• Thursday | 09 October 2025
HAP International Advances Toward Agreement with U.S. Customs for TRACE ID Supply Chain Traceability Program

HAP International announced  that following a successful technical assessment of the quality and scope of shipment-level traceability data provided by the TRACE ID program, they are taking steps toward a formal Memorandum of Agreement with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The initiative builds on CBP’s ongoing Global Business Identifier (GBI) test and reflects the agency&rsqu...

8 Oct 2025 | Wednesday | NEWS
OMNIVISION Expands TheiaCel™ Portfolio with OX08D20 for Advanced Driver Assistance and AD Systems

OMNIVISION, a leading global developer of semiconductor technology, including advanced digital imaging, analog and display solutions, announced today its latest-generation automotive image sensor: the OX08D20 8-megapixel (MP) CMOS image sensor with TheiaCel™ technology. This new device is an upgrade to the popular OX08D10 sensor for exterior cameras used in advanced driver assistance syste...

8 Oct 2025 | Wednesday | NEWS
Advanced Energy Launches 401M Mid-Infrared Pyrometer for Next-Generation Semiconductor Precision

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: AEIS), a global leader in highly engineered, precision power conversion, measurement and control solutions, announces the launch of the 401M mid-infrared optical pyrometer, designed for high-precision, non-contact temperature measurement in semiconductor and industrial process environments. The 401M debuts at SEMICON® West 2025. Engineered for speed...

8 Oct 2025 | Wednesday | NEWS
Mitsubishi Electric Unveils Advanced Silicon Carbide Power Semiconductor Facility in Kumamoto

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation  celebrated the completion of its new cutting-edge facility for producing power semiconductors at its Kikuchi Plant in Kumamoto Prefecture. The six-story, 42,000-square-meter facility is slated to begin operations in November 2025, with mass production expected in 2027. The facility will focus on manufacturing silicon carbide (SiC) power semiconductors, whic...

7 Oct 2025 | Tuesday | NEWS
ESD Industry Posts 8.6% Revenue Growth in Q2 2025, Led by Americas, EMEA, and APAC

Geographic Regions Americas and EMEA Reported Double-Digit Increases Electronic System Design (ESD) industry revenue increased 8.6% to $5,089.4 million in the second quarter of 2025 from the $4,685.5 million registered in the second quarter of 2024, the ESD Alliance, a SEMI Technology Community, announced  in its latest Electronic Design Market Data (EDMD) report. ...

7 Oct 2025 | Tuesday | Company results
JEDEC Unveils UFS 5.0 Standard for AI, Mobile, and Edge Devices

Flash Optimized for AI, Mobile, and Edge Devices with Enhanced Speed, Security, and Signal Integrity JEDEC Solid State Technology Association, the global leader in the development of standards for the microelectronics industry,  announced it is nearing completion of the next version of its highly anticipated Universal Flash Storage (UFS) standard: UFS 5.0. Designed for mobile app...

7 Oct 2025 | Tuesday | NEWS
Amkor Expands $7 Billion Advanced Packaging & Test Campus in Arizona

Amkor Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMKR), a leading provider of semiconductor packaging and test services, in collaboration with the Trump Administration,  announces the groundbreaking and expanded planned investment of its new state-of-the-art outsourced semiconductor advanced packaging and test campus in Arizona. The expanded investment includes additional cleanroom space and a second green...

7 Oct 2025 | Tuesday | NEWS
SmartSoC Solutions and France’s Cortus Forge Strategic Partnership to Build India’s Secure Chip Ecosystem

SmartSoC Solutions Private Limited, an Indian semiconductor design and product engineering company, today announced a strategic partnership with Cortus S.A.S., a French semiconductor company renowned for its cutting-edge Intellectual Property (IP) solutions in secure identification technologies. This partnership aims to drive innovation and accelerate the development and manufacturing of SIM car...

6 Oct 2025 | Monday | NEWS
India’s Semiconductor Revolution Finds Its Backbone in Materials Science

As India’s semiconductor aspirations gather pace, the spotlight is gradually shifting from fabrication plants to the unsung enablers of the chipmaking process — the materials that make every connection possible. From bonding wires and solder pastes to fluxes and adhesives, global materials manufacturers are homing in on India, viewing it as a future hub not just for chip assembly, b...

6 Oct 2025 | Monday | NEWS
EU Member States Join Dutch-Led “Semicon Coalition” to Push for Revamped European Chips Act

All 27 European Union member states have joined a Dutch-led initiative to strengthen Europe’s semiconductor strategy, as momentum builds for a renewed “Chips Act 2.0” aimed at safeguarding critical technologies, accelerating approvals, and expanding semiconductor capacity across the bloc. The Semicon Coalition, founded in March by the Netherlands alongside eight other EU count...

6 Oct 2025 | Monday | NEWS
OpenAI Partners with South Korea’s Tech Giants to Power the Next Generation of AI Infrastructure

OpenAI announced a series of strategic partnerships with South Korean technology leaders Samsung and SK Group to accelerate the development of Stargate, a landmark $500 billion initiative aimed at building next-generation infrastructure for artificial intelligence. The announcements followed a meeting in Seoul between OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, and senior execu...

6 Oct 2025 | Monday | NEWS
PINC Technologies Raises $6.8M to Scale Nonlinear Photonics for Quantum and Industrial Applications

PINC Technologies, a Caltech spinout company developing advanced integrated nonlinear photonic devices and circuits, announced the close of its Seed+ round, bringing total funds raised to date to $6.8M. The funding will accelerate commercialization of the company’s technology, which builds on groundbreaking research from the Caltech Nonlinear Photonics Laboratory. The latest round was led ...

3 Oct 2025 | Friday | NEWS
Canaan Secures Record U.S. Order for 50,000 Avalon A15 Pro Bitcoin Miners

Largest single order in the past three years includes more than 50,000 Avalon® A15 Pro bitcoin miners scheduled for delivery in fourth quarter 2025 Canaan Inc., an innovator in crypto mining, announced that it has secured a purchase order from a U.S.-based bitcoin miner for more than 50,000 of its latest-generation Avalon A15 Pro mining machines. Representing the largest order in the past t...

3 Oct 2025 | Friday | NEWS
QuickLogic Wins eFPGA Hard IP Contract for 12 nm Data Center ASIC

QuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ: QUIK), a developer of embedded FPGA (eFPGA) Hard IP, Strategic Radiation Hardened, Antifuse and ruggedized FPGAs, announced  that its eFPGA Hard IP was selected for a new high-performance Data Center ASIC design that will be fabricated on an industry-proven 12 nm process technology. IP delivery for this contract is scheduled for Q4 2025. "We are excited...

3 Oct 2025 | Friday | NEWS
L&T Technology Services Secures $100 Million Multi-Year Deal to Accelerate AI-Driven Innovation for Semiconductor Equipment Client

-L&T Technology Services Limited , a global leader in AI, Digital & ER&D Consulting Services,  announced a major milestone in its Sustainability segment with the signing of a $100 million multi-year agreement with a US-based industrial equipment manufacturer catering to the semiconductor value chain. Under the terms of the agreement, LTTS will support the clients’ initiat...

2 Oct 2025 | Thursday | NEWS
Axcelis and Veeco Announce All-Stock Merger to Form Leading U.S. Semiconductor Equipment Company

Diversifies Portfolio with Complementary Capital Equipment Solutions and Expands Addressable Markets Supported by Secular Tailwinds Greater R&D Scale to Fuel Differentiated, Next-Generation Technologies for Customers Resilient Pro-Forma Operating Profile and Balance Sheet to Support Investment in Organic Growth Initiatives and Share Repurchase Program Expected to be Accretive to Non-GAA...

2 Oct 2025 | Thursday | NEWS
Global X Launches CHPX ETF to Capture AI and Quantum Semiconductor Innovation

Global X Management Company LLC ("Global X"), the New York-based provider of exchange traded funds (ETFs), announced the launch of the Global X AI Semiconductor & Quantum ETF (CHPX), designed to capture innovation in the semiconductor industry. The fund is passively managed and priced at 50 bps. The semiconductor industry is evolving to cater to demands of next-gen computing, including AI a...

2 Oct 2025 | Thursday | NEWS
Sony Unveils IMX775: Industry’s Smallest 2.1 µm Pixel RGB-IR Image Sensor for In-Cabin Monitoring

Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation (Sony)  announced the upcoming release of the IMX775 CMOS RGB-IR image sensor with the industry's smallest[*1] pixel size of 2.1 µm, delivering both RGB and IR imaging on a single chip and a resolution of approximately 5 effective megapixels,[*2] designed for in-cabin monitoring cameras. *1  Among CMOS image sensor...

2 Oct 2025 | Thursday | NEWS
Kioxia and Sandisk Begin Operations at State-of-the-Art Fab2 3D Flash Memory Facility in Japan

-Kioxia Corporation, a subsidiary of Kioxia Holdings Corporation (TOKYO: 285A) and Sandisk Corporation  announced the start of operation at the Fab2 (K2), a state-of-the-art semiconductor fabrication facility, at the Kitakami Plant in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. Fab2 has the capability to produce eighth-generation, 218-layer 3D flash memory, featuring the companies’ revolutionary CBA (CM...

1 Oct 2025 | Wednesday | NEWS
Mitsubishi Electric Develops Contactless Sensor for Continuous Monitoring of Vital Body Data

  Mitsubishi Electric Corporation  announced  that it has developed a new type of contactless body data sensor that can detect minute variations in heart rates, respiration, and other vital body indicators with high precision. It will enable the continuous and accurate daily measurement of such data in situations where the use of contact-type sensors, such as smartwatches, may be d...

1 Oct 2025 | Wednesday | NEWS

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