Taiwan Foreign Minister to Visit Arizona to Deepen Economic Ties - Taiwan’s foreign minister is set to visit Arizona for meetings with local officials and semiconductor companies, underscoring Taipei’s effort to deepen economic ties with the US as President Donald Trump seeks to stabilize relations with China.
Company Earnings: Micron - These reports provide key takeaways about Micron's demand and supply from their quarterly earnings call.
Crystal Design Controls Spin-Polarized Photocurrent in 2D Hybrid Perovskites - Researchers demonstrate that internal crystal structure is key in regulating generated light-induced current. The post Crystal Design Controls Spin-Polarized Photocurrent in 2D Hybrid Perovskites appeared first on Semiconductor Digest .
A Few Picoseconds Reveal Superconductivity’s Hidden Breaking Point - Ultrafast current pulses let scientists push superconductors beyond their usual experimental limits before vortices and heat could interfere. The method revealed striking differences in how two superconducting materials break down and could expose quantum behavior that conventional measurements miss....
Continuous Health Monitoring Drives Integrated Wearable System Design - Analog Devices India’s Praveen Jose said device miniaturization is driving higher performance and quality in smaller form factors. The post Continuous Health Monitoring Drives Integrated Wearable System Design appeared first on EE Times .
SLG46801 ultra-Compact GreenPAK IC offers multi-time programmability - Renesas Electronics is sampling the SLG46801, its smallest GreenPAK configurable mixed-signal device. The 9-ball device combines an ultra-small footprint with multi-time programmability, highlights Renesas. It is aimed at compact products […] The post SLG46801 ultra-Compact GreenPAK IC offers multi-time...
NeuroIGNITOR enables design and test stimulation paradigms in living tissue. - Imec’a NeuroIGNITOR platform enables neuromodulation researchers and device developers to design and test stimulation paradigms directly in living tissue. It is a selective, bidirectional system that drastically reduces off-target effects […] The post NeuroIGNITOR enables design and test stimulation...
OECD backs Korea’s chip-funded Future Fund - OECD backs Korea’s chip-funded Future Fund The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) chief economist called Korea’s plan to invest semiconductor tax windfalls in long-term growth a wise policy choice. 10/1/2026 - 10:05 PM
Narrative: Slow Growth for Cellular Radio Components Through 2031 - The cellular radio components market has reached a period of maturity after more than two decades of strong expansion. Slower growth in radio components reflects nearly flat smartphone shipments, as well as global economic conditions and uncertainty. Near-term growth is expected to remain tepid, with...
TSMC’s AI Design Kit: Bringing Agentic AI Into Chip Design - TSMC is introducing an AI Design Kit, or ADK, to help artificial intelligence tools make better use of its semiconductor manufacturing knowledge. The idea is to give AI agents that run chip-design workflows a technology-specific foundation, so they can adjust designs toward performance, power and area...
Samsung brings chip titans to the table at Korean art gala in London - Samsung brings chip titans to the table at Korean art gala in London The opening of the “Korea: 2,000 Years of Creativity” exhibition features the collection of the late Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee. 10/1/2026 - 01:38 AM News Team
Musk confirms talks with TSMC over his Texas chip factory project - Elon Musk has confirmed that Terafab, the chipmaking venture backed by his SpaceX and Tesla, is in discussions with TSMC. The confirmation followed a report that the Taiwanese foundry is looking at running new chip factories in Texas.
Interview: AI PCs reach 65% of Europe's notebook channel, but what brings buyers to the market? - The rapid iteration of AI-capable hardware, following an industry-wide push toward integrating AI-processing capabilities into PCs, is bringing renewed attention to what AI could offer as its presence extends further into the notebook market. But beneath the expanding promise of these machines lies a...
Tracing Hardware Design From Physical Devices to RTL (Infineon, TU Munich) - Researchers at Infineon Technologies and Technical University of Munich published a technical paper titled “From Physical Devices to RTL Models: Abstraction and Validation in Hardware Engineering.” Abstract: “This paper introduces the foundational principles underlying hardware engineering models...
US Chip Dominance Will Disappear - The renowned UK semiconductor expert, Dr Ian Mackintosh, argued in his keynote address at the 1978 International Solid State Circuits Conference in San Francisco, that much of America’s dominance in […] The post US Chip Dominance Will Disappear appeared first on Electronics Weekly .
When Is Nvidia releasing N1X/Spark Systems? - Nvidia is about to announce their N1x/Spark consumer devices, but when exactly? Read more ▶ The post When Is Nvidia releasing N1X/Spark Systems? appeared first on Semiaccurate .
Chip Industry Week In Review - CFETs push scaling beyond 10 angstroms; physical AI M&A and funding; AI data centers drive new power/packaging investments; new Spectre-v2 attack targets JIT compilers; photonics moves closer to compute; quantum HW; false base station risks; 88k engineers needed. The post Chip Industry Week In Review...
SEMIFIVE, Mobilint Partner on LPDDR6/UCIe Robotics AI Chip - SEMIFIVE, a global provider of custom AI semiconductor (ASIC) solutions, announced today that it has signed a turnkey development contract with Mobilint, a South Korean AI semiconductor company, to develop an AI chip for robotics applications. The post SEMIFIVE, Mobilint Partner on LPDDR6/UCIe Robotics...
TSMC OIP Ecosystem Forum 2026: Broadcom’s View of ASICs and Ecosystems - I spent a significant part of my career in the ASIC business. This segment of semiconductors has always been challenging, difficult and invigorating. There is something special about delivering a working custom chip that enables your customer to bring a world-changing product to market. It has always...
Babcock, DCE sign MoU for uncrewed ground systems - Babcock, the British aerospace and defence company, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ground vehicle specialist Digital Concepts Engineering (DCE) to explore the development of uncrewed ground systems. […] The post Babcock, DCE sign MoU for uncrewed ground systems appeared first on...
Common Metal Could Unlock a Cheaper Path to Quantum Materials - Researchers have created a cobalt-based thin film in which local honeycomb structures generate strong magnetic interactions linked to Kitaev-type quantum materials. A common metal may offer a cheaper route to materials used in quantum research. Scientists created a thin film in which cobalt atoms form...
Consumer and industrial IoT drive wireless chip market - Low power consumption, high integration, and advanced security highlight the latest wireless chips. The post Consumer and industrial IoT drive wireless chip market appeared first on EDN .
Qualcomm Finally Fixes Their PC CPU Line! - Last week Qualcomm finally fixed their PC lineup, or at least made a huge step in that direction. Read more ▶ The post Qualcomm Finally Fixes Their PC CPU Line! appeared first on Semiaccurate .
Quantum Equivalence Checking. Innovation in Verification - Can quantum computing have any relevance to EDA? This month’s paper suggests it might have a role someday, in accelerating one of the most fundamental of EDA algorithms: SAT. Paul Cunningham (GM, Verification at Cadence), Raúl Camposano (Silicon Catalyst, entrepreneur, former Synopsys CTO and lecturer...
The administration’s 104 trillion won slush fund - The administration’s 104 trillion won slush fund The proposed Future Preparedness Fund lacks clear safeguards, parliamentary oversight or a credible plan for its vast reserves. 10/1/2026 - 11:01 AM Opinion Desk
The Secret to Better Magnetic Memory May Be the Light, Not the Material - Reshaping a laser beam let engineers switch thicker magnetic materials with light, expanding the possibilities for faster, more compact data storage. Every digital photo, document, and video saved on a hard drive is stored as a vast sequence of 1s and 0s, represented physically by tiny magnetic regions....
