How long can government 'omnipotence' continue? (KOR) - How long can government 'omnipotence' continue? (KOR) Punitive housing taxes and risky stock market measures show why Korea must curb intervention and restore market discipline. 9/3/2026 - 09:28 PM Opinion Desk
Omdia: China-Based Panel Makers to Capture 65% of Automotive Display Shipments in 2H26 - China-based panel makers are forecast to account for 65.2% of global automotive display shipments in the second half of 2026, up from 59.0% in the first half, according to new research from Omdia. The post Omdia: China-Based Panel Makers to Capture 65% of Automotive Display Shipments in 2H26 appeared...
HiSilicon T30322 (SMIC 28 nm) and ASR1903_B0 (TSMC 22ULL) 5G RedCap transceivers - China is pushing hard to expand its cellular IoT network, targeting 100 million 5G IoT connections by the end of 2027. Local operators and hardware vendors are already putting this technology to work in industrial applications. While the main global players like Qualcomm and MediaTek currently set the...
How long can government 'omnipotence' continue? - How long can government 'omnipotence' continue? Punitive housing taxes and risky stock market measures show why Korea must curb intervention and restore market discipline. 9/3/2026 - 11:01 AM Opinion Desk
How Many Design Experiments Does A Machine Learning Predictor Actually Need? - Required dataset size and achievable accuracy track how smooth the response is, not model size or number of design variables. The post How Many Design Experiments Does A Machine Learning Predictor Actually Need? appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering .
CHPT spans wafer to system-level testing - Chunghwa Precision Test Tech showcased a range of test interface solutions for AI chips and high-performance computing (HPC) at SEMICON Taiwan 2026, including AI probe cards, memory probe cards, high-pin-count probe cards, and a high-power burn-in board for AI ASICs.
Why press-fit technology continues to expand - As press-fit is deployed across more applications, PCB interconnects must handle increasing levels of integration, power density and connector density, writes Michael Meckl. Figure 1: Cross-sectional comparison of soldered and […] The post Why press-fit technology continues to expand appeared first...
SNU wants to harness the power of AI, but energy limits mean lights out for many labs - SNU wants to harness the power of AI, but energy limits mean lights out for many labs For a host of professors, it's one thing to have GPUs, but entirely another to be able to use them as departments struggle with maxed out server rooms. 9/2/2026 - 06:00 PM News Team
Containing AI Agents With a Will of Their Own - Meta recently open-sourced a capable, large-scale agent model — 30 billion parameters, a rough measure of the model’s size and complexity. It’s free, downloadable, and runs, per Meta’s own benchmarks, on a MacBook Pro with an M4 Max or M5 Max chip and 32GB of memory. Their rationale is that powerful...
Fraunhofer’s Precision Optics to Make Plant Health Visible from Space - How much light do plants emit, and what can this light emission tell us about the health of the plants? The new European Space Agency’s (ESA) mission FLEX, standing for “Fluorescence Explorer,” scheduled to launch in mid-September, will address this question. At the heart of the satellite will be...
Mercedes Spinout Athos Closes Its Doors - The startup was unable to secure the financing required to continue commercialising its chiplet-based technology The post Mercedes Spinout Athos Closes Its Doors appeared first on EE Times .
IP core provides scalable JESD204C connectivity - Achronix now offers a JESD204C IP core for connecting high-speed ADCs and DACs to programmable logic in Speedster7t FPGAs. The post IP core provides scalable JESD204C connectivity appeared first on EDN .
Debugging intermittent Comcast, part 3: Retrospective analysis - Why did some things happen? Why didn’t others? What happened instead? Were some outcomes predestined? And what begs for further study? The post Debugging intermittent Comcast, part 3: Retrospective analysis appeared first on EDN .
What a Die-level Analysis Reveals About Apple's M5 Pro GPU Design - When Apple announced the processor, much of the discussion focused on how the two dies were connected and the role of TSMC's SoIC-X face-to-face (F2F) hybrid bonding technology. The next question is how Apple laid out the GPU die, which we examined in our latest Digital Floorplan Quick Look (DFQ).
When Edge AI Lies: Fault Injection and False State in Live Perception Pipelines - In edge AI, the most dangerous failure may not be a system that stops working, but one that continues operating while quietly accepting the wrong version of reality. The post When Edge AI Lies: Fault Injection and False State in Live Perception Pipelines appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering .
Vexlum Appoints President of the Americas: People in the News: 9/2/26 - Pasqal, a neutral-atom quantum computing company, has selected its board of directors following its Nasdaq listing. The board comprises nine directors and is chaired, in a non-executive capacity, by Pasqal co-founder Alain Aspect, who also serves as chair of its scientific advisory board, with Michel...
Indian Startup HrdWyr Builds AI-Native SoCs for the Physical World - HrdWyr is developing AI-native SoCs for power management, motor control, and other applications where AI meets physical systems. The post Indian Startup HrdWyr Builds AI-Native SoCs for the Physical World appeared first on EE Times .
Top Ten Seniconductor Manufacturing Equipment Companies - With their estimated percentage market shares, these were the top ten semiconductor manufacturing equipment vendors in Q2: % Applied 17-20 ASML 16-19 LAM 14-16 TEL 11-14 KLA 6-8 Naura 3-5 […] The post Top Ten Seniconductor Manufacturing Equipment Companies appeared first on Electronics Weekly .
Exclusive: Sir Robin Saxby Reflects on Impact of AI, Geopolitics, and Retirement - An EE Times exclusive video interview with Sir Robin Saxby, founding CEO of Arm, on industry transformation in the age of AI, geopolitics, and how retirement has allowed him to support new startups. The post Exclusive: Sir Robin Saxby Reflects on Impact of AI, Geopolitics, and Retirement appeared first...
Get Out While You Can Silicon Valley VC Tells AI Founders - “Founders running successful AI companies should all take a cold, hard look at exiting in the next 12-18 months, which may be a value-maximizing moment for outcomes,” says Silicon […] The post Get Out While You Can Silicon Valley VC Tells AI Founders appeared first on Electronics Weekly .
HBM’s Vertical Ascent: Why Packaging Is Becoming the Heart of AI Memory - SK hynix’s Hot Chips 2026 presentation explains how High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) is evolving to meet the extraordinary memory requirements of artificial intelligence. Its central message is that future progress will depend not only on better DRAM circuits but also on advanced packaging, denser vertical...
What’s in the September Issue? - Each issue of Semiconductor Digest has articles found only in the magazine. Click on the links to read the articles in the September issue and pick up an issue in print at SEMICON West! The post What’s in the September Issue? appeared first on Semiconductor Digest .
SK Hynix weighs Kioxia production tie-up in Japan - SK Group chairman Chey Tae-won has raised the possibility of jointly producing semiconductors with Japan's Kioxia, taking SK Hynix's exploration of a Japanese manufacturing base a step further by publicly identifying its NAND rival as a potential production partner.
Vector Photonics to promote PCSELs in datacentres - Vector Photonics, the Glasgow PCSEL pioneer will show, at ECOC 2026, the European Conference on Optical Communication, how its PCSEL laser technology can eliminate communications bottlenecks in AI datacentres. “Optical […] The post Vector Photonics to promote PCSELs in datacentres appeared first on...
The president's escape act (KOR) - The president's escape act (KOR) A columnist argues that President Lee Jae Myung's survival instincts now threaten judicial independence and public standards. 9/2/2026 - 08:54 PM Opinion Desk
QArray+: A physics-informed GPU-accelerated simulator for quantum dot arrays - Semiconductor quantum-dot arrays are a compelling platform for scalable quantum technologies, yet their practical operation is hindered by the complexity of tuning large-scale devices. Existing automation tools rely on simplified physical models---such as constant-capacitance approximations and equilibrium...
Special Report: OmniVision 50MP Resolution Image Sensors for Mobile Applications - This special report summarizes the 2026 analysis deliverables for these 50MP image sensors for mobile applications, which are currently available on our Platform. In particular, the following section highlights the key analysis deliverables for OmniVision’s comprehensive 50MP sensor portfolio across...
Integrated Photonics Firm iPronics Raises $125M, Secures NVIDIA Backing - iPronics, a developer of silicon photonics-based optical circuit switching for AI infrastructure, has secured $125 million in Series B funding co-led by Maverick Silicon and Light Street Capital. NVIDIA joined the round, with participation from new and existing investors, including Triatomic Capital,...
A systematic Approach to constructing a Chance-and-Risk Matrix for Semiconductor Supply Chains - Semiconductor supply chains face escalating risks from geopolitical tensions, geographic concentration, and rapid technological shifts, yet no scalable system continuously extracts, structures, and prioritizes risk intelligence from public corporate disclosures. We present an end-to-end pipeline that...
Chip-fueled budget should pay down debt (KOR) - Chip-fueled budget should pay down debt (KOR) Korea’s record 820.9 trillion won ($598 billion) budget should use semiconductor-driven tax gains to reduce debt and prepare for a downturn. 9/1/2026 - 09:16 PM Opinion Desk
New Twist on the Einstein Problem Reveals Unexpected Physics - Optical structures based on the Smith hat produced unusual light patterns that reflected their lack of mirror symmetry and changed with light direction and polarization. The Smith hat first drew global attention in 2023 because a single tile could cover an entire surface without ever creating a repeating...
Analysts read Nvidia's Hugging Face deal as a hedge, not a software bet - Nvidia's agreement to buy Hugging Face for roughly US$13 billion is being framed by analysts less as a move into software than as insurance against three ways its core business could deteriorate: cheaper open-weight models eroding the frontier labs that buy its chips, those same labs diversifying their...
Technical Case Study: MicroLED Yield Management with Plessey and yieldWerx - Plessey Semiconductors manufactures monolithic MicroLED displays for near-eye augmented-reality systems, where pixel pitch, brightness, uniformity, and defect density directly determine usable yield. Its process integrates device design, epitaxy, wafer fabrication, bonding, and production in one facility....
OpenAI Jalapeño: The Architectural Decisions Behind Its Inference Efficiency - OpenAI Jalapeño's benchmark results have attracted attention, and a closer look at the design choices provides important context for understanding the performance. This article presents TechInsights’ commentary on the decisions disclosed at Hot Chips.
Hackaday Europe 2026: Fluid Kernels and Optimizing C++ for MCUs - Oftentimes, when we’re using a microcontroller, we’re whipping up some very specific code focused on executing a particular task. The device is set up to execute code that does exactly …read more
TechWorks Aligns U.K. Semiconductors Under UKSIA Umbrella - TechWorks corrals U.K. chip groups under UKSIA as funding surges 65% and 700 execs swarm London. The post TechWorks Aligns U.K. Semiconductors Under UKSIA Umbrella appeared first on EE Times .
Where will RISC-V be in 20 Years? Poll Results - All the way back in August 2023, in the midst of a series of posts on the RISC-V architecture, I ran a reader poll on the future of the architecture, with the following introduction:
The president's escape act - The president's escape act A columnist argues that President Lee Jae Myung's survival instincts now threaten judicial independence and public standards. 9/2/2026 - 11:01 AM Opinion Desk
DAC 2026: A Discussion of Who Owns the Intelligence Behind Tomorrow’s Chips and How to Make it Better - The industry is moving from simple documentation chatbots to agentic workflows capable of performing complex, multi-step tasks like design creation, verification, and library characterization. These agents are intended to enhance engineering productivity by roughly 50%. A panel of industry experts met...
Google TPU戰線深化…聯發科加速布局3D IC - AI晶片競賽從先進製程延伸至先進封裝，聯發科加速補強3D IC戰力。隨大型AI ASIC朝Chiplet、HBM與立體堆疊發展，聯發科近期在人力與技術布局同步加碼，相繼延攬台積電前研發副總余振華擔任非全職顧問，以及台積電先進封裝資深處長侯上勇。隨聯發科深入Google...
Finger-friendly DPOT pushbuttons do ups, downs, and dittos - Simple labor-saving circuit remedy comprises just four added passive parts, saves hard-working fingers from unnecessary wear and tear. The post Finger-friendly DPOT pushbuttons do ups, downs, and dittos appeared first on EDN .
Picture of the Day: MAGPIE signs up to be ESA’s first lunar rover - This is what a MAGPIE will look like. At least an artist's impression. Of ESA’s first lunar rover, that is. The European Space Agency (ESA) and ispace-Europe officially sign an agreement for MAGPIE to be the first European rover on the Moon... The post Picture of the Day: MAGPIE signs up to be ESA’s...
EPC ePower Stage ICs target high-performance motor drives - Efficient Power Conversion (EPC) is announcing mass production of its 100 V integrated GaN ePower Stage devices, for high-performance motor drives. The family comprises EPC23108, EPC23109, EPC23110 and EPC23111, and […] The post EPC ePower Stage ICs target high-performance motor drives appeared first...
Multiaxial coreless Hall-effect current sensor for EVs - TI claims to be first to bring out a multiaxial coreless Hall-effect current sensor designed for all hybrid electric vehicle and electric vehicle (HEV/EV) traction inverter applications. The TMCS2100-Q1 sensor […] The post Multiaxial coreless Hall-effect current sensor for EVs appeared first on Electronics...
Why CoaXPress Continues to Lead High-Performance Vision System Design - Choosing the right interface is critical for next-generation imaging systems. Learn how CoaXPress helps designers balance performance, reliability, scalability and system simplicity for applications ranging from factory automation to intelligent edge vision platforms.
