India Moves Closer to Making Its Own Chips

India has made a notable advance in developing a domestic semiconductor manufacturing sector, with pilot production now underway at several approved facilities and full-scale commercial output expected in the near future. Government officials highlighted that lithography — the process of transferring circuit patterns onto silicon wafers — remains one of the most technically demanding s...

26 Jan 2026 | Monday | NEWS
Chinese AI Chip Firms See Big Sales Growth After US Export Curbs

Chinese companies developing artificial intelligence (AI) chips, including Cambricon Technologies and Moore Threads, recorded sharp increases in revenue last year, partly driven by changes in US semiconductor export restrictions affecting China. Moore Threads said its revenue for the previous year is expected to reach approximately 1.52 billion yuan, representing a year-on-year rise of about 247 ...

26 Jan 2026 | Monday | NEWS
AI Trading Systems Deliver Triple-Digit Returns in Semiconductor Markets

Recent results from automated, AI-driven trading systems suggest strong profit potential in semiconductor markets, with some strategies producing double-digit annualised returns. Performance data from artificial intelligence trading tools indicate that several semiconductor-focused bots have delivered notable gains over the past year. These algorithms are designed to respond rapidly to market mov...

26 Jan 2026 | Monday | NEWS
CELUS and Atlantik Elektronik Announce Strategic Partnership

CELUS, developer of the leading AI-assisted electronics design platform used by developers and engineers globally, and Atlantik Elektronik, a leading distributor and design-in specialist for innovative electronic and semiconductor components, announced a strategic partnership aimed at streamlining and accelerating the hardware design process for engineers globally. This collaboration is a signifi...

23 Jan 2026 | Friday | NEWS
Kasada Launches AI Agent Trust

Kasada announced the launch of AI Agent Trust, designed to help brands securely manage the growing volume of AI agents and automated traffic interacting with their digital properties.   As AI agents increasingly act on behalf of consumers – browsing products, comparing prices, and assisting with transactions – organizations face a new trust challenge. Traditional bot management ...

23 Jan 2026 | Friday | NEWS
SiTime Appoints Faraj Aalaei to Board of Directors

SiTime Corporation (NASDAQ: SITM), the Precision Timing company,  announced it is expanding the company’s Board of Directors with the appointment of Mr. Faraj Aalaei, founder, chairman and CEO of Cognichip, Inc. “Faraj is a proven entrepreneur, having envisioned, built and successfully scaled several semiconductor businesses—Centillium and Aquantia stand out as prime exampl...

23 Jan 2026 | Friday | NEWS
Mouser Helps Engineers Advance Motor Control Design

Mouser Electronics, Inc., is helping engineers stay ahead in motor control design with its online motor control resource center. Advanced motor control seeks to precisely regulate a motor's speed, torque, and position. These innovations are critical for next-generation mobility and electric vehicle (EV) systems, strengthening both efficiency and driving range. Across applications such as e-bikes,...

23 Jan 2026 | Friday | NEWS
Neurophos Raises $110 Million in Series A Funding

Neurophos, a leader in photonic AI chip technology, has raised $110 million in an oversubscribed Series A round, bringing total funding to $118 million. The round was led by Gates Frontier, with participation from M12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund), Carbon Direct Capital, Aramco Ventures, Bosch Ventures, Tectonic Ventures, Space Capital, and others. "Modern AI inference demands monumental amounts of ...

23 Jan 2026 | Friday | NEWS
Advanced Process Solutions Appoints Ken Stone as Vice President of Business Development

Advanced Process Solutions (APS), an industry leader in precision manufacturing and process technology solutions, serving the semiconductor, electronics, and industrial markets, announced the addition of industry veteran Ken Stone to its executive team. Stone, vice president of business development at APS, will lead the company's strategic growth initiatives, market expansion, and client relations...

23 Jan 2026 | Friday | NEWS
Quantifi Photonics Launches ELSFP 1000 Series

Quantifi Photonics, a leader in scalable photonic IC testing, introduced the ELSFP 1000 Series - the first PXI-based solution built on the ELSFP standard - providing multi-channel, high-power, continuous-wave optical output for efficient testing of CPO, PICs, and optical modules. // Launching at Photonics West 2026, the ELSFP 1000 Series brings instrument-grade optical power to validation and manu...

22 Jan 2026 | Thursday | NEWS
CSC Report Finds Unicorns Ahead in Domain Security

CSC, an enterprise-class domain registrar and world leader in mitigating brand, fraud, domain, and domain name system (DNS) threats, released its Domain Security Report 2026, which found that unicorns—privately owned start-ups or relatively new innovative companies with a valuation of over $1 billion—have a higher score than the Forbes Global 2000 companies in five out of eight domain ...

22 Jan 2026 | Thursday | NEWS
OmniOn Appoints Philip Zuk to Lead AI and Data Center Business

(OmniOn) has announced the appointment of Philip Zuk as its new Senior Vice President and General Manager of its AI and Data Center business. With more than 25 years of experience in the global power electronics and semiconductor industries, Zuk brings deep technical expertise, market insight, and a proven track record in strategic positioning and brand leadership to OmniOn’s mission of powe...

22 Jan 2026 | Thursday | NEWS
ZeroPoint Technologies Appoints Brett Cline as CEO

ZeroPoint Technologies announced the appointment of Brett Cline as the company's CEO. Brett brings more than two decades of executive and go-to-market leadership in advanced semiconductor, IP, and electronic design automation (EDA) software, with a track record of helping deep-technology companies translate differentiated innovation into customer adoption and scalable revenue. "ZeroPoint addresse...

22 Jan 2026 | Thursday | NEWS
Cadence Introduces HiFi iQ DSP for Voice AI and Audio

Cadence (Nasdaq: CDNS) announced the Cadence ® Tensilica ® HiFi iQ DSP IP, the sixth generation of its highly successful HiFi DSP family, based on a new architecture purpose-built for next-generation voice AI and emerging immersive audio. As these applications proliferate in the home entertainment, automotive infotainment and smartphone markets, the HiFi iQ DSP delivers the performance and...

22 Jan 2026 | Thursday | NEWS
Polar Light Unveils First Nano-Scale LEDs

Polar Light Technologies AB ("Polar Light"), a Swedish semiconductor innovator specializing in next-generation MicroLED technology, unveiled a breakthrough at SPIE Photonics West 2026, announcing that it has produced its first series of nano-scale LEDs. This achievement illustrates the extraordinary flexibility of the company's patented pyramidal architecture, developed without requiring the tradi...

22 Jan 2026 | Thursday | NEWS
Jabil Invests in and Partners with EHT Semi

Jabil Inc. (NYSE: JBL), a global leader in engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing solutions, announced a strategic minority investment and manufacturing collaboration with Eagle Harbor Technologies, Inc. (dba, EHT Semi), a pioneer in RF and pulsed-power systems. This collaboration combines Jabil’s world-class manufacturing capabilities with EHT Semi’s innovative power delivery t...

21 Jan 2026 | Wednesday | NEWS
Ethernovia Secures Series B Funding to Advance AI Networking

Ethernovia, Inc., a semiconductor start-up building Ethernet-based, packet processor-centric networking solutions to support the real-time sensor, AI and control data demands of software-defined autonomy across vehicles, robots and intelligent machines, announced the close of a Series B funding round over $90 million led by Maverick Silicon with participation from Socratic Partners, Conduit Capita...

21 Jan 2026 | Wednesday | NEWS
Diodes Introduces New RobustISO Digital Isolators

Diodes Incorporated (Diodes) (Nasdaq: DIOD) announces the API772x RobustISO™ products, a series of high-performance dual-channel digital isolators, thus commencing the company’s launch of their isolation devices. These devices are specifically designed to provide a reliable and robust isolation solution for digital signals in critical applications—addressing rising demands in are...

21 Jan 2026 | Wednesday | NEWS
D-Wave Completes Acquisition of Quantum Circuits

D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE: QBTS) (“D-Wave” or the “Company”), a leader in quantum computing systems, software, and services, and the world’s first commercial supplier of quantum computers, announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of Quantum Circuits Inc. (“Quantum Circuits”), a leading developer of error-corrected superconductin...

21 Jan 2026 | Wednesday | NEWS
Magnachip Launches New IGBT Series for Solar and Energy Storage Systems

Magnachip Semiconductor Corporation (NYSE: MX, “Magnachip”) announced the launch of its new series of Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors (IGBTs) designed for solar inverters and industrial Energy Storage Systems (ESS), further strengthening its position in the high-efficiency power semiconductor market. The newly introduced 650V and 1200V new Generation Discrete IGBT products are desi...

21 Jan 2026 | Wednesday | NEWS