Semi. Fabs and Clean Rooms 4½h ago: Recent X posts highlight strong AI-driven demand for semiconductor capacity, with Samsung planning a triple-fab redesign at Pyeongtaek P5 for 50%+ capacity boost, Wafer Works expanding to 100k wafers/month, and India advancing multiple fab projects including Micron and Tata. Yield improvements via lab upgrades at Samsung and SK Hynix are also noted amid high utilization.
Quantum technologies rush out of US labs to match China’s growth - The Trump administration is pushing US quantum information science and technologies (QISTs) out of the lab as the first products mature, more private investment arrives, and Washington strives to match […] The post Quantum technologies rush out of US labs to match China’s growth appeared first on...
Op-amp input filtering can cause instability without proper compensation - It’s important to use feedback capacitors to stabilize the circuit when using a capacitive filter across the input pins of an op amp. The post Op-amp input filtering can cause instability without proper compensation appeared first on EDN .
Is software still the point? - In a few years, nobody will write software. Software as the artifact we fuss over, the thing we hire around, protect, refactor and treat as the crown jewels, is on its way out, Jan Bosch asserts provocatively.
Self-Publishing a Book Is Easier (and Harder) Than You Think (Part 2) - As you may recall, we ended Part 1 of this two-part series in proud possession of our book manuscript in Word and our front and back covers as PNG files. All that remains is to actually publish the little scamp, a process with certain foibles that need to be overcome. In my case, I wished to publish both...
CACI Opens Defense-Oriented Manufacturing Site in Rochester - CACI International has opened its CACI Manufacturing Center of Excellence for Defense Electronics in the Greater Rochester, N.Y. area. The 61,000 sq ft facility boosts CACI’s manufacturing space by more than 300% and will serve as a hub for the development, test, assembly, and delivery of advanced electronic...
[News] SK hynix Unveils CPO Roadmap, Looks Beyond HBM to AI Infrastructure - SK hynix is moving from a memory supplier to a bigger role in the AI infrastructure. According to the company, it has teamed up with leading researchers worldwide to lay out a roadmap for co-packaged optics (CPO) in the journal Nature Electronics. Notably, beyond its HBM leadership, SK hynix’s ...
High-end PCB supply tightens as CCL expansions face delays - As AI applications demand faster data transmission from PCBs, M8 and higher-grade copper-clad laminate (CCL) materials are becoming increasingly mainstream in server boards. The shift is creating a supply gap, prompting suppliers in Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and China to race to add capacity for higher-margin...
Mini Blinking Barrels Keep Desktop Traffic in Check - Your desk or bench is a work area, so why not make it look the part? That’s the idea behind the miniature blinking traffic barrels that [Glen Akins] recently put …read more
Menlo Microsystems Appoints Richard Simoncic as Chief Executive Officer - Former Microchip COO brings 35 years of semiconductor scaling experience as Menlo Micro expands commercial adoption across AI infrastructure and high-growth markets. The post Menlo Microsystems Appoints Richard Simoncic as Chief Executive Officer appeared first on Semiconductor Digest .
IBM Makes Quantum Cryogenics Modular, but Scaling Problems Remain - IBM’s new cryogenic architecture tackles one obstacle to fault-tolerant quantum computing, while exposing wiring, control, interconnect, and reliability challenges. The post IBM Makes Quantum Cryogenics Modular, but Scaling Problems Remain appeared first on EE Times .
Won breaks below 1,400 per dollar - Won breaks below 1,400 per dollar The won reached its strongest level in more than 10 months as weak U.S. data eased expectations of a September Federal Reserve rate hike. 8/19/2026 - 02:20 AM News Team
Analysis: Automotive Software Market Outlook for the SDV - TechInsights examines the automotive software market as vehicle architectures transition from distributed, hardware-centric designs to centralized and zonal software-defined platforms. The report assesses how architectural consolidation is increasing demand for embedded software, middleware, virtualization,...
HANMI Semiconductor To Invest in Its Largest-Ever 8th Production Facility - HANMI Semiconductor today announced that it will acquire a factory from Mercury Co., Ltd., located in the Juan National Industrial Complex in Incheon. The post HANMI Semiconductor To Invest in Its Largest-Ever 8th Production Facility appeared first on Semiconductor Digest .
Success of three megaprojects hinges on execution - Success of three megaprojects hinges on execution Semiconductor, AI and robotics investments can reshape Korea only if phased planning, market discipline and regional talent development prevent costly overinvestment. 8/18/2026 - 11:01 AM Opinion Desk
Open Compute Project Initiates Lightmatter-Led CPO Project - The Open Silicon Photonics for AI Systems initiatives has launched as an official workstream within the Open Compute Project (OCP), Lightmatter announced. The coalition now includes nine new and ten founding member companies, including Celestica,...
Qorvo’s Dr. Peter Zampardi Named IEEE Fellow - Qorvo® (Nasdaq: QRVO), a leading global provider of connectivity and power solutions, today announced that Dr. Peter Zampardi, Fellow in Qorvo's GaAs Development organization, has been named an IEEE Fellow, one of the highest distinctions awarded by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers...
Power, water supply won't delay national chip fab push: Environment Minister - Power, water supply won't delay national chip fab push: Environment Minister Environment Minister Kim Sung-whan said the government will secure water and electricity for planned semiconductor fabs while seeking public input on nuclear power and grid expansion. 8/18/2026 - 06:00 AM SARAH CHEA
Where Is Our North Star? - Was this why the president bowed to semiconductor CEOs who achieved remarkable success, calling them national heroes, and shouted, “We are family,” with AI industry leaders in Silicon Valley?
At 0.8 nanometers, carbon film may replace two layers in future chip wiring - As transistors inside microchips continue to shrink, the metal wiring that connects them is becoming a growing obstacle to faster, more energy-efficient chips. Narrower wires have greater electrical resistance, while smaller ...
Industry minister says 'meaningful progress' achieved in talks with U.S. - Industry minister says 'meaningful progress' achieved in talks with U.S. Seoul and Washington made meaningful progress on a strategic energy investment project, with a final agreement expected next month. 8/20/2026 - 08:36 AM
Don’t Scrap It, Save It: Feedforward Control For Modern Semiconductor Manufacturing - By measuring each wafer after lithography and adjusting the next etch step, fabs can pull more wafers back into spec. The post Don’t Scrap It, Save It: Feedforward Control For Modern Semiconductor Manufacturing appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering .
Toshiba sampling Arm Cortex-M4 MCUs - Toshiba has engineering samples of the TXZ+ Family Entry-Class M4V Group of standard microcontrollers. Featuring an Arm Cortex-M4 core with a floating-point unit (FPU) operating at up to 80MHz, the […] The post Toshiba sampling Arm Cortex-M4 MCUs appeared first on Electronics Weekly .
Global Smartphone Vendor Market share for 15 Countries: Q2 2026 - Global smartphone shipments turned to the negative growth again in Q2 2026, by -7% YoY. Many Chinese Android OEMs struggled and fell annually while Apple, Samsung, and Huawei saw annual shipments growth. Samsung and Apple became the number one smartphone vendors in six countries each while Xiaomi became...
Fiber Nonlinearity Compensation of Coherent Signals Using Deep Photonic Reservoir Computer - …equalization of coherent 16-level quadrature amplitude modulation (16-QAM) signals using a deep PRC in experiment. The deep PRC consists of cascading injection-locked semiconductor lasers with optical feedback loops. For 16-QAM signals with a transmission rate of 240 Gbps and a launch power of 12 dBm,...
Smart modules bring Android 16 to IoT designs - Quectel’s 4G SH602FA and 5G SE505FE smart modules feature built-in Android 16 to accelerate industrial and commercial IoT development. The post Smart modules bring Android 16 to IoT designs appeared first on EDN .
Smartphone Apps Processor Market Tracker - Q2 2026 - The global smartphone applications processor (AP) market declined 13 percent year-on-year in unit growth during Q2 2026 with corresponding revenue decrease of 13 percent year-on-year. Smartphone market will increasing be defined by the success of flagship devices and adoption of generative AI and the...
TekSiC Reaches Key Milestones - TekSiC AB today announced significant progress in the development of semi-insulating silicon carbide (SI-SiC) a material Europe currently lacks the domestic capability to manufacture commercially, and one that underpins some of the most demanding RF and power electronics used in space, defence, and next-generation...
proteanTecs Unveils Advanced Packaging Solutions - Integrates per-chiplet visibility from pre-assembly screening through SiP production and in-mission operation, helping customers reduce costly packaging failures and optimize multi-die system power/performance. The post proteanTecs Unveils Advanced Packaging Solutions appeared first on Semiconductor Digest...
Single sideband radio meets LMC555 beat frequency oscillator - This basic beat oscillator makes continuous wave keyed code and single sideband suppressed carrier signals audible. The post Single sideband radio meets LMC555 beat frequency oscillator appeared first on EDN .
Azalea Vision Appoints CEO: People in the News: 8/19/26 - Azalea Vision, a healthtech company, appointed Andrés Vasquez Quintero, co-founder and CTO, to CEO, while continuing his duties as CTO. The transition is part of Azalea Vision’s plan to advance its smart contact lens platform into...
The Future Of AI Compute Won’t Run On Just One Kind Of Chip - Power, token cost, interconnects, and software orchestration are pushing data centers toward heterogeneous clusters built from CPUs, GPUs, NPUs, optics, and custom accelerators. The post The Future Of AI Compute Won’t Run On Just One Kind Of Chip appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering .
Photochromic Molecular Switch Charts a Course to Responsive Material Development - Photochromic materials undergo reversible, tunable changes when exposed to light, providing a potential route to responsive materials for applications in optical data storage, logic gates, and molecular electronics, for example. However, to support responsivity, photochromic behavior requires thermally...
US Stocks Fall as Rising Oil Prices, Yields Offset Chip Gains - US stocks dropped on Monday as long-term Treasury yields extended their recent climb and oil ticked higher. Chipmakers notched gains as details of Anthropic’s surging sales growth stoked bullish sentiment around AI.
AI silicon: Package becoming system architecture - Here is why AI systems are moving from individual package choices to integrated technology platforms. The post AI silicon: Package becoming system architecture appeared first on EDN .
Self-Publishing a Book Is Easier (and Harder) Than You Think (Part 1) - I have exciting news! Well, it’s exciting for me. As I pen these words, I’ve just self-published my first book: The Life of Clive . Now, this isn’t the first book I’ve had published (search for “Clive Maxfield” on Amazon if you want to see more), but it’s the first one I’ …
Questa One Updated at DAC 2026 - Abhi Kolpekwar, VP & General Manager, Digital Verification Technologies at Siemens EDA met with me at #DAC2026 to provide the big picture on smart verification tools, something they call Questa One . Their verification tools are infused with AI to improve productivity on projects like SoCs, 3D IC and...
Quantum Fluctuations Break a Crystal’s Symmetry Rules - Electronic fluctuations can act as a resonant bridge between normally separate crystal vibrations, offering a new route to study and control ferroaxial quantum states. Symmetry is a basic rule of the natural world. It explains why some objects appear the same after they are rotated, reflected, or changed...
CEG: Photonics, Optics and Quantum Shine in Capital Region Semiconductor Patents - A Cleanroom in NY Creates’ Albany NanoTech Complex. Read Original Center for Economic Growth Article Here Highlights In 2025, the USPTO awarded nearly 600 semiconductor-related patents that list Capital Region inventors. 1 in 6 semiconductor patents listing local inventors pertained to photonics, optics,...
Analysis: The Five Consumer Messages That Are Shaping Automotive Processor Demand - A gap has opened between the automotive features generating industry buzz and those consumers say will actually drive their next purchase. Drawing on TechInsights' December 2025 survey of 5,554 vehicle owners across China, North America, and Western Europe, using Best-Worst Scaling, Gabor-Granger pricing,...
Nexcom brings together dozens of partners to build open AI robotics ecosystem - Industrial computer (IPC) maker Nexcom International on August 19 officially unveiled its RoboWIZ AI Robotics Open Platform concept at the 2026 Automation Taipei exhibition, bringing together Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Compal Electronics, German technology partner Synapticon,...
반도체는 대만의 방패가 될 수 있을까 - 안녕하세요 AMEET 기자입니다. 여러분은 혹시 '실리콘 방패'라는 말을 들어보셨나요? 2000년 크레이그 애디슨이 처음 제시한 이 이론은, 대만이 전 세계 반도체 생산의 압도...
Revisiting the topological properties of XMg2Bi2 (X = Ca, Sr, Ba, Yb and Eu) - Density functional theory is known to underestimate band gaps in semiconductors and to over- estimate inverted band gaps, frequently exaggerating the predicted size of the topological phase diagram of materials. Employing hybrid functionals and calculating the topological invariants, we revisit the topological...
Andes Condor Closure Came Amid Broader Cost-Cutting Effort - Andes Technology’s decision to close Condor was part of a broader 10-20% operational cost-cutting exercise, with Condor probably considered too expensive a bet. The post Andes Condor Closure Came Amid Broader Cost-Cutting Effort appeared first on EE Times .
轉嫁風險…台積保守擴產 科技巨頭吃悶虧 - 知名科技分析師湯普森（Ben Thompson）近 在網路電台節目《Invest Like the Best》受訪時指出，台積電長期採取相對保守的先進製程擴產方針，雖可避免AI需求反轉後承擔龐大閒置產能與折舊成本，卻也讓全球AI產業陷入算力不足的窘境，將風險轉嫁給亞馬遜、微軟、Alphabet及Meta等科技巨頭。...
Northrop Grumman's SYNOPTICS Eyes Defense, Clean Energy Applications With Record-Sized Laser Crystal - Northrop Grumman subsidiary SYNOPTICS has grown and harvested an ytterbium-doped yttrium lithium fluoride (Yb:YLF) crystal boule with a diameter three times larger than the industry standard. The development addresses growing demand for larger aperture and overall size for gain media as laser engineers...
Hon’ble PM Shri. Narendra Modi to Inaugurate SEMICON India 2026 on 17th September - SEMI and the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM) today announced that Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will inaugurate SEMICON India 2026 on 17 September 2026 at Yashobhoomi (India International Convention and Expo Centre), New Delhi. The post Hon’ble PM Shri. Narendra Modi to Inaugurate SEMICON...
Starlink Keeps Expanding - As of August 2026, Starlink covered almost all of South America and had launched official service in more than 25 African countries. Starlink recently launched in countries Bolivia, the Democratic […] The post Starlink Keeps Expanding appeared first on Electronics Weekly .
Venture investments touch new high in first half - Venture investments touch new high in first half Venture funding reached 8.87 trillion won ($6.34 billion) in the first half of 2026, driven by major investments in artificial intelligence, semiconductors and robotics. 8/19/2026 - 06:12 AM
Xiaomi’s Q2 profit halved - Xiaomi’s Q2 profit of $923 million was nearly half that of Q2 2025, as the smartphone vendor and EV manufacturer was hit by the double whammy of rising component costs and […] The post Xiaomi’s Q2 profit halved appeared first on Electronics Weekly .
Narrative Power SiC market forecast 2025-2031 (Q3 2026) - This analysis provides an updated outlook for the Silicon Carbide (SiC) power semiconductor market through 2031, incorporating the latest developments across automotive, AI datacenters, renewable energy, energy storage, EV charging, and industrial applications. It examines the market recovery underway...
six five summit 2026 openers - Marc Benioff opens this year’s Six Five Summit — but the CEOs, executives, and product leaders who follow him each morning are the ones setting the frame for every conversation that comes after.
Beyond Moore: Co-Optimizing AI from Systems to Materials - At the OCP APAC Summit in Taiwan , August 11–12, 2026, Applied Materials’ Subi Kengeri framed artificial intelligence as the semiconductor industry’s largest inflection point. AI demand is accelerating the industry toward one trillion dollars in annual revenue, but the keynote’s central message...
Apple’s Anti-AI Position Is Becoming Stock Market Baggage - Apple Inc.’s status as an anti-artificial intelligence play helped the stock tear through the first half of the year as investors grew skeptical of the AI trade. But that sentiment has flipped, and the shares are struggling.
Taiwanese engineers boost 2D transistor performance - Researchers at Taiwan’s National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University and TSMC Corporate Research have tackled a key obstacle for the adoption of transistors based on 2D materials.
NRO expands use of HawkEye 360’s satellite data - The US National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is expanding its use of HawkEye 360’s satellite data. A new contract has been awarded to the space-based RF data and analytics specialist. Specifically, […] The post NRO expands use of HawkEye 360’s satellite data appeared first on Electronics Weekly ....
