Fish Fry Special Edition: 2026 International Women in Engineering Day - Welcome to our third annual International Women in Engineering Day Fish Fry podcast! My special guests are Laura Mirkarimi from Adeia, Angelica Davila from Penguin Solutions, and Madison Ecklund from Texas Instruments. In this special episode of Fish Fry, we discuss their journeys into the world of high...
[News] Samsung Reportedly Seeks Up to 20% 3Q26 DRAM Price Increase; LPDDR Hikes May Exceed 20% - Samsung is reportedly pushing for another wave of memory price increase in 3Q26. According to ZDNet, Samsung Electronics is negotiating aggressively with customers to raise its third-quarter DRAM average selling price (ASP) by as much as 20% from the previous quarter. An industry source added that ......
Spain’s Semiconductor Landscape: Six Stories from a Growing Ecosystem - EE Times examines the companies, institutes, and policy initiatives positioning Spain within Europe’s next wave of semiconductor innovation. The post Spain’s Semiconductor Landscape: Six Stories from a Growing Ecosystem appeared first on EE Times .
[News] Kioxia Begins BiCS 10 NAND Sampling, Reportedly Targets 2027 Mass Production at Kitakami Fab - Shortly after signaling summer sampling plans for its next-generation NAND, Kioxia on July 3 announced it has begun sample shipments of 1Tb (terabit) TLC (Triple-Level Cell) memory devices based on its 10th-generation BiCS FLASH 3D NAND technology. According to the company, the products will be manu......
WEBINAR: Defacto is Boosting Front-end SoC Design With AI-Powered EDA tools - The real promise of AI in EDA is not to replace EDA tools or reinvent design flows, it is to help engineers accomplish existing tasks even more complex design tasks faster, more safely, and with far less tool expertise than was previously required.
Turkey Needs to Make Its Own Chips, Not Just Design Them - Turkey has built a strong chip design base, but without domestic manufacturing, its semiconductor sovereignty remains on loan. The post Turkey Needs to Make Its Own Chips, Not Just Design Them appeared first on EE Times .
Are Modulated Ultrasound MEMS Speakers the Future of Speakers? - Engineers tend to be traditional. Once we’ve found a way of doing something that works, we can happily keep on doing it the same way for decades. Loudspeakers are a perfect example. Whether they’re found in earbuds, smartphones, televisions, or concert halls, almost all of them still rely on the same...
How 3D Printing is Reshaping the Future of Hip and Knee Replacements - The market for additively manufactured orthopedic implants is accelerating rapidly, driven by demands of biological fixation and personalization. This article explores how additive manufacturing is transforming the hip and knee replacement market.
OpenAI's 5% stake pitch pulls AI deeper into Washington - OpenAI has discussed giving the US government a 5% stake in the company, according to the Financial Times , as the AI developer seeks to ease political pressure over model risks and whether Americans should share in the industry's profits. Reuters said it could not independently verify the report.
Previewing Intel's Q2 Results - Internal demand is skyrocketing, Intel's lead contractor for Ohio is on a hiring spree, and Lip-Bu just hinted at how external foundry volume will ramp (IDM is back)
The interposer-to-PCB realization corridor in CoWoP - Here is why the missing CoWoP challenge is pitch translation from interposer to PCB in this version of advanced packaging. The post The interposer-to-PCB realization corridor in CoWoP appeared first on EDN .
President Lee Jae Myung Announces Yeongnam as Aerospace Hub - This was the third public reporting session held in Yeongnam, following the previous ones in Honam ( semiconductor fab) and Chungcheong (packaging) as part of the follow-up schedule for the "Three Mega
Sony joins MIPI Alliance board - Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation has been approved as the newest Promoter member of the MIPI Alliance, giving the image sensor…
Sponsored Content: Power System Reliability in Extreme Cold with -65°C Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors - Extreme cold environments place unprecedented demands on power systems, making the low-temperature performance of aluminum electrolytic capacitors a critical factor in overall system reliability. I. In extreme cold environments, power system failures are often not caused by the control system. Power system...
Absolute illiteracy about absolute maximum ratings - Stress exceeding the levels prescribed in absolute maximum ratings specifications may lead to chip malfunctions. Key word: may. The post Absolute illiteracy about absolute maximum ratings appeared first on EDN .
Chip Industry Week In Review - S. Korea goes All In on AI; new Dresden power fab; Intel expansion; GM secures memory supply; AI power management funding; mature-node foundry capacity; 300mm fab equipment; McKinsey's map of strategic IC supply; security threats; AI burnout. The post Chip Industry Week In Review appeared first on Semiconductor...
Mouser adds nine franchises - Mouser has signed nine new distribution agreements this year. They are: ELKO EP: Electronic control and automation components for building and industrial systems Evezor: Modular automation and motion control platforms for flexible system design icotek: Cable management and entry systems for industrial...
How MACsec Protects the Vehicles of the Future - As Automotive Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) continue to improve and vehicles become ever more connected, data security is increasingly critical to ensure safety and integrity of the vehicle.
SSDs are hot: Why AI demands micro-cooling - As AI workloads evolve, solid-state drive (SSD) designs are bumping against a critical limitation: heat. The post SSDs are hot: Why AI demands micro-cooling appeared first on EDN .
Key Technology Trends to Watch in Advanced Semiconductor Packaging - Advanced semiconductor packaging has become a central technology platform for high performance computing. For AI and HPC processors, performance depends not only on transistor density, but also on memory bandwidth, I/O density, power delivery, thermal management, and the ability to integrate more functional...
Oxmiq raises $35m to re-architect the GPU - Oxmiq of Campbell, California has raised $35 million to bring its total funding so far to $60 million. Oxmiq is developing a GPU architecture and software for licensing which will work across many industries and workloads. “We would want to be the Arm of this next era,” CEO Raja Koduri told Reuters....
Memory price relief for PC brands is expected to be temporary - Memory suppliers are renegotiating high-bandwidth memory contracts, and PC brands say price increases may slow later this year. For global buyers, that relief could be short-lived, as supply-chain sources warn that shortages tied to artificial intelligence demand are likely to keep memory markets tight...
Chips&Media Strengthens Codec Leadership With Next-Gen AV2 Licensing Deal - Chips&Media has signed a next-generation AV2 video IP licensing agreement with a major North American Big Tech company, marking an important step in the commercialization of the next wave of video compression technology. The deal includes Chips&Media’s AV2 decoder IP along with multi-standard codec...
Engineering Heterogeneity at Scale - AI has outgrown traditional chips. The future belongs to integrated systems that stack compute, memory, photonics, and power, and HLSI is driving the shift. The post Engineering Heterogeneity at Scale appeared first on EE Times .
Operating Optimally with Thermal Management Technologies - Maintaining optimum operating temperatures for applications where overheating and thermal runaway might be a risk is the role of thermal management technologies, which can vary greatly in approach depending on application type. This article covers thermal management for BESS and EVs.
Synaptics Inc. Acquired by onsemi to Capture the Physical AI Opportunity - In an strategic move onsemi has announced to acquire Synaptics Inc. in an all-stock transaction deal. Building on onsemi’s expertise in automotive, industrial and AI data center, the combined platform is intended to position onsemi at the center of Physical AI, with the potential to expand onsemi’s...
Medical demand, multimedia shipments drive Sonix recovery as drone strategy gains traction - With supply chain inventory normalization largely complete, Sonix Technology (Sonix) has seen business momentum recover. The MCU supplier is benefiting from resilient demand for microcontrollers used in medical monitoring devices and steady shipments of multimedia image-processing chips, giving it better...
SEQUANCES: Deciphering the Vulnerabilities of Quantum Cryptography Systems - Quantum cryptography, which promises to significantly enhance the security of communications, has not yet revealed all its secrets. Through the Carnot SEQUANCES project, CEA-Leti has substantially deepened its understanding of these systems by investigating potential physical attacks targeting the optical-to-digital...
Texas Instruments to webcast Q2 2026 earnings conference call - Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (Nasdaq: TXN) will webcast its second quarter earnings conference call on Wednesday, July 22, at 3:30 p.m. Central time. Haviv Ilan, chairman, president and...
Airbus wins ESA’s Aeolus-2 wind sensing satellite contract - Airbus Defence and Space has won the initial contract for the design and build of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Aeolus-2 wind sensing satellite. The agreement was signed, above, at ESA’s UK headquarters ECSAT at Harwell. Airbus built the first Aeolus wind sensing satellite in 2018, providing the...
Fine-Tuning Humanoid Vision And Movement - Ongoing innovations are enabling humanoids to see and move more like humans, while smell and taste technology are also being explored. The post Fine-Tuning Humanoid Vision And Movement appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering .
We chased them into a Coriolis storm. Winds at eight hundred kilometers an hour. Nothing survives such a storm. They're dead. It's a certainty. -Baron Vladimir Harkonnen
