• Thursday | 12 November 2026
Infinity AI Raises US$15 Million to Accelerate AI Inference Software for Next-Generation Semiconductor Chips

Infinity.inc (Infinity Artificial Intelligence Institute), an early-stage AI infrastructure research company building the software layer that makes any AI chip inference-ready, announced it has raised $15 million in seed funding at a $100 million post-money valuation. The round included significant participation from Touring Capital, along with Principal VC, executives at major chip...

21 Jul 2026 | Tuesday | NEWS
Viettel to Invest US$1.3 Billion in Hanoi Semiconductor Fab as Vietnam Attracts US$588 Million in High-Tech Investment

Vietnam's capital is strengthening its position as a regional technology hub after Viettel committed US$1.3 billion to build a semiconductor manufacturing facility, a move that has helped Hanoi attract US$588 million in high-tech investment during the first half of the year. The planned chip manufacturing complex forms part of Vietnam's broader strategy to develop a domestic semiconductor industr...

17 Jul 2026 | Friday | NEWS
Harel Increases Stake in Camtek as AI Chip Manufacturing Drives Demand for Semiconductor Inspection Equipment

Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services has expanded its holding in semiconductor inspection equipment supplier Camtek, reinforcing institutional confidence in the company's long-term growth prospects amid rising demand for advanced chip manufacturing technologies. According to a recent regulatory filing, Harel increased its stake by 38.2% during the first quarter, acquiring an addit...

17 Jul 2026 | Friday | NEWS
Diodes to Acquire ElevATE Semiconductor in US$250 Million Deal

Presidio Investors (“Presidio”), a lower middle market private equity firm, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell ElevATE Semiconductor, Inc. (“ElevATE”) to Diodes Incorporated (Nasdaq: DIOD) in an all-cash transaction valued at $250 million. ElevATE, headquartered in San Diego, California, is a leading fabless designer of low-power, high-density...

15 Jul 2026 | Wednesday | NEWS
TYLsemi Raises US$43 Million to Advance Chiplet Platform for AI Infrastructure

TYLsemiTM emerged from stealth and announced the closing of an oversubscribed $43 million early-stage funding round to accelerate the development of AI infrastructure. TYLsemi is the first chiplet platform company to deliver a full portfolio across IO, power delivery, and memory paired with a chiplet-based custom silicon design, integration and supply-chain ownership. This standards-based, pr...

15 Jul 2026 | Wednesday | NEWS
Narrow Gate Holding Expands Investments in AI, Semiconductors, Robotics and Energy Infrastructure

Narrow Gate Holding, a U.S.-based global investment firm, announced that it is expanding and deepening its investments across AI, robotics, semiconductors, and energy, the four sectors it identifies as the foundational infrastructure on which frontier technology will be built. The move reflects the firm's view that the decisive competition in AI is shifting away from software and model performanc...

13 Jul 2026 | Monday | NEWS
Arteris and IC-Link by imec Partner to Accelerate AI and High-Performance Computing Chip Development

Semiconductor system intellectual property (IP) provider Arteris has announced a collaboration with IC-Link by imec to accelerate the development of next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC) chips. The partnership combines Arteris' Network-on-Chip (NoC) interconnect IP with IC-Link by imec's application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) d...

10 Jul 2026 | Friday | NEWS
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

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