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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
TetraMem Inc., a leader in Analog In-Memory Computing (A-IMC) technology, and SK hynix Inc., a global leader in AI memory and semiconductor technologies, announced the successful completion of a joint technology collaboration, highlighted by the publication of their research paper, “A Memristor-based In-Memory Computing SoC with Efficient Depthwise Convolution,” in Advanced I...
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited (AOS) (Nasdaq: AOSL), a designer, developer, and global supplier of a broad range of discrete power devices, wide-bandgap power devices, power management ICs, and modules, introduced its AOPL66801 80V MOSFET in a half-bridge configuration available in a state-of-the-art DFN6x5 AmpStack™ MOSFET package. This breakthrough packaging technolog...
India is expected to have five semiconductor manufacturing facilities in operation by the end of 2026, marking a significant step in the country's efforts to establish a strong domestic chip manufacturing ecosystem. Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw said the government has approved 12 semiconductor projects under its national semiconductor programme. Of th...
Japanese semiconductor equipment manufacturer Disco is maintaining a balanced approach to growth as chipmakers adjust investment plans in response to changing market conditions across the global semiconductor industry. The company continues to see steady demand for its ultra-precision dicing, grinding and polishing equipment, which is widely used in wafer processing and advanced semiconductor man...
India has strengthened its position in the global semiconductor landscape with the inauguration of CG Semi's Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test (OSAT) facility in Sanand, Gujarat, the country's third semiconductor manufacturing plant. The facility was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as part of India's broader strategy to build a resilient, self-reliant semiconductor ecosystem.T...
Tema ETFs (“Tema”), a leader in institutional-quality and actively managed exchange-traded funds, announced an exclusive ETF partnership with SemiAnalysis, the leading independent research firm specialising in semiconductors and AI infrastructure, founded by Dylan Patel. Through the partnership, Tema and SemiAnalysis will launch the first suite of institutional-grade, research-driven ...
DEEPX, an on-device AI semiconductor pioneer, announced that its ultra-low-power NPU technology is powering the Sixfab AI HAT+ for Raspberry Pi 5, a new edge AI acceleration board developed by Sixfab, an edge AI hardware solutions company and Official Raspberry Pi Design Partner. Marked as "Intelligentized by DEEPX," the product brings high-performance, low-power AI inference capabilities to the ...
ChipAgents, a leading provider of Agentic AI platforms in the semiconductor design industry, announced that it has joined the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner Network (APN), a global community of AWS Partners that leverage programs, expertise and resources to build, market and sell customer offerings. “AI has enormous potential in semiconductor engineering, but the industry’s biggest...
Quantum Computing Inc. ("QCi" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: QUBT), an innovative, quantum optics and integrated photonics technology company, announced the completion of acquiring NHanced Semiconductors, Inc. ("NHanced"), for a combination of cash and QCi stock valued at $73.1 million, subject to customary adjustments, and up to an additional $72.0 million if certain performance target...