• Sunday | 26 July 2026
STARTRADER Adds SK Hynix US Listing to Expand AI Infrastructure Investment Opportunities

STARTRADER announced the launch of SK Hynix Inc. (SKHY) as a US Stock CFD on its trading platform. Moving swiftly following SK Hynix's recent US listing, which raised approximately $26.5 billion, STARTRADER is ensuring clients can engage with this name at the earliest opportunity. This is precisely the type of occasion STARTRADER builds its product strategy around. As significant names enter...

24 Jul 2026 | Friday | NEWS
MetaOptics to Deploy Metalens Direct Laser Writer at University of Arizona to Accelerate U.S. Semiconductor Expansion

MetaOptics Ltd (Catalist: 9MT) ("MetaOptics" or the "Company," and together with its subsidiaries, the "Group"), announced that it has agreed to deploy its key metalens Direct Laser Writer ("DLW") system at the University of Arizona's Centre of Semiconductor Manufacturing (the "University"). The agreement marks a critical step in advancing its U.S. expansion strategy and its collaborativ...

24 Jul 2026 | Friday | NEWS
Wistron Opens US$700 Million Texas AI Factory to Mass Produce NVIDIA GB300 and Vera Rubin Superchips

Wistron Corporation ("Wistron") celebrated the grand opening of its D1 AI smart facility in Fort Worth, Texas, the site where the first NVIDIA GB300 Grace Blackwell Ultra Superchip was built and mass-produced in the United States. The US$ 700 million facility, spanning approximately 324,000 square feet, was officially unveiled during a ceremony led by Wistron Chairman Simon Lin and NVIDI...

24 Jul 2026 | Friday | NEWS
FemtoAI Reports 5X Growth in H1 2026 as SPU AI Inference Platform Expands Across Samsung, Marshall and Edge AI Markets

FemtoAI, a leading AI inference platform and creator of the Sparse Processing Unit (SPU), announced 5X growth in 1H 2026, driven by engagements with Samsung and Marshall, new customer use cases and increased developer adoption. The demand for AI inference globally continues to outpace supply, and femtoAI is filling a gap. With 200K+ chips already deployed, and customers across data centre, enterp...

24 Jul 2026 | Friday | NEWS
Acrab Unveils GΞLIX 1 Edge AI SoC and Agent Box to Run 100B-Parameter AI Models Locally

Acrab, a technology company building agentic AI compute infrastructure for the next generation of intelligent systems, unveiled GΞLIX 1, its first-generation edge AI system-on-chip (SoC), together with Agent Box, a personal edge AI system powered by the company's full-stack computing platform. As AI moves from generating answers to completing tasks, agents increasingly need to understand conte...

24 Jul 2026 | Friday | NEWS
AXT Appoints Former Cisco and Microsoft China Executive Jia-Bin Duh to Board to Strengthen Global Growth Strategy

AXT, Inc. (NasdaqGS: AXTI), a leading manufacturer of compound semiconductor wafer substrates, announced that Jia-Bin Duh has been appointed to the AXT Board of Directors, effective July 16, 2026. The AXT Board expanded to six directors from the previous number of five. Duh brings more than 30 years of senior executive leadership and investor experience across the technology and consumer sectors,...

24 Jul 2026 | Friday | NEWS
Siemens to Acquire Defacto Technologies to Strengthen SoC Design Automation and Expand EDA Portfolio

Siemens announced that it has agreed to acquire Defacto Technologies, a privately held EDA software company active in the register-transfer level (RTL) design field focused on automated SoC design creation and integration. The acquisition further expands Siemens' EDA portfolio with capabilities that help customers manage growing SoC complexity through automated SoC design creation, earlier impleme...

23 Jul 2026 | Thursday | NEWS
Ambiq Expands Deployment of ChipAgents’ AI Platform to Accelerate Semiconductor Engineering

ChipAgents, a leader in agentic AI for semiconductor engineering, announced that Ambiq, a leader in ultra-low-power Edge AI semiconductor solutions, has expanded deployment of the ChipAgents platform following a successful evaluation. The expanded scope reflects the growing adoption of AI-native engineering tools as semiconductor companies seek new approaches to developing increasingly sophisticat...

23 Jul 2026 | Thursday | NEWS
Mitsubishi Electric and Sony Semiconductor Form AI Vision Joint Venture for Smart Manufacturing

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation and Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation have signed a definitive agreement to establish a strategic partnership aimed at accelerating the automation and digital transformation of manufacturing operations through advanced AI-powered vision technologies. As part of the collaboration, the two companies will create a new joint venture, Advanced Vision Solutions Co...

23 Jul 2026 | Thursday | NEWS
Intel and Fortinet Partner to Develop Next-Generation Security Processor for Cybersecurity

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) and Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT), announced a strategic collaboration to develop Fortinet Security Processor 6 (SP6). Expanding a long-standing relationship between the two companies, this collaboration combines Fortinet’s proprietary, purpose-built security processor expertise with Intel’s advanced design, packaging, and manufacturing capabilities to accele...

23 Jul 2026 | Thursday | NEWS
Gradiant Completes Water Infrastructure for €5 Billion Semiconductor Fab in Germany

Gradiant, a global leader in advanced water and wastewater solutions, announced the successful completion of its work for a major new semiconductor manufacturing facility in Dresden, strengthening Europe’s capacity to produce the technologies powering an increasingly digital and electrified world. Representing an investment of approximately €5 billion, the new facility is one of German...

23 Jul 2026 | Thursday | NEWS
Quest Global Named Leader in ISG Provider Lens 2026 for Semiconductor Engineering Services

Quest Global, the largest private independent pure-play engineering services company, has been recognised as a Leader in the ISG Provider Lens® Semiconductor Industry Services and Solutions 2026 Study for the U.S. market. The company secured Leader positions in Design, Test and Verification Services and Manufacturing and Engineering Services, r...

23 Jul 2026 | Thursday | NEWS
Photon Queue Raises $4 Million Seed Funding to Scale Quantum Memory Technology for Quantum Computing

Photon Queue, a quantum technology company building high-efficiency quantum memories for next-generation quantum computing systems, announced the close of its oversubscribed seed funding round of $4 million, led by Playground Global. The seed round builds on Photon Queue’s early customer traction, including contracts with Sandia National Laboratories and the University of Maryland that valid...

22 Jul 2026 | Wednesday | NEWS
Accelsius Two-Phase Liquid Cooling Boosts NVIDIA AI Data Center Efficiency with Warm-Water Cooling

Accelsius, the leader in two-phase, direct-to-chip liquid cooling technology for AI and high-performance computing, announced results from independent third-party benchmark testing demonstrating that two-phase direct-to-chip liquid cooling better supports NVIDIA’s goal of enabling global free cooling with warm facility-water temperatures. The results show that single-phase performance at 45&...

22 Jul 2026 | Wednesday | NEWS
Aeonsemi Launches World's First 10Gbps Ethernet-over-Coax IC for AI and Fiber Network Expansion

Aeonsemi, a leader in mixed-signal and DSP connectivity ICs, announced LumaReach™, the industry’s first commercially available 10 Gbps Ethernet-over-coax network controller IC. Developed as a new fibre-extension technology, LumaReach™ delivers fibre-class latency and bandwidth over existing RG6 and RG59 coaxial cabling already installed in approximately 150 million homes acr...

22 Jul 2026 | Wednesday | NEWS
Redwire Opens New Microgravity Research Facility to Advance Semiconductor and Space Manufacturing

Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW), a global leader in space and defense technology solutions, has opened its new 30,000-square-foot state-of-the-art, vertically integrated research and microgravity payload development facility in Georgetown, Indiana. The facility will serve as a global hub supporting accelerated demand as the company continues to expand its leadership in space-enabled research, deve...

22 Jul 2026 | Wednesday | NEWS
Mach42 Raises £7 Million to Accelerate AI-Powered Analog Chip Design and Semiconductor Simulation

Mach42, an AI-driven company developing technology to accelerate analog circuit simulation for semiconductor design, has closed a £7m pre-series A funding round. The round was led by IP Group plc, the most active UK-based early-stage science and technology investor, alongside existing investors BGF and Foresight Group. The funding will enable Mach42 to scale its engineering and business dev...

22 Jul 2026 | Wednesday | NEWS
Air Products Wins Long-Term Taiwan Semiconductor Gas Supply Contract for New AI Chip Fabs

Air Products (NYSE: APD), a world-leading industrial gases company, announced Air Products San Fu has been awarded a long-term agreement to support a semiconductor manufacturer's expansion in Taiwan. The project will supply multiple new semiconductor fabs and back-end packaging facilities, supporting growing demand driven by artificial intelligence and high-performance computing. Air Product...

22 Jul 2026 | Wednesday | NEWS
POLYN Partners with ALTER TECHNOLOGY France to Accelerate Neuromorphic AI Chip Commercialisation

Alexander Simin, COO of POLYN Technology, speaks exclusively with Semicon Leaders Asia about the company's partnership with ALTER TECHNOLOGY France, the commercialisation of its neuromorphic AI technology, and its vision for advancing edge AI, automotive innovation and the future of Physical AI.   Q1. How does this partnership with ALTER TECHNOLOGY France strengthen POLYN’s commercial...

21 Jul 2026 | Tuesday | Interaction
Infinity AI Raises US$15 Million to Accelerate AI Inference Software for Next-Generation Semiconductor Chips

Infinity.inc (Infinity Artificial Intelligence Institute), an early-stage AI infrastructure research company building the software layer that makes any AI chip inference-ready, announced it has raised $15 million in seed funding at a $100 million post-money valuation. The round included significant participation from Touring Capital, along with Principal VC, executives at major chip...

21 Jul 2026 | Tuesday | NEWS

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