ISM Manufacturing PMI Returns To Expansion In January As New Orders And Output Rebound

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...

4 Feb 2026 | Wednesday | Reports
ASML Delivers Record 2025 Profit as AI Driven Chip Demand Accelerates

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...

3 Feb 2026 | Tuesday | Company results
Ecolab Completes Acquisition of Ovivo Electronics to Power Water Circularity in Semiconductor Manufacturing

  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...

18 Dec 2025 | Thursday | NEWS
Singapore Doubles Down on Skills and R&D to Future-Proof Its Semiconductor Ecosystem

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 ...

16 Dec 2025 | Tuesday | NEWS
United States Accelerates Structural Reset of Semiconductor Industry to Secure Long-Term Leadership

  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...

16 Dec 2025 | Tuesday | NEWS
Lumotive Accelerates Global Expansion as Demand Surges for Its Programmable Optics Platform

  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...

11 Dec 2025 | Thursday | NEWS
SoftBank Arm To Establish Chip Design Training Centre In South Korea

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...

9 Dec 2025 | Tuesday | NEWS
 Tata Electronics Secures Intel As First Major Customer For India Chip Manufacturing Ambition

  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...

9 Dec 2025 | Tuesday | NEWS
TSMC Lifts Full Year Revenue Forecast As Global AI Spending Accelerates

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...

9 Dec 2025 | Tuesday | NEWS
SignOff Semiconductors Expands Global Presence with New Sales Office in Israel through Partnership with MosaIC

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...

28 Nov 2025 | Friday | NEWS
Thermo Fisher’s Helios MX1 Brings True 3D Insight Into the Fab as Semiconductor Complexity Surges

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...

28 Nov 2025 | Friday | Interview
AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su Elected Chair of the Semiconductor Industry Association

- 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...

27 Nov 2025 | Thursday | NEWS
IFS and Boston Dynamics Team Up to Address Industrial Labor Shortages With Autonomous AI-Driven Field Operations

 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...

25 Nov 2025 | Tuesday | NEWS
Innatera and VLSI EXPERT Launch Neuromorphic Semiconductor Training Initiative Using Pulsar Microcontrollers

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...

24 Nov 2025 | Monday | NEWS
Lam Research Celebrates $65M Semiconductor Expansion in Oregon’s Silicon Forest with New Tualatin R&D Facility

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...

24 Nov 2025 | Monday | NEWS
Breker’s RISC-V Verification Suite Proves Pivotal in Validating Frontgrade Gaisler’s NOEL-V Space-Ready Processor

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...

24 Nov 2025 | Monday | NEWS
Innatera and VLSI EXPERT Partner to Bring Neuromorphic Computing into University and Professional Training Programs

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...

21 Nov 2025 | Friday | NEWS
IBM and University of Dayton Partner to Advance Next-Generation Semiconductor Research and Workforce Development

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...

21 Nov 2025 | Friday | NEWS
CoreWeave Launches Zero Egress Migration Program to Eliminate Data Transfer Costs for AI Cloud Customers

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...

14 Nov 2025 | Friday | NEWS
Applied Materials, Lam Research, KLA, and Cadence Back National Semiconductor Pathways Fund to Tackle U.S. Talent Shortfall

  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...

5 Nov 2025 | Wednesday | NEWS