Collaboration validates Point2 Technology’s innovative e-Tube™ multi-terabit interconnects using Keysight's high-speed digital test solutions, addressing critical power and bandwidth challenges in AI infrastructure Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) and Point2 Technology announced a strategic collaboration to validate next-generation, multi-terabit interconnects desi...
IonQ, a leading developer of quantum computing hardware and technology platforms, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire SkyWater Technology, the largest exclusively U.S.-based pure-play semiconductor foundry, in a transaction valued at approximately $1.8 billion. The deal will expand IonQ’s manufacturing footprint and enhance its hardware development and sup...
Wolfspeed, Inc., a global leader in silicon carbide technology and production (the “Company” or “Wolfspeed”), announced that the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) has formally cleared the Company’s issuance of equity to Renesas Electronics America Inc. (“Renesas”), completing a key component of Wolfspeed’s pre...
EMASS, a Nanoveu subsidiary specialising in next-generation semiconductor technology, announced the successful tape-out of its 16nm ECS-DoT system-on-chip (SoC). The device has entered fabrication at TSMC, marking the transition of EMASS's next-generation ultra-low-power edge AI architecture from final design into production silicon. The 16nm ECS-DoT represents a process-node and architectural sc...
GCT Semiconductor Holding Inc. (“GCT” or the "Company") (NYSE: GCTS), a leading designer and supplier of advanced 5G and 4G semiconductor solutions, announced that it has licensed its 5G and 4G chipsets to one of the world’s largest satellite communications providers. The agreement enables the integration of GCT’s 5G and 4G chipsets into the satellite provider’s user ...
Nova (Nasdaq: NVMI), a leading innovator in metrology and process control solutions for advanced semiconductor manufacturing, announced the adoption of its Nova Metrion® platform by global leaders in Memory and Logic device production. The platform was purchased for Gate-All-Around (GAA) and advanced DRAM device production, enabling customers to accelerate performance and yield....
Hanoi, FPT Corporation officially announced the establishment of the FPT Advanced Semiconductor Testing and Packaging Plant, aiming to strengthen connectivity across the semiconductor value chain and to realize Vietnam's major national orientations on mastering core and sovereign technologies, in line with Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW, Decision No. 1131/QĐ-TTg and Decision No. 1018/QĐ-TTg, there...
SWEP, part of Dover (NYSE: DOV) and a world-leading supplier of brazed plate heat exchangers (BPHEs), announced the launch of its SWEP All-Stainless B4TS product designed for the electronics and semiconductor industries. The SWEP B4TS is frameless and compact and designed for use with R744 (refrigerant grade CO2) built for handling high-pressured applications. This innovation...
Atomera Incorporated (NASDAQ:ATOM), a semiconductor materials and technology licensing company, announced that its concept paper on Gallium Nitride on Silicon (GaN-on-Si) technologies has been accepted to move to the proposal stage as part of a PowerAmerica Institute Initiated Proposal (IIP) to advance wide-bandgap (WBG) power semiconductor technology. The paper, which proposes a co...
nLIGHT, Inc. (Nasdaq: LASR), a leading provider of high-power lasers for mission-critical directed energy, optical sensing, and advanced manufacturing applications, announced it has added 50,000 square feet of leased manufacturing and office space to expand its existing facilities in Longmont, Colorado. The additional space will more than double the Company’s current capacity and enable the...
Kyocera Corporation (TOKYO: 6971) and Maxell, Ltd. (TOKYO: 6810) began test operations in December 2025, installing power modules that use Maxell’s all‑solid‑state battery “PSB401010H” into industrial robots and controllers at Kyocera’s Kagoshima Sendai Plant, one of its semiconductor ceramic package production sites. The ceramic‑packaged all...
Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ: LFUS), a leader in developing smart solutions that enable safe and efficient electrical energy transfer, reported financial results for its fourth quarter ended December 27, 2025: “I am proud of our teams as we finished the year with significant momentum, delivering fourth quarter results above our guidance range and successfully closing the acquisition of Bas...
Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: UCTT) announced that Harjinder Bajwa has departed the company effective January 25, 2026, and that Robert Wunar has been appointed Chief Operating Officer effective March 2026. Mr. Wunar brings more than 30 years of deep operations and supply chain leadership within the semiconductor capital equipment industry. Most recently, he served as the COO/Mana...
SK KeyFoundry, an 8-inch pure-play foundry in Korea, announced that it has recently launched its fourth-generation 200V high-voltage 0.18-micron BCD (Bipolar-CMOS-DMOS) process and will begin full-scale product development with major domestic and global customers, targeting mass production within the year. As vehicle electrification and the expansion of AI data centres continue to accelerate, mar...
Lightmatter, the leader in photonic (super) computing, announced a strategic collaboration with Synopsys, the leader in engineering solutions from silicon to systems, to integrate Synopsys 224G SerDes and UCIe IP for 3nm process into Lightmatter’s Passage™ 3D Co-Packaged Optics (CPO) platform. Through this collaboration, Lightmatter is developing a robust, low-laten...
La Luce Cristallina announced it has launched its new CMOS-compatible oxide pseudo-substrate, enabling high-quality, epitaxial strontium titanate (SrTiO₃) films to be grown directly on 200-mm silicon and silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafers. This platform bridges the gap between academic oxide research and commercial manufacturing, facilitating the development of advance...
Quest Global, the world's largest independent pure-play engineering services company, today announced the appointment of Richard (Rick) Bergman as President & Global Business Head of its Semiconductor vertical. As the Global Business Head, Rick will focus on shaping the division's long-term strategy, accelerating revenue growth, and deepening relationships with global customers. His responsib...
Celera Semiconductor, the leading analog IC supplier using AI to slash the cost and time to develop and supply analog ICs, has appointed Bruno Kranzen to its Board of Directors. "Bruno has an impressive career starting in design and rising to lead ever larger businesses at companies such as National Semiconductor, Maxim Integrated and Analog Devices. His experience developing relationships with t...
Companies operating in the semiconductor test consumables sector are strengthening their market strategies as demand for advanced testing solutions continues to rise. Products such as probe cards, test sockets and related components play a critical role in ensuring semiconductor performance and reliability, prompting manufacturers to invest in innovation and capacity expansion. Industry leaders a...
Micron Technology is accelerating the execution of its India manufacturing strategy as it advances its long-term production roadmap in the country. The company’s assembly and test facility in Sanand, Gujarat, is progressing steadily toward full operations, marking a major milestone in Micron’s global manufacturing expansion. Developed with support from India’s semiconductor ince...