-Kioxia Corporation, a world leader in memory solutions, announced the development of highly stackable oxide-semiconductor channel transistors that will enable the practical implementation of high-density, low-power 3D DRAM. This technology was presented at the IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) held in San Francisco, USA, on December 10, and has the potential to reduce pow...
Quilter, the physics-driven AI for electronics design, announced the world’s first computer designed by artificial intelligence. A single engineer completed the layout taking a schematic to manufacturing-ready files in less than a week, a process that traditionally takes an entire engineering team months and requires multiple rounds of redesign. This initiative, called Project Speedr...
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 – ...
VisIC Technologies Ltd., a pioneer in Gallium Nitride (GaN) power semiconductors for electric mobility, announced the successful second closing of its Round B funding, securing $26 million. The round was led by a global semiconductor leader, with HKMC joining as a strategic investor. This milestone reinforces VisIC's position at the forefront of GaN innovation for EV traction inverters and...
EMASS, a Nanoveu subsidiary specializing in next-generation semiconductor technology, announced a strategic collaboration with Semtech to bring low-power edge AI solutions integrated with LoRaWAN® connectivity to market. EMASS's ECS-DoT AI-enabled system-on-chips (SoCs) integrate Semtech's LoRa® transceivers, enabling long-range, battery-efficient intelligence for industrial,...
-Cirrus Logic (NASDAQ: CRUS), a leading provider of high-performance audio and mixed-signal semiconductor solutions, today announced the launch of its new family of closed-loop haptic drivers CS40L51, CS40L52 and CS40L53, marking the company’s first haptic driver solutions reliability qualified in accordance with the AEC-Q100 automotive standard. The new family of products brings Cirrus Lo...
-Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. announced the development of a nanoimprint lithography (NIL) template featuring a circuit line width of 10 nanometers (nm: 10-9 meter). The new template enables patterning for logic semiconductors equivalent to the 1.4nm generation and meets the miniaturization needs of cutting-edge logic semiconductors. Background and Aims In line with the shift to more sophisti...
-Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation (”Toshiba”) has added the 40V "TCKE6 series" products to its range of electronic fuses (eFuse ICs) that support multiple functions required for power line circuit protection. The five new products joining the lineup are “TCKE601RA,” “TCKE601RL,” “TCKE602RM,” “TCKE603RA,” and “T...
Collaboration enables faster evaluation, prototyping, and integration of Sivers' mmWave and SATCOM solutions worldwide - Sivers Semiconductors AB (STO:SIVE), a global leader in photonics and wireless technologies, announced a strategic partnership with DigiKey, a leading global distributor of electronic components and automation products. This collaboration represents a signific...
Japanese semiconductor start up Rapidus has announced plans to construct a 1.4 nm process node fabrication facility, marking a bold step in the country ambition to re enter the front ranks of advanced global chip manufacturing. Research and development activities for the facility are expected to begin in 2026, with volume production targeted for 2029. Once operational, the plant is ...
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...
At AWS re:Invent, Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company (NASDAQ: AMZN), today announced Amazon EC2 M9g instances powered by the new Graviton5 chip. Key takeaways New AWS Graviton5-based Amazon EC2 M9g instances deliver up to 25% higher performance than the previous generation. With 192 cores per chip and 5x larger cache, customers can scale...
Rigaku Corporation, a global solution partner in X-ray analytical systems and a group company of Rigaku Holdings Corporation (headquarters: Akishima, Tokyo; CEO: Jun Kawakami; hereinafter “Rigaku”) has launched the XTRAIA MF-3400, an instrument used in semiconductor manufacturing processes to measure the thickness and composition of wafers. The XTRAIA MF-3400 will significantly enhan...
-Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (Nasdaq: LSCC), the low power programmable leader, announced that its Board of Directors authorized the Company to repurchase up to $250 million of its outstanding common stock. Lorenzo Flores, Chief Financial Officer, said, “Our strong financial position allows us to return capital to shareholders while continuing to make investments to strengthen our m...
Company Set to Play a Key Role in Strengthening India's Custom Silicon Capabilities Cyient Semiconductors, a leader in custom ASIC turnkey and intelligent power solutions, announced that it has been qualified for a pivotal contract for the supply and qualification of technology IPs, including design enablement, for the ₹4,500-crore modernization initiative at the Semi-Conductor Laborato...
-Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited (AOS) (Nasdaq: AOSL), a designer, developer, and global supplier of a broad range of discrete power devices, wide band gap power devices, power management ICs, and modules, today announced its AOLV66935 a 100V High Safe Operating Area (SOA) MOSFET in an LFPAK 8x8 package. AOS’ latest MOSFET is designed as an ideal solution for 48V Hot Swap architectur...
Asahi Kasei, a diversified global manufacturer in the Healthcare, Homes, and Material sectors, announces its strategic divestiture of Daramic, a lead battery separator business, to Kingswood Capital Management, LP. The Daramic business transfer closed on December 1, 2025. The effect on Asahi Kasei’s consolidated financial results for fiscal 2025 is immaterial. “As we enter a new era...
Multi-year collaboration spans NVIDIA CUDA accelerated computing, agentic and physical AI, and Omniverse digital twins to achieve simulation speed and scale previously unattainable through traditional CPU computing – opening new market opportunities across engineering. To further adoption of GPU-accelerated engineering solutions, the companies will collaborate in engineering and marketi...
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...
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM), the world’s leading semiconductor foundry, cautioned that its production capacity at advanced process nodes remains significantly below what is required to support the rapid acceleration of global artificial intelligence (AI) workloads. Speaking at a recent industry briefing, TSMC’s Chief Executive Officer stated th...