Semi. Fabs and Clean Rooms 11m ago: Recent discussions highlight ongoing Intel fab construction in Arizona and Ohio with High-NA EUV plans for 2028, Samsung expanding Taylor Fab 1 to 20k wafers/month at 2nm, and cleanroom pressures from HBM stacks. Tool supply constraints and yield optimization remain key themes amid AI demand.
Investor Deposits Plunge 51 Trillion Won - While some in the securities industry argue the recent drop is excessive given semiconductor firms’ earnings outlook, others caution that unresolved investment burdens and credit risks in the artificial
Department of Commerce Announces Letters of Intent With 4 Companies for $389 Million of R&D Awards - The CHIPS Research and Development Office’s incentives will advance and accelerate domestic R&D for semiconductors and materials critical to U.S. energy infrastructure and data centers. The post Department of Commerce Announces Letters of Intent With 4 Companies for $389 Million of R&D Awards...
Bloomberg Businessweek Daily: Blackstone Chips Bet - The people, companies and trends shaping the global economy. Watch Carol and Tim LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF Blackstone tactical opportunities group led a $2.3B private credit loan to CoreWeave in 2023, marking the first major deal of its kind and becoming a blueprint for chip-backed...
Arm Comments on Jury Decision in Qualcomm Trial - Arm's Ami Badani cites the $2 nominal damages award as validation, while chip design experts point to open architectures such as RISC-V as the long-term alternative for AI workload flexibility. The post Arm Comments on Jury Decision in Qualcomm Trial appeared first on EE Times .
Space Tech Expo Europe to say farewell to Bremen - Space Tech Expo Europe 2026, which runs 17-19 November, is heading to Bremen for the last time. This is ahead of a move to Frankfurt in 2027. Showcasing space technology, […] The post Space Tech Expo Europe to say farewell to Bremen appeared first on Electronics Weekly .
市場投資人難以被滿足，科技大廠資本支出變化引發美股科技股重挫 - 美股市場對人工智慧（AI）榮景的疑慮加劇，週四清晨盤前半導體與科技股遭遇顯著拋售潮，主因科技大廠在資本支出上釋出截然相反的訊號，包括特斯拉（Tesla）大幅調降資本支出預測引發成長疑慮，而 Meta 則上調支出下限，引發市場對投資回報的擔憂。...
SK hynix pulls back from Solidigm IPO following shareholder opposition, regulatory pressure - SK hynix pulls back from Solidigm IPO following shareholder opposition, regulatory pressure The decision came after shareholders opposed the move, arguing that Solidigm's separate listing would deepen the "parent-company discount," in which the market value of a parent's stake in a subsidiary is not fully...
Two Dollars and a Test Suite - The $2 damages award grabbed headlines, but the Arm-Qualcomm verdict’s bigger implication concerns who controls the compliance tests that custom chips must pass before shipping. The post Two Dollars and a Test Suite appeared first on EE Times .
BluGlass Quarter Report – September 2026 - The BluGlass Board and Management are pleased to provide the following update and Appendix 4C Quarterly Report for the three…
“Performance” Oryon: Qualcomm’s Little Core ... - Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 Elite uses a hybrid core setup, breaking away from the all-big-core strategy that the company previously used with in-house core designs. ...
Moonshot's Singapore hiring shows how China's open-model labs plan to get paid abroad - Moonshot AI's first visible overseas sales hire marks a new stage in how Chinese developers of open-weight models compete outside China. They have given away model weights to win developers and earned money through cloud platforms and license terms; Moonshot now appears to be adding staff on the ground...
Why Choose the MPLAB® XC32 Compiler Over the Arm® GNU Toolchain? - Choosing a C/C++ toolchain for your next Arm® Cortex®-M design? Our free MPLAB® XC32 compiler gives you everything the Arm GNU Toolchain offers, plus smaller code, faster execution and real product support. Here's how the two stack up.
MIT Scientists Reprogram Immune Cells Inside the Body To Destroy Cancer - Natural killer cells reprogrammed inside mice eliminated lymphoma tumors and helped damaged livers heal, though whether this approach could help people with cancer or autoimmune disease remains unknown. To make a cancer treatment from a patient’s T cells, doctors first collect a blood sample and send...
Strong Electronics Growth 2026 - Growth in electronics production has been accelerating in 2026. Three-month-average change versus a year ago for electronics production in the U.S. was 8.1% in August 2026, continuing an accelerating growth trend since October 2025. Japan and the 27 countries of the European Union (EU 27) showed much...
The AI Race, by imec - “The AI race is often framed as a race for bigger models, faster chips and larger datacentres, – that framing is outdated,” says Patrick Vandenameele (pictured), CEO of imec, “the […] The post The AI Race, by imec appeared first on Electronics Weekly .
Korea’s surplus tops Germany and Japan combined - Korea’s surplus tops Germany and Japan combined Korea posted the world’s second-largest current account surplus in the second quarter, as soaring semiconductor exports pushed its surplus above the combined totals of Germany and Japan. 10/24/2026 - 11:00 PM
Making Advanced MicroChips Takes a Global Ecosystem - On Bloomberg This Weekend, Gideon Lewis-Kraus explains how advanced chipmaking depends on a deeply interconnected global network of specialized companies, including ASML and TSMC, making semiconductor supply chains extraordinarily difficult to replicate or relocate. Speaking with hosts David Gura and...
Creating higher voltages, part 2: Voltage multipliers - There are several ways to boost a relatively low voltage by a factor of two or three, or even hundreds—but there are also many risks. The post Creating higher voltages, part 2: Voltage multipliers appeared first on EDN .
Ambient radiation used to power battery-free temperature sensor - Researchers at the University of Arkansas and the University of Michigan have reported the creation of a graphene-based energy harvester that uses ambient radiation to run ultralow-power temperature sensors. This is the second ...
Statement from Nexperia - Nexperia B.V. today issues a statement to address a substantial number of questions it has ...
Soft Switching Or Hard? - 28 years ago, EW ruminated on the benefits of hard switching vs. soft switching. This is how it went: Soft switching technologies were, and are, hailed as the solution to […] The post Soft Switching Or Hard? appeared first on Electronics Weekly .
SK hynix delays Solidigm IPO amid market uncertainty and regulatory pushback - SK hynix delays Solidigm IPO amid market uncertainty and regulatory pushback SK hynix has decided to postpone the initial public offering (IPO) of its NAND flash subsidiary Solidigm due to market volatility and opposition from financial authorities. 10/22/2026 - 08:09 PM News Team
SurFunction and Precitec Bring Metasurface Tech to Industrial Production: Week in Brief: 10/23/26 - LITILIT, a femtosecond laser manufacturer, opened a laser factory in Vilnius, Lithuania which, according to the company, will offer the highest potential femtosecond laser capacity in the world. The factory covers over 4000-sq-m and houses a computer numerical control metal machining shop, robotized assembly...
Chip Industry Week In Review - CHIPS Act $389M to power chips, vertical GaN, materials; Micron's memory roadmap; Nvidia expands supply chain capacity; Tenstorrent raises $1.5B; China NAND fabs; 800V power for AI data centers; Intel advances Arizona fab; China orders +$35B in Nvidia GPUs. The post Chip Industry Week In Review appeared...
The Reaction of Financial Markets to the Releases of DeepSeek R1 and Kimi K3: A Critical Analysis - …low reported training and inference costs, prompting investors to reassess expected demand for computing infrastructure and producing large stock-price decreases among semiconductor and data-centre-related firms. Kimi K3 instead entered at broadly frontier prices and generated a market reaction concentrated...
MACOM to Report Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2026 Financial Results on November 5, 2026 - LOWELL, MA, October 22, 2026 – MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. (“MACOM”) (Nasdaq: MTSI) plans to announce financial results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2026, ended October 2, 2026, before the market open on Thursday, November 5, 2026. In conjunction with the release, MACOM will...
