Zetta Joule Receives Aramco Support for Advanced High-Temperature SMR Project

Zetta Joule, Inc., an advanced small modular reactor company,  announced it has received formal support for its ZJ high-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) project from Aramco Services Company, an affiliate of Motiva Enterprises, LLC, which operates the largest refinery by throughput in the United States. Zetta Joule’s proposed ZJ research reactor is designed with the unique ability ...

22 Dec 2025 | Monday | NEWS
Lattice Semiconductor Releases Latest Sens AI™ Suite to Advance Low-Power Edge AI

Lattice Semiconductor (NASDAQ: LSCC), a leader in low-power programmable products, announced the release of the latest version of its sensAI™ solution suite, offering expanded support models, enhanced AI performance, and greater flexibility in deploying to a broader range of edge applications. With new purpose-built models, updated tools, and improved compatibility, sensAI by Lattice enables...

22 Dec 2025 | Monday | NEWS
AP Memory Advances S-SiCap™ Silicon Capacitor Portfolio for AI Servers and HPC Systems

AP Memory, a leading global design company providing customized memory solutions, today announced further advancements in its S-SiCapTM (Stack Silicon Capacitor) product line to address the increasing integration demands of AI servers and high-performance computing (HPC) systems. The S-SiCapTM portfolio includes two product categories —discrete silicon capacitors and interposers with silicon...

19 Dec 2025 | Friday | NEWS
Qualcomm Finalizes Alphawave Semi Acquisition to Accelerate Data Center Expansion

Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) announced that it has completed its acquisition of Alphawave IP Group plc (AWE.L) (“Alphawave Semi”), approximately one quarter ahead of schedule. The acquisition of Alphawave Semi aims to further accelerate and provide key assets for Qualcomm's expansion into the data center. Tony Pialis, CEO and co-founder of Alphawave Semi, will lead the Qualcomm...

19 Dec 2025 | Friday | NEWS
Rigaku Introduces ONYX™ 3200 for High-Precision Semiconductor Bump and BEOL Metrology

Rigaku Corporation, a global partner in X-ray analytical systems solutions and a Rigaku Holdings Corporation company (headquarters: Akishima, Tokyo; CEO: Jun Kawakami; hereinafter “Rigaku”), announced the launch of the ONYX 3200, a new semiconductor metrology system for measuring the thickness, composition, and bump structures* in wafer-level processes. The system is designed to help m...

19 Dec 2025 | Friday | NEWS
SEMIFIVE Details IPO and Growth Strategy as Demand Accelerates for Custom AI ASICs

As demand shifts from general-purpose semiconductors toward AI ASICs, SEMIFIVE provides customized chip development solutions to fabless companies and device manufacturers. New orders have increased from KRW 57.2 billion in 2022 to KRW 123.9 billion in 2024, driven by Big-Tech-Ready high-performance AI ASIC technologies, a highly efficient and scalable design platform, and turnkey services. ...

18 Dec 2025 | Thursday | NEWS
Semiconductors Enter Industry-Wide Expansion as 3Q25 Revenue Breaks $200B Barrier

-New research from Omdia shows that the semiconductor market delivered a record breaking performance in 3Q25 with industry revenue reaching $216.3bn, up 14.5% quarter-over-quarter (QoQ). This marks the first time the global semiconductor market has exceeded $200bn in a single quarter, following an already strong 2Q25, which saw 8% QoQ growth. At this pace, the industry is on track to exceed $800...

17 Dec 2025 | Wednesday | NEWS
India Broadens Chip Incentives, Targeting Compound Semiconductors and Advanced Packaging Capabilities

Government of India has approved an expanded set of incentives aimed at accelerating domestic manufacturing of compound semiconductors and advanced packaging, marking a significant step in building strategic depth across critical technology supply chains. The enhanced support framework is designed to attract investment into high value segments such as compound semiconductors, wh...

16 Dec 2025 | Tuesday | NEWS
Nordic Semiconductor Launches nRF9151 SMA Development Kit for Next-Gen Cellular IoT and Satellite Connectivity

Nordic Semiconductor, a global leader in low-power wireless connectivity solutions, announces the launch of the nRF9151 SMA Development Kit (DK), a specialized DK for RF engineers developing cellular IoT, DECT NR+, and Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) applications. Alongside the hardware release, Nordic has launched new modem firmware that adds NTN (satellite) support to the nRF9151 module – ...

12 Dec 2025 | Friday | NEWS
Cree LED and SANlight Partner to Launch High-Efficiency STIXX-Series Horticulture Luminaires Featuring J Series® LEDs

-Cree LED, a Penguin Solutions brand (Nasdaq: PENG), and SANlight GmbH, Schruns, Austria, announced a partnership under which SANlight will use Cree LED’s J Series® products in its new STIXX-Series luminaires. Developed for applications with limited space, the STIXX fixtures feature a slim, space-saving design with module efficiency of up to 3.1 μmol/J. Backed by LM-80 testing with...

4 Dec 2025 | Thursday | NEWS
Merck Opens Semiconductor Solutions Mega Site in Kaohsiung as New Phase of Global Growth Begins

Merck has opened its new Semiconductor Solutions Mega Site in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, marking a significant expansion of its global electronics footprint and a major boost to the resilience of critical semiconductor supply chains. The first phase of the site, covering one hundred and fifty thousand square metres, is now fully operational and ready to support the fast growing demand for advanced semic...

2 Dec 2025 | Tuesday | NEWS
South Korea’s Chip Industry Faces Mounting Supply-Chain Carbon Risks Under Stricter Global Climate Rules

Expanding global carbon regulations and Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) exposure could increase costs and vulnerabilities for the semiconductor and Artificial Intelligence (AI) sectors  Expanding global carbon regulations and stricter reporting requirements that include indirect greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, such as Scope 2 and 3, could substantially in...

2 Dec 2025 | Tuesday | Reports
iDEAL Semiconductor Unveils SuperQ™ MOSFET with Industry-Leading Short-Circuit Robustness for 72V+ Battery Systems

New 150V/2.5mΩ device delivers industry-leading short-circuit robustness and enables up to 50% component reduction in 72V+ battery management systems  iDEAL Semiconductor, a leader in high-performance power silicon,  announced the availability of its SuperQ™ MOSFET technology, purpose-built to solve the critical safety and efficiency trade-off in high-voltage (72V and higher...

21 Nov 2025 | Friday | NEWS
Tescan Strengthens Semiconductor Workflows with the New FemtoChisel Femtosecond Laser Platform

Tescan expands its semiconductor portfolio with FemtoChisel, a next-generation femtosecond laser platform designed to enhance semiconductor sample preparation workflows with exceptional speed, precision, reproducibility, and quality. Tescan FemtoChisel: Femtosecond processing, faster sample preparation. FemtoChisel was developed specifically for semiconductor research and failure analysis ...

17 Nov 2025 | Monday | NEWS
yieldWerx and iTest Form Strategic Collaboration to Deliver Integrated Test Data Intelligence

yieldWerx, a leading provider of end-to-end semiconductor test data and yield analytics, announced a strategic collaboration with iTest, a premier independent IC testing laboratory based in Silicon Valley. This partnership integrates yieldWerx's enterprise-grade analytics platform directly into iTest's production environment, enabling customers to access advanced data visualization, AI-powe...

17 Nov 2025 | Monday | NEWS
SK keyfoundry Accelerates Entry into SiC Power Semiconductor Market with Acquisition of SK powertech

SK keyfoundry, an 8-inch pure-play foundry in Korea, announced that it is accelerating the development of SiC (Silicon Carbide)-based compound power semiconductor technology, bolstering its efforts into the global power semiconductor market. Leveraging its advanced manufacturing expertise and extensive intellectual property (IP) portfolio across the semiconductor manufacturing process, the compa...

13 Nov 2025 | Thursday | NEWS
Baya Systems Expands to Cambridge as Strategic Center for Chiplet and AI Compute Innovation

New Cambridge location to be the center of U.K. and EU semiconductor operations Baya Systems, a pioneer in software-driven, chiplet-ready semiconductor fabric IP for scalable AI and high-performance computing, announced the opening of its first European office in the U.K. The move represents a strategic step in Baya’s global growth, expanding its reach into Europe’s rapidl...

12 Nov 2025 | Wednesday | NEWS
Tsavorite Introduces Composable AI Computing Platform Built for the Age of Agentic Workflows

Integrated, Composable Platform Delivers Dramatic Improvements in Performance, Cost and Scalability for Training, Reinforcement Learning, Inference and Agentic Workflows -Tsavorite Scalable Intelligence, a pioneering AI computing solutions provider, announced its groundbreaking composable, compute architecture that sets a new industry standard for performance, scalability and affordab...

11 Nov 2025 | Tuesday | NEWS
Sivers Semiconductors and POET Technologies Partner to Deliver Scalable, Energy-Efficient Light Sources for AI Data Centers

Strategic Collaboration Combines Sivers' Lasers With POET's Optical Interposer™ to Deliver Scalable, Energy-Efficient Light Sources Sivers Semiconductors AB (STO: SIVE), a global leader in photonics and wireless technologies, announced additional details on the strategic partnership with POET Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: POET), a leader in the design and implementation of highly integr...

7 Nov 2025 | Friday | NEWS
Element Solutions to Acquire EFC Gases & Advanced Materials, Expanding Leadership in High-Purity Specialty Materials

EFC Gases & Advanced Materials ("EFC"), a leading supplier of high-purity specialty gases and advanced materials, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Element Solutions Inc. (NYSE:ESI), a global and diversified specialty chemical technology company. The transaction is expected to close by the end of 2025, subject to regulatory approvals and customary cl...

7 Nov 2025 | Friday | NEWS