New Orders Growing; Production Growing; Employment Contracting; Supplier Deliveries Slowing; Raw Materials Inventories Contracting; Customers' Inventories Too Low; Prices Increasing; Imports Unchanged; Exports Growing; This report reflects the recently completed annual adjustments to the seasonal factors used to calculate the indexes. Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in Ja...
ASML, the Dutch semiconductor equipment manufacturer, reported a record net profit of 9.6 billion euros for the financial year 2025, supported by strong customer demand linked to artificial intelligence driven investments. Total sales for the year reached 32.7 billion euros, reflecting sustained momentum across advanced chip manufacturing markets. The company said growth was underpinned by acce...
Acquisition enables Ecolab’s water circularity offerings and support for customers in the rapidly growing global high tech industry Ecolab Inc. has closed on its previously announced acquisition of Ovivo’s electronics business, a leading and fast-growing global provider of breakthrough ultrapure water technologies for semiconductor manufacturing. The acquisition extends E...
Singapore has set out a fresh push to strengthen its semiconductor sector through targeted workforce development and expanded research infrastructure, reinforcing its ambition to remain a key node in the global chip ecosystem. The initiative centres on building deep technical capability to support next generation semiconductor manufacturing, design and integration. New training ...
United States is pressing ahead with a comprehensive restructuring of its semiconductor industry, signalling a decisive shift towards a more resilient, competitive and strategically aligned national chip ecosystem. The ongoing transformation reflects a clear policy direction to reduce structural vulnerabilities exposed by recent global disruptions. By rebalancing supply chains and strengt...
Lumotive, a pioneer in programmable optical semiconductor, announced major global expansion and key leadership hires to meet the surging demand for its Light Control Metasurfaces (LCM™) platform across robotics, industrial automation, and smart-infrastructure markets. The company expanded its workforce by 50% in 2025 and opened new sites in Oman and Taiwan to advance adoption...
Arm Holdings, the global chip design powerhouse owned by SoftBank Group, has announced plans to establish a dedicated chip design training facility in South Korea under an agreement with the country national industry ministry. The new centre will focus on developing advanced semiconductor design capabilities by training around 1400 specialist engineers. The initiative is aligned wit...
Tata Electronics has signed Intel as the first major customer for its ambitious semiconductor manufacturing programme, marking a decisive milestone in India’s journey to become a global chipmaking hub. The agreement underpins Tata Group’s planned investment of USD 14 billion to build India’s first advanced semiconductor fabrication facility in Gujarat, alongsid...
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, the world’s largest advanced semiconductor foundry, has revised its full year revenue outlook upwards, citing sustained momentum in artificial intelligence driven investments across the global technology landscape. The company highlighted robust demand for high performance computing, advanced logic chips and AI centric workloads as the primary d...
SignOff Semiconductors Pvt Ltd has announced the opening of its new sales office in Israel, established in partnership with MosaIC Ltd, marking a significant step in the company’s global expansion journey. The new presence positions SignOff to support one of the world’s most dynamic semiconductor ecosystems, enabling deeper engagement with customers designing for high performance app...
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...
- The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) announced AMD Chair and CEO Dr. Lisa Su has been elected Chair of the SIA Board of Directors. SIA represents 99% of the U.S. semiconductor industry by revenue and nearly two-thirds of non-U.S. chip firms. "We are delighted to welcome Dr. Lisa Su as SIA Chair during an exciting and consequential time for the semiconductor industry," said SIA Preside...
IFS, the leading provider of Industrial AI software, and Boston Dynamics, the global leader in mobile robotics, announced a ground-breaking collaboration to revolutionize how asset-intensive organizations manage and optimize their field operations. Uniting Boston Dynamics' autonomous inspection robots with the power of IFS.ai creates a fully agentic AI system that seamlessly connects...
Hands-on courses will be powered by Pulsar microcontrollers across universities and professional programs Innatera, the leader in brain-like neuromorphic computing for ultra-low-power intelligence at the sensor edge, announces its supply-led collaboration with VLSI EXPERT, a leading semiconductor training, skilling, and up-skilling organization in India and the United States. The agreemen...
In a ribbon-cutting event at its campus in Tualatin, OR, Lam Research Corp. (NASDAQ: LRCX) commemorated the opening of its new, $65 million office building, joined by Oregon State Senate President Robert Wagner, representatives from the offices of Oregon Governor Tina Kotek and Oregon Congresswoman Andrea Salinas, and other distinguished local government, community, business, philanth...
Breker Verification Systems, whose portfolio solves challenges across the functional verification process for large, complex semiconductors and Frontgrade™ Technologies, a leading provider of high-reliability electronic solutions for space and national security missions today confirmed its RISC-V functional verification solutions were pivotal for verification of the NOEL-V, one of Frontgra...
Hands-on courses will be powered by Pulsar microcontrollers across universities and professional programs Innatera, the leader in brain-like neuromorphic computing for ultra-low-power intelligence at the sensor edge, announces its supply-led collaboration with VLSI EXPERT, a leading semiconductor training, skilling, and up-skilling organization in India and the United States. The agreement b...
New semiconductor nanofabrication facility will support advanced research and workforce development opportunities IBM (NYSE: IBM) and the University of Dayton announced an agreement for the joint research and development of next-generation semiconductor technologies and materials. The collaboration aims to advance critical technologies for the age of AI including AI hardware, advanced packag...
New program comes in response to surging demand for CoreWeave’s purpose-built AI cloud, saving customers more than a million dollars for typical data migrations CoreWeave, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRWV), The Essential Cloud for AI™, announced the launch of its Zero Egress Migration (0EM) program — a true no-egress-fee data migration program — enabling customers to mov...
Applied Materials, Lam Research, KLA, and Cadence unite with Last Mile to keep future semiconductor engineers and technicians on track to STEM degrees nationwide. The Last Mile Education Fund announced the launch of the Semiconductor Pathways Fund, an industry-wide initiative to close critical talent gaps in the U.S. semiconductor workforce by enabling financially vulnerable college stude...