• Thursday | 26 March 2026
Draper and Northeast Microelectronics Coalition Partner to Accelerate Lab-to-Fab Transitions

Draper and the Northeast Microelectronics Coalition (NEMC) announced that Draper will provide advisory services and support to startups and small companies within NEMC's membership to de-risk and accelerate lab-to-fab technology transition. The formal introduction will be made at the 2026 Microelectronics Commons Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. These services build upon the NEMC's Po...

23 Feb 2026 | Monday | NEWS
AI Trading Agents Post 108% Gains in Semiconductor Rally

Tickeron has reported notable outperformance from its artificial intelligence trading agents focused on the semiconductor sector, with certain strategies generating returns exceeding 100 per cent. The results reflect heightened investor interest in chipmakers and equipment suppliers amid continued momentum in AI-driven technologies. According to the company, its AI-based trading models achieved s...

23 Feb 2026 | Monday | NEWS
Ambiq Micro, Inc. Launches Open-Source AI Development Kit to Accelerate Edge Audio Innovation

Ambiq Micro, Inc. (“Ambiq®”)— Ambiq, a leader in ultra-low-power semiconductor solutions, announced soundKIT, its fourth open-source AI Development Kit (ADK), designed to accelerate the adoption of always-on, real-time, on-device audio and speech intelligence for power-constrained edge devices. Built for Ambiq’s ultra-low-power system-on-chips (SoCs), soundKIT ena...

18 Feb 2026 | Wednesday | NEWS
TOTO Ltd. Faces Pressure from Palliser Capital to Unlock $3.6 Billion Shareholder Value

Palliser Capital (“Palliser”), a top 20 shareholder of TOTO Ltd. (“TOTO”), today published a comprehensive presentation outlining the opportunities available to unlock significant value at TOTO. To promote market transparency and respond to growing interest from shareholders and other stakeholders, Palliser has made public a detailed presentation titled “Maximizing th...

18 Feb 2026 | Wednesday | NEWS
GlobalFoundries and Renesas Electronics Corporation Sign Multi-Billion-Dollar Chip Manufacturing Partnership

GlobalFoundries (Nasdaq: GFS) (GF) and Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723) (Renesas)  announced an expanded strategic collaboration through a multi‑billion-dollar manufacturing partnership that broadens Renesas' access to GF technologies including its differentiated technology platforms. This agreement reflects a shared commitment to secure, resilient supply chains and aligns with U...

18 Feb 2026 | Wednesday | NEWS
Ceva, Inc. Reports Breakthrough Year as AI Licensing Surpasses 20% of Revenue

Ceva, Inc. (NASDAQ: CEVA), the leading licensor of silicon and software IP for the smart edge, announced that 2025 marked a breakthrough year for its artificial intelligence ("AI") licensing business, with 10 NeuPro™ neural processing unit ("NPU") agreements signed and with AI contributing more than 20% of annual licensing revenue in 2025. As AI expands beyond the cloud into real-...

18 Feb 2026 | Wednesday | NEWS
Texas Instruments Launches New Automotive Chips to Support Autonomous Driving and Vehicle Safety

Texas Instruments has introduced a new range of automotive semiconductor solutions designed to enhance vehicle safety and enable higher levels of driving automation. The latest portfolio reflects the company’s ongoing efforts to support the automotive industry’s transition towards more intelligent, connected and software-defined vehicles. A key component of the annou...

17 Feb 2026 | Tuesday | NEWS
IObundle Launches Open-Source Ethernet IP Core to Accelerate Industrial Chip Development

Portugal-based semiconductor IP company IObundle has unveiled IOb-Eth, a professional-grade open-source Ethernet IP core developed to meet the demands of industrial applications. Released under the permissive MIT licence, the solution enables unrestricted commercial use and offers organisations a modern alternative to legacy Ethernet IP designs. The IOb-Eth core has been rebuilt using contemporar...

17 Feb 2026 | Tuesday | NEWS
SkyWater Technology Appoints Christine Dunbar to Lead Sales and Drive Foundry Expansion

SkyWater Technology (NASDAQ: SKYT), the largest exclusively U.S.-based pure-play semiconductor foundry, announced the appointment of Christine Dunbar as senior vice president of sales and solutions engineering, reporting directly to President and COO John Sakamoto. In her role, Dunbar will focus on accelerating customer acquisition and scaling growth across the company’s core platforms....

17 Feb 2026 | Tuesday | NEWS
15 Major Tech Companies Partner to Strengthen Global Trust in AI and Cloud Technologies

Munich Security Conference, 15 companies from Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America announced the launch of the Trusted Tech Alliance (TTA), a group of likeminded global technology providers coming together to work across borders, and based on a shared set of principles for a trusted technology stack – from connectivity, cloud infrastructure, and semiconductors to software and AI. &nb...

17 Feb 2026 | Tuesday | NEWS
Taiwan Breaks Ground on Advanced Semiconductor R&D Center to Accelerate AI and Next-Generation Chip Innovation

The Advanced Semiconductor R&D Center has officially broken ground at the headquarters campus of the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) in Hsinchu. Jointly developed by Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs, the National Development Council, and the National Science and Technology Council, the center is designed to lower verification barriers for small and mid-sized IC design firm...

16 Feb 2026 | Monday | NEWS
Trio-Tech International Reports 82% Revenue Growth in Q2 FY2026 Driven by AI Chip and EV Semiconductor Testing Demand

Trio-Tech International (NYSE MKT: TRT), a comprehensive provider of semiconductor back-end solutions and a global value-added supplier of electronic equipment, announced financial results for its fiscal second quarter ended December 31, 2025. The Company reported 82% year-over-year revenue growth, driven primarily by strong demand for advanced semiconductor testing services supporting AI compute ...

16 Feb 2026 | Monday | NEWS
ChEmpower Launches Chakra™ Abrasive-Free Polishing Pads for Advanced Chips

ChEmpower, a leader in semiconductor process innovation, announced Chakra™, a family of functional polishing pads, beginning with the Copper Series, designed specifically for abrasive-free Chemical Mechanical Planarization (CMP). Chakra™ is a core component of ChEmpower’s patented planarization technology, enabling the precision, yield, and surface integrity required for next-gen...

13 Feb 2026 | Friday | NEWS
I/ONX Joins UNLV Program to Support Semiconductor Education

I/ONX High Performance Compute (HPC) has been selected to participate in a series of classes and training workshops at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas’ (UNLV) College of Engineering. I/ONX has joined the AI-driven, Career Inspiring Experiential Program for Semiconductor Education (ACIES) program as an industry partner, and Chief Executive Officer Justyn Hornor is leading the discussions...

13 Feb 2026 | Friday | NEWS
Wolfspeed Expands AI Use to Boost Manufacturing Efficiency

Wolfspeed, a global leader in silicon carbide technology, is expanding its use of Snowflake to accelerate manufacturing efficiency and operational excellence as it scales production to meet growing market demand. After bringing together factory, supply chain, and enterprise data on a single, governed platform, Wolfspeed is now deploying AI across its operations to improve cost, quality, ...

12 Feb 2026 | Thursday | NEWS
Edge AI Chip Company Axera Goes Public in Hong Kong

Axera, a portfolio company of Qiming Venture Partners and a leading Chinese edge AI chip company, successfully listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on February 10th, 2026, Beijing time, becoming the first of its kind to go public. Axera (00600.HK) issued shares at a price of HK$28.2 per share with a market capitalization of HK$ 16.58 billion. As the first investors in the company, Qim...

12 Feb 2026 | Thursday | NEWS
Keysight Launches SOS Enterprise for Better Engineering Data Control

Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) announced SOS Enterprise, an advanced edition of its engineering data management platform. The solution builds on the SOS Core software and automates engineering data governance and traceability to prepare for AI adoption at scale. As semiconductor and electronics development accelerates, engineers face growing design complexity and rapidly incre...

12 Feb 2026 | Thursday | NEWS
Efinix Promotes Tony Ngai to Co-President and CTO

Efinix®, Inc., the FPGA pioneer accelerating edge AI innovation, announced the promotion of Tony Ngai to Co-President and Chief Technology Officer. In his expanded role, Ngai will drive the scaling of Efinix's engineering organisations while continuing to lead innovation in FPGA architecture, IC design, software development, and next-generation product roadmaps. "Tony invented Efinix’s ...

12 Feb 2026 | Thursday | NEWS
Cadence Launches ChipStack™ AI Super Agent for Chip Design

Cadence (Nasdaq: CDNS) announced a transformative step forward in redefining how semiconductors are designed with the launch of the ChipStack™ AI Super Agent—an agentic AI solution for front-end silicon design and verification. The Cadence® ChipStack AI Super Agent is the world’s first agentic workflow for automating chip design and verification. It provides up to 1...

11 Feb 2026 | Wednesday | NEWS
Positron AI Raises $230 Million in Series B Funding

Positron AI, the leader in energy-efficient AI inference hardware, announced an oversubscribed $230 million Series B financing at a post-money valuation exceeding $1 billion. The round was co-led by ARENA Private Wealth, Jump Trading, and Unless, and includes new and strategic investment from Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), Arm, and Helena. Existing investors Valour Equity Partners, Atreides Ma...

9 Feb 2026 | Monday | NEWS

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