• Wednesday | 23 September 2026
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
Kyocera and Tohoku University Develop Laser-Annealed Optical Isolators for Silicon Photonics

Kyocera Corporation (President: Shiro Sakushima; "Kyocera") and the Research Institute of Electrical Communication (RIEC), Tohoku University (Director: Kazushi Ishiyama; "Tohoku University") have developed a new technology*1 for integrating optical isolators onto silicon photonics chips using "laser annealing," a localised, laser-based heat-treatment method.An optical isolator is a component ...

14 Sep 2026 | Monday | NEWS
Ayar Labs Raises $150 Million to Scale Co-Packaged Optics for AI Datacentres

Ayar Labs, the leader in co-packaged optics (CPO) solutions for AI scale-up, announced it has secured an additional $150 million in funding, bringing its total primary capital raised in 2026 to $650 million. Separately, the company disclosed that Wiwynn made a strategic investment earlier this year. Wiwynn, a cloud IT and infrastructure provider for data centres, joins a growing group of strategic...

14 Sep 2026 | Monday | NEWS
Realtek Advances 3nm ASIC Strategy as AI Drives Taiwan’s Semiconductor Growth

Realtek Semiconductor is expanding its presence in higher-end custom chip development, with Chairman Chiu Shun-chien revealing that the company’s ASIC projects have now reached the 3nm process node. Speaking after being inducted as an Academician of Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Chiu also confirmed that Realtek is working with Nvidia and other international ...

9 Sep 2026 | Wednesday | NEWS
Wafer-Scale P-Type 2D Semiconductor Clears Key Hurdle for Next-Generation Chips

Researchers have made progress towards addressing one of the major challenges facing two-dimensional semiconductor technology: developing a stable, high-performance p-type material that can be produced across wafer-scale substrates. The advance could support the development of future complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) technologies as the semiconductor industry explores alternatives to ...

3 Sep 2026 | Thursday | NEWS
Penn State and Battalion Launch $6M Research Programme for Advanced Semiconductors and High-Temperature Materials

Penn State and Battalion Advanced Technology Ltd ("Battalion") have entered into two research agreements worth up to $6 million to develop advanced semiconductor platforms and high-temperature materials that aim to enable next-generation energy, transportation, aerospace and industrial systems while also providing critical capabilities for national security. Led by researchers at Penn State's Mat...

3 Sep 2026 | Thursday | NEWS
Micron Opens Boise Training Centre to Strengthen US Semiconductor Workforce

Micron Technology has opened a new 60,000-square-foot training centre in Boise, Idaho, as it expands efforts to develop the skilled workforce needed for advanced semiconductor manufacturing in the United States. The facility combines practical technical training, education programmes and apprenticeship opportunities, creating a dedicated pathway into semiconductor careers. New Training Facility S...

26 Aug 2026 | Wednesday | NEWS
SRC Launches SPARC Consortium with $13 Million Research Portfolio for Advanced Semiconductor Technologies

Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) is announcing the launch of the Semiconductor and Packaging Advanced Research Consortium (SPARC), its newest industry-driven collaborative research program designed to accelerate breakthrough research in semiconductor technologies critical to the future of the global microelectronics ecosystem. SPARC represents their newest project-based research program, ...

19 Aug 2026 | Wednesday | NEWS
Lam Research to Invest More Than $3 Billion to Expand Global Semiconductor R&D Network

Lam Research is planning to invest more than $3 billion over the next five years to expand its global research and development (R&D) laboratory network, as the semiconductor industry faces growing pressure to accelerate innovation for artificial intelligence (AI) applications. The semiconductor manufacturing equipment supplier said the multi-site expansion is expected to increase its experime...

17 Aug 2026 | Monday | NEWS
Sandisk and SK hynix Unveil Open HBF Standard to Advance AI Inference Memory Architecture

Sandisk Corporation (Nasdaq: SNDK) and SK hynix Inc. announced the release of the HBF™ (High Bandwidth Flash) technical specification through the Open Compute Project (OCP), advancing the workstream to drive HBF standardisation for the AI inference era, just six months after the consortium began work in February. The specification was developed through the HBF technology workstream under OC...

5 Aug 2026 | Wednesday | NEWS
IonQ and EPB Launch First U.S. Quantum Communications R&D Centre Connected to a Live Network

IonQ, Inc. (NYSE: IONQ), the world’s leading quantum platform company, and EPB, Chattanooga’s energy and communications solutions company, announced plans for the Tennessee Quantum Communications Research Centre. This will be the first dedicated next-generation quantum communication research and development (R&D) innovation lab directly connected to a real-world network. “In...

5 Aug 2026 | Wednesday | NEWS
XCENA Launches MX1 CXL Memory Platform to Eliminate AI Inference Memory Bottlenecks

XCENA, providing memory-centric computing solutions for AI infrastructure, introduced MX1, its production memory lineup built to break through the capacity, utilisation, and data-movement now limiting AI inference at scale. The company is showcasing MX1 at FMS 2026: The Future of Memory and Storage, being held Aug. 4–6 at the Santa Clara Convention Centre. As generative AI drives larger mod...

4 Aug 2026 | Tuesday | NEWS
TrendForce Forecasts Diverging Memory Market in 2027 as AI Sustains DRAM Boom While NAND Faces Oversupply

TrendForce's latest research on the memory industry reveals that AI will remain the primary driver of memory demand in 2027. However, market dynamics are expected to diverge between DRAM and NAND Flash. On the DRAM side, continued HBM capacity allocation, robust AI server demand, and growing procurement of CPU memory and HBM are expected to keep supply constrained and prices on an upward trajecto...

3 Aug 2026 | Monday | NEWS
Korean Researchers Achieve Direct Photon Interference Between Distinct Quantum Light Sources

Large-scale quantum communication networks require both reliable quantum memories and coherent single-photon sources for efficient quantum information exchange. While various single-photon sources have been developed recently, each has inherent limitations, making a scalable and functional quantum network challenging to achieve. Hybrid quantum architectures that combine different quantum light so...

3 Aug 2026 | Monday | 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
CuspAI Launches AI Materials Foundry with NVIDIA and Meta to Accelerate Semiconductor Materials Discovery

CuspAI announced the launch of the AI Materials Foundry, bringing together a global network of data, labs, compute and scientific expertise for the design of new materials, orchestrated by a single agentic platform. Over 45 organisations join as founding members, including NVIDIA, which will provide the compute infrastructure, and Meta’s Fundamental AI Research Team, who develop the Univers...

21 Jul 2026 | Tuesday | NEWS
ATLANT 3D Secures AI Hyperscaler Order for NANOFABRICATOR LITE to Accelerate AI-Driven Materials Discovery

ATLANT 3D announced that it has secured an order from a leading global AI hyperscaler for its NANOFABRICATOR® LITE platform. The system will support the customer's AI-driven materials discovery lab, enabling rapid experimental fabrication and validation of AI-generated materials as well as creating experimental data for a recursive innovation process. The order reflects the growing industry de...

17 Jul 2026 | Friday | 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
Apple Expands Broadcom Partnership with $30 Billion Investment to Manufacture Custom Silicon in the US

Apple® announced a new multiyear commitment with Broadcom to design and produce custom silicon components and cutting-edge wireless connectivity technologies for a wide range of Apple products. The new agreement, expected to exceed $30 billion, will lead to the production of more than 15 billion U.S.-made chips and support hundreds of American jobs. Apple has been working with the administrati...

9 Jul 2026 | Thursday | NEWS

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