UMC, Polar Semiconductor ink to expand US onshore chip manufacturing December 04, 2025 United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) and Polar Semiconductor have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore a partnership aimed at expanding US-based production of 8-inch semiconductor wafers, the companies announced today.
ABB completes acquisition of Gamesa’s power electronics business December 03, 2025 The acquired portfolio includes power conversion products such as wind converters for doubly-fed induction generator (DFIG), industrial BESS, and utility-scale solar inverters.
Marvell Technology to acquire Celestial AI for $3.25 billion December 03, 2025 Celestial AI is a California-based developer of a disruptive Photonic Fabric technology platform purpose-built for scale-up optical interconnect. This acquisition will help in accelerating Marvell’s connectivity strategy for next-generation AI and cloud data centers.
Octillion achieves solar-powered manufacturing at India facility December 03, 2025 The factory in Pune, India, manufactures next-gen battery systems for electric vehicles. New solar panel installation brings Octillion's Pune facility's solar capacity to 545MWh of annual energy production.
Amprius’ silicon batteries selected by ESAero to power UAVs December 03, 2025 The Amprius SiCore SA08 cell is available in volume now, allowing Empirical Systems Aerospace (ESAero) to accelerate the development and integration of Amprius’ cells into its UAVs.
Skycore Semiconductors raises €5 million in seed funding December 03, 2025 The funding will accelerate team expansion, product development, manufacturing capabilities, patent portfolio growth, and co-development projects with strategic partners in the rapidly growing AI infrastructure market.
Europe dreams of sovereignty – but its PCB industry is disappearing in plain sight December 02, 2025 When the EU launched the Chips Act, it wrapped the announcement in a familiar promise: technological sovereignty. More fabs, more capacity, and more control over the strategic products and semiconductors that will power Europe’s future.
Nvidia invests $2 billion in Synopsys December 02, 2025 Nvidia and Synopsys announced Monday an expanded strategic partnership aimed at integrating accelerated computing and AI into engineering workflows across multiple industries.
Skeleton opens €220 million Leipzig factory December 02, 2025 Skeleton Technologies has officially opened its €220 million "SuperFactory" in Markranstädt, near Leipzig. The facility is already delivering to Siemens, General Electric, and Hitachi Energy for European electrical grids, and to major US hyperscalers for AI infrastructure.
Peak signs 4.75 GWh contract with Jupiter for sodium-ion BESS December 01, 2025 Under the agreement, Peak Energy will supply up to 4.75GWh of its industry-leading sodium-ion battery energy storage systems (ESS) to Jupiter Power, for deployment between 2027 and 2030.
Fujitsu, Yamaguchi develop tech for satellite image processing December 01, 2025 This innovative technology is designed for low-Earth orbit Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites, which illuminate the Earth’s surface with microwaves and receive reflected waves to create two-dimensional images.
Varroc to supply High Voltage electronics to EV OEM customer December 01, 2025 Under the agreement, the Indian automotive supplier will deliver comprehensive High Voltage Electronics for a range of high-performance e-powertrain components, including power electronics unit, inverters, onboard chargers, BMS, and DC-DC converters.
Sundance announces strategic investment in Orbweaver November 28, 2025 Orbweaver’s platform enables manufacturers and distributors to ingest, normalize, and transact on massive volumes of product, pricing, and supplier data in real time, solving an important challenge in the electronics supply chain.
GlobalFoundries and BAE Systems partner on chips for space November 27, 2025 GlobalFoundries (GF) and BAE Systems have announced a collaboration that will pair GF’s FinFET semiconductor technology with BAE Systems’ radiation-hardening capabilities to produce chips designed for space environments.
Cosmic PV Power wins $66M solar modules supply order November 27, 2025 The Indian solar panel manufacturer has made a formal entry into the Independent Power Producer (IPP) market. Until now, Cosmic PV largely catered to mid-sized EPC players and select OEMs, but this order signals a strategic shift into larger utility-scale opportunities.
Nokia breaks ground on new Ottawa innovation campus November 26, 2025 Nokia has begun construction on a new innovation campus in Ottawa, reinforcing Canada’s position in next-generation connectivity and advanced communications technologies.
HP to cut up to 6,000 jobs under new cost-saving plan November 26, 2025 HP Inc. will launch a company-wide restructuring plan aimed at accelerating innovation across AI-powered devices to drive productivity, a move the company expects will generate roughly USD 1 billion in gross run-rate cost savings by the end of fiscal 2028.
EU Commission approves €450M Czech aid for Onsemi plant November 25, 2025 The European Commission has approved a EUR 450 million Czech state aid package to support US chipmaker Onsemi in building an integrated semiconductor manufacturing facility in Rožnov pod Radhoštěm.
Skeleton Technologies opens SuperBattery factory in Finland November 25, 2025 Earlier in November Skeleton Technologies inaugurated its new SuperBattery manufacturing facility in Varkaus, marking a EUR 50 million investment and the launch of Europe’s first production site dedicated to high-power batteries for AI data centres.
Phix teams up with Taiwanese firms to advance optical engines November 24, 2025 The companies have entered into a collaboration to advance the hybrid integration and packaging of photonic integrated circuits (PICs) for next-generation optical transceiver development.
Sivers enters into production partnership with Tachyon November 24, 2025 Sivers Semiconductors’ antenna modules are central to Tachyon’s approach, enabling an affordable, disruptive solution that leverages Tachyon’s extensive mmWave experience to extend high-speed connectivity.
GF partners with Navitas to strengthen GaN ecosystem in US November 24, 2025 GlobalFoundries and Navitas Semiconductor will manufacture next-gen GaN technology at GF’s Burlington, Vermont facility, leveraging the site’s expertise in high-voltage GaN-on-Silicon technology and Navitas Semiconductor’s GaN tech and device expertise.
Northland acquires two battery storage projects in Poland November 21, 2025 The projects — Mieczysławów (200 MW / 800 MWh) and Kamionka (100 MW / 400 MWh) — each have a four-hour duration and are located in western Poland. Financing and the start of construction are expected in 2026, with an estimated total cost of EUR 200 million.
Circuits Integrated expands to UK to develop satellite chipsets November 21, 2025 The Greek semiconductor design company has joined Space South Central, one of the UK’s largest regional space clusters. Circuits Integrated’s UK expansion centres on Kythrion, its flagship chipset platform.
GlobalFoundries acquires Singapore-based photonics foundry AMF November 19, 2025 GlobalFoundries has acquired Advanced Micro Foundry (AMF), a Singapore-based silicon photonics specialist, in a move that significantly expands the company’s manufacturing footprint and its technology portfolio for optical communications and AI-driven data infrastructure.
Azimuth AI, Cyient launch ‘India’s first-gen IP powered silicon chip’ November 19, 2025 Developed collaboratively by Azimuth AI and Cyient Semiconductors, ARKA GKT-1 integrates multi core custom computing, advanced analog sensing, memory and intelligent power management into a single, highly energy-efficient SoC.
DeepX: the future of Edge AI is low-power, on-device and closer to Europe than ever November 18, 2025 At this year’s Evertiq Expo in Warsaw, the conversation around AI hardware took a decidedly practical turn. While much of the global industry continues to debate cloud capacity and data-centre expansion, Korean AI chipmaker DeepX argues that the next wave of innovation will not come from hyperscale infrastructure — but from devices, robots and systems that run their intelligence locally.
Fabric8Labs secures $50M to expand US manufacturing capacity November 18, 2025 Fabric8Labs, a developer of Electrochemical Additive Manufacturing (ECAM) technology, has secured USD 50 million in funding to expand its US-based production facilities, enabling the company to produce up to 22 million components annually.
Cicor revises TT Electronics offer November 18, 2025 Swiss EMS provider Cicor Technologies has increased its offer for UK-based TT Electronics Plc, introducing a final all-cash bid of 150 pence per share while retaining a share alternative. The revised proposal has been unanimously supported by the board of TT Electronics.
The missing link in semiconductor supply chain resilience November 18, 2025 Indium Corporation strengthens critical materials supply chain amid rising geopolitical pressures.
Why memory may drive tomorrow’s processor choices November 17, 2025 Device manufacturers were able to enjoy two years of low memory prices. However, this year, the tide has completely turned. Memory manufacturers have pulled the ripcord on both NAND flash memory and DRAM, announcing that they will focus on new memory generations in the future.
Micron delivers ‘highest capacity’ SOCAMM2 for low-power DRAM November 17, 2025 The 192GB SOCAMM2 uses Micron’s most advanced 1-gamma DRAM process technology to deliver greater than 20% improvement in power efficiency, further enabling power design optimization of large data center clusters.