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Semi. Fabs and Clean Rooms 4h ago: Recent posts show TSMC accelerating leading-edge capacity driving Taiwan GDP growth to 14.4% YoY, SK Hynix HBM4 in mass production with yields exceeding expectations and DRAM/HBM sold out through 2029, Tower Semiconductor targeting $1.1B silicon photonics run rate with Japan expansion ahead of schedule, and SEMI Foundation advancing cleanroom workforce micro-credentials.
KOSPI Defies 'Black Monday' Fears, Rebounds Strongly - The domestic stock market, which had been feared to experience a 'Black Monday' due to the sharp decline in U.S. semiconductor stocks, defied expectations and closed strong.
Taiwan aims to train 60,000 IC specialists by 2030 - Taiwan is aggressively pursuing a core strategy of "Team Taiwan to Team Global," according to Cheng-Wen Wu, Minister of the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC). Wu noted that when AI chips are manufactured in Taiwan, local tech companies are the first to understand their application scenarios...
Health Report: CEA-Leti’s Micro- and Nanotechnologies for Healthcare - From neurotechnologies and medical imaging to smart sensors and personalized medicine, micro- and nanotechnologies are opening up new possibilities for preventing, diagnosing, and treating diseases. At CEA-Leti, these scientific advances are being transformed into technological solutions to shape the...
Hong Kong Chip IPOs Tap Intertwined Investors, Boss’s Networks - Hong Kong listing hopefuls are shedding light on the inner workings of their initial public offerings, revealing cross-investments and personal connections, just as regulators step up scrutiny of structures that risk distorting the market.
DIGITIMES chairman: Taiwan-South Korea cooperation beats competition in AI race - Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly expanding global semiconductor demand, prompting Taiwan and South Korea to shift from straightforward competition toward cooperation as the AI chip supply chain grows more complex. Colley Hwang, chairman and CEO of DIGITIMES, said Taiwan's semiconductor success...
Should you Buy - Bloom energy - Twenty-five years, a decade of losses, and then AI happened. The company has morphed itself into a retail investor darling. Valuations show how much of…
FIA and J-Fusion Partner on Commercial Fusion Deployment: Week in Brief: 10/30/26 - Intel Corporation acquired Classiq, a provider of quantum computing software. The acquisition of Classiq would combine Intel’s quantum software platform, scalable silicon spin-qubit technology and advanced semiconductor manufacturing expertise...
Korea must follow Norway’s lead on fiscal rules - Korea must follow Norway’s lead on fiscal rules A proposed debt-financed fund risks locking Korea into unsustainable spending unless lawmakers adopt binding rules for windfall tax revenue. 11/1/2026 - 10:01 AM Opinion Desk
Driven by AI chip boom, Korea poised to become world's fourth $1 trillion exporter - Driven by AI chip boom, Korea poised to become world's fourth $1 trillion exporter Robust AI-driven semiconductor demand is set to make Korea the fourth country ever to record $1 trillion in annual exports, with the milestone expected to be crossed later this month. 11/1/2026 - 04:34 AM News Team
科林研發、imec 擴大合作！布局 High-NA EUV 乾式光阻，加速量產進程 - 人工智慧（ AI ）運算需求持續攀升，半導體產業的技術競爭已從電晶體微縮，進一步延伸至先進封裝、 3D 整合及新世代微影技術。科林研發（ Lam Research ）宣布擴大與 imec 策略合作，新增先進 3D 整合技術及 Aether 乾式光阻兩大聯合研發項目，分別瞄準次世代封裝與記憶體製程，以及...
Nordic Semi celebrates with micro:bit class kit programme - Nordic Semiconductor is celebrating its 10 years of involvement in the BBC micro:bit with its “micro:bit class kit” programme. Nordic is offering BBC micro:bit Club kits to classrooms around the […] The post Nordic Semi celebrates with micro:bit class kit programme appeared first on Electronics...
AI data center boom supercharges Korean power equipment industry - AI data center boom supercharges Korean power equipment industry Surging U.S. demand for data centers and grid upgrades is driving strong earnings and exports for Korean power equipment makers HD Hyundai Electric and LS Electric. 11/2/2026 - 01:54 AM News Team
Intel’s Tiny Bridges Could Lead to Very Big Paychecks - Intel’s next big opportunity could come from something that sounds spectacularly unglamorous: connecting tiny pieces of silicon. Advanced packaging rarely attracts the attention lavished on powerful processors or artificial intelligence models. Yet it increasingly determines how effectively those technologies...
Shift Left Is Becoming A System-Level Problem - Rise in complexity is pushing engineers to validate hardware, software, and physical constraints earlier in the design flow, but fragmented workflows make that difficult. The post Shift Left Is Becoming A System-Level Problem appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering .
Mikroe Click board for south-pole sensing - UNI Hall 3 Click from MIKROE is a compact add-on Click board designed for contactless magnetic sensing applications. This board is based on the A31015KEWALT-47SN, a nanopower, ratiometric 1D linear […] The post Mikroe Click board for south-pole sensing appeared first on Electronics Weekly .
Scientists Create a Tiny Electronic Device That Can Learn Like the Human Brain - A breakthrough in brain-inspired electronics could lead to devices that process information and learn without relying on conventional computing architectures. A single nanoscale electronic component can perform three different jobs, switching electrical current, storing information through resistance,...
OpenAI’s Altman Meets Samsung Executives as Chip Crunch Deepens - OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman met with Samsung Group’s top executives in South Korea on Saturday to deepen cooperation on memory chips and AI infrastructure as global shortages intensify.
10월 D램 가격 5.7% 상승…낸드는 보합 전환 - 메모리 반도체 공급 부족이 이어지면서 10월 D램 고정거래가격이 또 다시 역대 최고치를 경신했다. 반면 장기간 상승세가 이어졌던 낸드플래시 가격은 고점 부담에 따른 수요 위축으...
Disassembling a SFP Ethernet adapter - If you need a spare RJ45 switch port but none are available, use a spare SFP instead. Ethernet adapters can’t be beat, but mind the heat. The post Disassembling a SFP Ethernet adapter appeared first on EDN .
SK 海力士 Q4 營益估首破 100 兆韓圜 券商喊買進 - AI 應用持續推升記憶體需求，加上大規模股東回饋計畫，韓國記憶體大廠 SK 海力士（SK Hynix）有望迎來價值重估。韓國 KB 證券（KB Securities）11 2 指出，儘管 SK 海力士獲利屢創新高，股價仍明顯遭到低估，因此維持「買進」評等及目標價...
Olaf van der Sluis takes helm of TUE’s Casimir Institute - Olaf van der Sluis has succeeded Bart Smolders as scientific director of the Casimir Institute, Eindhoven University of Technology’s research institute for chips and high-tech systems.
Lee puts 'growth' center stage with 36 mentions in 2027 budget speech - Lee puts 'growth' center stage with 36 mentions in 2027 budget speech President Lee Jae Myung outlined a record budget aimed at spreading growth more broadly while funding AI, regional development and welfare. 11/2/2026 - 05:15 AM News Team
Jevons’ Paradox and the Silicon Roadmap - Jevons’ paradox may fuel AI demand, but the silicon roadmap could determine which chips retain their value and which become stranded assets. The post Jevons’ Paradox and the Silicon Roadmap appeared first on EE Times .
Latest issue of Semiconductor Today now available - For coverage of all the key business and technology developments in compound semiconductors and advanced silicon materials and devices over the last month, see latest issue
Ground penetrating radar: How RF waves map the unseen world - Ground penetrating radar (GPR) turns invisible transitions beneath our feet into readable signals. The post Ground penetrating radar: How RF waves map the unseen world appeared first on EDN .
South Korea Exports Extend Robust Growth on AI-Fueled Chip Boom - South Korea’s exports maintained strong growth in October, highlighting the strength of an artificial intelligence-driven boom that has powered the economy, even as a recent selloff in technology stocks raised questions about the durability of the global AI trade.
A Breakthrough in Magnetism Could Make Computer Chips Use Dramatically Less Energy - Researchers have overcome a longstanding obstacle that has prevented promising materials from being used in ultra-low-power computer chips. A promising class of materials could help dramatically reduce the electricity needed for computing, but a persistent problem has kept them out of computer chips....
New X-Ray Technology Captures 4.6 Times More Light Without Losing Sharpness - Scientists have developed a new approach to X-ray imaging that captures significantly more light without sacrificing image sharpness. A major obstacle to sharper X-ray images is that much of the light generated inside detectors never reaches the camera. Researchers have developed a nanostructured surface...
