• Sunday | 08 February 2026
IonQ to Acquire SkyWater in $1.8 Billion Deal

IonQ (NYSE: IONQ), the world’s leading quantum company, and SkyWater Technology (NASDAQ: SKYT), the largest exclusively U.S.-based, pure-play semiconductor foundry, announced they have entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which IonQ will acquire SkyWater for $35.00 per share in a cash-and-stock transaction, subject to a collar, implying a total equity value of approximately $1.8 b...

27 Jan 2026 | Tuesday | NEWS
Reed Semiconductor Wins Key Patent Case at U.S. Patent Office

Reed Semiconductor Corp., a global leader in the design, development, and manufacture of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced a significant legal victory in a Patent Invalidation proceeding before the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). On January 22, 2026, the PTAB issued its Final Written Decision in IPR2024‑01158, ruling in favor of ...

27 Jan 2026 | Tuesday | NEWS
Ricursive Intelligence Raises $300M in Series A Funding

Ricursive Intelligence, a frontier AI lab founded by the co-creators of AlphaChip, announced a $300 million Series A funding round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners at a $4 billion post-money valuation. The round follows Ricursive's public launch less than two months earlier and includes participation from DST Global, NVentures (NVIDIA's venture capital arm), Felicis Ventures, 49 Palms Ventures, ...

27 Jan 2026 | Tuesday | NEWS
SEMIFIVE Partners with SAPIEN on Micro-LED Display Technology

SEMIFIVE, a leading global provider of custom AI semiconductor (ASIC) design solutions, announced that it has signed a strategic MOU with SAPIEN Semiconductors, a company specializing in advanced micro-LED display driver ASICs. SEMIFIVE and SAPIEN Semiconductors will advance the design and technical evaluation of CMOS backplane technology, which is a core component of micro-displays. This partner...

27 Jan 2026 | Tuesday | NEWS
Amber Semiconductor Wins 2026 Innovation Award

Amber Semiconductor, a fabless semiconductor company pioneering the next generation of power management for data centers, announced that the San Francisco Bay Area - East Bay Economic Development Alliance recognized AmberSemi with a 2026 innovation award. The award is particularly notable as it crosses all business categories, not just technology and comes from input and nomination by business, co...

26 Jan 2026 | Monday | NEWS
Wolfspeed Makes First 12-Inch Silicon Carbide Wafer

Wolfspeed a global leader in silicon carbide technology, announced a significant industry milestone with the successful production of a single crystal 300mm (12-inch) silicon carbide wafer. Backed by one of the industry’s largest and foundational silicon carbide IP portfolios, comprising more than 2,300 issued and pending patents worldwide, Wolfspeed is pioneering the transition to 300mm tec...

26 Jan 2026 | Monday | NEWS
TSMC Attracts Attention for Strong Growth and Stock Trend

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), listed on the New York Stock Exchange as TSM, has been highlighted by analysts as combining robust underlying business momentum with a favourable technical chart pattern — a combination that some investors view as attractive for growth‑oriented strategies. On the fundamentals, TSMC continues to demonstrate solid expansion in earnings and ...

26 Jan 2026 | Monday | NEWS
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

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