Where Korea’s economy will be won in the AI era (KOR) - Where Korea’s economy will be won in the AI era (KOR) Korea’s AI strategy overweights chips and data centers, and says productivity, talent and manufacturing-based AI will decide the country’s future. 8/11/2026 - 08:59 PM Opinion Desk
Agentic AI, Multi‑Physics, and Standards Will Redefine Chips Design - Agentic AI, brutal physics bottlenecks, and standards are remaking chip design from silicon to systems. The post Agentic AI, Multi‑Physics, and Standards Will Redefine Chips Design appeared first on EE Times .
Market Data: Image Sensor Market Share 2025 - The image sensor market expanded by over 10% year-over-year in 2025, as demand for advanced imaging sensors remained strong across mobile, automotive, industrial, security, and emerging applications. Growth was driven primarily by premium CMOS image sensor demand for smartphones, increased sensor content...
Where Korea’s economy will be won in the AI era - Where Korea’s economy will be won in the AI era Korea’s AI strategy overweights chips and data centers, and says productivity, talent and manufacturing-based AI will decide the country’s future. 8/11/2026 - 11:01 AM Opinion Desk
Why Edge AI Demands Companion Silicon - Lattice's Hussein Osman frames the next phase of edge AI as a reliability-at-scale problem rather than a raw-performance one. The post Why Edge AI Demands Companion Silicon appeared first on Semiconductor Digest .
삼성전자, 1나노부터 고개구율 EUV 기술 적용 - 삼성전자가 이르면 오는 2030년께 상용화될 1나노미터(nm) 공정부터 노광 기술 혁신에 나선다. 차세대 극자외선(EUV) 기술인 '고개구율(High-NA) EUV'를 1나노에...
Nanya set to become ASML’s newest EUV customer - Taiwanese memory maker Nanya Technology is preparing to join the group of chipmakers using EUV lithography, giving ASML another customer for its flagship exposure systems.
Brokerages slash Samsung, SK hynix price targets - Brokerages slash Samsung, SK hynix price targets Brokerages began lowering their price targets in late July due to concerns that the commodity chip market had peaked and China's push to produce semiconductor lithography equipment domestically. 8/11/2026 - 03:23 AM News Team
Toshiba adds to digital isolators - Toshiba has expanded its standard digital isolator line-up with the DCL54xx01A series, comprising ten quad-channel devices that support data rates of up to 150 Mbps and operate at temperatures up […] The post Toshiba adds to digital isolators appeared first on Electronics Weekly .
Amkor Is Said to Explore Stake Sale in $1.5 Billion China Unit - Amkor Technology Inc., a provider of outsourced semiconductor assembly and testing services, is considering options including selling a stake in its China business, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
Special Report - Compliance Monitor Commentary: The U.S. Turn Toward Frontier AI Regulation - The United States has long been the exception to the global sovereign AI trend, with most major governments prioritizing AI autonomy since ChatGPT's launch while Washington favored a hands-off approach. That has now changed. This commentary examines why the U.S. has pivoted toward actively regulating...
DAC 2026 Wrap-Up: AI-Powered Engineering Moves from Vision to Workflow Reality - Explore Cadence IP Every year, Design Automation Conference (DAC) brings big announcements, packed demos, and deep technical conversations—and this year at DAC 2026, the inflection point was AI moving from point-task assistance to workflow-level autonomy. Across a week of high-energy …
Electrical Failure Analysis (EFA) of Integrated Circuits - When an integrated circuit fails, one of the first questions is: How is the device failing electrically? A chip may exhibit excessive leakage current, a short circuit, an open connection, abnormal supply current, a parametric shift or a complete functional failure. Before engineers physically cut into...
Musk hints at free-electron laser EUV source tech for Terafab - Terafab, the joint chipmaking venture by SpaceX and Tesla, may adopt free-electron lasers (FELs) to produce EUV light rather than the laser-produced plasma sources currently employed by ASML.
DAC 2026: How Undo Makes AI for Chip Design Work Better - DAC was abuzz this year with new AI-fueled approaches to chip design and debug. New tools powered by deeply trained models opened substantial possibilities to deliver higher quality designs much faster, potentially with less resources. Every new technology has its risks. For AI-driven chip design some...
High current and sense SPST switching family - Pickering Interfaces of Clacton-on-Sea, the supplier of modular signal switching and simulation solutions for electronic test and verification, has introduced the 60-191 LXI high current & sense SPST switching family. […] The post High current and sense SPST switching family appeared first on Electronics...
Sony, TSMC to Invest $6.4 Billion in Japanese Sensor Plant - Sony Group Corp. and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. are in talks to spend a combined ¥1 trillion ($6.4 billion) on their planned image sensor factory in Japan, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: Aug. 10 - Ultrafast optical switching in doped semis; PIM simulation; foundry-compatible silicon photonics MEMS switching; GPU-accelerated switching-power analysis; neuromorphic computing; magneto-ionic HW security; bond front velocity; measuring heat movement. The post Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: Aug....
DACRI: Decision-Aware Causal Intervention Ranking for Critical Supply Chains - …Relative to a full-information train-selected static benchmark, LambdaMART improves median normalized net value by 5.7--16.2\%, with paired statistical support on the semiconductor and critical-material archetypes but not on digital infrastructure. On digital infrastructure, a domain-informed constant-buffer...
Stable Glasses of Organic Semiconductor Resist Crystallization - …By controlling the deposition temperature, resistance towards crystallization can be enhanced by at least a factor of ten in PVD glasses of the model organic semiconductor Alq3 (Tris(8-hydroxyquinolinato) aluminum). PVD glasses of Alq3 first transform into a supercooled liquid before crystallizing....
Record high wafer shipments. Can fabs keep pace? - While fabs continue to expand 300-mm capacity, industry's next challenge is ensuring that materials, packaging, and logistics can keep pace. The post Record high wafer shipments. Can fabs keep pace? appeared first on EDN .
Standards-Compliant 112G PHY for Linear Optics: Driving Efficient AI Infrastructure - 112G PHY IP for linear optics to reduce power, latency and thermal load for high-speed data movement in AI and data center systems. The post Standards-Compliant 112G PHY for Linear Optics: Driving Efficient AI Infrastructure appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering .
Google Pixel 11 Analysis | Upcoming Teardown - Every Pixel launch resets expectations for the rest of the Android market. Get the full Pixel 10 teardown now and see the BOM, component sourcing, and design choices the Pixel 11 must top.
Presidential office ducks leadership on 52-hour workweek dispute - Presidential office ducks leadership on 52-hour workweek dispute The presidential office is undercutting its semiconductor push by avoiding making a clear decision on 52-hour workweek exemptions for megaprojects. 8/11/2026 - 11:01 AM Opinion Desk
TDK vibration-resistant axial capacitors for 125 V - Addressing what it sees as increasing demand for compact and high-ripple-current DC-link capacitor banks, TDK is expanding its axial/soldering star-aluminium electrolytic capacitor lineup. This is both adding 125 V-rated components […] The post TDK vibration-resistant axial capacitors for 125 V appeared...
Sony takes control of TSMC image sensor JV; volume production set for 2029 - TSMC and Sony Semiconductor Solutions have signed a legally binding definitive agreement to establish Advanced Vision Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation, a joint venture in Koshi City, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, that will develop and volume-produce next-generation smartphone image sensors on advanced...
[News] TSMC’s 5.5-Reticle CoWoS Reportedly Tops 99% Yield; Flags Memory, ABF as AI Bottlenecks - Amid surging demand for advanced packaging, TSMC Vice President of Advanced Packaging Technology and Services Jun He highlighted the company’s latest CoWoS advances at the 2026 OCP APAC Summit today. According to TechNews and the Economic Daily News, TSMC’s 5.5-reticle-size CoWoS is now in volum......
LX Semicon Begins Supplying Automotive MCUs to Hyundai Motor and Kia - LX Semicon has begun supplying automotive semiconductors to Hyundai Motor and Kia, marking the first major achievement from a new business initiative launched four years ago to diversify beyond display driver ICs (DDIs).The company said on Aug. 10 that it has been supplying its automotive microcontr
Failure Analysis HW Enables System-Level Debug For 3D ICs (Google, TU Delft) - Researchers from Google and Delft University of Technology published a technical paper titled “Innovative FA Hardware Solution to Enable System-Level Debug of 3D ICs.” Abstract Excerpt: “This paper presents a novel Failure Analysis (FA) hardware and sample preparation solution that enables System-Level...
Baillie Gifford’s McPadden Backs TSMC, SK Hynix Over China Chips - Baillie Gifford & Co.’s Paulina McPadden said companies like Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and SK Hynix Inc. hold near-monopoly positions in advanced chip manufacturing that China will struggle to match, even as Beijing mobilizes its stock and bond market to fund its AI ambitions.
Six Five Pod Ep. 314: TerraFab, Memory's Comeback, and the Custom Silicon Debate - Patrick Moorhead and Daniel Newman cover Tesla and SpaceX's $16.8 billion TerraFab chip factory, Samsung's zHBM debut at FMS 2026, a week of frontier model launches, and a simulated debate for “The Flip” over whether custom silicon will capture the majority of AI workload dollars by 2028. The episode...
U.S. Startup Fields Quantum Sensors to Reduce Reliance on GPS - GPS spoofing is a sitting duck; Dirac’s quantum sensors aim to navigate air, sea, and tunnels without satellites. The post U.S. Startup Fields Quantum Sensors to Reduce Reliance on GPS appeared first on EE Times .
Multiplexed OCT Captures Corneal Biomechanical Events as They Unfold - In a step toward more accurate assessment of corneal biomechanics, an international research team developed an OCT system that measures dynamic corneal deformation at one central and eight peripheral points in the cornea simultaneously, following a multi-spot air-puff stimulus. The new system could allow...
[News] Chinese Firms Double Down on High-End PCB, with Total Investment Exceeding RMB 2.7 Billion - Recently, Shenzhen MTC and Guangdong Ellington Electronics have successively advanced their presence in high-end printed circuit boards (PCBs). Focusing on key application segments such as Mini/Micro LED, optical communications, and AI servers, both companies are accelerating the expansion of their ......
Korea urged to tighten risky ETF rules (KOR) - Korea urged to tighten risky ETF rules (KOR) After a sharp Kospi sell-off tied to single-stock leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETF), Korea needs stronger disclosures, tougher safeguards and faster regulatory action. 8/9/2026 - 08:28 PM Opinion Desk
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Get Mannerisms, Gadget Master, the Daily and the Weekly, in newsletter form - Let our content come straight to you! Easily digestible newsletter emails straight to your inbox. And all the newsletters are mobile optimised. The post Get Mannerisms, Gadget Master, the Daily and the Weekly, in newsletter form appeared first on Electronics Weekly .
Light Polarization Sensitive Transistor Action in the van der Waals ferroelectric 4H-SnS2 - Van der Waals (vdW) ferroelectric semiconductors provide a unique platform for exploring the interplay between spontaneous polarization, electronic transport, ion migration, and photocarrier generation at the nanoscale. Here, we establish a room-temperature ferroelectric state in SnS2 and its sensitivity...
Competition between local magnetic disorder and altermagnetism in doped FeSb _2 _2 - Recent experimental reports suggest that the narrow-gap nonmagnetic semiconductor FeSb _2 _2 can be transformed into an altermagnetic metal through Co doping (Co _{0.15} _{0.15} Fe _{0.85} _{0.85} Sb _2 _2 ), or into a magnetically disordered or short-range-ordered state through Cr doping (Cr _{0.15}...
Narrative: Global Smartphone Vendor and OS Market Share by Region – Q2 2026 - Global smartphone shipments fell 7.4% year-on-year in Q2 2026, more than three times the rate of decline recorded in Q1. The Q1 story was an entry-level squeeze. Q2 is broader: OPPO, a mid-tier vendor, swung to a double-digit YoY decline, and Honor’s Q1 claim that geographic diversification had insulated...
Siemens and NVIDIA tout Agentic AI - Siemens has EDA tools and flows, NVIDIA has AI infrastructure, so what happens when these two companies collaborate? I’m at DAC 2026 and all the buzz this year is Agentic AI, so an came out on Sunday evening about how semiconductor and PCB design flows are being improved by this teamwork. Amit Gupta...
China drinks twice as much beer as USA - China is the world’s leading producer of beer, according to the latest BarthHaas Report. In 2025, the country’s output stood at 354 million hectolitres of beer. A hectolitre is equivalent […] The post China drinks twice as much beer as USA appeared first on Electronics Weekly .
Compal Opens Daxi AI Server Manufacturing Center - Compal Electronics today held the opening ceremony for its Daxi AI Server Manufacturing Center, officially launching next-generation AI server manufacturing capacity. The post Compal Opens Daxi AI Server Manufacturing Center appeared first on Semiconductor Digest .
Rokid AI AR Smart Glass (RV101) Deep Dive Teardown - The Rokid AR Smart Glass is a smart glasses purchased from the (world) market. The Rokid AR Smart Glass is designed with a Qualcomm Snapdragon AR1 Gen 1. Announced at IFA 2025 in Berlin. The new Rokid AI AR Smart Glasses weigh less than 50 grams, have a Sony 12 MP first-person camera. The AR smart glasses...
Global semiconductor market doubles in H1 2026 - The global semiconductor market generated 702 billion US dollars in revenue during the first half of 2026, more than doubling compared with the same period a year earlier, according to the latest figures from the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics organization.
Gyeonggi’s fiscal crisis stems from unchecked spending - Gyeonggi’s fiscal crisis stems from unchecked spending Gyeonggi Province’s emergency budget warning highlights how years of expanding welfare and debt-financed spending can destabilize local governments across Korea. 8/11/2026 - 11:01 AM Opinion Desk
Agentrys Launches Agentic Design Automation at DAC 2026 - There were many new agentic design flows introduced at DAC this year. Some from mainstream providers and others from new startups. The increased level of activity around this technology was good to see. Most of the approaches presented at the conference were targeting specific parts of the flow. Verification...
Lee orders Gwangju Air Base cleared for chip complex by mid-2028 - Lee orders Gwangju Air Base cleared for chip complex by mid-2028 President Lee Jae Myung told the Defense Ministry to shift Gwangju Air Base operations by mid-2028 to speed construction of a massive semiconductor complex backed by Samsung Electronics and SK hynix. 8/10/2026 - 06:13 AM News Team
From Silicon To Systems: Redefining Competitive Advantage, Part 1 - Semiconductors are evolving from a product industry into an ecosystem industry. The post From Silicon To Systems: Redefining Competitive Advantage, Part 1 appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering .
Europe Needs Government Support For Data Processing - The need for Government support in Europe for automatic data processing was stressed by Mr. B. A. Maynard, of Cooper Brothers, when he spoke on Monday about the DEEC report […] The post Europe Needs Government Support For Data Processing appeared first on Electronics Weekly .
Synopsys and Intel Foundry Enable System-Level Design on Intel 14A - Synopsys and Intel Foundry are expanding their collaboration to accelerate customer adoption of Intel 14A, connecting advanced process technology with production-ready electronic design automation, silicon intellectual property, multiphysics analysis, and multi-die integration. Announced at the 2026 DAC...
Conference Report: System Level Thinking Needed in AI Era - Progress on Perf/Watt and Perf/TCO now depends on co-optimizing compute, memory, and interconnect as a system, not as separate scaling problems The post Conference Report: System Level Thinking Needed in AI Era appeared first on Semiconductor Digest .
Starlink – Elon’s Cash Cow - SpaceX has significantly boosted its EBITDA driven primarily by its Starlink satellite internet service. In the second quarter of 2026, the company posted an unadjusted profit of $3.5 billion, up […] The post Starlink – Elon’s Cash Cow appeared first on Electronics Weekly .
Component and layout rules for USB-C, PD, and CMTI - Here are the essential design clues regarding USB component choices, layout constraints, and rule-of-thumb design practices. The post Component and layout rules for USB-C, PD, and CMTI appeared first on EDN .
SK hynix workers move to merge three unions into one over bonus fight - SK hynix workers move to merge three unions into one over bonus fight More than 4,000 SK hynix employees are organizing a single independent union after management reopened a profit-sharing deal that had united office and production workers in protest. 8/10/2026 - 02:34 AM News Team
EP 187: Inside the Future of Memory Summit & AMD’s "Boring" Bullishness - n this episode of The Circuit, Ben and Jay unpack a busy week of tech earnings and the buzzing Future of Memory Summit. The hosts kick things off by analyzing AMD’s latest earnings, discussing why the street had a mixed reaction to a quarter that demonstrated solid, reliable execution and surprisingly...
