• Wednesday | 16 September 2026
JETRO and Purdue University Partner to Strengthen Japan-US Advanced Technology Innovation

The Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) and Purdue University announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to strengthen innovation collaboration in advanced technology fields and further connect the innovation ecosystems of Japan and the United States. The MOU was signed by Norihiko Ishiguro, Chairman and CEO of JETRO, and Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr., President of Purdue ...

11 Sep 2026 | Friday | NEWS
Axcelis Invests $35 Million in New Ion Implantation Facility in South Korea

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: ACLS), a leading supplier of enabling ion implantation solutions for the semiconductor industry, announced plans to invest $35 million in its global manufacturing infrastructure through the construction of a new ion implantation equipment manufacturing facility in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, Korea. President and CEO Russell Low commented, "This investme...

11 Sep 2026 | Friday | NEWS
PsiQuantum Secures $100 Million US CHIPS Funding to Advance Quantum Computing Manufacturing

PsiQuantum announced that the company has signed definitive documentation with the U.S. Department of Commerce for a $100 million award to strengthen American leadership in quantum computing and semiconductor supply-chain security. In May 2026, the company announced that it had signed a letter of intent with the Department for $100 million in proposed federal research and development (R&...

10 Sep 2026 | Thursday | NEWS
Quantinuum Secures $100 Million CHIPS Funding to Advance US Quantum Manufacturing

Quantinuum (Nasdaq: QNT), a leading quantum computing company, announced it has finalised an agreement with the U.S. Department of Commerce's CHIPS Research and Development Office for $100 million in federal funding deployed through the CHIPS and Science Act. The award, which follows a letter of intent announced in May, supports R&D and U.S. quantum semiconductor manufacturing c...

9 Sep 2026 | Wednesday | NEWS
Silicon Labs Opens Austin R&D Lab to Advance Wireless Semiconductor Innovation

Silicon Labs (NASDAQ: SLAB), the leader in low-power wireless connectivity, celebrated the opening of its new research and development (R&D) laboratory for advanced chip design and testing in Austin. The new R&D laboratory, made possible in part through a $23 million grant from the Texas Semiconductor Innovation Fund (TSIF) established by the Texas CHIPS Act, was officially ...

8 Sep 2026 | Tuesday | NEWS
Park Systems Opens Hillsboro Office to Support Pacific Northwest Semiconductor Industry

Park Systems, a leading global manufacturer of atomic force microscopy (AFM) and nanoscale metrology systems, today announced the opening of its newest regional office in Hillsboro, Oregon. The strategic addition enhances the company's ability to provide localised technical support, rapid-response customer engineering, and direct account management to key semiconductor and high-technology par...

8 Sep 2026 | Tuesday | NEWS
BYD’s Semiconductor Strategy Strengthens China’s Automotive Chip Self-Reliance

The global automotive industry is entering a new phase in which semiconductors are becoming as strategically important as batteries, motors and manufacturing scale. As vehicles evolve into software-defined, AI-enabled platforms, chips increasingly determine everything from power management and cockpit functions to advanced driver-assistance systems. At the same time, geopolitical tensions and tech...

8 Sep 2026 | Tuesday | NEWS
Gradiant Expands US Water Infrastructure Push as AI and Semiconductor Demand Grows

Every microchip, data centre, and megawatt of AI capacity depends on water. Gradiant, the water layer of the AI economy, announced a series of milestones reinforcing its ability to solve that constraint across the United States: a new US leadership hire, three new offices, an innovation centre, and long-term services contracts, including one with a chip major. Gradiant named Dr Nish Vora as ...

20 Aug 2026 | Thursday | NEWS
Ramaco Resources and Bedrock Semiconductor Explore Domestic Gallium Supply for GaN Chips

Ramaco Resources, Inc. (NASDAQ: METC, METCB) ("Ramaco" or the "Company") announced that it has executed a non-binding memorandum of understanding ("MOU") with Bedrock Semiconductor Inc. ("Bedrock"). The MOU confirms potential strategic relationships involving critical minerals from Ramaco's exploratory Brook Mine rare earth and critical-mineral project in Wyoming (the "Brook Mine"). Bedrock ...

19 Aug 2026 | Wednesday | NEWS
Teradar Establishes European Headquarters in Germany to Advance THz Vision for Autonomous Driving

Teradar, the US-based developer of the world's first terahertz (THz) vision technology for self-driving vehicles, announced the establishment of Teradar GmbH in Germany to serve as the company's European headquarters. As Teradar gains commercial traction and continues testing with Europe's top automakers for production-readiness of its Terahertz Imaging sensors, the establishment of Teradar G...

18 Aug 2026 | Tuesday | NEWS
Hanmi Semiconductor to Establish US Subsidiary as AI Chip Investment Drives Equipment Demand

South Korean semiconductor equipment manufacturer Hanmi Semiconductor is expanding its presence in the United States as growing investment in artificial intelligence (AI) chips creates fresh opportunities across the semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem. The company announced on 10 August that it plans to establish a US subsidiary, HANMI USA, Inc., with an investment of approximately US$1.5 milli...

12 Aug 2026 | Wednesday | NEWS
Samsung Unveils Next-Generation AI Memory Innovations, Including Industry-First V10 BV-NAND and zHBM at FMS 2026

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a global leader in advanced memory technology, showcased its latest AI memory innovations at Future of Memory and Storage (FMS) 2026 in Santa Clara, California. With broad expertise spanning DRAM, NAND, enterprise storage and relevant advanced semiconductor technologies, Samsung presented its latest AI memory portfolio and technology roadmap, including a preview of ...

6 Aug 2026 | Thursday | NEWS
IonQ Completes SkyWater Acquisition to Strengthen U.S. Quantum Semiconductor Manufacturing

IonQ (NYSE: IONQ), the world’s leading quantum platform company, completed its acquisition of SkyWater Technology (NASDAQ: SKYT), the largest exclusively U.S.-based semiconductor foundry. “Acquiring SkyWater crystallises IonQ’s vision to serve as a technology leader, merchant supplier and ecosystem enabler across the entire quantum industry. We are investing in capabilities from...

4 Aug 2026 | Tuesday | NEWS
Linde to Invest $1.8 Billion in US and Taiwan to Expand Semiconductor Gas Supply

Linde (Nasdaq: LIN) announced that it has been awarded a new long-term agreement to supply ultra-high-purity industrial gases to one of the world’s largest semiconductor manufacturers. The agreement will support the expansion of the customer’s semiconductor manufacturing complex in Phoenix, Arizona. Linde will invest $1 billion to expand its existing on-site industrial gases complex i...

4 Aug 2026 | Tuesday | NEWS
CXMT Shares Surge 466% in Record Shanghai Debut, Cementing China's DRAM Ambitions

ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), China's largest producer of dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) chips, saw its shares surge 466% in its market debut on the Shanghai Stock Exchange's STAR Market. The company raised 57.9 billion Chinese yuan ($8.6 billion) in what is Asia's biggest initial public offering (IPO) this year, according to a Russia Today (RT) report. [1] At the ...

31 Jul 2026 | Friday | NEWS
PTSL Expands U.S. Semiconductor Test Business with Acquisition of Rucker and Kolls

Probe Test Solutions Ltd (PTSL), an established high-growth technology company and a world leader in delivering advanced Automated Test Equipment (“ATE”) test hardware solutions, announces the recent acquisition of Rucker and Kolls Inc (“R&K”), a U.S. probe card manufacturer. This represents the third acquisition by PTSL, following the earlier acquisition of Probe Techn...

30 Jul 2026 | Thursday | NEWS
Amkor and NVIDIA Form Multi-Year Partnership to Expand Advanced AI Chip Packaging in the U.S.

Amkor Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMKR) announced a multi-year strategic partnership with NVIDIA to develop advanced semiconductor packaging and test technologies for next-generation AI and accelerated computing platforms. Under the agreement, NVIDIA will provide a prepayment to support the expansion of Amkor’s U.S. advanced packaging capacity. Advanced packaging enables the performance, ener...

28 Jul 2026 | Tuesday | NEWS
Synopsys and NVIDIA Advance Agentic AI for Semiconductor Design with Autonomous Chip Verification and Engineering Workflows

Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNPS) announced advancements to agentic AI for engineering in collaboration with NVIDIA. Synopsys has developed fully autonomous, long-running agentic capabilities for chip design and electronics system design enabled with NVIDIA Nemotron on NVIDIA's accelerated computing platform and secured by the NVIDIA OpenShell runtime. Demonstrated at DAC for the first ...

28 Jul 2026 | Tuesday | NEWS
STARTRADER Adds SK Hynix US Listing to Expand AI Infrastructure Investment Opportunities

STARTRADER announced the launch of SK Hynix Inc. (SKHY) as a US Stock CFD on its trading platform. Moving swiftly following SK Hynix's recent US listing, which raised approximately $26.5 billion, STARTRADER is ensuring clients can engage with this name at the earliest opportunity. This is precisely the type of occasion STARTRADER builds its product strategy around. As significant names enter...

24 Jul 2026 | Friday | NEWS
Thermal Interface Materials Market to Reach USD 6.2 Billion by 2036 as AI and Semiconductor Demand Accelerates

The global market for thermal interface materials (TIMs) is forecast to grow from USD 3.8 billion in 2026 to USD 6.2 billion by 2036, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.1%, according to a recent market study by Future Market Insights. The report attributes the market's expansion to rising demand for advanced thermal management technologies across the electronics, semiconductor...

16 Jul 2026 | Thursday | NEWS

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