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...
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...
Nova announced that its ELIPSON® materials metrology solution has been selected as Tool of Record by a leading global foundry customer for advanced Gate-All-Around (GAA) manufacturing processes. The Company has received orders and delivered several ELIPSON® tools to the customer for use in various high-volume production processes. The selection marks a significant milestone for the ELI...
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...
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...
Reed Semiconductor Corp., a global leader in the design, development, and manufacture of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced that it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit (Case No. 6:25-cv-00449) in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas against Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (MPS). The lawsuit alleges infringement of U.S. Patent No. 7,960,955, which covers ...
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...
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...
Taiwan has firmly rejected a proposal from the U.S. Trump administration suggesting a 50-50 split in global semiconductor production. The proposal, reportedly introduced by U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, aimed to balance chip manufacturing between the U.S. and Taiwan. However, Taiwan's Vice Premier Cheng Li-chiun clarified that this specific arrangement was "not discussed" during the re...
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...
Alchip Technologies, the dedicated high-performance and AI computing ASIC leader, validated its 3DIC ecosystem readiness with results from its 3DIC test chip tape out. The results vaulted Alchip into a clear 3DIC technology leadership because it validated an entire, integrated 3DIC solution, as well as its various elements. The test chip provided CPU/NPU core demonstration, UCIe and PCIe ...
International Battery Metals Ltd. (“IBAT”) (TSXV: IBAT) & (OTCQB: IBATF), an advanced technology provider of modular direct lithium extraction (DLE) systems, announced it has entered into an 18-month exclusive collaboration agreement with a major Middle East energy services provider to jointly pursue direct lithium extraction (DLE) opportunities across the region. The agree...
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...
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...
-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...
-QuantumScape Corporation (NYSE: QS), a global leader in next-generation solid-state lithium-metal battery technology, and Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW), one of the world’s leading innovators in glass, ceramics, and materials science, announced an agreement to jointly develop ceramic separator manufacturing capabilities for QS solid-state batteries. The companies will work together...
Collaboration enables workflows for TSMC advanced node technologies, accelerating AI, high-speed data communications, and advanced computing Key Highlights An AI-assisted optimization workflow helps shorten design cycle times on TSMC's compact universal photonic engine (COUPE) platform and strengthens design quality using Ansys optiSLang®, Ansys Zemax OpticStudio®, and Ansys Lu...
Aiming to strengthen the private-sector-led domestic automotive semiconductor ecosystem, expanding interdisciplinary cooperation across foundries, fabless companies, packaging companies, and more The company hosted the inaugural Auto Semicon Korea with the goal to localize automotive semiconductors and create a self-sustaining domestic value chain and business opportuniti...
Collaboration includes a strategic investment from UST as the companies look to build manufacturing base through the 'Make in India' initiative UST, a leading AI and technology transformation solutions company, has announced a strategic investment in Kaynes Semicon, a prominent Indian semiconductor manufacturer. The investment arrangement lays the foundation for g...
NexPoint, a multibillion-dollar alternative investment firm, today announced that it has fully subscribed its NexPoint Semiconductor Manufacturing DST (the "Trust"), a Delaware Statutory Trust ("DST") offering. The offering has reached its total goal of $137 million in equity raised since its launch. The Property is located in Temecula, California, a city within the Riverside metropolitan stati...