AI Chip Startup Taalas Acquired by AMD - AMD plans to use Taalas chips alongside its GPUs for AI inference, likely as an LLM decode accelerator. The post AI Chip Startup Taalas Acquired by AMD appeared first on EE Times .
Roger Grace MEMS report validates the rising role of AI - Dozens of thought leaders in the 2025 Roger Grace MEMS Commercialization Report Card described the dramatically increasing role of AI as MEMS technology has reached mature status after years of growth. The experts' aggregate grade was B-minus, the same as the prior three years.
Trump Order Sets 15% Tariff on Polysilicon, Solar Panels - President Donald Trump ordered new tariffs as well as price floors on imported polysilicon used in semiconductors and solar panels, warning that US reliance on foreign supplies threatens national security.
Silanna Combines Semiconductor and UV Businesses - Silanna has united its operating companies, Silanna Semiconductor and Silanna UV, under a single corporate identity. The move brings together the company’s expertise in advanced semiconductor technologies and UV LED innovation under one brand.
New Audio SoCs Combine Bluetooth HDT with Dual-RF Technology - Ceva and Actions Technology have expanded their longstanding partnership with the introduction of the ATS296X series, a new family of Bluetooth audio chips designed to bring High Data Throughput technology into commercial wireless products. Powered by the Ceva-Waves Bluetooth HDT platform, the series...
Why Memory & Storage Have Become AI's Most Strategic Infrastructure Layer - Traditional enterprise applications were rarely constrained by memory bandwidth. Storage capacity and processor performance generally scaled together, and commodity DRAM followed predictable pricing cycles driven by supply and demand. See how AI changes that equation entirely.
Drones and more: Bans that harm customers and don’t actually close the door - Attempted prohibitions of foreign-sourced products based solely on theoretical claims only invites domestic-supplier favoritism accusations. The post Drones and more: Bans that harm customers and don’t actually close the door appeared first on EDN .
iBase Solution unit lands U.S. optical module cooling orders after July launch - Industrial computer maker iBase Solution said its new subsidiary, which began operations in July 2026, has already moved into production after completing qualification with US customers. The unit, Coolify Inc., secured orders from several US networking and cloud companies for optical module cooling adhesive...
The AI Genie Is Out of the Bottle and Won’t Go Back - December 2025. Inside an Alibaba-affiliated lab, an agent called ROME, mid-training, quietly diverts GPU capacity for itself and opens a hidden channel to the outside world. Nobody told it to.
CXL controller scales server memory - Montage Technology has introduced the M88MX6852, a CXL 3.2 Memory eXpander Controller (MXC) chip for AI data center applications. The post CXL controller scales server memory appeared first on EDN .
QED Technologies Completes $18.7M Expansion - QED Technologies International has completed a planned expansion to its operations. The company, as previously announced, has added 20,000 sq ft to its University Avenue facility in the Rochester. The manufacturer of advanced capital equipment for precision optics fabrication and metrology has also established...
Processing-in-Memory Simulator Supporting 11 Memory Technologies (Riken, Keio,Los Alamos, ORNL) - Researchers from RIKEN Center for Computational Science, Keio University, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory published a technical paper titled “PIMID: A Full-System Simulator with Intricacy and Diversity for Processing-in-Memory.” Abstract Excerpt: “Processing-in-Memory...
Power Integrations demonstrates 2200V GaN technology - Another evolution in PowiGaN technology has been announced by Power Integrations. The company has announced that the proprietary semiconductor technology is now rated at up to 2200V. The previous highest […] The post Power Integrations demonstrates 2200V GaN technology appeared first on Electronics...
Safeguarding Fab Throughput with AI-Augmented Data Insights - Discover how a Al-infused visual analytics platform empower engineers to solve complex manufacturing challenges for faster root cause analysis. The post Safeguarding Fab Throughput with AI-Augmented Data Insights appeared first on EE Times .
Optical transceivers may follow US import bans on robots, routers, inverters and drones - Following its import bans on Chinese drones, routers, inverters and robots the US government is said to be drafting a ban on optical transceivers, reports Reuters. The move aims to […] The post Optical transceivers may follow US import bans on robots, routers, inverters and drones appeared first on...
Shortlists Named for 2026 VISION Award - Organizers of VISION 2026, set to take place Oct. 6-8 in Stuttgart, have unveiled their shortlist for the VISION Award. The five companies will present their innovations during a one-hour session at the Industrial Vision Days on Oct. 7.
Design Integrity With PolarFire® FPGAs: Built-In Digest Verification - Trusted operation starts with trusted configuration. Explore how our PolarFire® devices perform dedicated hardware-based digest verification to confirm FPGA integrity, support secure system operation and identify both malicious changes and reliability-related faults throughout the device lifecycle.
electronica 2026: Electronics as the Basis of the All-Electric Society - electronica 2026 puts chips, AI, energy efficiency, and cyber resilience at the heart of the all-electric society. The post electronica 2026: Electronics as the Basis of the All-Electric Society appeared first on EE Times .
Narrative: Embedded Computing Processors Q1 2026 – An Uneven Recovery Led by FPGA and Edge AI - This narrative complements the Market Data: Embedded Computing Processors report, providing further insights into market trends for embedded processors. These processors primarily differ from mobile or PC processors in their design priorities and durability. They are typically optimized for specific,...
Pressure-induced Superconductivity in Thermoelectric Semiconductor Mg3Sb2 - …of emerging electronic and phonon transport, superconductivity, and topological transition. Here, we report the discovery of pressure-induced superconductivity in the TE semiconductor Mg3Sb2. Upon the increased pressure, the metallization occurs at 8.7 GPa, followed by a superconducting transition...
Scientists Discover What Makes Hydrogen Go Quantum - The symmetry of vanadium’s crystal structure acts as a switch for hydrogen’s quantum behavior. Inside a vanadium crystal, hydrogen can travel in two very different ways. It may move as a conventional particle that needs enough energy to jump between locations, or behave like a quantum wave that passes...
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Insight: FCC Drafts Ban on Chinese Optical Transceivers in US Datacenters - The US FCC wants to ban US imports of Chinese optical transceivers, especially newer models for 1.6T and above data links used in new AI datacenter equipment. This would have disruptive consequences for the supply chain and increase AI capex costs over the next two years. It could also accelerate the...
AMD to buy Taalas in push for faster AI inference chips - AMD said on August 6 that it has agreed to buy Taalas, a Toronto-based startup focused on specialized AI inference silicon, in a move aimed at improving the efficiency of AI systems worldwide. The deal could help AMD compete in a rapidly growing market where companies need faster, lower-cost computing...
Telechips Returns to Profit in Second Quarter on Strong IVI Chip Sales - Telechips returned to profitability in the second quarter of 2026, driven by increased sales of in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) chips.The company said on Aug. 6 that second-quarter revenue rose 33.6% year over year to 59.2 billion won. Operating profit came in at 3.18 billion won. Operating margin imp
AlixLabs Expands Footprint at RISE ProNano in Lund by 400 Square Meters - AlixLabs AB, a Swedish semiconductor technology company pioneering Atomic Pitch Splitting, APS, today announced that it is expanding its cleanroom space at the Lund-based RISE ProNano lab by 400 square meters. The post AlixLabs Expands Footprint at RISE ProNano in Lund by 400 Square Meters appeared first...
Thermal Management Strategies for Next-Generation AI Chiplets and Photonic Integrated Circuits - AI accelerator packages that dissipated 300-400W in 2020 routinely exceed 700W today, with roadmaps pointing past 1,000W — while the photonic ICs increasingly co-packaged alongside them need temperature stability measured in tenths of a degree. The post Thermal Management Strategies for Next-Generation...
Korea in Race to Keep Chips Edge as China Presses, Minister Says - South Korea risks losing its edge in semiconductors unless it helps chipmakers accelerate investment, as China pours unprecedented resources into the industry and intensifies the global technology race, Industry Minister Kim Jung-kwan said.
MACOM Reports Fiscal Third Quarter 2026 Financial Results - LOWELL, MA, August 6, 2026 – MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. (“MACOM”) (Nasdaq: MTSI), a leading supplier of semiconductor products, today announced its financial results for its fiscal third quarter ended July 3, 2026.
Fable: Not A High Flyer - This was not a high-flier: Moral: All that flies does not fly high The post Fable: Not A High Flyer appeared first on Electronics Weekly .
5 Benefits of Partnering With a U.S. Semiconductor Foundry - Semiconductors sit at the center of modern life. They power vehicles, industrial automation, communications infrastructure, AI data centers, defense platforms, medical technologies, and countless systems that people and organizations depend on every day. As demand…
Industry, labor ministers clash over 52-hour workweek exemption in 'special' zones - Industry, labor ministers clash over 52-hour workweek exemption in 'special' zones The industry chief said the cap stands in the way of growth, citing an experience in China, but his labor counterpart said Korean firms are doing fine as is. 8/6/2026 - 04:41 AM News Team
Beyond the Fab: Building Europe’s Next Generation of Semiconductor Champions - Europe's next semiconductor champions will emerge from design expertise, customer knowledge, and IP—not manufacturing capacity alone. The post Beyond the Fab: Building Europe’s Next Generation of Semiconductor Champions appeared first on EE Times .
Memristive Behavior and Mechanism in Solid-State Nanopores - …to integration of ionic computing circuits and systems. Here, we report memristive behaviors of silicon-based solid-state nanopores (SSNPs) fabricated based on wafer-scale semiconductor processes. The SSNPs exhibit hysteretic current-voltage characteristics with a dependence on voltage sweeping frequency,...
Scientists Expose Hidden Quantum Identity of a Superconductor - Two strongly coupled superconducting states can disguise themselves as a single energy gap in ultrathin materials. Two ultrathin superconductors appeared to have a simple internal structure, but closer measurements revealed something more complex. Instead of relying on one superconducting state, each...
Partnership for Economic Innovation Adds Catherine Côté to its Board of Directors - onsemi VP brings federal and global policy expertise to strengthen Arizona's semiconductor and technology sectors. The post Partnership for Economic Innovation Adds Catherine Côté to its Board of Directors appeared first on Semiconductor Digest .
Engineered atomic interface opens a new path for atomically thin transistors - For more than 10 years, atomically thin semiconductors have been considered among the most promising alternatives to silicon. Only a single atom thick, these materials possess strong electrical characteristics and could facilitate ...
SpaceX beats expectations - Space X had Q2 revenues of $7.8 billion up from $4.1 billion in Q2 2025 in its first quarterly results announcement since its IPO. Losses narrowed to $143 million from […] The post SpaceX beats expectations appeared first on Electronics Weekly .
Astute signs Reyax - Astute Group has signed a new franchise agreement with REYAX Technology. REYAX’s range covers LoRa and LoRaWAN, Bluetooth Low Energy, Wi-Fi, cellular and NB-IoT, NFC and RFID, GPS/GNSS, ultra-wideband (UWB), […] The post Astute signs Reyax appeared first on Electronics Weekly .
Hz to 4-20mA or 0-20mA current source is compatible with grounded loads - Minimal circuit converts input frequency to a precision current source that also accommodates grounded inputs. The post Hz to 4-20mA or 0-20mA current source is compatible with grounded loads appeared first on EDN .
Samsung debuts next-gen memory chips for AI systems - Samsung debuts next-gen memory chips for AI systems The company has unveiled a new zHBM design, offering up to eight times the performance of HBM5, as well as a 400-layer NAND chip. 8/5/2026 - 03:48 AM LEE JAE-LIM
[News] Qualcomm’s Sep. Chip Price Hikes Revealed, Premium Flagships Face Steepest 10–15% Increase - As Qualcomm's planned chip price hikes from September 1 begin to take shape, supply chain sources cited by TechNews say the company is negotiating final pricing with customers, with premium flagship chips expected to see the steepest increases of 10%–15% amid soaring costs. According to TechNew...
A Selective Magneto‐ionic Strategy for Hardware‐level Security - Researchers from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, INRiM, ICN2 and ICREA published a technical paper titled “Voltage-Reconfigurable Magneto-Ionic Nanolayers in Dot Arrays for Probabilistic, Materials-Engineered Security Primitives.” The paper explores “a selective magneto‐ionic strategy for...
Solving the solvent problem - By focusing on electrolytes, MIT scientists are making sodium-metal batteries a more practical energy storage option.
Entegris Announces Changes to Board of Directors - Entegris, Inc., a global leader in advanced materials and purity solutions for the semiconductor industry, today announced the appointment of Robert A. Bruggeworth, President and Chief Executive Officer of Qorvo, to the Board, effective August 3, 2026.
Prediction Seduction - 79% of prediction-market users are losing money, and half (51%) are betting with funds they borrowed, says a report from BadCredit.org. ‘Because Kalshi, Polymarket, and PredictIt have exploded this year, […] The post Prediction Seduction appeared first on Electronics Weekly .
텔레칩스, 2분기 영업익 32억원...3분기 연속 흑자 - 차량용 반도체 설계 기업 텔레칩스가 2분기 실적 개선세를 이어갔다. 텔레칩스는 2분기 연결기준 영업이익 31억 8000만원을 기록했다고 6일 공시했다. 전년 동기 35억 500...
Conference Report: Hybrid Bonding Advances at ECTC Meeting - Dave Lammers surveys how Applied Materials, EV Group, imec, ITRI, Leti, and Tokyo Electron are pushing hybrid bonding past its current limits. The post Conference Report: Hybrid Bonding Advances at ECTC Meeting appeared first on Semiconductor Digest .
IC Cost and Price Model - The IC Cost and Price Model is an end-to-end cost and pricing model for low-power silicon integrated circuits. This model is a manufacturing simulator of wafer fabrication, assembly, and testing. It provides quantitative insights into prices and cost categories including equipment, materials, facilities,...
Trump Readies Tariffs and Price Floor to Help US Polysilicon - President Donald Trump is preparing to impose tariffs and minimum prices on imported polysilicon, a bid to boost domestic production of the material as well as the US semiconductors and solar panels made from it.
White Paper: The Semiconductor Foundation of Modern AI Data Centers - Artificial intelligence AI has become one of the most significant drivers of semiconductor innovation in history. While AI applications often receive the most attention, the underlying hardware infrastructure that enables AI consists of a highly sophisticated ecosystem of semiconductor technologies. Modern...
Practical AI: Don’t Work Harder; Work Smarter - For the past three years, almost every discussion I’ve had about AI processors and accelerators has eventually devolved into someone jumping up and down (metaphorically speaking) waving around bigger and bigger numbers: more parameters, more memory bandwidth, more TOPS, more… well… you name it,...
Narrative: 2026 Q3 Automotive Semiconductor Demand 2024 to 2033 - The latest TechInsights Automotive Semiconductor Demand forecast has now been published as an Online Data Report (ODR). This Narrative examines the key changes in this update, which has been heavily affected by memory shortages and the uncertainty stemming from the politicization of the automotive semiconductor...
Thailand and Malaysia: The AI supply chain's hidden beneficiaries - Thailand and Malaysia: The AI supply chain's hidden beneficiaries The two Southeast Asian markets have exhibited lower volatility: While the Kospi fell 32 percent from its peak, the declines in Thailand and Malaysia were less than half that magnitude. 8/6/2026 - 11:00 AM Opinion Desk
A century-old warning from radio: Is AI listening? (KOR) - A century-old warning from radio: Is AI listening? (KOR) The rise and crash of RCA shows how leverage, not technology, can turn an AI investment boom into financial instability. 8/5/2026 - 08:43 PM Opinion Desk
AI: Friend And Foe For Chip Security - AI has access to every known security paper and powerful tools, but that's not all bad. The post AI: Friend And Foe For Chip Security appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering .
Farnell signs RIGOL - Farnell has signed a distribution agreement with RIGOL Technologies, giving customers across EMEA easier access to high-performance test and measurement equipment. The agreement will help design engineers, research institutions, and […] The post Farnell signs RIGOL appeared first on Electronics Weekly...
The Chip Insider®– Dr. Strange-AI-Guys, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love AI - Inside G. Dan Hutcheson’s latest analysis, the AI-driven semiconductor boom reveals more than surging chip demand, highlighting how structural industry shifts, hyperscaler growth, and the end of Moore’s Law are reshaping the market far beyond typical cycle concerns
Korea’s AI ambitions face talent exodus - Korea’s AI ambitions face talent exodus A World Bank report shows South Korea is losing elite AI researchers even as it pours massive public and private investment into becoming a global AI power. 8/5/2026 - 11:01 AM Opinion Desk
HP buys CXMT DRAM - HP, Asus and Acer have started to use CXMT memory, reports the Nikkei. The notebooks using CXMT chips are not for sale in US markets because CXMT is on the […] The post HP buys CXMT DRAM appeared first on Electronics Weekly .
Infineon forecast surges on AI datacentre PMIC demand - Infineon had fiscal Q3 (calendar Q2) revenue of €4.172 billion for a profit of €797 million, at a margin of 19.1%. For the current quarter revenue is expected to rise […] The post Infineon forecast surges on AI datacentre PMIC demand appeared first on Electronics Weekly .
AI Data Centers Look Beyond Just GPUs - Focus shifts to clusters of heterogeneous processing elements and faster interconnects. The post AI Data Centers Look Beyond Just GPUs appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering .
Jamie Urquhart (1957-2026): Friendly, Supportive, Right to the End - Arm co-founder Jamie Urquhart backed chips, startups, and people to the end—read how his quiet force shaped an industry. The post Jamie Urquhart (1957-2026): Friendly, Supportive, Right to the End appeared first on EE Times .
2026-2027 CMR SOD Precursors - A comprehensive Critical Materials Report (CMR) on SOD precursors (dielectrics) for the semiconductor industry for 2025-2026 including supply chain and market analysis.
Mid-infrared spontaneous and stimulated emission dynamics in black phosphorus - Black phosphorus (BP) has attracted attention as a light-emitting layered semiconductor for mid-infrared (MIR) photonics owing to its direct and thickness-tunable bandgap energy, highly anisotropic optical transitions, and potentially suppressed Auger recombination. However, spontaneous and stimulated...
DAC 2026: Accellera Luncheon Panel on Embracing AI for Advanced Design and Verification - AI was a hot topic at DAC this year. If you attended the event, you’ve already heard about many new tools and systems that aim to improve time to market and quality for advanced semiconductors and systems. I had the pleasure of chairing an Accellera sponsored luncheon panel on Tuesday at DAC that took...
