conditions and uncertainty. Near-term growth is expected to remain tepid, with...
TSMC’s AI Design Kit: Bringing Agentic AI Into Chip Design - TSMC is introducing an AI Design Kit, or ADK, to help artificial intelligence tools make better use of its semiconductor manufacturing knowledge. The idea is to give AI agents that run chip-design workflows a technology-specific foundation, so they can adjust designs toward performance, power and area...
National debt shows its true cost when interest rates rise - National debt shows its true cost when interest rates rise As rising rates expose Japan’s fiscal vulnerabilities, Korea must use temporary tax windfalls to reduce debt rather than expand spending. 10/1/2026 - 11:01 AM Opinion Desk
The Secret to Better Magnetic Memory May Be the Light, Not the Material - Reshaping a laser beam let engineers switch thicker magnetic materials with light, expanding the possibilities for faster, more compact data storage. Every digital photo, document, and video saved on a hard drive is stored as a vast sequence of 1s and 0s, represented physically by tiny magnetic regions....
TSMC Mulls Multibillion-Dollar Texas Site for More AI Chips - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is weighing a new campus in Texas that would add tens of billions of dollars in new investment to the company’s multiyear expansion into chipmaking in the US.
Military Temperature Range Products for Aerospace and Defense Applications - Aerospace and defense electronics require semiconductor components that deliver reliable performance under extreme environmental conditions, particularly wide temperature variations. This article highlights Microchip's high-reliability military portfolio, including microcontrollers, and companion chips...
South Korea’s Monthly Exports Hit Record as Chip Boom Rolls on - South Korea’s exports extended their breakneck growth in September as global demand for artificial intelligence continued to power semiconductor shipments, reinforcing expectations that the trade-dependent economy can withstand higher interest rates.
Crossing Chiplet Boundaries With PCIe Over UCIe - Observe how protocol intent becomes die-to-die activity and how link-state transitions affect transaction behavior. The post Crossing Chiplet Boundaries With PCIe Over UCIe appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering .
Market Model: 2026 Q2 Semiconductor Company Quarterly Financials IDM, Fabless, Foundry, OSAT - TechInsights has compiled quarterly financial data for a sampling of Integrated Device Manufacturers (IDMs), Fabless semiconductor companies, Foundries, and Outsourced Assembly and Test contractors (OSAT) important to the automotive industry. All companies selected are public (private companies are not...
Polymorph-Tunable Spin Texture and Excitonic Structures in Monolayer WSi2P4 - Two-dimensional semiconductors that simultaneously possess a direct band gap and strong spin-orbit coupling (SOC) are highly attractive for quantum optoelectronics. Using first-principles GW plus Bethe-Salpeter equation (GW-BSE) calculations, we show that monolayer WSi2P4-an experimentally accessible...
SBRFP rectifiers cut losses in automotive systems - Diodes’ automotive Field-Plated Super Barrier Rectifiers (SBRFP) provide low forward voltage and low reverse leakage current. The post SBRFP rectifiers cut losses in automotive systems appeared first on EDN .
64-bit soft SoC expands FPGA processing - Efinix offers the Sapphire RV64, a configurable 64-bit RISC-V soft SoC optimized for the company’s Trion and Titanium FPGAs. The post 64-bit soft SoC expands FPGA processing appeared first on EDN .
Latest issue of Semiconductor Today now available - For coverage of all the key business and technology developments in compound semiconductors and advanced silicon materials and devices over the last month see latest issue
Gigaphoton Develops Gas Recycling System for ArF Excimer Lasers - Achieves a 50% neon gas recycling rate and contributes to a stable supply through gas reduction technologies. The post Gigaphoton Develops Gas Recycling System for ArF Excimer Lasers appeared first on Semiconductor Digest .
OpenAI and Synopsys Announce GPT-Synopsys: Frontier Intelligence to Revolutionize Chip Design - Synopsys and OpenAI today announced a strategic partnership that brings together OpenAI's advanced AI capabilities with Synopsys' industry-leading EDA tools and agentic AI capabilities to revolutionize the design of semiconductors. The post OpenAI and Synopsys Announce GPT-Synopsys: Frontier Intelligence...
Cesium atomic clocks: The backbone of precise 5G timing - Cesium atomic clocks support resilient 5G timing with stable autonomous holdover, predictable long term performance, and interference resistance. The post Cesium atomic clocks: The backbone of precise 5G timing appeared first on EDN .
How Will AI Affect Journalism? - Publishers are facing the challenge of finding the right balance between AI-enabled efficiency gains and cost savings and figuring out what sets human-made journalism apart from what machines can do. […] The post How Will AI Affect Journalism? appeared first on Electronics Weekly .
[News] Anthropic Eyes $2T IPO Valuation, $518B AI Buildout Spans Amazon, Google, Broadcom, and More - Anthropic’s IPO filing sheds new light on the AI developer’s growing reliance on a small group of technology partners. According to Reuters, citing a copy of the confidential filing, Anthropic routed 47% of its sales to customers last year through Amazon and Alphabet’s Google, up from 32% in 2......
