Altera Corporation, a global leader in FPGA-based solutions, and BigCat Wireless, specializing in advanced wireless communications solutions, today announced an expanded partnership to scale Altera’s FPGA-based radio access network technology to wireless customers. Under this agreement, BigCat Wireless becomes an official solutions integrator for Altera’s Open Radio Unit (O-RU)...
SmartSoC Solutions Private Limited, an Indian semiconductor design and product engineering company, today announced a strategic partnership with Cortus S.A.S., a French semiconductor company renowned for its cutting-edge Intellectual Property (IP) solutions in secure identification technologies. This partnership aims to drive innovation and accelerate the development and manufacturing of SIM car...
OpenAI announced a series of strategic partnerships with South Korean technology leaders Samsung and SK Group to accelerate the development of Stargate, a landmark $500 billion initiative aimed at building next-generation infrastructure for artificial intelligence. The announcements followed a meeting in Seoul between OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, and senior execu...
-L&T Technology Services Limited , a global leader in AI, Digital & ER&D Consulting Services, announced a major milestone in its Sustainability segment with the signing of a $100 million multi-year agreement with a US-based industrial equipment manufacturer catering to the semiconductor value chain. Under the terms of the agreement, LTTS will support the clients’ initiat...
Global X Management Company LLC ("Global X"), the New York-based provider of exchange traded funds (ETFs), announced the launch of the Global X AI Semiconductor & Quantum ETF (CHPX), designed to capture innovation in the semiconductor industry. The fund is passively managed and priced at 50 bps. The semiconductor industry is evolving to cater to demands of next-gen computing, including AI a...
MiroMind, the open-source initiative founded by entrepreneur and philanthropist Tianqiao Chen, has achieved the top ranking on the FutureX benchmark, the world's first real-time test of AI's ability to predict unfolding events. MiroMind's agent framework, Miroflow, rose from sixth place in August to first in September, surpassing leading international competitors. ...
NexPoint, a multibillion-dollar alternative investment firm, today announced that it has fully subscribed its NexPoint Semiconductor Manufacturing DST (the "Trust"), a Delaware Statutory Trust ("DST") offering. The offering has reached its total goal of $137 million in equity raised since its launch. The Property is located in Temecula, California, a city within the Riverside metropolitan stati...
Senior engineers, company leaders, investors, researchers and students of microelectronics are to have a new opportunity to meet, discover and learn with the launch of the Microelectronics UK exhibition, to be held on 24-25 September 2025 at the Excel London. The event, the first in the UK to bring together the entire microelectronics value chain, will feature zones and content for semiconducto...
Tekscend Photomask (formerly Toppan Photomask), the world's largest merchant photomask supplier for the semiconductor industry, has installed a state-of-the-art photomask laser writing system, the SLX1, at its Corbeil, France facility. This marks the first European deployment of the SLX1 system, manufactured by Swedish technology leader, Mycronic AB. The new system represents a strat...
GS Microelectronics US, Inc. (GSME), the fastest-growing semiconductor service provider from North America, announced the acquisition of Sinble Technology Vietnam Company Limited, a strategic move to enhance its design expertise in TSMC-based advanced process nodes. "This acquisition aligns seamlessly with our strategic growth roadmap," - Farhat Jahangir, President and CEO of GSME The acquisitio...
Amid escalating U.S. tariffs and intensifying geopolitical tensions, Liftr Insights, a leading provider of alternative data analytics for the cloud, AI, and semiconductor industry, has created a tariff report detailing how trade policies are reshaping global supply chains and investment strategies in the semiconductor sector. Geo-Fragmentation and the Server Semiconductor Investment Landsc...
EV Group (EVG), a leading provider of innovative process solutions and expertise serving leading-edge and future semiconductor designs and chip integration schemes, today unveiled the EVG®40 D2W—the first dedicated die-to-wafer overlay metrology platform to deliver 100 percent die overlay measurement on 300-mm wafers at high precision and speeds needed for production environments. With...
PCBAIR, a leading provider of high-precision PCBs, has supported rapid growth in industries such as optical communications, automotive electronics and high-end medical devices by delivering large-scale, precision PCB manufacturing. These demanding sectors require more compact designs, shorter signal paths and enhanced thermal management to meet ever-increasing performance and reliability standar...