• Wednesday | 24 June 2026
UNIST Develops Multifunctional Memristor for Low-Power 6G and Satellite Communications

Researchers at South Korea's Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) have developed a new semiconductor device designed to reduce power consumption and hardware complexity in next-generation communication systems, including satellite networks, defence applications and future 6G infrastructure. The breakthrough centres on a multifunctional memristor capable of performing both sig...

23 Jun 2026 | Tuesday | NEWS
SurplusGLOBAL Secures Patents for AI-Powered Semiconductor Marketplace Technology

SurplusGLOBAL (CEO: Bruce Kim) announced that it has secured Korean patents covering two core technologies implemented within its global semiconductor equipment and parts marketplace, SemiMarket (www.SemiMarket.com): Demand & Supply Predictive Matching and Global Transaction Risk Management. The significance of these patents lies in their approach to treating export control compliance and tra...

4 Jun 2026 | Thursday | NEWS
Imec and EVG Advance Hybrid Bonding Technology for Next-Generation 3D Chip Architectures

IEEE Electronic Components and Technology Conference (ECTC), imec, a world-leading research and innovation hub in advanced semiconductor technologies, and EV Group (EVG), leading provider of semiconductor manufacturing equipment and process solutions, present a robust and highly yielding wafer-to-wafer hybrid bonding technology at 200nm Cu interconnect pad pitch, demonstrated on a test vehicl...

3 Jun 2026 | Wednesday | NEWS
Cyient Semiconductors Private Limited Launches First GaN Power IC Portfolio for India in Partnership with Navitas Semiconductor

Cyient Semiconductors Private Limited announced the launch of seven new gallium nitride (GaN) power devices for the Indian market, developed using Navitas Semiconductor's (Nasdaq: NVTS) industry-leading GaN technology.   The launch marks Cyient Semiconductors' first commercial GaN product family and a major milestone in advancing India's domestic power semiconductor ecosystem. The new p...

12 May 2026 | Tuesday | NEWS
ROHM Co., Ltd. Launches NFC Wireless Power Chipset for Smart Rings and Compact Wearables

ROHM Co., Ltd. has developed a wireless power supply IC chipset consisting of the receiver (ML7670) and transmitter (ML7671) compatible with Near Field Communication (NFC) technology for compact wearables such as smart rings and smart bands. The smart ring market has seen rapid growth in recent years. However, for extremely small ring-shaped devices worn on the finger, wired charging is impr...

29 Apr 2026 | Wednesday | NEWS
Kyocera Corporation Launches Ceramic Core Substrate for Next-Generation AI Semiconductor Packaging

Kyocera Corporation (President: Shiro Sakushima; “Kyocera”) announced that it is commercialising a new multilayer ceramic core substrate for advanced semiconductor packages, such as xPUs(1) and switch ASICs, which are rapidly scaling in complexity as AI data centre architectures evolve. The new product will be unveiled at ECTC 2026, an international conference ...

29 Apr 2026 | Wednesday | NEWS
Bruker Advances NanoIR Technology to Support Next-Gen Semiconductor Research

Bruker Corporation (Nasdaq: BRKR) announced accelerated development of its photothermal AFM-IR spectroscopy capabilities to address research challenges facing the semiconductor industry as device architectures continue to shrink and systems become increasingly more complex. As the largest supplier of nanoscale infrared (nanoIR) spectroscopy technology to the semiconductor industry, Bruker is ...

8 Apr 2026 | Wednesday | NEWS
Cognichip Secures $60m Series A to Advance AI-Driven Chip Design

Cognichip, the company pioneering ACI® – Artificial Chip Intelligence – for semiconductor design, announced an oversubscribed $60 million Series A financing led by Seligman Ventures, with participation from SBI Investment and additional semiconductor-focused investors. All seed investors, including Mayfield, Lux Capital, FPV, and Candou Ventures, participated above pro rata allocat...

6 Apr 2026 | Monday | NEWS
SkyWater Technology Appoints Christine Dunbar to Lead Sales and Drive Foundry Expansion

SkyWater Technology (NASDAQ: SKYT), the largest exclusively U.S.-based pure-play semiconductor foundry, announced the appointment of Christine Dunbar as senior vice president of sales and solutions engineering, reporting directly to President and COO John Sakamoto. In her role, Dunbar will focus on accelerating customer acquisition and scaling growth across the company’s core platforms....

17 Feb 2026 | Tuesday | NEWS
MIPS to Showcase RISC-V Innovation and Physical AI Advances at Chiplet Summit 2026

Chiplet Summit, the industry’s largest chiplet event, today announced that MIPS, a GlobalFoundries company, will participate in Chiplet Summit 2026, February 17-19 at the Santa Clara Convention Center. Drew Barbier, VP Products at MIPS, will deliver a presentation titled “Safety-Critical Physical AI Applications Using RISC-V.” He will also be on the panel “S...

16 Feb 2026 | Monday | NEWS
2025 Marked the Year of Silicon Sovereignty in Asia’s Semiconductor Power Shift

TSMC’s new Global R&D Center in Taiwan reflects Asia’s drive to maintain cutting-edge chip capabilities on home soil. Semiconductor technology has become not just an industry, but an instrument of national power. Semiconductors in 2025 are not merely about cranking out more chips – they have become closely tied to national sovereignty and strategy. Nowhere is this shift more...

29 Dec 2025 | Monday | Analysis
Quantum Computing Inc. to Acquire Luminar Semiconductor Unit for $110M in Cash

Luminar Technologies, Inc. a leading global technology company, announced that it has entered into an agreement with Quantum Computing Inc. (“QCi”) pursuant to which QCi will acquire Luminar Semiconductor, Inc. (“LSI”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Luminar, in an all-cash transaction valued at $110 million. QCi is an integrated photonics and quantum optics technology com...

17 Dec 2025 | Wednesday | NEWS
Taiwan Strengthens Semiconductor Leadership While Opening Doors to Global Capital

  Taiwan is reinforcing its position at the centre of the global semiconductor industry, combining deep rooted technological expertise with a renewed openness to foreign investment as demand for advanced chips continues to accelerate worldwide. The island’s semiconductor ecosystem is entering a new phase of expansion, marked by sustained capital inflows, capacity upgra...

16 Dec 2025 | Tuesday | NEWS
United States Accelerates Structural Reset of Semiconductor Industry to Secure Long-Term Leadership

  United States is pressing ahead with a comprehensive restructuring of its semiconductor industry, signalling a decisive shift towards a more resilient, competitive and strategically aligned national chip ecosystem. The ongoing transformation reflects a clear policy direction to reduce structural vulnerabilities exposed by recent global disruptions. By rebalancing supply chains and strengt...

16 Dec 2025 | Tuesday | NEWS
BrainChip Secures $25M to Advance Akida Neuromorphic AI Platform and Scale Product Portfolio

-BrainChip Holdings Ltd. (ASX: BRN, OTCQX: BRCHF, ADR: BCHPY), the world’s first commercial producer of ultra-low-power, fully digital, event-based neuromorphic AI, secured a capital raise of $25 million to fuel the development and commercialization of its neuromorphic AI technology and expansion of its product offerings in chips and modules. BrainChip is expanding its product portfolio t...

12 Dec 2025 | Friday | NEWS
Nordic Semiconductor Launches nRF9151 SMA Development Kit for Next-Gen Cellular IoT and Satellite Connectivity

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 – ...

12 Dec 2025 | Friday | NEWS
Bruker Secures $25M in Advanced NMR and EPR System Orders from Leading European Research Institutes

-Bruker Corporation  announced several significant European orders for high-performance magnetic resonance systems from three leading research institutions in France and Germany: In the summer, École Normale Supérieure (ENS-PSL) in Paris, France ordered a novel NMR relaxometry system to be used alongside its recently acquired 900 MHz NMR spectrometer. This unique capability w...

11 Dec 2025 | Thursday | NEWS
Tachyum begins action to defend TPU trademark against Google filing

-Tachyum® announced that it is beginning to take steps to defend the use of its registered TPU® trademark. Tachyum initially applied for trademark status in September 2015 and has held the rights to TPU (for its AI Tachyum Processing Unit) since October 2020. Google recently filed for similar trademark protection of Google TPU for its Tensor Processing Unit on November 21st of this ...

10 Dec 2025 | Wednesday | NEWS
UMC Secures Imec Silicon Photonics Technology To Accelerate 12 Inch Optical Chip Platform

  United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE: UMC; TWSE: 2303)(“UMC”), a leading global semiconductor foundry, announced a licensing agreement with imec, a world-leading research and innovation hub in advanced semiconductor technologies, for the transfer of imec’s iSiPP300 silicon photonics process, featuring co-packaged optics (CPO) compatibility, to accelerate UMC’s ...

9 Dec 2025 | Tuesday | NEWS
HKUST and SEMI Unite Global Semiconductor Leaders at Inaugural 2025 SIIAS Summit

Uniting Global Semiconductor Leaders to Drive Industry Innovation and Growth  The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and SEMI successfully concluded the inaugural 2025 Semiconductor Innovation and Intelligent Application Summit (SIIAS). As a prelude to the University's 35th anniversary celebrations and supported by the HKSAR Government, the landmark event makes its debu...

8 Dec 2025 | Monday | NEWS

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