• Tuesday | 22 September 2026
OpenLight Strengthens Leadership Team to Scale Silicon Photonics and AI Connectivity

OpenLight, a leader in heterogeneous silicon photonics integration and custom photonic application-specific integrated circuit (PASIC) design, announced two significant additions to its executive leadership team: Kevin Soukup as Chief Operating Officer and Kirk Ouellette as Chief Strategy Officer and Interim Chief Revenue Officer. Soukup joins OpenLight after leading the Silicon Photonics busines...

22 Sep 2026 | Tuesday | NEWS
Teradyne Launches Iris 100 for High-Volume MicroLED Optical Testing

Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ: TER), a leading provider of automated test equipment and advanced robotics, announced Iris 100, a production-ready optical test platform for microLED devices. Teradyne Iris 100 brings semiconductor-grade optical test to microLED manufacturing, measuring every individual emitter in an array and integrating directly with the Teradyne UltraFLEXplus platform for combined optica...

22 Sep 2026 | Tuesday | NEWS
Semtech Joins XPO MSA to Advance 200G/Lane Optical Interconnects for AI Datacentres

Semtech Corporation (Nasdaq: SMTC), a leading provider of high-performance semiconductors powering AI data centre networking and intelligent, connected Internet of Things (“IoT”) devices worldwide,  announced its membership in the eXtra-dense Pluggable Optics Multi-Source Agreement (XPO MSA), an industry initiative to enable high-bandwidth optical interconnects for AI network infr...

22 Sep 2026 | Tuesday | NEWS
Universal Vapor Jet Unveils NovaJet for Dry, Maskless Semiconductor Thin-Film Deposition

Universal Vapor Jet Corporation (UVJC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Universal Display Corporation (UDC) (Nasdaq: OLED), is set to unveil NovaJet, the first commercial system built on its proprietary Universal Vapour Jet Printing (UVJP) platform, at the WESEMiBAY Semiconductor Ecosystem Conference and Expo in Shenzhen, China. The launch marks UVJC’s first trade show appearance and introduce...

22 Sep 2026 | Tuesday | NEWS
MetaOptics Secures US$10 Million Facility to Scale Metalens Manufacturing in the US

MetaOptics Ltd (Catalist: 9MT) ("MetaOptics" or the "Company", and together with its subsidiaries, the "Group"), a leading-edge semiconductor optics company pioneering metalens technology, announced that it has secured an investment facility of up to US$10 million from White Lion Capital LLC ("White Lion"), pursuant to a warrant deed entered into with White Lion, under which the Company may, ...

22 Sep 2026 | Tuesday | NEWS
Semtech Advances 50G Optical Fronthaul for AI-Driven 5G-Advanced Networks

Semtech Corporation (Nasdaq: SMTC), a leading provider of high-performance semiconductors powering AI data centre networking and intelligent, connected Internet of Things (“IoT”) devices worldwide, announced full production availability of its mobile transport portfolio, enabling 50G fronthaul for the next wave of 5G-Advanced radio deployments. The announcement aligns with the industry...

22 Sep 2026 | Tuesday | NEWS
Kyocera and Tohoku University Advance Optical Isolators for Silicon Photonics and CPO

Semicon Leaders Asia speaks with Tomoya Sugita, Manager, Optical Research Section, Advanced Technology Research Institute, Kyocera Corporation, about Kyocera’s laser-annealing technology for monolithically integrated optical isolators and its potential to advance silicon photonics, CPO, and AI data centre interconnects. Q. What industry and market requirements are driving the need for ...

21 Sep 2026 | Monday | Interaction
Lattice Semiconductor Launches AI-Powered FPGA Development Tool Lattice Prompt

Lattice Semiconductor (NASDAQ: LSCC), the low-power programmable and platform firmware leader, introduced a new leadership AI-powered FPGA development tool for small and mid-range FPGAs that redefines how FPGA developers work across the full design flow. Lattice Prompt pairs with AI agentic tools developers already use, combining them with Lattice design tools, knowledge base, and documentation to...

21 Sep 2026 | Monday | NEWS
NovoLINC Launches MaxLINC Thermal Interface Material for High-Power AI Chips

NovoLINC, an innovator in advanced thermal interface material (TIM) solutions for high announced MaxLINC, a new generation of thermal interface material engineered for the rapidly increasing power and heat flux of AI computing. MaxLINC achieves thermal resistance as low as 0.7 mm²•K/W with excellent reliability, delivering over 20% cooling energy savings for AI servers compared to c...

21 Sep 2026 | Monday | NEWS
SK hynix Launches SK hynix Ventures to Expand Strategic AI Ecosystem Partnerships

SK hynix Inc. (or "the company", www.skhynix.com) announced the launch of its corporate venture capital (CVC) brand, "SK hynix Ventures," aimed at expanding strategic partnerships within the global AI ecosystem and securing future innovative technologies. To mark the occasion, SK hynix held the inaugural "SK hynix Ventures Day" in Silicon Valley, where executives shared investment strategies...

21 Sep 2026 | Monday | NEWS
India Advances Semiconductor Ecosystem as SEMICON India 2026 Highlights Scale, Talent and Global Partnerships

India is moving towards the next phase of its semiconductor ambitions, with the second day of SEMICON India 2026 highlighting progress across chip design, manufacturing, advanced packaging, materials, research and development, supply chains and talent. Speaking during a fireside conversation, Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Minister for Electronics & Information Technology, Railways, and Information ...

19 Sep 2026 | Saturday | NEWS
Odisha Steps Up Semiconductor Ambitions with ₹23,600 Crore Investment Proposals

Odisha is stepping up its efforts to establish itself as a significant semiconductor and electronics hub, showcasing its expanding capabilities across the value chain at SEMICON India 2026 in New Delhi. Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw and Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi inaugurated the Odisha Pavilion at Yashobhoomi, where the state highlighted ...

19 Sep 2026 | Saturday | NEWS
Tata Electronics and Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya Partner to Build Semiconductor Talent Pipeline

Tata Electronics and Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya (GSV) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop industry-ready talent for India’s expanding semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem. The partnership will focus on building specialised skills needed for semiconductor manufacturing facilities and supporting infrastructure. Tata Electronics and GSV will work with Tata Electronics&...

18 Sep 2026 | Friday | NEWS
India’s Semiconductor Ecosystem Poised for Rapid Growth as Industry Leaders Highlight Expansion

India’s semiconductor industry is entering a new phase of expansion, with industry leaders highlighting growing manufacturing capacity, supply-chain localisation, global partnerships and workforce development at SEMICON India 2026. Dr. Randhir Thakur, CEO and MD of Tata Electronics, said India has moved beyond the question of whether it can manufacture semiconductors and is now focused on ho...

18 Sep 2026 | Friday | NEWS
D-Robotics Raises $400 Million Series C to Scale AI Robotics Infrastructure

D-Robotics, a leading provider of robotics development infrastructure, announced the closing of a US$400 million Series C funding round. The round attracted strategic investment from a leading global internet company, alongside top-tier investment institutions, and continued follow-on investments from existing shareholders. The funding aims to enhance Sunrise™ Chip's product portfolio acros...

18 Sep 2026 | Friday | NEWS
Bloom Energy’s 800V DC Fuel Cells Could Cut AI Data Centre Costs by $5.5 Billion

Bloom Energy (NYSE: BE), a global leader in power solutions, released a special report, “The New Rules of AI Power,” showing that its unique 800V DC-native fuel cell solution can reduce non-compute capital expenditures for a 1 GW AI data centre by $3.6 billion, or 27%, and the five-year total cost of ownership by $5.5 billion, or 9%. The conventional power system architecture was buil...

18 Sep 2026 | Friday | NEWS
SEMICON India 2026 Opens as India Showcases Growing Semiconductor Ecosystem

India is showcasing the progress of its semiconductor industry as SEMICON India 2026 gets underway in New Delhi, bringing together global and Indian companies, policymakers, investors, researchers, start-ups and academic institutions. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the fifth edition of the three-day conference and exhibition at Yashobhoomi, New Delhi, on 17 September. The event is being...

17 Sep 2026 | Thursday | NEWS
India Unveils ‘Semicon 2.0’ to Accelerate Semiconductor Ecosystem

India is moving into the next phase of its semiconductor development with the launch of ‘Semicon 2.0’, a programme focused on expanding the country’s capabilities across chip design, manufacturing, advanced packaging, research and development, and talent development. Speaking at SEMICON India 2026, Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw said t...

17 Sep 2026 | Thursday | NEWS
SEMICON India 2026 to Bring Together Global Semiconductor Ecosystem in New Delhi

New Delhi is set to host SEMICON India 2026 from 17–19 September, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi scheduled to inaugurate the three-day conference and exhibition at Yashobhoomi on 17 September. Organised around the theme ‘Silicon to Systems: Building the Ecosystem’, the event will bring together global and Indian semiconductor companies, policymakers, investors, researchers, s...

17 Sep 2026 | Thursday | NEWS
AI Financing Drives Hedge Fund Positioning Shifts Across Semiconductor Stocks

AI remained a key theme for global hedge funds in August, as the financing of the AI infrastructure buildout increasingly shifted from equity toward debt-financed structures. As AI-related corporate debt issuance accelerated, companies relying more heavily on external financing for AI investment showed early signs of greater sensitivity than those funding growth through internal cash generation, a...

18 Sep 2026 | Friday | NEWS

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