Nvidia gets China boost, Iran ceasefire breaks, GDP release - This week: China allows limited imports of Nvidia H200 chips, the US and Iran resume attacks in the Middle East, and a Chinese submarine fires a test missile into the Pacific Ocean. Next week: Second-quarter GDP numbers come out, CXMT starts mainland IPO, Hong Kong Book Fair opens its doors, and more...
The Energy Barrier Reshaping AI Hardware - During Leti Innovation Days 2026, energy efficiency emerged as AI hardware’s next defining constraint. The post The Energy Barrier Reshaping AI Hardware appeared first on EE Times .
Intel's Long-Term Earnings Power Remains Underestimated - As Pat Gelsinger said during the 2024 financial recast, Intel Foundry only generated enough cash to cover CAPEX during the best days of 14nm. Going forward, Intel Foundry will be much more profitable.
Narrative: Global Cellular Smartwatch Vendor Volume Share Q1 2026 - Global cellular smartwatch shipments returned to growth in the third quarter of 2025 and remained in growth territory in both Q4 2025 and Q1 2026, as newly launched cellular-capable models from several vendors and the introduction of 5G connectivity from Apple drove the uptick. This comes after nearly...
Market Data: Mobile Semiconductors - These market models identifies the major semiconductor inputs as well as corresponding semiconductor vendor revenues for silicon slated for products such as smartphones, tablets and cellular IoT. Timely quarterly market share updates provide actionable market information and industry dynamic commentary...
Panasonic adds PaPIRs+ - Panasonic has expanded its PIR (passive Infra-Red Motion) sensor portfolio with the introduction of PaPIRs+ for building automation and smart infrastructure. PaPIRs+ delivers enhanced detection performance while maintaining the simplicity and reliability of conventional PIR solutions. The PaPIRs+ performance...
We’re One Step Closer to Drag-and-Drop Off-the-Shelf Chiplet-Based Design - Close your eyes and imagine the following scene. No. That won’t work, will it? Let’s try doing this a different way. Keep your eyes open and imagine they’re closed. Visualize a future timeline where you use a GUI to drag-and-drop chiplets onto an active silicon substrate, run simulations and profiling,...
The Architecture Decisions Behind A Production-Ready EDA AI Agent - Building an AI agent that works in semiconductor and PCB design requires solving problems that generic agentic frameworks were never designed to handle. The post The Architecture Decisions Behind A Production-Ready EDA AI Agent appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering .
A Tiny Chemical Trick Could Lead to Much More Powerful Computer Chips - A new plasma chemistry breakthrough could help manufacturers build the next generation of smaller, faster, and more powerful computer chips. Modern computer chips contain billions of silicon transistors, but silicon is nearing the limits of how small and powerful it can become. To keep improving electronics,...
ICEYE Germany forms in Berlin - ICEYE, the specialist in satellite-based SAR imagery (Synthetic Aperture Radar), is formally establishing a German entity with ICEYE Germany, working in both Berlin and Munich. Its German subsidiary will manufacture satellite components, develop software, and establish an AI centre, says ICEYE. Note that...
MEMS Heralds an Overdue Step Change in Switching Technology - Ditch creaky relays: MEMS switches slash heat, power draw and bulk for AI data centers and automation. The post MEMS Heralds an Overdue Step Change in Switching Technology appeared first on EE Times .
Environmental groups call for stop to orbital datacentres - A coalition of environmental groups in the US is calling on the country’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for a “rigorous review” of space-based datacentre proposals. Highlighting a threat of “irreparable environmental harm to our planet”, they say the FCC must provide both oversight...
Chip Industry Week In Review - Micron ups US investments; Apple's $30B deal; Soltice's buy; onsemi divests; diamonds for inspection; fault-tolerant quantum $; analog IMC; patent infringements; Accellera's functional safety standard; 189k workers shortage; USB standards; IC construction roadblocks. The post Chip Industry Week In Review...
NY Creates President & CEO Dave Anderson Statement on Micron Megafab Construction Milestone - “Micron’s announcement that construction is already moving ahead of schedule is exciting for Central New York and for the future of domestic semiconductor manufacturing. This milestone represents tangible progress on a transformational project that will strengthen America’s memory chips leadership...
Micron Accelerates U.S. Investments, Pours First Concrete at New York Fab - Micron raises its planned U.S. investment to more than $250 billion through 2035 and celebrates a construction milestone at what will be the largest semiconductor manufacturing site in U.S. history CLAY, N.Y., July 09, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Micron Technology, Inc.
Carl Sagan’s prescient thoughts on AI and robots - Revisiting the past can cause a range of reactions, such as bemusement at then-embryonic developments and amazement at extrapolation accuracy. The post Carl Sagan’s prescient thoughts on AI and robots appeared first on EDN .
As AI Moves from Training to Inference, Optics Moves Closer to the Chip - Imec researchers argue that co-packaged optics will not be enough for future AI systems, pushing the industry toward 2.5D and eventually 3D optical I/O. The post As AI Moves from Training to Inference, Optics Moves Closer to the Chip appeared first on EE Times .
Analysis: Smartphone Display Panel Market Share Q1 2026 - The smartphone display panel market posted over 1% revenue growth, driven by the adoption of premium flexible OLED panels to meet new flagship smartphone demand during the quarter. The market also saw strategic customer inventory build-up by key customers for supply chain stability. In terms of ranking,...
Unifying Software And Semiconductor Development - Redefining IP lifecycle management by uniting silicon and software to deliver traceability, automation, and AI-ready design flows. The post Unifying Software And Semiconductor Development appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering .
Nvidia's Jensen Huang to revisit Sega roots in Japan as AI PC competition intensifies - Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang will travel to Japan for an event celebrating the US chipmaker's three-decade relationship with Sega, revisiting a partnership that helped Nvidia survive its difficult early years as semiconductor competition expands from data centers to personal computers.
A Super Cheap Desk Toy Becomes a Hackable Desktop Notifier - The GeekMagic SmallTV is as its name suggests, a tiny, vaguely TV-styled, device with a screen, that’s sold as a desktop notifier. Depending on the firmware running on the device …read more
SemiAnalysis EDA Market Primer – Market Dynamics, Cadence, Synopsys, Siemens, China EDA Rise - Electronic Design Automation, or EDA, is the software infrastructure that transforms a hardware specification into a manufacturable integrated circuit. At advanced process nodes, the problem is no longer simply drawing transistors or connecting gates. A modern system-on-chip contains billions of standard...
Micron Announces Up to $3 Billion Strategic Investment - Investment supports GlobalWafers’ U.S. wafer manufacturing expansion and other strategic investments for long-term supply assurance. The post Micron Announces Up to $3 Billion Strategic Investment appeared first on Semiconductor Digest .
See Autonomous Chip Design in Action with ChipAgents at DAC 2026 - For decades, semiconductor innovation has been constrained not by imagination, but by engineering capacity. While transistor density has continued to advance, the process of building chips has remained fundamentally manual, fragmented across specifications, RTL, verification, debugging, coverage analysis,...
Hybrid capacitors target automotive power - Taiyo Yuden has introduced the HVX(-K) and HTX(-K) series of AEC-Q200-qualified conductive polymer hybrid aluminum electrolytic capacitors. The post Hybrid capacitors target automotive power appeared first on EDN .
CXL Type 3: Tooling and boot path from power-on to usable memory - Here is a sneak peek of the CXL Type 3 memory expanders’ tool ecosystem and these tools’ full boot sequence. The post CXL Type 3: Tooling and boot path from power-on to usable memory appeared first on EDN .
Furiosa installs RNGD architecture in Equinix Lisbon datacentre - Furiosa AI, the Korean inference IC startup, is currently installing its RNGD (Renegade) architecture servers at datacentre operator Equinix’s Lisbon centre. The installation will enable European enterprises to evaluate the performance of Furiosa’s architecture on AI models. Furiosa’s RNGD inference...
