Ligitek Electronics to invest in silicon photonics in cleanroom facilities with government support - Taiwan-based LED manufacturer Ligitek Electronics announced plans to enter the silicon photonics (SiPh) sector, investing tens of millions of New Taiwan dollars in cleanroom equipment and talent expansion by the first quarter of 2026. The company aims to diversify revenue streams by boosting contributions...
Amiga? Arduino? AMeagerBall Gets the Uno Bouncing - When the iconic “Boing Ball” first debuted 40 years ago, it was a wonder to behold. There was nothing like it in the home compuing world upto that time, and …read more
Memory chip crunch set to drive up smartphone prices - Shoppers could face higher prices for phones, laptops and other gadgets next year, manufacturers and analysts warn, as AI data centers hoover up memory chips used in consumer electronics.
Intel details early development lead of 14A process and Nvidia collaboration at TIMT Conference - At the 2025 RBC Capital Markets Global Technology, Internet, Media and Telecommunications (TIMT) Conference on November 18, Intel vice president John Pitzer outlined significant progress in the company's next-generation 14A process node. Highlighting early customer engagement and strategic partnerships,...
[Blog] How FPGAs Power Real-Time UAV Performance at the Edge - Across industries and use cases, computing capacity is shifting away from centralized servers and towards the edge. Whether in the form of autonomous vehicles, smart sensors, or other technological solutions, today's intelligent applications demand faster decision-making and increased autonomy. This shift...
Kulicke & Soffa Reports Fourth Quarter 2025 Results - Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: KLIC) ("Kulicke & Soffa," "K&S," "our," or the "Company"), today announced financial results of its fourth fiscal quarter ended October 4, 2025. The...
MES meets the future - Industry 4.0 focuses on how automation and connectivity could transform the manufacturing canvas. Manufacturing execution systems (MES) with strong automation Continue Reading The post MES meets the future appeared first on EDN .
Shrinking materials hold big potential for smart devices, researchers say - Wearable electronics could be more wearable, according to a research team at Penn State. The researchers have developed a scalable, versatile approach to designing and fabricating wireless, internet-enabled electronic systems ...
Blog Review: Nov. 19 - PCIe forward error correction; Verilog's NonBlocking Assignment; multi-die for automotive; mobile camera denoising; testing supersonic aircraft; chip self-sufficiency. The post Blog Review: Nov. 19 appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering .
Silicon Labs to Participate at Upcoming Investor Conferences - Silicon Labs (NASDAQ: SLAB), the leading innovator in low-power wireless, today announced its participation in upcoming investor conferences. Giovanni Pacelli, Senior Director of Finance, and...
The Future For Formal Verification - Experts at the table: Semiconductor Engineering sat down to discuss possible future directions for formal verification technology with Ashish Darbari, CEO for Axiomise; Jin Zhang, product management group director for the Verification Group at Cadence; Sean Safarpour, executive director for R&D at Synopsys;...
India's Ziroh Labs pitches CPU-first AI compute as power-hungry GPUs face scrutiny - India's Ziroh Labs is positioning its Kompact AI runtime as a homegrown alternative to GPU-based AI compute, arguing that enterprise AI adoption in emerging markets will hinge as much on energy availability and hardware sovereignty as on model quality.
Exyte signs on to build Black Semiconductor’s FabONE facility - Next-generation chip technology, Black Semiconductor, and global design engineering giant, Exyte, put their partnership on paper this week to start construction for FabONE—the world’s first fab designed to manufacture photonics using the 2D material graphene on a 300mm wafer.
Scientists Discover “Highly Energetic” Water Hiding in Plain Sight - Water behaves differently when trapped in microscopic spaces instead of flowing freely. Researchers have shown that this confined water becomes “highly energetic,” influencing how molecules bind together. Water is found almost everywhere on Earth. It makes up most of our planet’s surface, circulates...
Synopsys Appoints Mike Ellow as Chief Revenue Officer - Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNPS) today announced that Mike Ellow is joining the company as Chief Revenue Officer, effective November 20. In this role, he will lead the company's Go-To-Market...
Farnell launches DevKit HQ - Farnell has launched The DevKit HQ, a new online resource that brings together evaluation boards, development kits, single board computers (SBCs), tools and technical documents in one place. A recent survey of engineering professionals found that finding the right development kit is a big challenge, with...
[News] Nexperia Dispute Widens: Nissan Reportedly Cutting Output Further, Bosch Implements Furloughs - Disruptions at Nexperia continue to reverberate across the global auto industry, straining production lines and adding uncertainty to supply chains. According to Reuters, sources say Japan's Nissan will cut production by another 1,400 vehicles at its Kyushu plant next week. The move follows a 900-ve......
Brewer Science’s Dr. Douglas Guerrero to Deliver Keynote at MNC 2025 in Japan - Brewer Science’s Dr. Douglas Guerrero to Deliver Keynote at MNC 2025 in Japan Exploring how device and process integration have impacted material design Tokyo, Japan. – November 18, 2025 – Brewer Science, Inc., a global leader in developing and manufacturing next-generation materials and processes...
Crypto Mining ASIC Goes Deep Sub-Threshold On 3 nm - Triple-1 unveils Kamikaze III, a 3-nm Bitcoin mining chip boasting 10.45 J/TH efficiency. The post Crypto Mining ASIC Goes Deep Sub-Threshold On 3 nm appeared first on EE Times .
How My Internship at Brewer Science Shows Me the Power of Teamwork and Innovation - How My Internship at Brewer Science Shows Me the Power of Teamwork and Innovation By Wyatt Harris, Marketing Intern at Brewer Science This past summer, I was given the opportunity to be a marketing intern with Brewer Science. Brewer Science is based in Rolla, Missouri, and is well known in the semiconductor...
Three Ethernet Design Challenges in Industrial Automation - As factories, process plants, and robotics platforms become increasingly intelligent and interconnected, the demand for stable, low-latency data links has pushed Ethernet deeper into embedded systems. However, since designing Ethernet connectivity into industrial chips comes with its technical and logistical...
Want Nano-Scale, CMOS-Based MEMS Sensors? - We’re talking about CMOS-based MEMS sensors that are 1,000 times smaller than their traditional silicon-based MEMS counterparts, offering greater bandwidth and higher sensitivity, while also being more cost-effective and reliable. Seriously—what’s not to love? I’ve just been chatting with Dr....
Building a Dutch-Korean precision bridge - Hak Kyung Sung and his Sobujang Forum, a group of several hundred Korean tech companies, is seeking close collaboration with Dutch partners. Bits&Chips sat down with “Dr. Sung” at last week’s Precision Fair to talk about the opportunities that are on the horizon when Dutch and Korean companies work...
A holiday shopping guide for engineers: 2025 edition - It’s November, which means it’s time for another year’s list full of techie gift ideas for others or yourself, courtesy of a fellow engineer. The post A holiday shopping guide for engineers: 2025 edition appeared first on EDN .
French startup Ncodin raises €16M to tackle AI’s copper wall - Paris-based startup Ncodin has secured 16 million euros in an oversubscribed seed round to industrialize its photonic interposer platform, built around what it claims is the world’s smallest on-silicon laser.
- IBM (NYSE: IBM) has inaugurated the company's new German Headquarters and Technology Campus in Ehningen, Germany. Ana Paula Assis, IBM Senior Vice President & Chair EMEA and Growth Markets, and Wolfgang Wendt, Chairman of the Management Board of IBM Deutschland GmbH, together with 450 political and business...
New Panel Production Efforts Target Interposer Costs - The rising cost of increasingly large interposers is spurring renewed interest in panel-level manufacturing, which for years has hobbled along due to the massive and collective effort required by the chip industry to change formats. Several companies are developing their own processes, although there...
[News] NVIDIA Posts Record Q3 on Blackwell Ultra, Eyes Strong Q4 — H20 Sales Stall at $50M - Defying fresh warnings of an AI bubble, NVIDIA delivered strong results for its October quarter and projected fourth-quarter revenue above Wall Street estimates, buoyed by soaring demand from cloud providers. The company’s data-center business hit a record high last quarter, with CFO Colette Kress......
A Decade Of Architectural RowHammer Defense Solutions (Meta, SNU, UIUC) - A new technical paper titled “SoK: Systematizing a Decade of Architectural RowHammer Defenses Through the Lens of Streaming Algorithms” was published by researchers at Meta, Seoul National University and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Abstract: “A decade after its academic introduction,...
FPGA Prototyping in Practice: Addressing Peripheral Connectivity Challenges - Modern chip design verification often encounters challenges when connecting peripherals, primarily due to drastic differences in operating speed or hardware limitations. Designs running on hardware emulators or FPGA prototyping platforms typically operate at clock frequencies of tens of megahertz, and...
Research Bits: Nov. 18 - Flexible electronics: Rubbery CMOS; self-healing polymer conductor; kiri-origami. The post Research Bits: Nov. 18 appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering .
Optical combs yield extreme-accuracy gigahertz RF oscillator - An unlikely, non-intuitive optical and electronic pairing can produce gigahertz clocks and oscillators of extraordinary precision. The post Optical combs yield extreme-accuracy gigahertz RF oscillator appeared first on EDN .
Samsung ramps up 1c DRAM output in bid to regain edge in memory market - Samsung Electronics is undertaking one of its most significant DRAM expansions in years, aggressively scaling production of its next-generation 1c DRAM as intense global AI demand redefines the memory market. This major capacity increase is poised to reshape the competitive landscape and challenge SK...
SK Hynix projected to dominate Nvidia's HBM4 demand amid rising prices - SK Hynix Inc. is set to capture about 80% of Nvidia Corporation's sixth-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM4) demand in 2026, according to market forecasts. This strong positioning is expected to deliver a significant boost to the company's earnings and operating profit, potentially surpassing Taiwan...
A 180-Year Assumption About Light Was Just Proven Wrong - New research shows that the magnetic part of light actively shapes how light interacts with matter, challenging a 180-year-old belief. The team demonstrated that this magnetic component significantly contributes to the Faraday Effect, even accounting for up to 70% of the rotation in the infrared range....
Intel is \\ - Takes from Intel at RBC's TIMT conference
Chip Observer – November 2025 - AI demand fuels DRAM and NAND shortages, major chip mergers, and new SoC breakthroughs. Read TechInsights’ November Chip Observer for full semiconductor analysis.
What Lessons Can 6G Learn From 5G? | Upcoming IDTechEx Expert Webinar - Join Senior Technology Analyst Mika Takahashi on Thursday 27th November for a new webinar sharing insights on what the telecoms industry should learn from the 5G rollout, to ensure 6G is a success from day one. Choose your preferred time zone - the webinar runs three times during the day.
A skin-permeable polymer for non-invasive transdermal insulin delivery - The fast skin-permeable polyzwitterion poly[2-( N -oxide- N,N -dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate] may enable non-invasive transdermal delivery of insulin, and potentially facilitate the use of other protein- and peptide-based therapeutics through transdermal delivery.
Join the IDTechEx Expert Webinar on Li-ion Battery Storage Safety - This webinar on Tuesday 25th November, presented by IDTechEx Senior Technology Analyst Conrad Nichols, will discuss thermal management and fire prevention trends for battery energy storage systems (BESS). Choose your preferred time zone - the webinar runs three times during the day.
Accuracy loss from PWM sub-Vsense regulator programming - Addressing the accuracy concerns for the PWM programming of standard regulators requiring an output that can swing below the sense voltage. The post Accuracy loss from PWM sub-Vsense regulator programming appeared first on EDN .
Nano-ITX embedded computer boards - Portwell has chosen Intel Core 3 Processor N355 to be the CPU behind a series of 120 x 120mm Nano-ITX embedded computer boards for edge computing, automation and signage. Sharing the same NANO-6065 series name, there are two other boards: one with a Processor N150 and the other with an Atom x7835RE. “Its...
Los aprendizajes que nos deja 5G en la evolución al 6G - 5G ya es la red principal en muchas áreas del planeta, mientras en otros países se sigue implementando y en otros recién se esta evaluando. No obstante, independientemente al estado de implementación se siguen desarrollando tecnologías y capacidades nuevas para incrementar el rendimiento y el......
US approves advanced chips for Saudi Arabia to foster global AI hub - After months of negotiations, the US has approved the export of up to 70,000 advanced AI chips to Emirati firm G42 and Saudi Arabia's Humain, marking a major milestone for both Gulf nations as they ramp up their AI capabilities. Each company will receive computing power equivalent to 35,000 Nvidia GB300...
Genesem wins orders for EV power module production equipment - Fab equipment maker Genesem has expanded into the semiconductor market for EVs through an order to supply automation equipment for EV power modules.The company recently won the order from a Gyeonggi, South Korea-based outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) company, sources said.The equipm
Possibly-Smallest ESP32 Board Uses Smallest-Footprint Parts - Whenever there’s a superlative involved, you know that degree of optimization has to leave something else on the table. In the case of [PegorK]’s f32, the smallest ESP32 dev board …read more
Tiny antennas bring electrical energy to 'unpowerable' nanoparticles - A new technique uses "molecular antennas" to funnel electrical energy into insulating nanoparticles, creating a new class of ultra-pure near-infrared LEDs for medical diagnostics, optical communications, and sensing.
High-performance MCUs target industrial applications - STMicroelectronics raises the performance bar for embedded edge AI and industrial applications with the new STM32V8 high-performance microcontrollers (MCUs) for Continue Reading The post High-performance MCUs target industrial applications appeared first on EDN .
China's chip play: A threat more dangerous than rare earths, says Chris Miller - China's rapid advance in legacy semiconductors presents a geopolitical risk that is "more dangerous than rare earths," warns Chip War author and economic historian Chris Miller. In an interview with Nikkei , Miller said Beijing's heavy subsidies for mature-node chip production are reshaping global supply...
GlobalFoundries sharpens silicon-photonics play with AMF in the bag - GlobalFoundries (GF) announced it will acquire Singapore-based silicon-photonics foundry Advanced Micro Foundry (AMF), a move that represents a critical step in its push to advance photonics innovation and solidify its leadership in the field. The acquisition underscores GF's growing confidence in photonics...
A Brief History of SkyWater Technology - To understand SkyWater’s origins, one must first rewind to the convergence of national security and semiconductor manufacturing. For decades, the U.S. military and intelligence agencies relied on advanced microelectronics built on American soil. Semiconductors powered guidance systems, radars and signal...
Arm FCSA and the Journey to Standardizing Open Chiplet-Based Design - I have written before about an inter-chiplet communication challenge to realizing the dream of multi-die designs built around open-market chiplets. Still a worthy dream but it’s going to take a journey to get there. Arm recently donated their Foundation Chiplet System Architecture (FCSA) to the Open...
Ainekko Buys Esperanto Hardware IP, Open-Sources It - Ainekko buys struggling startup’s IP: Is this the first time RTL design has been attempted fully in the open? The post Ainekko Buys Esperanto Hardware IP, Open-Sources It appeared first on EE Times .
Education robot suits nine-year-olds and under-graduates - Conrad is stocking the Calliope Joy-Car educational robot from Joy-iT. “It features a horn, indicator lights, headlights, reversing and brake lights as well as line tracking, ultrasound, infrared and wheel speed sensors,” said Conrad. “Depending on your programming skills, these modules can be operated...
Maximizing SoC Longevity with PCIe 3.0: A Designer’s Guide - As PCIe 5.0 and 6.0 dominate headlines in the semiconductor industry, it’s tempting for every SoC design team to reach for the newest protocol available. But not every application needs blazing-fast 32GT/s throughput—and not every market segment can afford the power, complexity, and cost penalties...
Dutch Clampdown on Nexperia Puts Europe’s Chip Sovereignty Strategy to the Test - Dutch takeover of Nexperia exposes risks to Europe's auto chip supply chain—see why this could shake the EU's sovereignty drive. The post Dutch Clampdown on Nexperia Puts Europe’s Chip Sovereignty Strategy to the Test appeared first on EE Times .
Is Intel’s Server CPU Cancellation A Good Or Bad Thing? - Yesterday we told you that Intel’s canceling of a major server product could have a silver lining. Read more ▶ The post Is Intel’s Server CPU Cancellation A Good Or Bad Thing? appeared first on Semiaccurate .
Productronica: 3.6kW precision lab power supply from R&S - Rohde & Schwarz announced a dual-channel 3.6kW precision power supply at Productronica today. Called NGT3622 and rack-mountable, each of its channels will be rated up to 80V or 50A, and resolution (not necessarily accuracy) is “100µA for current and 1mV for voltage”, said the company. “NGT3622...
Panjit acquires Torex Vietnam to boost global packaging and testing capacity - Panjit International has approved the use of US$10.03 million of internal funds to acquire a 95% stake in Torex Vietnam Semiconductor (Torex Vietnam), a subsidiary of Torex Semiconductor, on November 17. The acquisition aims to expand product lines and introduce automotive-grade power semiconductor packaging...
