Semi. Fabs and Clean Rooms 1¾h ago: TSMC is ramping multiple new N3 fabs in Tainan with production targeted 2028 and guiding strong revenue growth; DRAM/HBM dedicated capacity expanding 77% by 2027; China advancing 69 power semiconductor fabs; India building initial commercial SiC and packaging projects with pilot output expected late 2026. Cleanroom and tool lead times remain long, driving early capacity bookings.
Video Interview: Applied Materials CEO on the Economics Behind Its $5B EPIC Bet - Following the unveiling of its EPIC Center, Applied Materials revealed strong financial projections. We look at how it all ties together and feature a new video interview with CEO Gary Dickerson. The post Video Interview: Applied Materials CEO on the Economics Behind Its $5B EPIC Bet appeared first on...
Won for the win - Won for the win A currency exchange shop in the Myeongdong neighborhood of Jung District, central Seoul, is displaying exchange rates on Oct. 19. 10/19/2026 - 04:34 AM
Starboard Sees Value In Apple Chip Supplier Skyworks - Starboard Value, which just acquired a stake in Skyworks Solutions Inc. via its takeover of Qorvo Inc., sees big upside should it execute on the goals of its merger with the rival wireless chipmaker, according to people familiar with the matter.
Scientists Turn Ordinary Plastic Into Billions of Tiny Diamonds Using Powerful Lasers - Diamonds recovered from plastic contain roughly 3,000 atoms each and could be modified with other elements for future use in medical imaging. Powerful lasers can turn plastic into tiny diamonds, but recovering the crystals means catching them as they shoot out at speeds comparable to a meteorite impact....
Accelerate Motor Control and Embedded Development With Microchip - Microchip rounds out its newest release wave with tools built for engineers developing and debugging embedded systems—from a dual-core motor control daughter card to an OpenOCD debug probe, a new Curiosity Nano and a functional safety development kit.
The Workforce Behind the Roadmap - For three years, every semiconductor conference has featured some version of the same slide: the industry doesn’t have enough people to build what it’s promising. This month, SEMI’s National Network for Microelectronics Education (NNME), backed by the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department...
Why Physical AI Is So Hard To Engineer - Integrating sensors, compute, and actuators into autonomous systems adds new challenges for chip design. The post Why Physical AI Is So Hard To Engineer appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering .
[News] Huawei Scientist: EDA Tools Pose Biggest Challenge to Tau Scaling Law - Huawei’s Tau (τ) Scaling Law faces its greatest challenge in electronic design automation (EDA) tools, according to Huang Yu, chief scientist for semiconductor EDA at Huawei, speaking at the 2026 Bay Area Chip Expo on October 15, media reports said. Huang outlined four layers of Tau (τ) Sc...
Lens Technology enters AI server cooling market with US$25 million PMG takeover - China's precision manufacturing giant Lens Technology is expanding into AI server infrastructure through a proposed US$25 million acquisition of a controlling stake in PMG International, gaining access to server rack manufacturing and liquid-cooling technologies. The transaction marks a further diversification...
Spending looks different when you're in charge - Spending looks different when you're in charge A record budget and temporary tax windfall should prompt debt reduction and stronger oversight before new spending becomes permanent. 10/18/2026 - 11:01 AM Opinion Desk
SK 海力士明確否認拿條件換美國允許中國大連廠設備輸入 - 韓國記憶體大廠 SK 海力士（SK hynix）發表官方聲明，強烈否認有關其以在美國興建晶圓廠為條件、要求美方放寬中國大連廠設備出口限制的報導。SK 海力士澄清，公司並未尋求擴充中國大連廠的產能，目前在該廠安裝設備皆是在與美國政府密切溝通並獲得授權下進行。...
Saras Micro Devices Embeds Capacitors to Power AI Accelerators - A capacitor designed to be built into the PCB or package core supports the vertical power delivery that AI chips need, and a new 2 mm part is sampling The post Saras Micro Devices Embeds Capacitors to Power AI Accelerators appeared first on Semiconductor Digest .
Korea growth may top IMF forecast - Korea growth may top IMF forecast Finance Minister Lee Hyoung-il said strong exports and investment could lift growth above the IMF's 3.3 percent projection. 10/18/2026 - 11:04 PM
Agentic AI Explores Heterogeneous Chip and Interconnect Architectures (Argonne, UIUC) - Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign published a technical paper titled “Agentic AI for Heterogeneous System Design Across Chip, Scale-Up, and Scale-Out Domains.” Abstract Excerpt: “The design space of modern AI/HPC systems has expanded rapidly...
TTM Technologies Acquires MKS' Ophir Optics Business - TTM Technologies, a manufacturer of technology products, acquired the Ophir Optics business from MKS for $650 million. Ophir Optics is a manufacturer of high-precision infrared thermal imaging and laser optics solutions, serving defense, security and industrial applications.
South Korea's FIX 2026 to feature robots from HD Hyundai, Doosan - South Korea's Future Innovation Tech Expo (FIX 2026) will open in Daegu on October 21, with HD Hyundai Robotics and Doosan Robotics among the industrial robot makers exhibiting. The four-day show will also feature self-driving vehicles and technologies for manufacturing, logistics, and transportation....
Who Wants A Sports Car? - Tesla unveiled its flying Roadster last week, marking a return to the company’s roots. The very first vehicle Tesla ever sold was an electric sports car. The new Roadster is […] The post Who Wants A Sports Car? appeared first on Electronics Weekly .
SFP: The multimode module autopsy - A dissimilar laser technology trades off range for cost, at least theoretically. But it’s still faster than the LED-based predecessor. The post SFP: The multimode module autopsy appeared first on EDN .
Multidimensional Microscope Reveals Ultrafast Changes in Materials - To understand the microscopic processes underlying quantum and optoelectronic materials, it is necessary to observe how the materials evolve in across space and time. Existing techniques cannot simultaneously resolve ultrafast coherent dynamics with microscopic spatial information. Pump-probe microscopy...
Anthropic offers Blackstone more than 10% return in US$60 billion AI chip financing deal - Anthropic is offering Blackstone a total return of more than 10% to help finance a US$60 billion artificial intelligence (AI) chip procurement package, as higher infrastructure financing costs make expanding computing capacity more expensive. The proposed arrangement, reportedly code-named Project North...
Thermal Side Channels Create New Security Risks For Autonomous Vehicles (Missouri S&T) - Researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology published “Can Autonomous Vehicles Keep Their Cool? A Survey of Thermal Side-Channel and Perception Attacks.” Abstract excerpt: “This survey systematizes thirteen representative works into thermal perception integrity, telemetry leakage,...
Value of National Pension Service's stock holdings plunges as market tanks - Value of National Pension Service's stock holdings plunges as market tanks The market value of the service’s holdings fell 182 trillion won ($136 billion) in three and a half months, with much of the investment concentrated in chipmakers. 10/18/2026 - 01:14 AM News Team
ASML Is Building a Hybrid Bonding Tool! - ASML is building a hybrid bonding tool! The company has not announced anything yet, but its patent filings, a news report and its own roadmap all…
Korea cannot dismiss the despair of French youth - Korea cannot dismiss the despair of French youth France’s economic strain and anger among the youth at its entrenched system should serve as a clear warning for Korea to diversify growth, create jobs and make housing more affordable. 10/19/2026 - 11:01 AM Opinion Desk
Chip Startup Tenstorrent Raises Funds at $6.2 Billion Value - AI chip startup Tenstorrent Inc., after attracting takeover interest earlier this year, has raised $1.5 billion from investors in a funding round that boosts its valuation to $6.2 billion.
Spectrum Instrumentation digitisers get onboard averaging function - Spectrum Instrumentation has introduced a new firmware option for its high-resolution 59xx series digitizers to perform onboard summation averaging. The tool is for reducing unwanted signal noise while and improving […] The post Spectrum Instrumentation digitisers get onboard averaging function appeared...
Special Report: Comparison of MediaTek's FR2 IF Tranceivers - The report is written for RF architects, competitive analysts, and product planners who need to understand how a leading mmWave transceiver supplier changes its design from one generation to the next. The analysis first lays out the three devices side by side across the package, die, and architecture...
US Stock Indices Open Mixed on Tech Rebound - After semiconductor stocks tumbled last week, predictions of a crash spread on social media before the market opened, but analysts assessed the fear as excessive.
Cloud giants’ capital spending to exceed $1.5T in 2027 - The world’s nine largest cloud service providers are expected to spend more than 1.5 trillion dollars on capital investments in 2027, up 60 percent from this year, according to Trendforce.
Researchers Unleash Record-Breaking X-Ray Flashes in Just 300 Attoseconds - Researchers used the European XFEL to produce ultrashort X-ray flashes that reached record intensity for this type of pulse. To understand chemical reactions and perhaps one day control the electrons involved, scientists need a detailed picture of how electrons behave inside atoms and molecules. X-rays...
From Macro to Micro, and Back - This year’s Nobel prizes explained large systems through their smallest parts. What can chip design learn from them, and can AI help us design in the other direction too? The post From Macro to Micro, and Back appeared first on EE Times .
SSCB to scale with the 800 VDC transition - Power Integrations and Ideal Power, developer of the B-TRAN bidirectional power switch (pictured), are getting together to deliver a solid-state circuit breaker (SSCB) which scales with the 800 VDC transition. […] The post SSCB to scale with the 800 VDC transition appeared first on Electronics Weekly...
Fiber optic gyroscopes: Elegant engineering of modern inertial navigation - Fiber optic gyroscope (FOG), a marvel of solid-state engineering, bridges Einstein’s relativity with modern tactical guidance. The post Fiber optic gyroscopes: Elegant engineering of modern inertial navigation appeared first on EDN .
Scientists Discover Metals That Refuse To Crack at an Astonishing -424°F - Two experimental alloys resisted cracking at −424°F by forming new crystal defects, offering a possible route to tougher metals for extreme cold. Most metals become stronger as they cool, but some also become more vulnerable to breaking. Iron, tungsten, and chromium belong to a class called body-centered...
La Cina scala il packaging - Utili in forte crescita, fabbriche nuove, debito a tassi agevolati e ora anche nuovo capitale.
CEO Interview with Dr. Raj Talluri of Kulicke & Soffa - Dr. Talluri joined K&S in August 2026 as a member of the Board and assumed the role of President and Chief Executive Officer of K&S in September 2026. Prior to joining K&S, Dr. Talluri served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors at Enovix Corporation, a Nasdaq-listed...
