Technical Report: Micron Y62E D1γ 16 Gb DDR5 Process Flow Analysis - The Micron Y62E D1γ 16 Gb DDR5 DRAM process flow analysis covers the full fabrication sequence from front-end-of-line (FEOL) through back-end-of-line (BEOL). The analysis is based on reverse engineering, including structural and materials characterization supported by scanning electron microscopy (SEM)...
Thales Advances on Planned Purchase of Exail - Thales and Exail Technologies signed a tender offer agreement last week, following Thales’ announcement last month that it intended to purchase the Paris-based photonics company in full, after acquiring a 35.51% stake. Once the purchase of that stake is finalized, Thales will file the offer, which sets...
SK hynix, SanDisk unveil first HBF standard for AI storage - SK hynix, SanDisk unveil first HBF standard for AI storage The first high bandwidth flash specification aims to ease AI memory bottlenecks by combining HBM-level speed with NAND-based storage capacity. 8/4/2026 - 03:48 AM News Team
IonQ and EPB launch quantum communications center - IonQ and Chattanooga utility and communications provider EPB are establishing the Tennessee Quantum Communications Research Center, a new laboratory…
Dual-Mode Exciton Coupling in Epitaxially Registered Organic-Inorganic 2D Heterocrystals - Two-dimensional (2D) heterocrystals comprising molecules and semiconductors can serve as an ideal platform for studying interfacial excitons and for future optoelectronic applications, yet the energy and charge flow across these atomically sharp interfaces remain unclear. In this work, we investigated...
Corgi On Pace to Launch 500 ETFs In First Year - Bloomberg's Isabelle Lee joins Scarlet Fu and Eric Balchunas on "Bloomberg ETF IQ." Corgi is on pace to launch roughly 500 ETFs within its first year, more than BlackRock accumulated over many years. It already ranks among the largest US issuers by product count and says its eventual goal is 1,000 funds...
EP 186: Mobile Bottlenecks, Skyrocketing AI CapEx, and the Compute Crunch - In this episode of The Circuit, hosts Ben Bajarin and Jay Goldberg break down a packed earnings week across the technology and semiconductor sectors, grouping major updates into key themes around mobile markets and AI infrastructure. They analyze softness in mobile demand alongside severe supply chain...
Open Models, the Memory Tax, and a 24-Hour Market Whiplash: Episode 313 - Patrick Moorhead and Daniel Newman break down a chaotic week that included Jensen Huang's debut on X in defense of open models, a new enterprise agentic reference blueprint from EY, NVIDIA, and LangChain, and a 24-hour market whiplash triggered by a hedge fund's forced liquidation into Citadel. The hosts...
Meta-Optics Developer Strikes Partnership to Add Automated Test Capabilities - MetaOptics Ltd. and Elsoft Research Berhad established a strategic partnership to co-develop and mass-produce the next generation of 12-in. large format precision, high-speed metalens laser writers and leading-edge automatic testers that could sort meatalens across widely applied wavelengths from visible...
Next-gen components power safer, smarter vehicles - New component designs, including LEDs, MCUs, sensors, and power devices, are delivering safer and more reliable vehicles. The post Next-gen components power safer, smarter vehicles appeared first on EDN .
The 2026 Connectivity Gap: Why Sensor-to-Compute Links Are the Real ADAS Bottleneck - As automakers converge on centralized vehicle compute architectures, Valens Semiconductor's Daniel Shwartzberg argues the industry is overlooking the physical layer connecting sensors to those new central processors. The post The 2026 Connectivity Gap: Why Sensor-to-Compute Links Are the Real ADAS Bottleneck...
Mian Quddus to receive Jedec FMS lifetime achievement award - The longtime chairman of the Jedec standards body, Mian Quddus, is to receive the 2026 FMS Lifetime Achievement Award tomorrow. The award will be presented to Mr. Quddus, pictured, at […] The post Mian Quddus to receive Jedec FMS lifetime achievement award appeared first on Electronics Weekly .
ASML Supplier Zeiss Says It Can Handle Demand for Key AI Parts - One of the critical suppliers in the semiconductor industry, Germany’s Zeiss Group, pushed back on investor concerns about bottlenecks in the AI supply chain and said it’s confident it has the capacity to handle booming demand.
Arm’s Cortex A55 ... - Arm’s 5-series cores are meant for tasks where performance barely matters, but power and area efficiency are top priorities. ...
Modular Verification of RTL Processors Against ISA Contracts (MIT, Google, UW) - Researchers from MIT, Google, and University of Washington published a technical paper titled “Granite: A Modular Methodology for Foundational Verification of Hardware-Software Leakage Contracts.” Abstract Excerpt: “Granite is a methodology for modular verification of both functional correctness...
Chip boom reshapes children's career dreams - Chip boom reshapes children's career dreams As AI-driven demand surges, semiconductor careers are drawing growing interest from children, parents, students and job seekers across Korea. 8/1/2026 - 10:00 PM News Team
Probing the Limits: How Material Innovation Is Meeting the Demands of Fine-Pitch Semiconductor Test - New alloys and process innovations are breaking the hardness-conductivity-ductility tradeoff in probe pin materials for fine-pitch semiconductor test. The post Probing the Limits: How Material Innovation Is Meeting the Demands of Fine-Pitch Semiconductor Test appeared first on Semiconductor Digest .
TTD for wideband phased array beamforming: Eliminating beam squint in AESA - True time delay (TTD) techniques address wideband RF challenges by providing frequency-independent delay across the array. The post TTD for wideband phased array beamforming: Eliminating beam squint in AESA appeared first on EDN .
Huawei’s Top Scientist Warns of Chip Limit Nvidia Will Soon Face - Huawei Technologies Co.’s top semiconductor scientist warned of the looming physical limits Western chipmaking giants including Nvidia Corp. face in their pursuit of more powerful processors, in a rare public appearance streamed in China.
Market Data: Automotive Image Sensor Market Share 2025 - The automotive image sensor market maintained strong momentum, achieving over 12% growth in 2025 and solidifying its position as a primary growth driver within the broader CIS market. Driven by the rising penetration of intelligent driving systems, automotive vendors scaled the integration of high-performance...
World’s First Photonic Time Crystal Can Reshape Light in Trillionths of a Second - A world-first photonic time crystal can reshape light almost instantly, opening a path toward ultrafast optical technology. An international research team has created the first experimentally demonstrated all-optical photonic time crystal (PTC), a material whose optical behavior can be altered strongly...
SPIE CEO Kent Rochford to Retire in Early 2027 - SPIE CEO Kent Rochford has revealed his intention to retire from the position, effective Feb. 13, 2027. Rochford has been a member of SPIE’s staff since March 2018. A search committee selected by the board of directors to develop and implement the search and recruitment process will be chaired by SPIE...
Chip Bridges Neuromorphic And Deep-Network Computing (TU Dresden) - Researchers from Technische Universität Dresden and University of Manchester published a technical paper titled “The SpiNNaker2 Chip: A Many-Core Platform for Flexible and Scalable Brain-Inspired Computing.” Abstract Excerpt: The paper presents SpiNNaker2 as a chip that “bridges the gap between...
Picture of the Day: Welcome to the Wind Tunnel - Welcome to Nasa's latest Wind Tunnel, the Flight Dynamics Research Facility (FDFR). The location is the agency's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. The post Picture of the Day: Welcome to the Wind Tunnel appeared first on Electronics Weekly .
NXP Eying Ambarella: Is It About Automotive or Edge AI? - Ambarella has quietly transformed its automotive computer-vision technology to serve edge AI applications. The post NXP Eying Ambarella: Is It About Automotive or Edge AI? appeared first on EE Times .
Self-Driving Cars Have An Aging Problem - AI workloads are pushing automotive sensors harder, forcing engineers to rethink how long safety-critical systems can be trusted. The post Self-Driving Cars Have An Aging Problem appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering .
Unions oppose Gwangju chip workweek exemption - Unions oppose Gwangju chip workweek exemption Korea’s two biggest labor groups condemned a reported plan to ease 52-hour workweek rules for some semiconductor cluster employees in Gwangju and demanded talks with President Lee Jae Myung. 8/3/2026 - 04:24 AM
After stock market whiplash, Korea's chip industry now faces growing China risk - After stock market whiplash, Korea's chip industry now faces growing China risk Even record earnings can't fully shield Samsung and SK hynix, as CXMT's IPO and a lithography breakthrough revive fears of Chinese competition. 7/31/2026 - 05:00 PM LEE JAE-LIM
Won posts biggest monthly gain since 2009 following SK hynix inflows - Won posts biggest monthly gain since 2009 following SK hynix inflows The won was quoted at 1,424 against the dollar on Friday, up 125.4 won from the end of June, the largest monthly gain since March 2009. 8/2/2026 - 12:22 AM
Shedding light on new type of magnetism in quantum materials - Recently, the field of magnetics has seen the proposal of a new class of magnetism called altermagnetism, which could allow advances in miniaturizing and improving RAM architecture in computers. Rice University's Ming Yi, ...
Zeiss dismisses bottleneck concerns - Zeiss says it’s well-positioned to meet rising demand for semiconductor optics despite concerns that the AI boom could create supply chain bottlenecks, particularly for EUV scanners.
How SOCAMM2 Could Reshape Server Memory for AI - As artificial intelligence systems become larger and more demanding, memory is becoming one of the most important constraints in server design. Modern AI workloads do not only require powerful GPUs and accelerators; they also require enormous amounts of data to move quickly and efficiently between memory...
Invest In Junior Engineers - Instead of working out how to replace junior engineers with AI, develop better ways to train and build fresh minds with new ideas. The post Invest In Junior Engineers appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering .
Reduced Dark Current in Cd0.9Zn0.1Te Detector Arrays by Aluminium Oxide Passivation - Contrary to the prevailing view that processing cadmium zinc telluride (CZT) semiconductors above 150 °C leads to irreversible device degradation, here we show that Al2O3 passivation layer deposited by atomic layer deposition at 250 °C not only preserves CZT detector performance but also substantially...
Executive Interview with James Huang of AlChip - I had a chance sit down with James Huang, Director of Engineering at Alchip Technologies, to discuss the company’s recent multi-die packaging achievements and learn about Alchip’s next steps in pushing the boundaries of innovation for next generation AI ASIC.
Connecting students with the future of microelectronics - The 2026 NEMC Hub-sponsored externship gave students access to world-class research, advanced semiconductor manufacturing, and professionals driving innovation across the Northeast.
Synopsys Demonstrates Leadership in AI-Powered Engineering at 2026 DAC Chips to Systems Conference - Purple was in fashion at the 2026 Design Automation Conference, where Synopsys reinforced its position at the forefront of AI-powered engineering. Under the conference’s “Chips to Systems” theme, the company showcased intelligent, end-to-end technologies designed to help the semiconductor industry...
Wafer fab equipment market heads for $220B by 2031 - The global wafer fab equipment market is entering a new expansion phase that will lift annual sales at a 9-percent CAGR from 129 billion dollars in 2025 to almost 220 billion dollars by 2031, according to a new report from market research firm Yole Group.
Make it here, pay less tax: Gov't unveils production credit for chips, batteries - Make it here, pay less tax: Gov't unveils production credit for chips, batteries A 2026 tax package gives domestic production credits for chips, batteries and other key sectors while creating a Korea-only investment account with unlimited tax-free dividend and interest income. 8/3/2026 - 09:04 AM News...
CEO Interview with Chuck McClish of of Lattrex Inc. - Chuck McClish is the founder of Lattrex Inc., a fabless semiconductor startup building Kyttar, an asynchronous, clockless reconfigurable processor for real-time signal processing. He spent 15 years at Microchip Technology in chip design and verification, working across RTL design, UVM verification, synthesis,...
Did the government inflate the stock market too soon? - Did the government inflate the stock market too soon? An editorial warns that tying market gains to President Lee Jae Myung's political fortunes risks deepening investor distrust and hurting retail traders when volatility strikes. 8/2/2026 - 11:01 AM Opinion Desk
Wall Street’s Favorite Bet Comes Undone as Chips Whipsaw Market - The one-way trade in semiconductor stocks that has defined equity markets this year is coming unglued, triggering stomach-churning volatility as investors grow increasingly concerned that the fire-hose of artificial intelligence spending won’t continue.
