• Tuesday | 17 February 2026
Microchip Technology Sees Demand Recovery as Semiconductor Orders Exceed Shipments

Microchip Technology has reported signs of strengthening demand as semiconductor distribution channels return to more balanced levels, enabling the company to prioritise debt reduction and improve its financial position. According to company leadership, customer orders have begun to exceed shipments, signalling a gradual recovery in market activity and renewed customer confidence. The company exp...

17 Feb 2026 | Tuesday | NEWS
European Union Invests €700 Million in NanoIC Pilot Line to Strengthen Semiconductor Independence

The European Union has committed €700 million to support a new pilot line dedicated to nano-integrated circuit (NanoIC) technologies, marking a major step in strengthening Europe’s semiconductor capabilities. The investment forms part of the EU’s wider Chips Act initiative, which seeks to reinforce the region’s technological independence and competitiveness in the global chi...

17 Feb 2026 | Tuesday | NEWS
Texas Instruments Launches New Automotive Chips to Support Autonomous Driving and Vehicle Safety

Texas Instruments has introduced a new range of automotive semiconductor solutions designed to enhance vehicle safety and enable higher levels of driving automation. The latest portfolio reflects the company’s ongoing efforts to support the automotive industry’s transition towards more intelligent, connected and software-defined vehicles. A key component of the annou...

17 Feb 2026 | Tuesday | NEWS
IObundle Launches Open-Source Ethernet IP Core to Accelerate Industrial Chip Development

Portugal-based semiconductor IP company IObundle has unveiled IOb-Eth, a professional-grade open-source Ethernet IP core developed to meet the demands of industrial applications. Released under the permissive MIT licence, the solution enables unrestricted commercial use and offers organisations a modern alternative to legacy Ethernet IP designs. The IOb-Eth core has been rebuilt using contemporar...

17 Feb 2026 | Tuesday | NEWS
SkyWater Technology Appoints Christine Dunbar to Lead Sales and Drive Foundry Expansion

SkyWater Technology (NASDAQ: SKYT), the largest exclusively U.S.-based pure-play semiconductor foundry, announced the appointment of Christine Dunbar as senior vice president of sales and solutions engineering, reporting directly to President and COO John Sakamoto. In her role, Dunbar will focus on accelerating customer acquisition and scaling growth across the company’s core platforms....

17 Feb 2026 | Tuesday | NEWS
15 Major Tech Companies Partner to Strengthen Global Trust in AI and Cloud Technologies

Munich Security Conference, 15 companies from Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America announced the launch of the Trusted Tech Alliance (TTA), a group of likeminded global technology providers coming together to work across borders, and based on a shared set of principles for a trusted technology stack – from connectivity, cloud infrastructure, and semiconductors to software and AI. &nb...

17 Feb 2026 | Tuesday | NEWS
ITRI Starts Work on New Semiconductor Research Centre

The Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has commenced construction of a new advanced semiconductor research and development facility in Hsinchu County, Taiwan. The project represents a total investment of NT$3.772 billion and is scheduled for completion by December 2027, with phased operations expected to begin in the first quarter of 2028. The ground-breaking ceremony was attended by...

13 Feb 2026 | Friday | NEWS
GigaDevice Partners with SEMITRON to Expand in DACH Region

GigaDevice, a leading semiconductor company specialising in Flash memory, 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs), sensors, and analogue products, has entered into a distribution agreement with SEMITRON, a leading electronic component distributor with a focus on the DACH region. Under the terms of the deal, SEMITRON is set to supply both GigaDevice's leading Flash, MCU, power and senso...

13 Feb 2026 | Friday | NEWS
MetaPhase’s ChallengeAI™ Named “Awardable” by DoW Tradewinds Marketplace

MetaPhase announced that its accelerating-innovation solution, ChallengeAI™, has been assessed as "Awardable" by the Department of War (DoW) Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace. The Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace is the premier offering of Tradewinds, the DoW’s suite of tools and services designed to accelerate the procurement and...

13 Feb 2026 | Friday | NEWS
ChEmpower Launches Chakra™ Abrasive-Free Polishing Pads for Advanced Chips

ChEmpower, a leader in semiconductor process innovation, announced Chakra™, a family of functional polishing pads, beginning with the Copper Series, designed specifically for abrasive-free Chemical Mechanical Planarization (CMP). Chakra™ is a core component of ChEmpower’s patented planarization technology, enabling the precision, yield, and surface integrity required for next-gen...

13 Feb 2026 | Friday | NEWS
VORAGO and wolfSSL Partner to Secure the Next Generation of Satellites

At SmallSat Symposium 2026, VORAGO Technologies, a radiation-hardened and radiation-tolerant chip provider for space applications, announced a software partnership with wolfSSL, a company specialising in embedded cryptography for secure systems, successfully for the last 20 years. This unique partnership delivers radiation-hardened chips with built-in, standards-based cryptographic secur...

13 Feb 2026 | Friday | NEWS
I/ONX Joins UNLV Program to Support Semiconductor Education

I/ONX High Performance Compute (HPC) has been selected to participate in a series of classes and training workshops at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas’ (UNLV) College of Engineering. I/ONX has joined the AI-driven, Career Inspiring Experiential Program for Semiconductor Education (ACIES) program as an industry partner, and Chief Executive Officer Justyn Hornor is leading the discussions...

13 Feb 2026 | Friday | NEWS
Wolfspeed Expands AI Use to Boost Manufacturing Efficiency

Wolfspeed, a global leader in silicon carbide technology, is expanding its use of Snowflake to accelerate manufacturing efficiency and operational excellence as it scales production to meet growing market demand. After bringing together factory, supply chain, and enterprise data on a single, governed platform, Wolfspeed is now deploying AI across its operations to improve cost, quality, ...

12 Feb 2026 | Thursday | NEWS
GCT and Skylo Partner to Expand Satellite Connectivity

GCT Semiconductor Holding, Inc. (“GCT” or the "Company") (NYSE: GCTS), a leading designer and supplier of advanced 5G and 4G semiconductor solutions, and Skylo Technologies, Inc, a global Non-Terrestrial Network provider spanning 36 countries across 70 million square kilometres of coverage, announced a partnership to advance next-generation satellite connectivity. As part of this colla...

12 Feb 2026 | Thursday | NEWS
Edge AI Chip Company Axera Goes Public in Hong Kong

Axera, a portfolio company of Qiming Venture Partners and a leading Chinese edge AI chip company, successfully listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on February 10th, 2026, Beijing time, becoming the first of its kind to go public. Axera (00600.HK) issued shares at a price of HK$28.2 per share with a market capitalization of HK$ 16.58 billion. As the first investors in the company, Qim...

12 Feb 2026 | Thursday | NEWS
Marvell Completes Acquisition of XConn

Marvell Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRVL), a leader in data infrastructure semiconductor solutions, announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of XConn Technologies (“XConn”), a provider of advanced PCIe and CXL switching silicon. The acquisition expands Marvell’s switching portfolio with XConn’s PCIe and CXL products and strengthens Marvell’s...

12 Feb 2026 | Thursday | NEWS
Keysight Launches SOS Enterprise for Better Engineering Data Control

Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) announced SOS Enterprise, an advanced edition of its engineering data management platform. The solution builds on the SOS Core software and automates engineering data governance and traceability to prepare for AI adoption at scale. As semiconductor and electronics development accelerates, engineers face growing design complexity and rapidly incre...

12 Feb 2026 | Thursday | NEWS
Efinix Promotes Tony Ngai to Co-President and CTO

Efinix®, Inc., the FPGA pioneer accelerating edge AI innovation, announced the promotion of Tony Ngai to Co-President and Chief Technology Officer. In his expanded role, Ngai will drive the scaling of Efinix's engineering organisations while continuing to lead innovation in FPGA architecture, IC design, software development, and next-generation product roadmaps. "Tony invented Efinix’s ...

12 Feb 2026 | Thursday | NEWS
Cadence Launches ChipStack™ AI Super Agent for Chip Design

Cadence (Nasdaq: CDNS) announced a transformative step forward in redefining how semiconductors are designed with the launch of the ChipStack™ AI Super Agent—an agentic AI solution for front-end silicon design and verification. The Cadence® ChipStack AI Super Agent is the world’s first agentic workflow for automating chip design and verification. It provides up to 1...

11 Feb 2026 | Wednesday | NEWS
Amkor Technology Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 Results

Amkor Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMKR), a leading provider of semiconductor packaging and test services, announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2025. Fourth Quarter 2025 Highlights: Fourth quarter net sales $1.89 billion, up 16% year-on-year Net income $172 million, earnings per diluted share $0.69 Full Year 2025 Highlights: Net sales $6.71 bi...

11 Feb 2026 | Wednesday | NEWS

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