SkyWater Technology completes acquisition of Fab 25
July 04, 2025
By adding approximately 400,000 wafer starts per year in capacity, Fab 25 brings meaningful scale to SkyWater’s exclusively US-based, pure-play foundry operation and enables SkyWater to enhance its advanced technology services (ATS) offering by incorporating the site’s current capabilities.
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Indian startup Maieutic raises $4.15 million in seed funding
July 03, 2025
Maieutic’s platform addresses a traditionally slow and manual domain of semiconductor design by applying generative AI to automate early-stage development, detect bugs and optimize design trade-offs.
Claus Aasholm: “The semiconductor cycle is broken”
July 02, 2025
During Evertiq Expo Malmö 2025, Claus Aasholm, founder of Semiconductor Business Intelligence, offered a sobering reassessment of the global semiconductor market. In his keynote and follow-up interview, Aasholm argued that the industry’s historical four-year cycle has broken down – replaced by a fragmented, profit-driven upswing felt by only a select few.
Oracle, AMD partner to enhance performance for AI and agentic workloads
July 01, 2025
Oracle will offer zettascale AI clusters accelerated by the latest AMD Instinct processors with up to 131,072 MI355X GPUs to enable customers to build, train, and inference AI at scale.
Caspia collaboration to boost security verification in Siemens’ Questa One
June 27, 2025
Fueled by AI technology, the hardware root of trust has now become vulnerable to attack, making it critical to harden SoC designs against such sophisticated attacks. The collaboration responds directly to this threat by adding Caspia’s industry leading GenAI security technology to the Questa One smart verification solution.
Micron reports record 3Q revenue, projects continued growth in Q4
June 26, 2025
Micron Technology reported record revenue of USD 9.30 billion for the third quarter of its fiscal 2025, marking a significant sequential and year-over-year increase as demand for AI-related memory solutions continues to accelerate.
Nordic Semiconductor acquires Memfault
June 25, 2025
Nordic Semiconductor acquires its long-term partner, Memfault Inc., a cloud platform provider for large-scale deployments of connected products. Through the acquisition Nordic Semi takes the step from a hardware supplier to a complete solution partner.
Voltfang raises €15M to boost grid resilience across Europe
June 19, 2025
With this new capital, German cleantech startup Voltfang aims to scale its production capacities and deliver an additional 250 megawatt-hours of sustainable battery storage across Europe by the end of 2026.
Deep-tech startup Vecmocon raises $18M in Series A funding
June 16, 2025
Indian deep-tech startup Vecmocon Technologies plans to utilize the funds to expand its market presence and focus on advancing capabilities in embedded design, power electronics, IoT and data science.
TESVOLT, Samsung to collaborate on cybersecure battery systems
June 13, 2025
The new SBB 1.5 battery container with 5.26 MWh storage capacity will be compatible with various European inverters and will be launched with exceptional performance and guarantee features.
Report: Crusoe to buy $400M worth of AMD chips for AI data centers
June 13, 2025
The 13,000 AMD MI355X chips Crusoe plans to purchase include high-bandwidth memory, making them suitable for running AI applications.
MIPS partners with Cyient to enhance RISC-V-based intelligent power solutions
June 13, 2025
The partnership will focus on enabling real-time, safety-critical applications, power delivery, and compute efficiency in demanding platforms for automotive, industrial and data center markets.
Trump's first onshoring win isn’t the iPhone – it's the AI server
June 12, 2025
As Nikkei Asia reports in a new investigation, the US is quietly assembling a domestic supply chain for one of the most complex machines in the world: the AI server. And while Apple has resisted political pressure to move iPhone production onshore, a host of data centre suppliers – including Foxconn, Wistron, TSMC and SK Hynix – are rapidly expanding their US footprint to serve customers like Nvidia, Microsoft and Amazon.
Micron commits $200B to US DRAM and AI memory manufacturing
June 12, 2025
Micron Technology will expand its US investment to approximately USD 150 billion in memory manufacturing and USD 50 billion in R&D, marking one of the largest semiconductor initiatives since the CHIPS Act.
India approves Micron’s $1.5 billion Gujarat SEZ proposal
June 10, 2025
US semiconductor company Micron Technology will set up its SEZ facility in Sanand, Gujarat, while Indian diversified contract manufacturer Aequs will set up its SEZ in Dharwad, Karnataka.
NTR selects Fluence for 55 MW battery storage project in Finland
June 06, 2025
Fluence Energy, a provider of intelligent energy storage and optimization software for renewables and storage, has been selected to provide their advanced battery technology solution, Gridstack Pro 5000.
China’s GigaDevice opens global headquarters in Singapore
June 05, 2025
This strategic move marks a major milestone in GigaDevice’s international growth journey, underscoring its commitment to closer customer engagement, building a resilient and agile supply chain, and strengthening its ecosystem and brand presence across key global markets.
AT&S opens Europe’s first IC substrate plant facility in Leoben
June 04, 2025
Austrian microelectronics and PCB manufacturer AT&S has officially inaugurated Europe's first local research and production centre for IC substrates.
IIT Kharagpur, A*STAR team up to advance semiconductor innovation
June 02, 2025
The MoU opens new avenues for joint research in advanced CMOS and post-CMOS technologies; heterogeneous integration and packaging; AI hardware accelerators; next-generation memory systems; photonics and quantum devices; and chip reliability, thermal management and failure analysis.
SCI raises $3.3M to develop security-enhanced microcontroller
May 30, 2025
CHERI, which stands for ‘capability hardware enhanced RISC instructions,’ aims to protect against cyber attacks that use software memory misallocation, buffer over flows and other memory hacks.
VECV partners with Statiq to boost EV adoption in India
May 29, 2025
Statiq will extend access to its expanding network of over 8,000 charging points from leading CPOs on its aggregated platform across India, making charging simpler, faster and more efficient for Eicher customers.
Incap continues to upgrade its SMT technology in the UK
May 27, 2025
EMS provider Incap Electronics UK says it has completed the second phase of its SMT production lines upgrade at its facility in Newcastle-under-Lyme.
Report: Nvidia to launch cheaper Blackwell AI chip for China
May 26, 2025
The GPU, which will feature Nvidia’s new generation Blackwell-architecture AI processors, may be priced between USD 6,500 and USD 8,000, significantly below the USD 10,000-USD 12,000 the H20 sold for, Reuters reports.
ChargePoint, Eaton establish EV charging partnership
May 26, 2025
The companies will integrate EV charging and infrastructure solutions, co-developing new technologies to advance bidirectional power flow and vehicle-to-everything (V2X) capabilities — enabling EVs to act as a power source for homes, buildings and more.
RIT, University of Rochester develop experimental quantum communications network
May 23, 2025
In a new paper published in Optica Quantum, scientists described the Rochester Quantum Network (RoQNET), which uses single photons to transmit information about 11 miles along fiber-optic lines at room temperature using optical wavelengths.
GCT, G+D partner to launch eSIM solution for IoT devices
May 23, 2025
This collaboration for eSIMs, or SIM cards directly embedded into a device, brings intelligent, location-aware connectivity to headless 4G and 5G IoT devices.
RAFI ELTEC supplies key technology for TU Dresden’s new supercomputer
May 23, 2025
RAFI ELTEC GmbH, based in Überlingen, has played a crucial role in the development of one of Europe’s most advanced neuromorphic computing systems. The “SpiNNcloud” supercomputer, developed at TU Dresden under the direction of Professor Christian Mayr, is now officially operational. As a key industrial partner, RAFI ELTEC was responsible for producing highly complex, customized circuit boards based on the innovative SpiNNaker2 chip.
Semiconductor outlook: typical Q1, but atypical shifts ahead
May 21, 2025
The global semiconductor manufacturing industry entered 2025 with typical seasonal patterns. However, looming tariff threats and evolving supply chain strategies are expected to create atypical seasonality for several industry segments as the year progresses, reports SEMI.
NY Creates and Fraunhofer team up on 300mm memory R&D
May 20, 2025
NY Creates and the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (Fraunhofer IPMS) have signed a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) aimed at advancing research and development of next-generation memory devices at the 300mm wafer scale.
HANMI Semiconductor launches TC BONDER 4 for HBM4
May 19, 2025
TC BONDER 4 is dedicated equipment capable of HBM4 production, featuring significantly improved productivity and precision compared to competitors, tailored to the characteristics of HBM4 which requires even higher precision.
XPENG partners with Plugsurfing to enhance charging network
May 16, 2025
By leveraging Plugsurfing’s aggregated network in Europe, XPENG enables its users to enjoy a seamless end-to-end charging experience via the in-car system and XPENG app, including one-click navigation and payment.
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