SoftBank has completed its acquisition of Ampere December 05, 2025 On November 25, Japanese SoftBank Group completed the acquisition of all equity interests in Ampere Computing, a US-based semiconductor design company.
onsemi, Innoscience to accelerate rollout of GaN power devices December 05, 2025 The collaboration brings together onsemi’s expertise in integrated systems and packaging with Innoscience’s GaN technology and high-volume manufacturing to enable delivery of GaN products for industrial, automotive, telecom infrastructure, consumer and AI data center markets.
Merck inaugurates €500M semiconductor materials plant in Taiwan December 05, 2025 Covering 150,000 square meters, the Kaohsiung site is the company’s largest semiconductor materials campus worldwide. It focuses on thin films, formulation materials and specialty gases for high-precision layering, etching and patterning processes in advanced semiconductor production.
Azad, Pratt & Whitney ink contract for aircraft engine components December 05, 2025 While the Hyderabad-based Azad Engineering did not disclose the size of the contract, it confirmed that there is no shareholding involved between the parties and that the deal does not fall under related-party transactions.
Fujifilm announces completion of new building for semiconductor materials December 05, 2025 This investment strengthens the company’s capabilities for performance and quality evaluation of development products, accelerating the development of new materials for advanced and next-generation semiconductors and ensuring a stable supply of high-quality products.
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.
Global semiconductor market tops $200 billion in Q3 2025 December 04, 2025 The global semiconductor market reached USD 208 billion in the third quarter of 2025, marking the first time the quarterly market has surpassed USD 200 billion, according to WSTS data cited by Semiconductor Intelligence.
Sivers partners with Doosan to develop Ka-band ESA panels December 04, 2025 The contract, valued at USD 1.5 million, will fund the design and development of these advanced antenna systems, powered by Sivers’ upcoming broad-market Ka-band SATCOM beamforming integrated circuits (BFICs).
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.
Intel to invest additional $208 million in Malaysia December 03, 2025 Intel is building a USD 2.9 billion advanced packaging facility in Penang, which is reportedly nearly completed. In 2021, Intel committed USD 7 billion to develop the Penang location.
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.
SignOff Semiconductors opens Israel office through partnership with MosaIC November 27, 2025 SignOff Semiconductors, a VLSI design services company specialising in end-to-end chip development, has opened a new sales office in Israel as part of its international expansion strategy. The move establishes a formal presence for the India-based firm in Israel.
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.