Acquisition accelerates Ecolab’s sales growth by significantly expanding its Global High-Tech growth engine, creating an end-to-end fluid management and cooling platform for AI data centers Ecolab announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire CoolIT Systems, a high-growth, high-margin leader in liquid cooling technology for next-gen AI data cen...
Advanced Micro Devices has expanded its strategic collaboration with Samsung Electronics, reinforcing supply chain alignment for next-generation AI and data centre technologies. The agreement focuses on securing advanced memory solutions while also exploring potential manufacturing partnerships. Under the arrangement, Samsung is expected to supply its latest high-bandwidth memory (HBM4) for AMD&r...
At Embedded World 2026, branded semiconductor memory enterprise Longsys (301308.SZ) demonstrated its integrated storage innovation capabilities and dual business-model value under the theme "AI Storage for Embedded World". Automotive-grade Portfolio Powers Intelligent Vehicles With seven years of expertise in automotive-grade storage, Longsys has built comprehensive capabilities across chi...
Semiconductor equipment supplier E&R Engineering Corp. (8027.TW) announced its new office in Hillsboro, Portland. Following the establishment of its Phoenix, Arizona site, this second North American hub marks a milestone in providing localized support within the U.S. semiconductor ecosystem. Closer to Key Customers, with Order Visibility Extending to 2027 Driven by surging de...
At GTC 2026, Synopsys presented the outcomes of its ongoing collaboration with NVIDIA, highlighting how the integration of AI and accelerated computing is reshaping modern engineering and design processes. By combining its expertise in electronic design automation (EDA) and simulation with NVIDIA’s high-performance computing technologies, Synopsys is enabling organisations to tackle increas...
HyperLight Corporation, creator of the TFLN Chiplet™ platform, announced the release of its 145 GHz Packaged Intensity Modulator (IM), expanding the company‘s high-speed modulator portfolio. The new device is designed for ultra-wide modulation bandwidth, high signal fidelity, and stable operation control, enabling 448 Gbps per lane intensity-modulated-direct-detection (IMDD)...
Next week at NVIDIA GTC 2026, KIOXIA America, Inc. will showcase its latest high-performance memory and solid-state drive (SSD) solutions designed to meet the growing demands of artificial intelligence (AI) workloads. As the premier global AI conference, GTC brings together developers, researchers, and business leaders to explore advances in accelerated computing and AI. At this ye...
Qnity Electronics, Inc. (“Qnity”) (NYSE: Q), a premier technology solutions leader across the semiconductor value chain, celebrated the opening of its new 385,000-square-foot facility with a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Newark, Delaware. The new facility, part of a multi-year investment to expand advanced manufacturing, increases capacity to meet rising demand for semiconductor material...
Skyworks Solutions, a semiconductor manufacturer based in Irvine, California, specialising in analogue and mixed-signal technologies, has unveiled an early-stage 6G RF front-end (RFFE) power amplifier designed for the new FR3 frequency range at Mobile World Congress 2026 in Barcelona, Spain (2–5 March). The demonstration has been developed in collaboration with Taiwanese fabless semiconducto...
Rapidus Corporation announced that it has completed a funding round totalling 267.6 billion yen (equivalent to $1.7 billion USD) from the Japanese government and private sector companies. A total of 100 billion yen was invested from the Information-Technology Promotion Agency (IPA), Japan, an independent administrative agency under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Indus...
BrainChip Holdings Ltd. (ASX: BRN, OTCQX: BRCHF, ADR: BCHPY), the world’s first commercial producer of ultra-low-power, fully digital, event-based neuromorphic AI, announced its role as the official Technology Sponsor for the 2025-2026 Raytheon Autonomous Vehicle Competition (AVC). The Raytheon AVC, themed “Operation Touchdown,” challenges undergraduate engineering teams from ac...
Supplyframe’s Findchips launched its Tariff Estimator across a wide range of parts in the vast Findchips catalog. This groundbreaking new feature empowers engineers and sourcing professionals to translate Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) and Harmonized System (HS) codes and country-of-origin details into estimated tariff duty rates for imports into the U.S., providing a cost range for sourci...
In February 2026, a U.S. federal court ruled that Laser Components, a century-old global optics company, had infringed patents held by Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc. (SETi), a U.S.-based company that has focused on opto-semiconductor R&D and manufacturing for the past 25 years. The court ordered a permanent injunction banning the sale of the infringing products. The ruling applies not only...
Guerrilla RF, Inc. (OTCQX: GUER), a leading provider of state-of-the-art radio frequency (RF) and microwave semiconductors, announced its expanded focus and readiness to support the rapidly evolving Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) and Counter-UAS (C-UAS) markets. With a deep portfolio spanning low-noise small-signal devices through high-power RF power amplifiers, Guerrilla RF offers over 90 componen...
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...
Vanguard Group Inc. has boosted its holdings in Lattice Semiconductor Corporation, purchasing an additional 189,147 shares of the company. The transaction reflects continued institutional interest in the US-based developer of low-power field-programmable gate array (FPGA) technology. The latest filing reveals that Vanguard acquired the shares at prevailing market prices during the reporting perio...
SEALSQ Corp has reinforced its quantum technology strategy through an additional strategic investment in US-based quantum hardware developer EeroQ. The move forms part of the company’s broader “Quantum Made in USA” initiative, aimed at accelerating domestic innovation and building secure, sovereign quantum computing capabilities. The follow-on investment, made via SEALSQ’s...
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...
Draper and the Northeast Microelectronics Coalition (NEMC) announced that Draper will provide advisory services and support to startups and small companies within NEMC's membership to de-risk and accelerate lab-to-fab technology transition. The formal introduction will be made at the 2026 Microelectronics Commons Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. These services build upon the NEMC's Po...
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....