• Sunday | 26 July 2026
Thermal Interface Materials Market to Reach USD 6.2 Billion by 2036 as AI and Semiconductor Demand Accelerates

The global market for thermal interface materials (TIMs) is forecast to grow from USD 3.8 billion in 2026 to USD 6.2 billion by 2036, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.1%, according to a recent market study by Future Market Insights. The report attributes the market's expansion to rising demand for advanced thermal management technologies across the electronics, semiconductor...

16 Jul 2026 | Thursday | NEWS
India Approves $14.8 Billion Semiconductor Mission 2.0 to Expand Domestic Chip Ecosystem

The Union Cabinet has approved the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM) 2.0, allocating ₹1.27 lakh crore ($14.8 Billion)  to accelerate the country's semiconductor manufacturing ambitions and strengthen its position in the global electronics supply chain. The programme represents the next phase of India's strategy to build a comprehensive semiconductor ecosystem, spanning chip design, manufact...

16 Jul 2026 | Thursday | NEWS
Kalshi Launches GPU Compute Forward Curves for AI Infrastructure Market

Kalshi, the next-generation financial exchange, launched compute forward curves, a new pricing benchmark that shows the implied future price of renting GPU capacity. Kalshi’s forward curves are live now for Nvidia B200, H200, and A100 chips. A forward curve is a graphical representation of the market’s estimate of future prices. Kalshi’s curves measure the implied future price o...

15 Jul 2026 | Wednesday | NEWS
Diodes to Acquire ElevATE Semiconductor in US$250 Million Deal

Presidio Investors (“Presidio”), a lower middle market private equity firm, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell ElevATE Semiconductor, Inc. (“ElevATE”) to Diodes Incorporated (Nasdaq: DIOD) in an all-cash transaction valued at $250 million. ElevATE, headquartered in San Diego, California, is a leading fabless designer of low-power, high-density...

15 Jul 2026 | Wednesday | NEWS
SILITH and UMC Begin Mass Production of Silicon Photonics Chips for AI Networks

SILITH Technology, a silicon photonics fabless company, and United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE: UMC; TWSE: 2303) (“UMC”), a leading global semiconductor foundry, announced the first mass-production wafer delivery of photonic ICs from UMC’s Singapore fab, advancing the partnership between the two companies to scale next-generation silicon photonics manufacturing. The collab...

15 Jul 2026 | Wednesday | NEWS
Toshiba Expands Digital Isolator Portfolio for Industrial Automation Applications

Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation ("Toshiba") has expanded its DCL34xx0B series of quad-channel standard digital isolators for industrial equipment with four new products. All products in the series deliver low current consumption of 0.2mA per channel (typ.)[1], are housed in a small SSOP16 package, and support mid-speed communications[2]. The new products are “DCL34...

15 Jul 2026 | Wednesday | NEWS
Rochester Electronics and Qorvo Expand Global Semiconductor Distribution Partnership

Rochester Electronics, LLC, a premier continuous source of authorised semiconductors, and Qorvo®, a leading global provider of connectivity and power solutions, announced the completion of a worldwide distribution agreement. This collaboration significantly expands access to Qorvo’s RF and power high-performance semiconductor solutions for customers worldwide, with a particular emphasis ...

15 Jul 2026 | Wednesday | NEWS
TYLsemi Raises US$43 Million to Advance Chiplet Platform for AI Infrastructure

TYLsemiTM emerged from stealth and announced the closing of an oversubscribed $43 million early-stage funding round to accelerate the development of AI infrastructure. TYLsemi is the first chiplet platform company to deliver a full portfolio across IO, power delivery, and memory paired with a chiplet-based custom silicon design, integration and supply-chain ownership. This standards-based, pr...

15 Jul 2026 | Wednesday | NEWS
Bosch Secures US CHIPS Funding to Accelerate Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Production

Bosch, a leading provider of technology and services and the largest automotive supplier in the world according to external rankings, announced a definitive agreement with the Trump Administration for up to $225 million in direct funding from the Department of Commerce's CHIPS Program Office to support the up to $2 billion Bosch is investing to transform its Roseville, California site for the prod...

14 Jul 2026 | Tuesday | NEWS
South Korea’s Semiconductor Equipment Boom Puts Pressure on Materials Suppliers

South Korea's semiconductor industry is experiencing robust growth in equipment orders as chipmakers accelerate investment in advanced manufacturing capacity, although the rapid expansion is placing increasing pressure on suppliers of semiconductor materials and components. Demand for semiconductor manufacturing equipment continues to be driven by investments in artificial intelligence, high-band...

14 Jul 2026 | Tuesday | NEWS
Cirrus Logic Expands Professional Audio Portfolio with New High-Performance Converters

Cirrus Logic has expanded its professional audio portfolio with the introduction of a new family of nine high-performance audio converters, designed to deliver advanced features and premium sound quality while offering an improved price-to-performance ratio. The latest range targets a broad spectrum of professional and prosumer audio applications, including musical instruments, podcasting equipmen...

14 Jul 2026 | Tuesday | NEWS
ZEISS Opens First Semiconductor Innovation Centre in South Korea

German optics and technology company ZEISS has opened its first Semiconductor Innovation Centre in Yongin, South Korea, bringing its research and development capabilities closer to customers' semiconductor manufacturing facilities. The new centre is designed to accelerate the development of advanced semiconductor manufacturing technologies, particularly for extreme ultraviolet lithography and next...

14 Jul 2026 | Tuesday | NEWS
Tomocube Launches Desktop 3D Metrology System for Glass Substrate Inspection

Tomocube, a 3D non-destructive inspection and metrology company, announced the launch of HT-T1 Desktop (HT-T1D), a desktop holotomography system for high-resolution 3D defect analysis of glass substrates used in next-generation semiconductor packaging. HT-T1D is optimised for glass-substrate inspection and metrology workflows. When conventional in-line panel inspection tools, such as automated op...

14 Jul 2026 | Tuesday | NEWS
JFF Receives US Grant to Expand Apprenticeships for AI, Semiconductor and Nuclear Industries

JFF, a national nonprofit that drives transformation in the U.S. education and workforce systems, announced it has been selected as one of five recipients of the U.S. Department of Labour's Pay-for-Performance (PfP) Incentive Payments Program, a $40 million award that will help expand Registered Apprenticeship nationally in high-demand sectors. Through a four-year effort, JFF and its partners will...

14 Jul 2026 | Tuesday | NEWS
SK hynix Lists ADRs on Nasdaq to Strengthen Global AI Market Presence

SK hynix Inc. announced that it has listed its American Depositary Receipts[1] (ADRs) on the NASDAQ stock market, entering the heart of the global AI industry and capital markets, and opening a new chapter to elevate its status as a leading global company. To commemorate the listing, SK hynix held an "Opening Bell" ceremony on the morning of July 10 (U.S. Eastern Time) at the Nasdaq MarketSi...

13 Jul 2026 | Monday | NEWS
Researchers Develop Solvent-Based Method to Improve Organic Semiconductor Doping

Organic semiconductors are paving the way for a new generation of lightweight, flexible electronics, including bendable displays, printable circuits, wearable sensors, and devices that harvest energy from their surroundings. A key factor behind the performance of these technologies is doping—a process by which molecules are introduced into a semiconductor to control the number of charge carr...

13 Jul 2026 | Monday | NEWS
BTQ and ICTK Complete Design of Quantum-Secure Security Chip for Connected Devices

BTQ Technologies Corp. ("BTQ" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: BTQ) (CBOE CA: BTQ), a global quantum technology company focused on securing mission-critical networks, announced that it has completed the design of its next-generation QCIM + PUF security chip for the quantum era in collaboration with ICTK Co., Ltd. ("ICTK") (KOSDAQ: 456010), a leading Korean secure element chip company...

13 Jul 2026 | Monday | NEWS
Ebttikar and MemryX Partner to Accelerate Edge AI Computer Vision Deployments in Saudi Arabia

Ebttikar Technology Company, a Saudi technology solutions provider and systems integrator, and MemryX Inc., a developer of edge AI inference accelerator chips, announced a strategic partnership to accelerate the commercial deployment of production-ready Computer Vision Edge AI solutions across Saudi Arabia, with potential expansion to qualified opportunities in the broader Middle East where Ebttik...

13 Jul 2026 | Monday | NEWS
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Appoints Joshua Chien to Board of Directors

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited (“AOS” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: AOSL), announced that its Board of Directors (the “Board”), upon recommendation by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, appointed Joshua Chien to serve as an independent director of the Board, effective immediately. “We are pleased and excited that Joshua has decided to ...

13 Jul 2026 | Monday | NEWS
Narrow Gate Holding Expands Investments in AI, Semiconductors, Robotics and Energy Infrastructure

Narrow Gate Holding, a U.S.-based global investment firm, announced that it is expanding and deepening its investments across AI, robotics, semiconductors, and energy, the four sectors it identifies as the foundational infrastructure on which frontier technology will be built. The move reflects the firm's view that the decisive competition in AI is shifting away from software and model performanc...

13 Jul 2026 | Monday | NEWS

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