Nikon to close Yokohama plant as part of production consolidation August 28, 2025 Nikon Corporation announced on August 21, 2025, that it will close its Yokohama Plant in Kanagawa Prefecture on September 30, 2025. The decision is part of a plan to consolidate development and production functions across the company.
Japan’s NEC Corporation develops robot control tech using AI August 25, 2025 NEC’s in-house demonstrations of this technology have confirmed that a robot’s travel time can be reduced by up to 50% when compared to conventional methods.
Metro Weather raises $5.7M to advance Doppler LiDAR tech August 19, 2025 The Japan-based startup will use the funds to continue the development of Doppler LiDAR technology to observe wind conditions in real time, and to accelerate commercialization efforts aimed at expanding into defense and civilian sectors.
Tokyo Electron fires employee suspected of stealing TSMC tech August 11, 2025 The six people arrested on allegations of intellectual property theft at the Taiwanese chipmaker include a person identified by local media reports as a former employee of Tokyo Electron. The leaked information was reportedly related to TSMC’s most advanced 2-nanometer chip technology.
Tata AutoComp, Ichikoh form JV to acquire Valeo’s lighting business August 06, 2025 Tata and Ichikoh are in talks to finalise an agreement to acquire Valeo Lighting Systems (VLS), a business unit of Valeo India Private Limited.
xLight raises $40 million to build powerful chip-making laser July 28, 2025 This funding further enables Silicon Valley startup xLight to develop the world’s most powerful EUV free electron lasers (FEL), which has the potential to revolutionize advanced semiconductor manufacturing and unlock other critical economic and national security applications.
Xanadu, Mitsubishi Chemical to develop quantum algorithms for EUV lithography July 07, 2025 In this partnership, researchers from Mitsubishi Chemical's Materials Design Laboratory will provide deep expertise on EUV photoresist materials, including their molecular structures, compositions, and reactivity.
NYK unveils Japan’s ‘first fully battery-driven work vessel’ June 18, 2025 Designed without an onboard diesel generator, the vessel named “e-Crea” will support the docking and undocking of tugboats at the Koyasu Shipyard.
TSMC, University of Tokyo open joint lab to boost chip research June 16, 2025 Together, TSMC and UTokyo aim to promote cutting-edge research and development in semiconductor technologies, generate innovative solutions, and cultivate semiconductor talent.
International consortium rolls out EV battery swapping initiative in Tokyo June 10, 2025 Japanese shipping and logistics group Yamato will be the initiative’s first major customer and focus on last mile applications. US company Ample will provide battery swapping tech for the participating EV platforms.
WIN announces linearity optimized 0.12µm GaN power process June 06, 2025 Engineered for demanding high-power applications across K-Band to V-Band frequencies, NP12-1B delivers industry leading high power front end solutions with exceptional linearity, ruggedness, and reliability for next-generation RF and microwave systems.
EdgeCortix secures $21M to develop energy-efficient AI chiplet June 02, 2025 This funding will drive the development of NovaEdge — a next-generation, energy-efficient edge AI chiplet designed for high-performance generative AI inference and on-device learning.
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.
Renesas advances India partnership, enhances R&D teams May 14, 2025 These MOUs focus on supporting local startups by enabling them to drive technological advancement and promote local manufacturing in alignment with the Make in India initiative; and enhancing industry-academia collaboration by fostering an innovative, product-focused mindset among students.
NEC achieves Japan’s longest free-space optical communication April 28, 2025 NEC achieved Japan’s longest terrestrial wireless optical communication over a distance of over 10 km. It also conducted FSO communications between an observation deck at the tallest structure in Japan and a location on the ground 3 km away.
Czech semiconductor centre launches in Brno April 16, 2025 Another step toward Europe's semiconductor independence has been taken with the launch of the Czech Semiconductor Centre (CSC) in Brno. The centre will focus on supporting innovation, prototyping, and the growth of European fabless companies.
Tokyo Electron, IBM renew partnership for advanced chip tech April 03, 2025 The two companies will explore technology for smaller nodes and chiplet architectures to achieve the performance and energy efficiency requirements for the future of generative AI.
Thermo Fisher launches solution to boost chip manufacturing March 26, 2025 The seamlessly integrated system is designed to enhance productivity, increase yield and reduce operating costs for semiconductor manufacturers.
TRENDE’s renewable energy initiatives get $7.2M boost March 21, 2025 This capital infusion will accelerate TRENDE's growth initiatives, including the expansion of its solar and battery leasing service “Teraris,” and its peer-to-peer (P2P) energy trading platform.
TEL expands with new production building in Miyagi February 26, 2025 Tokyo Electron is expanding its Miyagi plant in Japan by adding a new production building to meet the rapidly growing demand for semiconductors in recent years.
KASFAB opens India’s first semiconductor equipment manufacturing facility January 28, 2025 KASFAB Tools Private Limited, a subsidiary of KAS Group, has inaugurated India’s first dedicated facility for manufacturing semiconductor equipment, aiming to serve global customers.
Eaton wins contract to support NY CREATES’ new facility January 15, 2025 Eaton has signed a contract valued at approximately USD 20 million to help support the construction of NY CREATES' new NanoFab Reflection semiconductor R&D facility at its Albany NanoTech Complex.
Graphene – the sense of a new world January 10, 2025 Graphene has been described as a “wonder material” ever since its discovery 20 years ago. While at times the hype has been over-egged, its properties are already changing more than just the semiconductor industry.
WMG, Binghamton to collaborate on battery capabilities December 16, 2024 The five-year MoU sets the foundation for sharing of academic, scientific and cultural experiences between the WMG, at The University of Warwick in the UK, and Binghamton University.
Rohm, TSMC launch GaN partnership for EV sector December 13, 2024 The partnership will integrate Japanese semiconductor company Rohm’s device development technology with TSMC’s GaN-on-silicon process technology.
Kioxia plans December IPO as Samsung widens lead November 08, 2024 Bain Capital-backed Kioxia may use a new method for listing at the Tokyo Stock Exchange to speed up its IPO, which has been delayed in the past.
Battery analytics provider Liminal raises $10 million October 21, 2024 The investment round was catalyzed by LG Technology Ventures, the venture capital arm of the LG Group, and included new support from Chailease Holdings as well as participation by current investors.
Russia to spend $2.5 billion on domestic chipmaking tool tech October 14, 2024 The initiative includes launching 110 R&D projects to reduce dependence on imported wafer fab tools and make chips on a 28nm-class process technology.
Zeiss opens semiconductor applications lab in Dresden October 10, 2024 Zeiss has recently opened the Zeiss Microscopy semiconductor applications lab in Dresden, a new facility dedicated to addressing physical analysis challenges and pushing the limits of nanoscale analysis with the Zeiss Crossbeam focused ion beam-scanning electron microscope (FIB-SEM).
Rapidus unveils plans for new R&D facility and clean room October 03, 2024 Rapidus Corporation will set up a clean room within Seiko Epson Corporation's facility in Chitose, Hokkaido, and open an R&D center for semiconductor post-processing called Rapidus Chiplet Solutions (RCS).
Memory chipmaker Kioxia scraps October IPO plan September 27, 2024 Bain Capital, which holds a 56% stake in Kioxia along with SK hynix, had been targeting a market value of 1.5 trillion yen (USD 10.39 billion) for Kioxia.
Analog Devices, Tata sign pact to boost chip manufacturing in India September 19, 2024 Tata Electronics and ADI will explore opportunities to manufacture ADI’s products in Tata's Gujarat fab and OSAT in Assam.