Apple Expands Broadcom Partnership with $30 Billion Investment to Manufacture Custom Silicon in the US

Apple® announced a new multiyear commitment with Broadcom to design and produce custom silicon components and cutting-edge wireless connectivity technologies for a wide range of Apple products. The new agreement, expected to exceed $30 billion, will lead to the production of more than 15 billion U.S.-made chips and support hundreds of American jobs. Apple has been working with the administrati...

9 Jul 2026 | Thursday | NEWS
POLYN Technology and ALTER TECHNOLOGY France Establish Neuromorphic Chip Validation Lab for AI Semiconductor Development

POLYN Technology, a developer of application-specific neuromorphic analog signal-processing (NASP™) chips, announced a partnership with ALTER TECHNOLOGY France to establish a joint chip-validation lab at ALTER’s Toulouse facilities. The new joint lab will provide POLYN with access to specialised electrical validation capabilities and an internationally renowned test environm...

8 Jul 2026 | Wednesday | NEWS
Solstice to Acquire Element Solutions in $14.5 Billion Deal to Expand AI, Semiconductor and Electronics Materials Business

Solstice Advanced Materials (Nasdaq: SOLS) ("Solstice" or the "Company") and Element Solutions (NYSE: ESI) ("Element") announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for Solstice to acquire Element in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at approximately $14.5 billion, including the assumption of net debt. The transaction represents a significant acceleration of So...

7 Jul 2026 | Tuesday | NEWS
Kioxia and Sandisk Begin Production of 10th-Generation 3D NAND Flash Memory at Japan Fab to Meet AI Demand

Kioxia Corporation, a subsidiary of Kioxia Holdings Corporation (TOKYO: 285A) and Sandisk Corporation (Nasdaq: SNDK) today announced the start of production for their 10th-generation 3D Flash memory technology at Fab2 (K2) at the Kitakami Plant in Iwate Prefecture in Japan. The milestone comes as the companies continue to drive meaningful, multi-year bit growth to address the strong demand for the...

6 Jul 2026 | Monday | NEWS
KoMiCo Invests CZK 914 Million in Czech Semiconductor Facility to Support TSMC's ESMC and Europe's Chip Expansion

South Korean semiconductor services company KoMiCo Co., Ltd. is strengthening its presence in Europe with the construction of a new semiconductor parts cleaning and coating facility in the Czech Republic, a move aimed at supporting the region's expanding semiconductor manufacturing sector. The company is investing approximately CZK 914.3 million (around KRW 65 billion) in the project, which will ...

3 Jul 2026 | Friday | NEWS
Infineon Opens €5 Billion Smart Power Semiconductor Fab in Dresden, Expands AI, Automotive and Power Chip Production

Infineon Technologies AG (FSE: IFX) (OTCQX: IFNNY) opened the Smart Power Fab in Dresden several months ahead of schedule. The new plant, with an investment volume of five billion euros, is the largest single investment in Infineon's history and one of the largest investment projects in Germany, creating 1,000 new, direct jobs. The new fab doubles Infineon's manufacturing capacities at the Dr...

3 Jul 2026 | Friday | NEWS
Keysight and WIN Semiconductors Streamline GaN MMIC Design for First-Pass Tapeout Success

Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) and WIN Semiconductors Corp. announced a joint MMIC design workflow that enables GaN MMIC design houses to achieve first-pass tapeout success. The workflow connects on-chip multi-domain simulation, 3D layout with verifications, and off-chip MMIC evaluation board design into a single environment. It supports the growing number of companies developing Ga...

1 Jul 2026 | Wednesday | NEWS
Tema ETFs and SemiAnalysis Partner to Launch Research-Driven Semiconductor and AI Infrastructure ETFs

Tema ETFs (“Tema”), a leader in institutional-quality and actively managed exchange-traded funds, announced an exclusive ETF partnership with SemiAnalysis, the leading independent research firm specialising in semiconductors and AI infrastructure, founded by Dylan Patel. Through the partnership, Tema and SemiAnalysis will launch the first suite of institutional-grade, research-driven ...

1 Jul 2026 | Wednesday | NEWS
SEMI Forecasts Global 300mm Memory Fab Equipment Investment to Exceed $50 Billion in 2026

Worldwide 300mm fab equipment investment in the memory sector is projected to surpass $50 billion for the first time in 2026, rising 29% to $52 billion before increasing another 11% to $57 billion in 2027, SEMI reported in its latest 300mm Fab Outlook. The growth reflects continued AI-driven demand for advanced memory, supported by rising investment in AI infrastructure, data centers, an...

30 Jun 2026 | Tuesday | NEWS
Parker Madison Uses AI to Create Brand Identity for Europe's First Advanced Semiconductor Packaging Venture

Facing a tight deadline for the French government's Choose France investment summit, Parker Madison used its proprietary AI brand diagnostic tool, LucidifyPro, to align three global executive teams and deliver both a name and a logo in just six weeks. The long-standing brand strategy firm developed the successful new identity for Tessalia Technology SAS, the first advanced...

30 Jun 2026 | Tuesday | NEWS
GigaDevice and Qt Group Partner to Accelerate Embedded HMI Development on GD32H7 MCU Platform

GigaDevice, a leading semiconductor company specialising in Flash memory, 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs), sensors, and analog products, has officially entered a strategic partnership with Qt Group, a global leader in software design, development, and quality assurance solutions. Leveraging the GD32H7 high-performance MCU series, the two companies will collaborate...

25 Jun 2026 | Thursday | NEWS
European Semiconductor Firms Prioritise End-to-End Partners as AI and Supply Chain Demands Intensify, ISG Finds

Semiconductor enterprises in Europe are seeking partners that can deliver integrated capabilities across the semiconductor lifecycle as they pursue greater resilience, efficiency and regional alignment, according to a new research report published by Information Services Group (ISG) (Nasdaq: III), a global AI-centred technology research and advisory firm. The 2026 ISG Provider Lens®...

25 Jun 2026 | Thursday | NEWS
T-REX and Roundhill Partner to Launch First Leveraged ETF Targeting AI-Driven Memory Semiconductor Market

T-REX, a joint venture between REX Shares (“REX”) and Tuttle Capital Management ("TCM"), announced a collaboration with Roundhill Investments to launch the Roundhill T-REX 2X Long DRAM Daily Target ETF (RAM), the first-ever 2X long ETF tied to the Roundhill Memory ETF (Ticker: DRAM). DRAM has become the most successful ETF launch in history, reaching over $20 billion in AUM since its l...

25 Jun 2026 | Thursday | NEWS
AlpSemi Secures €17 Million Funding to Scale Solid-State Circuit Breaker Semiconductor Technology

AlpSemi announced the successful completion of a €17 million funding round led by Yotta Capital (France) with participation from SE Ventures (Global), Navitas Semiconductor (USA) and Cycle Group (Luxembourg). This financing supports the industrialisation and commercial scale-up of AlpSemi’s next-generation semiconductor power switches, purpose-built for solid-state circuit breakers (SSC...

24 Jun 2026 | Wednesday | NEWS
Global Semiconductor Market to Surpass USD 1 Trillion by 2031, Driven by AI, EVs and Advanced Packaging

Mordor Intelligence has published its latest analysis of the semiconductor industry, highlighting sustained expansion driven by artificial intelligence infrastructure, electric vehicle adoption, advanced packaging technologies, and increasing investments in domestic chip manufacturing ecosystems.  According to the industry analysis, the semiconductor industry size stood at USD...

19 Jun 2026 | Friday | NEWS
SandboxAQ Secures $500 Million CHIPS Award to Advance Domestic Semiconductor Materials Innovation

SandboxAQ announced a definitive agreement with the U.S. Department of Commerce's CHIPS Research and Development Office for a $500 million award to address one of the most urgent challenges in American manufacturing: the foreign control of critical materials and chemistries that are essential to semiconductor manufacturing. The award provides funding to develop novel molecules and formulatio...

18 Jun 2026 | Thursday | NEWS
Rapidus and Fondazione Chips-IT Forge Partnership to Strengthen Japan-Italy Semiconductor Collaboration

Rapidus Corporation announced that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Fondazione Chips-IT, an Italian private-law foundation dedicated to semiconductor circuit design. The Fondazione Chips-IT plays a central role in Italy's semiconductor ecosystem and collaborates with world-leading international research institutions and industry. In January of this year, the prime ...

17 Jun 2026 | Wednesday | NEWS
Rapidus and UK Semiconductor Centre Forge Strategic Partnership to Strengthen Future Chip Manufacturing

Rapidus Corporation announced that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the UK Semiconductor Centre (UKSC), a national body promoting the semiconductor industry in the UK, for future semiconductor manufacturing. The UKSC supports the development of the country's semiconductor ecosystem and growth strategies, as well as promotes international collaboration and technical par...

16 Jun 2026 | Tuesday | NEWS
Qnity Expands CMP Portfolio with New Optivision Max Polishing Pads

Qnity Electronics, Inc. (“Qnity”) (NYSE: Q), a premier technology solutions leader across the semiconductor value chain, announced the expansion of its offerings for chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) with the introduction of Optivision™ Max polishing pads. As semiconductor devices continue to shrink and increase in complexity, diverse CMP processes are critical to ach...

12 Jun 2026 | Friday | NEWS
ASPEED and Lattice Partner to Deliver Flexible Server Management for AI Data Centres

ASPEED Technology, the global leader in Baseboard Management Controllers (BMC) and Lattice Semiconductor (NASDAQ: LSCC), the low-power programmable leader, announced a strategic partnership to advance flexible, growth-oriented control capabilities for next-generation datacenter systems. As a first commercial result of this collaboration, ASPEED introduced the AST1840 Satellite Management Con...

3 Jun 2026 | Wednesday | NEWS