Sarawak has secured RM1.9 billion in new private investment to expand its polycrystalline-silicon industry into semiconductor-grade production, marking a significant shift toward higher-value materials essential for the global chip supply chain. The state government confirmed that the investment will support the development of advanced polysilicon capacity, used in semiconductor wafer fabricati...
As the semiconductor world marches into an era of extreme integration, vertically stacked designs, and unforgiving process windows, structural visibility has become nothing short of a competitive advantage. Traditional lab-bound 3D metrology, with its wafer-breaking rituals and slow feedback cycles, can no longer keep pace with the demands of high-volume manufacturing. Speaking to Se...
W. L. Gore & Associates announced the opening of its Battery Lab in Shanghai, China, expanding its global R&D capabilities to accelerate advanced battery materials development for customers worldwide. The lab is dedicated to the development, characterization, and rigorous testing of critical materials for battery cells and packs—spanning membranes, venting solutions, moisture and con...
The global Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Market continues its robust expansion, propelled by accelerating semiconductor innovation, growing adoption of advanced electronics across industries, and increasing design complexity requiring automated, high-precision tools. According to the latest industry analysis, the market was valued at USD 541 million in 2023 and is projected to grow to USD 8...
U.S.-based cloud services provider GMI Cloud revealed plans to build a $500 million AI data center in Taiwan, leveraging the latest NVIDIA Blackwell GB300 chips for unprecedented compute power. This state-of-the-art facility, expected to go live in March 2026, will house around 7,000 GPUs across 96 high-density racks and deliver nearly 2 million tokens per second, all while drawing approximately 1...
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...
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited announced that its Board of Directors has approved a new share repurchase program under which the Company is authorized to repurchase up to $30 million of the Company’s outstanding common shares from time to time. “This new share repurchase program reflects the Board and management team’s confidence in the AOS’s business strategy, fina...
-Supplyframe and Orbweaver announced a new strategic collaboration that addresses one of the most pressing challenges facing electronics manufacturers and distributors: the need to harmonize and connect critical data across design, sourcing, and commercial systems. Through this partnership, Supplyframe’s Design-to-Source Intelligence (DSI) platform and SaaS solutions including NPI, ...
Jabil Inc. (NYSE: JBL) announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Hanley Energy Group, a provider of energy management and critical power solutions serving the data center infrastructure market, for approximately $725 million plus contingent consideration up to $58 million, subject to achieving future revenue thresholds, in an all-cash transaction. The transaction is expected...
Qnity spins from DuPont as a pure-play global leader in advanced electronics materials and solutions Qnity Electronics, Inc. (“Qnity”) (NYSE: Q), a premier technology solutions leader across the semiconductor value chain, announced the completion of its separation from DuPont de Nemours, Inc. (“DuPont”) on Nov. 1. Qnity’s common stock will begin trading o...
Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs has announced new export pre-approval measures for semiconductor products destined for South Africa, adding another layer of scrutiny to global chip supply chains. The move underscores how geopolitical and security considerations are increasingly shaping the flow of critical technologies — even to markets not tradition...
Taiwan’s representative to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit held a high-level meeting with US Treasury Under-Secretary for International Affairs, Jay Bessent, to discuss joint approaches to semiconductor policy, trade resilience, and innovation partnerships. The closed-door meeting, lasting approximately 40 minutes, focused on advancing cooperation across the semiconduc...
South Korea’s exports surged to approximately US $59 billion in October, marking the fifth straight month of growthas demand for semiconductors continues to anchor the nation’s trade performance. According to data released by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, outbound shipments rose by 3.6 per cent year-on-year, underscoring the resilience of Korea’s technology secto...
Total revenues were $3.21 billion, above the midpoint of the guidance range of $3.15 billion +/- $150 million; GAAP diluted EPS was $8.47 and non-GAAP diluted EPS was $8.81, both above the midpoints of the respective guidance ranges; Cash flow from operating activities for the quarter and last twelve months were $1.16 billion and $4.25 billion, respectively, and free cash flow was $1.07 bill...
indie (Nasdaq: INDI), an automotive solutions innovator, announced it has entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement with United Faith Auto-Engineering Co., Ltd., a publicly-listed company in the People’s Republic of China (“United Faith”) on October 27, 2025, to sell its entire 34.38% outstanding equity interest in Wuxi indie Microelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., a Chinese enti...
Third-quarter revenue was $13.7 billion, up 3% year-over-year (YoY). Third-quarter earnings (loss) per share (EPS) attributable to Intel was $0.90; non-GAAP EPS attributable to Intel was $0.23. Forecasting fourth-quarter 2025 revenue of $12.8 billion to $13.8 billion; expecting fourth-quarter EPS attributable to Intel of $(0.14) and non-GAAP EPS attributable to Intel of $0.08. Inte...
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...
International Battery Metals Ltd.(“IBAT”) (TSXV: IBAT) & (OTCQB: IBATF), an advanced technology provider of modular direct lithium extraction (DLE) systems, announced a non-brokered private placement financing, marking the second follow-on investment under the Company’s previously announced binding Letter of Intent (“LOI”) with EV Metals 7 LLC (“EV M...
Microtest Group, a leading European manufacturer of semiconductor test equipment, has introduced two new turnkey platforms for power device characterisation — Quasar200 and Pulsar600 — developed by its UK subsidiary, ipTEST. The systems are engineered to evaluate how power devices manage high currents and voltages safely and efficiently, combining precision measurement with simplifi...
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...