Micron Bets $24 Billion On Memory Expansion As AI Driven Demand Lifts Shares

Micron Technology has announced plans to invest approximately $24 billion to expand its memory chip manufacturing capacity, signalling strong confidence in sustained demand driven by artificial intelligence and data centre workloads. The announcement pushed Micron’s shares higher, reflecting investor optimism around tightening memory markets and long term growth prospects. The investment ...

3 Feb 2026 | Tuesday | NEWS
SEMIFIVE Details IPO and Growth Strategy as Demand Accelerates for Custom AI ASICs

As demand shifts from general-purpose semiconductors toward AI ASICs, SEMIFIVE provides customized chip development solutions to fabless companies and device manufacturers. New orders have increased from KRW 57.2 billion in 2022 to KRW 123.9 billion in 2024, driven by Big-Tech-Ready high-performance AI ASIC technologies, a highly efficient and scalable design platform, and turnkey services. ...

18 Dec 2025 | Thursday | NEWS
Ecolab Completes Acquisition of Ovivo Electronics to Power Water Circularity in Semiconductor Manufacturing

  Acquisition enables Ecolab’s water circularity offerings and support for customers in the rapidly growing global high tech industry Ecolab Inc. has closed on its previously announced acquisition of Ovivo’s electronics business, a leading and fast-growing global provider of breakthrough ultrapure water technologies for semiconductor manufacturing. The acquisition extends E...

18 Dec 2025 | Thursday | NEWS
BTQ Technologies Added to Defiance Quantum ETF

BTQ Technologies Corp., a global quantum technology company focused on securing mission-critical networks, is pleased to announce that it has been added to the Defiance Quantum ETF , a thematic exchange traded fund that seeks to track the performance of the BlueStar Machine Learning and Quantum Computing Index ("BQTUM"). BTQ believes inclusion in QTUM broadens institutional and retail visibilit...

17 Dec 2025 | Wednesday | NEWS
AI Boom Powers Three-Year Surge in Semiconductor Equipment Spending Through 2027

Growth Supported by Leading-edge Logic, Memory and Advanced Packaging Applications from 2025 through 2027 Global sales of total semiconductor manufacturing equipment by original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are forecast to reach a record high of $133 billion in 2025, growing 13.7% year-on-year, SEMI announced today in its Year-End Total Semiconductor Equipment Forecast – OEM Perspective...

17 Dec 2025 | Wednesday | NEWS
India Broadens Chip Incentives, Targeting Compound Semiconductors and Advanced Packaging Capabilities

Government of India has approved an expanded set of incentives aimed at accelerating domestic manufacturing of compound semiconductors and advanced packaging, marking a significant step in building strategic depth across critical technology supply chains. The enhanced support framework is designed to attract investment into high value segments such as compound semiconductors, wh...

16 Dec 2025 | Tuesday | NEWS
Toppan Advances Semiconductor Packaging And Photomask Strategy

  Toppan has outlined a sharpened semiconductor strategy that places advanced packaging and next generation photomask technologies at the heart of its growth roadmap, aligning the business more closely with accelerating global demand for artificial intelligence driven computing. The company is recalibrating its semiconductor portfolio to address the increasing complexity of chip architectur...

16 Dec 2025 | Tuesday | NEWS
Xsight’s X2 Switch Selected as Networking Core for Starlink V3 Satellites

High-bandwidth, ultra-low-power chip is leveraged for Starlink V3 satellites and future next-generation communication systems. News Highlights: Xsight’s X2 switch enables Starlink V3 satellite Delivers the performance required for rapid data processing, stable telemetry, and real-time operational responsiveness for Starlink X2’s flexible, programmable architecture adapts seam...

15 Dec 2025 | Monday | NEWS
Kioxia Unveils Highly Stackable Oxide-Semiconductor Transistors to Advance 3D DRAM

-Kioxia Corporation, a world leader in memory solutions,  announced the development of highly stackable oxide-semiconductor channel transistors that will enable the practical implementation of high-density, low-power 3D DRAM. This technology was presented at the IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) held in San Francisco, USA, on December 10, and has the potential to reduce pow...

15 Dec 2025 | Monday | NEWS
Sivers Semiconductors Partners With DigiKey To Expand Global Access To MmWave And SATCOM Solutions

Collaboration enables faster evaluation, prototyping, and integration of Sivers' mmWave and SATCOM solutions worldwide - Sivers Semiconductors AB (STO:SIVE), a global leader in photonics and wireless technologies,  announced a strategic partnership with DigiKey, a leading global distributor of electronic components and automation products. This collaboration represents a signific...

9 Dec 2025 | Tuesday | NEWS
UMC Secures Imec Silicon Photonics Technology To Accelerate 12 Inch Optical Chip Platform

  United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE: UMC; TWSE: 2303)(“UMC”), a leading global semiconductor foundry, announced a licensing agreement with imec, a world-leading research and innovation hub in advanced semiconductor technologies, for the transfer of imec’s iSiPP300 silicon photonics process, featuring co-packaged optics (CPO) compatibility, to accelerate UMC’s ...

9 Dec 2025 | Tuesday | NEWS
Rapidus To Build 1.4 Nm Advanced Chip Fabrication Facility In Japan By 2027

Japanese semiconductor start up Rapidus has announced plans to construct a 1.4 nm process node fabrication facility, marking a bold step in the country ambition to re enter the front ranks of advanced global chip manufacturing. Research and development activities for the facility are expected to begin in 2026, with volume production targeted for 2029. Once operational, the plant is ...

9 Dec 2025 | Tuesday | NEWS
AWS Unveils Graviton5-Powered EC2 M9g Instances With Up to 25% Higher Performance

At AWS re:Invent, Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company (NASDAQ: AMZN), today announced Amazon EC2 M9g instances powered by the new Graviton5 chip.   Key takeaways New AWS Graviton5-based Amazon EC2 M9g instances deliver up to 25% higher performance than the previous generation. With 192 cores per chip and 5x larger cache, customers can scale...

8 Dec 2025 | Monday | NEWS
Cyient Semiconductors Qualified for Key Technology IP Contract in SCL’s ₹4,500-Crore Modernization Program

Company Set to Play a Key Role in Strengthening India's Custom Silicon Capabilities  Cyient Semiconductors, a leader in custom ASIC turnkey and intelligent power solutions, announced that it has been qualified for a pivotal contract for the supply and qualification of technology IPs, including design enablement, for the ₹4,500-crore modernization initiative at the Semi-Conductor Laborato...

8 Dec 2025 | Monday | NEWS
Vinci Emerges From Stealth With $46M Funding to Launch Physics-Driven AI Platform Delivering 1,000× Faster Hardware Simulations

-Vinci, the pioneer of Physics-Driven AI for hardware design and simulation, emerged from stealth today and announced $46M in total funding, with its Series A led by Xora Innovation and its Seed round led by Eclipse. The company has unveiled a physics-driven AI system that operates like a team of hardware engineers, running thousands of verified simulations in hours, not weeks. Vinci was founde...

4 Dec 2025 | Thursday | NEWS
Cree LED and SANlight Partner to Launch High-Efficiency STIXX-Series Horticulture Luminaires Featuring J Series® LEDs

-Cree LED, a Penguin Solutions brand (Nasdaq: PENG), and SANlight GmbH, Schruns, Austria, announced a partnership under which SANlight will use Cree LED’s J Series® products in its new STIXX-Series luminaires. Developed for applications with limited space, the STIXX fixtures feature a slim, space-saving design with module efficiency of up to 3.1 μmol/J. Backed by LM-80 testing with...

4 Dec 2025 | Thursday | NEWS
Suchi Semicon Launches New QFN Series, Expands Power-Packaging Portfolio to Boost India’s OSAT Capabilities

Suchi Semicon, one of India’s emerging semiconductor-backend manufacturers, announced the launch of its new QFN (Quad Flat No-Lead) package series and an expanded advanced power-package portfolio, marking a significant milestone in the country’s semiconductor-packaging capabilities. The new lineup strengthens India’s domestic OSAT (Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test) e...

3 Dec 2025 | Wednesday | NEWS
Izmo Microsystems Expands Into Advanced Packaging and Silicon Photonics to Serve Next-Gen AI and Cloud Markets

Izmo Microsystems, an India-based technology company,  announced its strategic expansion into semiconductor advanced packaging and silicon-photonics solutions — areas increasingly critical for next-generation AI data centres, telecom networks, and ultra-high-speed interconnects. The announcement drove Izmo’s share price up by nearly 4% in Monday trading, reflecting investor con...

2 Dec 2025 | Tuesday | NEWS
TDK Corporation and Nippon Chemical Industrial Begin Discussions on Joint Venture for Advanced Electronic Component Materials

TDK Corporation and Nippon Chemical Industrial Co., Ltd. have announced the signing of an agreement to begin formal discussions toward establishing a joint venture dedicated to next generation electronic component materials. The proposed venture would focus on the co development and manufacturing of ceramic materials for multilayer capacitors as well as other high value materials essential to se...

28 Nov 2025 | Friday | NEWS
Soitec Announces Validation of Its SmartSiC Substrates for SiC Power Devices

Soitec has announced that its SmartSiC technology has successfully completed formal validation for use in next generation silicon carbide power devices, marking a major milestone for the company’s rapidly expanding power electronics business. The validation confirms that SmartSiC substrates meet strict performance, reliability and manufacturability requirements demanded by leading device m...

28 Nov 2025 | Friday | NEWS