Magnachip Semiconductor Corporation Launches 7th-Gen 24V MOSFET for Tri-Fold Smartphones

Magnachip Semiconductor Corporation (NYSE: MX, “Magnachip”) announced the launch of its new 7th-generation 24V MXT LV MOSFET1 specifically designed for battery protection circuits in next-generation tri-fold smartphones, strengthening its presence in the premium foldable smartphone market. The product is now in mass production and is currently being supplied to a major global smar...

27 Feb 2026 | Friday | NEWS
Semtech Corporation Expands Smart Home Chip Strategy with Trident IoT Deal

Semtech Corporation (Nasdaq: SMTC), a leading provider of high-performance semiconductor, Internet of Things (IoT) systems and cloud connectivity service solutions, announced a definitive agreement with Trident IoT that positions Semtech’s LoRa Plus™ platform as the connectivity foundation for next-generation multi-protocol smart home and security solutions. With this agreeme...

27 Feb 2026 | Friday | NEWS
Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation Launches 135°C Photorelays for Automotive Chip Testing

Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation ("Toshiba") has launched four voltage-driven photorelays, “TLP3407SRB,” “TLP3412SRB,“ ”TLP3412SRHB,“ and “TLP3412SRLB” housed in the small S-VSON4T package. The new photorelays deliver a maximum operating temperature rating of 135°C for equipment that operates at high temperatures. Volume ...

27 Feb 2026 | Friday | NEWS
Airspan Networks Holdings LLC Launches AirUnity Small Cells Powered by EdgeQ Chip

Airspan Networks Holdings LLC (“Airspan”), a leading global provider of wireless network solutions, announced the launch of AirUnity Small Cells, a next-generation small cell portfolio designed to help mobile network operators (MNOs) and enterprises expand 4G and 5G coverage and capacity through targeted deployments that support scalable network densification across diverse indoor and ...

26 Feb 2026 | Thursday | NEWS
Renesas Electronics Corporation ADAS SoC Selected for Toyota Motor Corporation RAV4

Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced that its ADAS automotive system-on-chip (SoC), R-Car V4H, has been selected for the TSS(LSS) control unit used in Toyota Motor Corporation’s new RAV4 model, which debuted in December 2025. The control unit is supplied by Denso Corporation. Engineered for advanced ADAS (Advanced Drive...

26 Feb 2026 | Thursday | NEWS
The Chemours Company Executive Joins SEMI North America Advisory Board

The Chemours Company (Chemours) (NYSE: CC), a global chemistry company, announced that Gerardo Familiar, President of the company's APM business, has been appointed to the SEMI North America Advisory Board (NAAB). SEMI is a global industry association serving thousands of member companies across the semiconductor and electronics design and manufacturing supply chain. The SEMI N...

25 Feb 2026 | Wednesday | NEWS
SambaNova Systems Unveils SN50 AI Chip, Plans Strategic Collaboration with Intel

SambaNova introduced their SN50 AI chip, which boasts a max speed that’s 5X faster than competitive chips. The company also announced a planned collaboration with Intel to deliver high‑performance, cost‑efficient AI inference solutions, and more than $350M in investment from new and existing investors. Positioned as the most efficient chip for agentic AI, the SN50 chip offers ...

25 Feb 2026 | Wednesday | NEWS
Apple Inc. Expands U.S. Chip and Semiconductor Manufacturing in Houston

Apple® announced a significant expansion of factory operations in Houston, bringing the future production of Mac mini® to the U.S. for the first time. The company will also expand advanced AI server manufacturing at the factory and provide hands-on training at its new Advanced Manufacturing Center beginning later this year. Altogether, Apple’s Houston operations will create thousands...

25 Feb 2026 | Wednesday | NEWS
Fractilia Secures First Production Deployment of FAME 300 System

Fractilia, the industry leader in high-accuracy stochastics metrology and control, announced that its FAME 300™ system has been adopted for production use by a top-five semiconductor device maker, marking the first time an in-line stochastics control solution has been fully integrated into a modern manufacturing environment. Fractilia confirmed that FAME 300 has been deployed as a fully aut...

25 Feb 2026 | Wednesday | NEWS
Baya Systems and Aion Silicon Partner to Accelerate SoC and Chiplet Development

Baya Systems, a pioneer in software-driven, chiplet-ready semiconductor fabric IP for scalable AI, high-performance computing (HPC), and automotive applications, today announced a partnership with Aion Silicon (formerly Sondrel), a leading ASIC and SoC architecture and design services company. Together, the companies are delivering a joint solution that enables faster definition, design,...

24 Feb 2026 | Tuesday | NEWS
SPIE and Cadence Design Systems, Inc. Establish Ya-Chieh Lai Memorial Scholarship

SPIE, the international society of optics and photonics, Cadence Design Systems, Inc., and the Cadence Giving Foundation have partnered to jointly fund the Ya-Chieh Lai Memorial Scholarship. Starting in 2027 and spanning five years, the annual $10,000 scholarship will be awarded to a university student during the SPIE Design Technology Co-Optimization (DTCO) conference at ...

23 Feb 2026 | Monday | NEWS
SEMIFIVE Wins U.S. Design Contract for FHE Hardware Accelerator

SEMIFIVE, a leading global provider of custom AI semiconductor (ASIC) solutions, announced that it has secured a design win from Niobium, a U.S.-based leader in Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) hardware acceleration platforms. This partnership represents a strategic milestone in SEMIFIVE's expansion in the U.S. market. The contract, valued at around KRW 10 billion (USD 6.86 million), covers the...

23 Feb 2026 | Monday | NEWS
Chiplet Summit Announces 2026 Best of Show Winners Highlighting Packaging and Connectivity Innovation

The fourth annual Chiplet Summit, the largest conference dedicated to chiplets, reported on its 2026 Best of Show Awards at the Santa Clara Convention Center. The winners are: Siemens EDA for “Packaging: Design” – Their Innovator3D IC software enables fast planning and heterogeneous integration of ASICs and chiplets using 2.5D and 3D packaging technologies. UCIe Consort...

20 Feb 2026 | Friday | NEWS
Renesas Electronics Corporation Develops Next-Gen Automotive SoC Platform for Software-Defined Vehicles

Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, has developed three System-on-Chip (SoC) technologies for automotive multi-domain electronic control units (ECUs). They feature advanced AI processing capabilities and chiplet functions, serving as the core technology platform for next-generation automotive electrical/electronic (E/E) architectures....

20 Feb 2026 | Friday | NEWS
SkyWater Technology Appoints Christine Dunbar to Lead Sales and Drive Foundry Expansion

SkyWater Technology (NASDAQ: SKYT), the largest exclusively U.S.-based pure-play semiconductor foundry, announced the appointment of Christine Dunbar as senior vice president of sales and solutions engineering, reporting directly to President and COO John Sakamoto. In her role, Dunbar will focus on accelerating customer acquisition and scaling growth across the company’s core platforms....

17 Feb 2026 | Tuesday | NEWS
ChEmpower Launches Chakra™ Abrasive-Free Polishing Pads for Advanced Chips

ChEmpower, a leader in semiconductor process innovation, announced Chakra™, a family of functional polishing pads, beginning with the Copper Series, designed specifically for abrasive-free Chemical Mechanical Planarization (CMP). Chakra™ is a core component of ChEmpower’s patented planarization technology, enabling the precision, yield, and surface integrity required for next-gen...

13 Feb 2026 | Friday | NEWS
VORAGO and wolfSSL Partner to Secure the Next Generation of Satellites

At SmallSat Symposium 2026, VORAGO Technologies, a radiation-hardened and radiation-tolerant chip provider for space applications, announced a software partnership with wolfSSL, a company specialising in embedded cryptography for secure systems, successfully for the last 20 years. This unique partnership delivers radiation-hardened chips with built-in, standards-based cryptographic secur...

13 Feb 2026 | Friday | NEWS
I/ONX Joins UNLV Program to Support Semiconductor Education

I/ONX High Performance Compute (HPC) has been selected to participate in a series of classes and training workshops at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas’ (UNLV) College of Engineering. I/ONX has joined the AI-driven, Career Inspiring Experiential Program for Semiconductor Education (ACIES) program as an industry partner, and Chief Executive Officer Justyn Hornor is leading the discussions...

13 Feb 2026 | Friday | NEWS
Wolfspeed Expands AI Use to Boost Manufacturing Efficiency

Wolfspeed, a global leader in silicon carbide technology, is expanding its use of Snowflake to accelerate manufacturing efficiency and operational excellence as it scales production to meet growing market demand. After bringing together factory, supply chain, and enterprise data on a single, governed platform, Wolfspeed is now deploying AI across its operations to improve cost, quality, ...

12 Feb 2026 | Thursday | NEWS
Keysight Launches SOS Enterprise for Better Engineering Data Control

Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) announced SOS Enterprise, an advanced edition of its engineering data management platform. The solution builds on the SOS Core software and automates engineering data governance and traceability to prepare for AI adoption at scale. As semiconductor and electronics development accelerates, engineers face growing design complexity and rapidly incre...

12 Feb 2026 | Thursday | NEWS