Semi. Fabs and Clean Rooms 12h ago: Recent activity highlights India's accelerating semiconductor materials and gases ecosystem around new fabs like Tata in Gujarat, with INOX, Stallion, Waaree and others investing in specialty gases and logistics. Samsung's 2nm yield approaching 60%, Taiwan advancing power and water infrastructure for advanced packaging, and Singapore launching its first advanced materials plant for AI demand.
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...
The administration’s 104 trillion won slush fund - The administration’s 104 trillion won slush fund The proposed Future Preparedness Fund lacks clear safeguards, parliamentary oversight or a credible plan for its vast reserves. 10/1/2026 - 11:01 AM Opinion Desk
Hesai FTX LiDAR Design Material Assembly - A Design Material Assembly report focuses on mechanical and assembly features of the product with dimensions and closeup images with call outs of major visible features with description of the identified materials and manufacturing processes. The DMA also covers the construction of the device to show...
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...
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...
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 .
Infineon Eyes Thailand as Potential Semiconductor Production Hub - German chipmaker Infineon Technologies AG sees the potential to eventually start making semiconductors in Thailand, following an investment of 48 billion baht ($1.44 billion) to expand its assembly and packaging footprint in the country.
[News] Micron FY2026 Revenue Surges 256% to $133.2B, Locks In 35%+ of Revenue Through 2030 - Micron closed fiscal 2026 with record-setting growth, fueled by strong memory pricing and surging AI-driven data center demand. According to Investing.com, the company reported fiscal Q4 revenue of $54.2 billion, up 31% sequentially and 379% year over year. Full-year revenue reached $133.2 billion, ......
McClean Report September 2026: Q3 Semiconductor Market Forecast Update - TechInsights’ semiconductor market forecast has been revised upward again this quarter, surpassing the already ambitious forecast that was set in Q2. Semiconductor sales are now forecast to climb 111% in 2026 to $1,803.4 billion. Remarkable semiconductor market growth is expected to continue into 2027...
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.
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 .
Blog Review: Sept. 30 - Quantum computing applications; monitoring shared memory; simulating solid state batteries; trusting ML in automotive; integrating standards. The post Blog Review: Sept. 30 appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering .
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 .
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 .
South Korea Tax Revenue to Hit Fresh Record on Global Chip Boom - South Korea expects its national tax revenue to soar to a record high this year, underscoring the scale of a semiconductor-driven windfall underpinning President Lee Jae Myung’s ambitious investment agenda.
AirPods 5 Are the Least Unrepairable AirPods Yet - We’ve bled for AirPods. We’ve sliced them, melted them, cursed at them. For ten years, Apple’s wireless earbuds have earned a well-deserved 0 out of 10 for repairability. The AirPods…
Why Advanced Chip Packaging Is Becoming a Design Problem - As chipmakers put more computing power into a single system, the challenge extends beyond making individual chips faster. They must connect multiple chips, memory stacks, power supplies, and sometimes optical components in a compact package. In the2026 TSMC OIP Forum talk “ Addressing Inter-Die Complexity...
Managing Power, Performance and Reliability in the Chiplet Era - Next-gen AI accelerators, high-performance processors, and complex computing architectures depend heavily on advanced packaging. Bringing multiple dies, chiplets, high-bandwidth memory, and advanced interconnects together into a single 2.5D or 3D package yields massive performance gains. However, this...
A surprising shift in early admissions - A surprising shift in early admissions The number of early admissions for Korea's new regional doctor track and semiconductor programs signals a possible shift away from medical school fever. 9/29/2026 - 11:01 AM Opinion Desk
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...
Micron's Profit Soars 1,097% on AI Demand - Micron Technology, a U.S. memory semiconductor firm dubbed the “ semiconductor industry weathervane,” has once again shattered its record earnings in the fourth fiscal quarter (June–August).
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.
Multi-Branch Transport in a Back-gated WS _2 _2 Transistor at Deep-Cryogenic Temperature - Two-dimensional materials are promising candidates for electronic applications beyond the operating limits of conventional semiconductor technologies. Within this class, transition-metal dichalcogenides offer attractive properties for field-effect transistor operation, with tungsten disulphide (WS _2...
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 .
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 .
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 .
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 .
Wire pushbuttons in series to simplify DPOT up/down circuit - A curious connection of control buttons makes a simpler-is-better digital potentiometer interface possible. The post Wire pushbuttons in series to simplify DPOT up/down circuit appeared first on EDN .
Ten Best Paid Semi Execs - Thsnks to rentseek for this one – the ten best paid semiconductor executives: Hock E. Tan (Broadcom): $205.3 million Lip-Bu Tan (Intel Corporation): $93.0 million Rene Haas (Arm Holdings): $70.1 […] The post Ten Best Paid Semi Execs appeared first on Electronics Weekly .
Electrically switchable one-dimensional quadrupolar excitons in lateral double heterojunctions - Two neighboring lateral interfaces provide a spatial degree of freedom for controlling one-dimensional charge-transfer excitons within a single semiconductor monolayer. We investigate a type-II WS2-MoS2-WS2 double heterojunction using an effective-mass two-particle Hamiltonian with a screened Coulomb...
Narrative: Global Wearables Vendor Volume Share Q2 2026 - The race for the top wearables spot continues as Apple, Garmin, Huawei, Meta, Samsung, and Xiaomi battle it out. Global wearables shipments grew by an impressive 8% in Q2 2026, after growth in the prior six quarters was preceded by eight consecutive quarters (two years) of declines driven by market saturation,...
ficonTEC Set for Growth as Parent Company Lists on Hong Kong Stock Exchange - RoboTechnik Intelligent Technology, the parent company of ficonTEC, has begun trading on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange following the completion of its Hong Kong listing. The listing represents an important development milestone following its initial public listing in Shenzhen in 2019. Proceeds are intended...
NXP-VIS joint venture weighs second Singapore fab - Visionpower Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (VSMC), the Singapore joint venture between NXP and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS), has begun evaluating a second wafer fab next to its newly opened facility.
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...
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
Infineon Opens Scalable Semiconductor Backend Manufacturing Hub in Thailand - Infineon Technologies AG officially inaugurated its new backend manufacturing site in Bangkok, Samut Prakan, together with Anutin Charnvirakul, Prime Minister of Thailand and Alexander Gorski, Chief Operations Officer of Infineon Technologies. The post Infineon Opens Scalable Semiconductor Backend Manufacturing...
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....
RT OBC-HYPER-POLAR Radiation Performance - Discover how Cavu Aerospace is advancing radiation-tolerant onboard computing with the HYPER-POLAR RT platform powered by Microchip PolarFire® SoC FPGAs.
Meta's Muse lifts server CPU demand, with AMD EPYC orders extending into 2028 - Meta's rapid rollout of its Muse AI agent is emerging as an early test of how agentic AI could reshape server infrastructure demand, with CPU suppliers already seeing longer lead times and AMD's latest EPYC processors reportedly booked deep into 2027.
Memory At The Edge: Non-Volatile Memory Challenges And Requirements For Humanoid Robots - Distributed NVM supports high-endurance telemetry logging, functional safety, and time-sensitive networking where resilience is critical. The post Memory At The Edge: Non-Volatile Memory Challenges And Requirements For Humanoid Robots appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering .
China linked to three quarters of Korea’s chip tech leaks, but prison terms remain short - China linked to three quarters of Korea’s chip tech leaks, but prison terms remain short A review of 20 years of court cases found that three-quarters of Korea’s semiconductor technology leaks were tied to China, with average prison terms under three years. 9/30/2026 - 06:00 PM News Team
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...
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 .
A Robust Hertz-Linewidth Quantum-Dot Coherent Swept Source with Adaptive Self-Linearization - …ranging and microwave radar, creating a common demand for highly coherent and highly linear frequency-chirped sources across the optical and microwave domains. Conventional semiconductor lasers, however, are fundamentally constrained by trade-offs among linewidth, linear tunability, and operational...
2026-2027 CMR Electronic Gases - This Critical Materials Report delivers a cohesive view of the 2026-2027 semiconductor electronic gases materials market, combining demand forecasts, supply dynamics, competitive positioning, and pricing trends. It describes the value chain through profiling key players while identifying critical dependencies,...
Lam’s New Logistics Hub Built for Velocity, Resilience, and AI-Era Growth - Lam Research has opened its largest U.S. warehouse, a 470,000-square-foot logistics hub designed to strengthen the semiconductor supply chain and support demand for AI-enabled technologies. The post Lam’s New Logistics Hub Built for Velocity, Resilience, and AI-Era Growth appeared first on Semiconductor...
Getting ready for 6G networks - 5G-Advanced rollouts add AI/ML, integrated sensing and communication, and non-terrestrial network capabilities. The post Getting ready for 6G networks appeared first on EDN .
AI Needs Revenue, Says Bain - The AI industry needs a killer app – or multiple killer apps – says a report from Bain. The AI industry needs to earn $6 trillion in annual revenue by […] The post AI Needs Revenue, Says Bain appeared first on Electronics Weekly .
