ChipAgents Raises $21 Million Series A to Accelerate AI-Powered Chip Design and Verification Platform

Sales 50x YoY, Deployments at 50 leading semiconductor companies. Former CEOs of Cadence and Mentor Graphics, Plus Former Synopsys CTO, Join Advisory Board. ChipAgents, the agentic AI platform transforming chip design and verification, announced the close of a $21 million Series A funding round, bringing the total fundraise to $24 million to date. This latest round closed with Besseme...

22 Oct 2025 | Wednesday | NEWS
Tachyum Opens Taiwan Office to Strengthen Global Production and Supply Chain for Prodigy® Universal Processor

-Tachyum®  announced the opening of new offices in Taiwan, the world’s most advanced technology manufacturing and technological hub, in advance of production of the Prodigy® Universal Processor. As Tachyum continues towards tape-out for Prodigy, the company has chosen to establish manufacturing, testing, assembly, ODM, logistics and support facilities in Taiwan to ensure worl...

22 Oct 2025 | Wednesday | NEWS
Frore Systems Launches LiquidJet™ to Redefine Liquid Cooling for AI Data Centres

Frore Systems announced the launch of LiquidJet™, a revolutionary direct-to-chip liquid cooling 3D coldplate solution designed to meet the escalating demands of AI Data Centers. Built with Frore's unique semiconductor manufacturing process adapted to metal wafers, LiquidJet unlocks higher performance from the world's most powerful GPUs—starting with NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra—...

21 Oct 2025 | Tuesday | NEWS
NEXT Semiconductor Unveils NXLR1 LiDAR Processor SoC for Next-Generation Autonomous Vehicles

The NXLR1 Lidar Processor Unit (LPU) enables enhanced long range LiDAR perception for automotive ADAS and autonomous vehicles. NEXT Semiconductor Technologies has developed a LiDAR Processor System-On-Chip (SoC) component to address the growing market for LiDAR sensors sourcing data for AI-enhanced autonomous vehicles. The immediate addressable market for LiDAR sensors includes on-orbit sa...

21 Oct 2025 | Tuesday | NEWS
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang to Join APEC CEO Summit in South Korea

Jensen Huang, the chief executive of NVIDIA, is scheduled to participate in the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit in South Korea, which runs from October 28 to 31. NVIDIA said Huang will engage with global heads of state and senior Korean executives, including representatives of giants such as Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix. In a statement, the compa...

20 Oct 2025 | Monday | NEWS
Micron to Withdraw from China’s Server Chip Market Following 2023 Ban

Micron Technology is preparing to exit China’s server chip market after a prolonged impact from the 2023 ban that barred its products from use in critical infrastructure. The decision marks a significant retreat from a key global market and underscores the deepening technological rift between Washington and Beijing. While sales to Chinese data-centre operators will cease, Mi...

20 Oct 2025 | Monday | NEWS
Lightshift Energy Secures $75 Million Credit Facility from KeyBanc to Accelerate East Coast Energy Storage and Semiconductor Projects

Initial facility supports 6 operating projects and 10 projects entering construction, including Lightshift’s project with GlobalFoundries to power semiconductor manufacturing Lightshift Energy (Lightshift), a developer, owner and operator of battery energy storage projects across the U.S., and KeyBanc Capital Markets (KBCM), the corporate and investment banking arm of Cleveland ...

17 Oct 2025 | Friday | NEWS
Samsung Ordered to Pay $524 Million in Patent Infringement Verdicts Backed by Miller Fair Henry

Global technology giant Samsung has been found to owe a combined $524 million in damages following two separate patent infringement verdicts handed down by federal court juries in the Eastern District of Texas. The landmark verdicts were secured for the plaintiffs with the support of attorneys from Longview-based law firm Miller Fair Henry, who collaborated with lead trial counsel in local tria...

17 Oct 2025 | Friday | NEWS
Qnity™ and SK hynix Forge Strategic Collaboration to Advance Semiconductor Manufacturing with High-Performance CMP Materials

Strategic Collaboration to Support Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing with High-Performance Materials Qnity, DuPont's Electronics business, a premier technology solutions leader across the semiconductor value chain,  announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with SK hynix, establishing a strategic long-term agreement for the supply of polishing pads for chemical mechan...

17 Oct 2025 | Friday | NEWS
Molex to Acquire Smiths Interconnect, Expanding its Global Leadership in High-Reliability Connectivity for Aerospace, Defense, and Medtech

  Smiths Interconnect provides mission-critical components to the $5B aerospace and defense sector, as well as semiconductor test, industrial and medical markets Smiths Interconnect's leadership in providing innovative medical interconnect solutions complements Molex's position in the rapidly expanding medtech segment Customers and partners to benefit from combined engineering expertise,...

17 Oct 2025 | Friday | NEWS
Malema Launches M-3100 Series Clamp-On Ultrasonic Flow Meter for High-Precision Semiconductor Applications

Malema™, part of PSG and Dover (NYSE: DOV) and a leading provider of flow meter technologies for use in industrial and semiconductor applications, today announced the global launch of the new Malema M-3100 Series Clamp-On Ultrasonic Flow Meter. Engineered for precise fluid velocity measurement in liquid-filled closed conduits, the M-3100 Series is a high-performance, non-invasive ultr...

16 Oct 2025 | Thursday | NEWS
Ceva Expands Semiconductor Leadership with Bluetooth 6.0 Channel Sounding to Power Secure Spatial Awareness and Physical AI at the Smart Edge

Ceva strengthens its leadership as a trusted single source for advancing the smart edge, with Bluetooth® 6.0 Channel Sounding for secure spatial awareness enabling on-device intelligence and Physical AI  As industries demand greater positioning accuracy, security, and reliability for wireless connectivity, Bluetooth® 6.0 emerges as a critical enabler for next-generation high perfor...

16 Oct 2025 | Thursday | NEWS
Analog Devices Launches ADI Power Studio to Transform Semiconductor Power System Design with Unified Modelling and Simulation Tools

Analog Devices, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADI), a global semiconductor leader, announced the launch of ADI Power Studio, a comprehensive family of products that offers advanced modeling, component recommendations and efficiency analysis with simulation. In addition, ADI is introducing early versions of two new web-based tools with a modernized user experience under the Power Studio umbrella: ADI Po...

15 Oct 2025 | Wednesday | NEWS
Semiconductor Research Corporation Unveils MAPT Roadmap 2.0 to Accelerate U.S. Semiconductor Innovation and Workforce Growth

Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) is proud to announce the release of the Microelectronics and Advanced Packaging Technologies (MAPT) Roadmap 2.0, a comprehensive update to the industry’s first 3D semiconductor roadmap. This second edition reflects the contributions of over 370 experts from 132 organizations across industry, academia, and government, and builds upon the momentum of ...

15 Oct 2025 | Wednesday | NEWS
Insyde Software Joins Arm Total Design to Accelerate AI-Ready Silicon Innovation

Insyde Software, a leading global provider of UEFI and OpenBMC-based firmware,  announced that it has joined Arm® Total Design, a collaborative ecosystem designed to simplify and accelerate custom silicon development powered by Arm Neoverse™ Compute Subsystems (CSS). In close alignment with Arm’s shift-left approach, Insyde empowers AI infrastructure providers to validate c...

15 Oct 2025 | Wednesday | NEWS
Metallium to Add Second Demonstration Line for Rare Earths and Semiconductor Feedstocks at Texas Commercial Facility

Metallium Ltd. (ASX: MTM; OTCQX: MTMCF) announced the company will add a second demonstration line at its first commercial facility, scheduled for commissioning in December. The line will be specifically for rare earths elements (REE) and semiconductor feedstocks. The announcement was made by the company as they updated investors on the advancement of the company's commercial facility in th...

14 Oct 2025 | Tuesday | NEWS
InPsytech Showcases 3nm UCIe 3.0 Technology at OCP Global Summit 2025

 InPsytech, a subsidiary of Egis Technology (6462.TWO) specializing in high-speed interface intellectual property (IP) development, announced  that it will participate in the Open Compute Project (OCP) Global Summit 2025, to be held in San Jose, California, from October 13–16, 2025. At the event, InPsytech will showcase its latest 3nm UCIe high-speed interface technology dem...

14 Oct 2025 | Tuesday | NEWS
China Intensifies Semiconductor Import Crackdown to Boost Domestic AI Chip Production

China has launched a sweeping crackdown on semiconductor imports as part of its push to reduce reliance on U.S. technology and accelerate self-sufficiency in advanced computing. Over recent weeks, customs teams stationed at major ports have intensified inspections of chip shipments, with particular scrutiny on processors supplied by U.S. chipmaker Nvidia, according to multiple industry sources....

13 Oct 2025 | Monday | NEWS
Momentus Inc. Awarded $5.1M NASA Contract to Support In-Space Microgravity Crystallization Demonstration

Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS), a U.S. commercial space company offering satellites, satellite components, and in-space transportation and services, announced that it was awarded a $5.1 million contract on September 26 by NASA’s Flight Opportunities program to support the Commercial Orbital System for Microgravity In-Space Crystallization (COSMIC) demonstration, a pioneering technology desig...

10 Oct 2025 | Friday | NEWS
Smartkem, Inc. Signs LOI with Jericho Energy Ventures to Build U.S. AI Infrastructure Using Organic Semiconductor Technology

Smartkem, Inc. (Nasdaq: SMTK), ("Smartkem"), a company developing a new class of organic semiconductor technology, announced that it has signed a non-binding Letter of Intent ("LOI") with Jericho Energy Ventures Inc. (TSX-V: JEV, OTC: JROOF) ("Jericho" or "JEV"), an energy innovation company, for a proposed all-stock business combination (the "Proposed Transaction"). If completed, the Proposed T...

10 Oct 2025 | Friday | NEWS