Bystronic AG has completed the acquisition of the Tools for Materials Processing business unit from Coherent Corp., marking a significant step in the company’s strategy to expand into high growth technology markets, including semiconductor manufacturing and medical technology. The acquired business will operate within Bystronic as the Bystronic Rofin business unit, continuing to leverage ...
TSMC’s new Global R&D Center in Taiwan reflects Asia’s drive to maintain cutting-edge chip capabilities on home soil. Semiconductor technology has become not just an industry, but an instrument of national power. Semiconductors in 2025 are not merely about cranking out more chips – they have become closely tied to national sovereignty and strategy. Nowhere is this shift more...
Cognite, the global leader in Industrial AI, announced the official grand opening of its new global headquarters in Tempe, Arizona. The relocation from Oslo, Norway marks a milestone in the company's growth strategy and underscores its commitment to the North American market. "Establishing our global headquarters in Arizona represents an exciting new chapter for Cognite as this positions ...
PowerLattice, the company reimagining power delivery for next-generation AI accelerators, announced its emergence from stealth with $25 million in Series A funding jointly led by Playground Global and Celesta Capital. The company’s breakthrough power delivery chiplet tightly couples power and compute, reducing total compute power needs by more than 50%, effectively doubling performance. Powe...
Tinicum, L.P. (“Tinicum”) today announced that one of its affiliates has signed an agreement to acquire the aerospace assets of TriMas Corporation (“TriMas Aerospace”), through which TriMas Aerospace will be merged with PennAero, a Tinicum portfolio company (“the Transaction”). Funds managed by Blackstone will be a minority investor in the Transaction. This in...
-ANAFLASH, an edge AI processor startup, has developed an AI MCU with its proprietary standard logic compatible embedded flash technology using Samsung Foundry’s 28 nm process. This breakthrough enables the integration of zero-standby-power weight memory based on ANAFLASH’s Logic-EFLASH technology, utilizing only standard logic devices. The result is a cost-effective and energy-effic...
Infleqtion, a global leader in neutral atom–based quantum technology, announced a successful trial with the Royal Navy and MSubs, marking the first-ever deployment of a quantum optical atomic clock on an underwater autonomous vehicle. The trial integrated Infleqtion’s Tiqker optical atomic clock into the Royal Navy’s Excalibur (XCal) testbed submarine, demonstrating preci...
Sales 50x YoY, Deployments at 50 leading semiconductor companies. Former CEOs of Cadence and Mentor Graphics, Plus Former Synopsys CTO, Join Advisory Board. ChipAgents, the agentic AI platform transforming chip design and verification, announced the close of a $21 million Series A funding round, bringing the total fundraise to $24 million to date. This latest round closed with Besseme...
Vertical Semiconductor, a pioneering spin-out from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), has raised $11 million in seed funding to accelerate development of its vertical GaN (gallium nitride) transistors — a breakthrough set to redefine how power is delivered to AI chips in data centres. The company’s technology brings power conversion closer to the chip, easing data-cent...
Frore Systems announced the launch of LiquidJet™, a revolutionary direct-to-chip liquid cooling 3D coldplate solution designed to meet the escalating demands of AI Data Centers. Built with Frore's unique semiconductor manufacturing process adapted to metal wafers, LiquidJet unlocks higher performance from the world's most powerful GPUs—starting with NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra—...
Metallium Ltd. (ASX: MTM; OTCQX: MTMCF) announced the company will add a second demonstration line at its first commercial facility, scheduled for commissioning in December. The line will be specifically for rare earths elements (REE) and semiconductor feedstocks. The announcement was made by the company as they updated investors on the advancement of the company's commercial facility in th...
IonQ CEO to discuss how quantum accelerates innovation and economic growth at Italy’s leading tech and policy forum -IonQ (NYSE: IONQ), a leading quantum company, announced its participation in the ComoLake2025 Digital Innovation Forum, one of Italy’s most prominent technology events focused on digital transformation, infrastructure, and innovation policy. At ComoLa...
Smartkem, Inc. (Nasdaq: SMTK), ("Smartkem"), a company developing a new class of organic semiconductor technology, announced that it has signed a non-binding Letter of Intent ("LOI") with Jericho Energy Ventures Inc. (TSX-V: JEV, OTC: JROOF) ("Jericho" or "JEV"), an energy innovation company, for a proposed all-stock business combination (the "Proposed Transaction"). If completed, the Proposed T...
GS Microelectronics US, Inc. (GSME), a leading-edge global supplier of integrated circuit design and manufacturing solutions, announced that it has acquired Muse Semiconductor. Muse Semiconductor is a recognized provider of multi-project wafer (MPW) services, enabling chip designs built on TSMC technology. This strategic acquisition will expand GSME's reach into key innovation hubs across No...
Arasan Chip Systems, a leading provider of semiconductor IP for mobile and automobile SoCs, announced the immediate availability of its Total IP for eUSB with the eUSB v2 Controller and eUSB v2 PHY IP. Arasan's eUSB2 has been designed to target SoCs operating at 1.2V as the interface operating voltage. Arasan is one of the pioneers in the USB IP business having started with USB 1.0 as the compan...
As artificial intelligence continues to reshape the global economy, fiber optic connections have emerged as a key enabler of the scale and speed AI factories require. A little-known but critical component — optical transceivers — is at the core, and FIC Global Inc. (TWSE: 3701; FICG), a leading expert in packaging and installing semiconductors on optical modules, is drawing...
As artificial intelligence continues to reshape the global economy, fiber optic connections have emerged as a key enabler of the scale and speed AI factories require. A little-known but critical component — optical transceivers — is at the core, and FIC Global Inc. (TWSE: 3701; FICG), a leading expert in packaging and installing semiconductors on optical modules, is drawing...
As demand accelerates for intelligent, video-centric devices across consumer and industrial markets, ALi Corporation and Ceva, Inc. announced a strategic licensing partnership to integrate Ceva's advanced NeuPro-Nano and NeuPro-M Neural Processing Units (NPUs) into ALi's next-generation Video Display Sub-System (VDSS) platform. This collaboration combines ALi's expertise in multimedia SoCs ...
Alif Semiconductor®, the leading global supplier of secure, connected, power efficient Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) microcontrollers (MCUs) and fusion processors, today released benchmarks on its latest E4, E6 and E8 microcontrollers and fusion processors, extending Alif's advantage in the AI MCU market. Alif has been a trendsetter in this field since 2021, when it i...
From smartphones and gaming consoles to artificial intelligence, the powerful chips that drive modern technology generate intense heat. When temperatures rise too high, performance suffers, energy is wasted, and hardware can fail. A research team at Clarkson University is developing a new tool to combat this challenge. Thermal Analysis of Semiconductor Chips, known as TASChips, is an open-sourc...