UK chipmaker Fractile in talks to raise $600 million at $6.5 billion valuation
UK-based AI chip developer Fractile is in advanced talks for its latest funding round, targeting a p...
Nordson Test & Inspection Opens Center of Excellence in Phoenix, USA
Nordson Test & Inspection announced on August 20, 2026, the official opening of its new Center of Ex...
SK Hynix Considering Building Memory Chip Plant in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
On August 21, SK Hynix is considering building a memory chip manufacturing plant in Miyagi Prefectur...
India's Jubilant Ingrevia to Acquire 40% Stake in Zettaone for INR 1.892 Billion, Completion Expected in 2026-2027
Jubilant Ingrevia will acquire a strategic 40% stake in Zettaone Technologies India for INR 1.892 bi...
Diraq opens first quantum laboratory in Chicago, USA
Diraq, a developer of silicon spin qubit hardware, has opened its first U.S. research and measuremen...
SEMI Forecasts Global Semiconductor Equipment Sales to Reach $165.9 Billion in 2026
The Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI) recently released its "Mid-Year Total...
UK's Quantum Motion Establishes U.S. Operations Center in Maryland
UK-based silicon quantum computing company Quantum Motion has established a new U.S. operations cent...
Occam Foundry Quantum Technology Campus in Austin, Texas, Unveils Master Plan, Earthworks Underway
On August 18, investment firm Texas Quantum Partners and Texas real estate developer Samara jointly ...
India's QpiAI Activates 8-Inch Quantum Foundry, Targeting 10,000 Qubits by 2027
QpiAI, an Indian full-stack quantum and artificial intelligence startup, has activated an 8-inch qua...
US DARPA and BAE Complete First Phase of GaN Device Heat Dissipation, Achieving Fivefold Power Density Increase
BAE Systems' FAST Labs research organization has completed the first phase of the U.S. Defense Advan...
NXP Breaks Ground on Malaysia Plant Expansion, Adding 500,000 Square Feet, Production to Begin in 2028
NXP Semiconductors has officially broken ground on the expansion of its assembly and test (A&T) faci...
Japan's TIER IV Joins Edge AI Semiconductor Initiative, Open-Sourcing Autonomous Driving Chips
TIER IV, a Japanese open-source autonomous driving software company, has joined the "Next-Generation...
OpenLight Photonic PDK Integrated into Tower Semiconductor PH18DA Platform
OpenLight and Tower Semiconductor announced that OpenLight's photonic process design kit (PDK) is no...
SK Hynix Resumes Investment in Second China NAND Plant, Capacity Planned to Increase by 50%
On August 11, Solidigm, the NAND flash subsidiary of SK Hynix, resumed investment in the second plan...
China's Vertilite 5 Billion Yuan Optical Communication Chip Base Settles in Changzhou
On the morning of August 11, Vertilite's high-end optical communication chip and device R&D and manu...
BTQ Completes Verification of Post-Quantum Cryptography Architecture at 28nm
On August 7, Canadian quantum security technology company BTQ Technologies disclosed that it has com...
Microsoft Plans September Release of Maia 300 Chip
On August 10, plans for Microsoft's next-generation in-house AI chip, the Maia 300, came to light, w...
Sony and TSMC Plan to Invest 1 Trillion Yen in Mass-Producing Image Sensors
On August 10, Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, under Sony Group, and TSMC plan to invest ap...
Tesla and SpaceX Plan $16.8 Billion Chip Factory Investment
On August 6, SpaceX and Tesla announced plans to build the Terafab advanced semiconductor manufactur...
US Anthropic Builds In-House AI Chip Design Team
Anthropic has confirmed it will develop its own AI chips, planning to co-design hardware and models ...
Korea's Rebellions Wins First Order for Domestic NPU-Powered Public CCTV Conversion Project
Rebellions, a South Korean AI semiconductor company, will supply high-performance server-type Neural...
India's ASIP Invests Additional INR 20 Billion to Expand OSAT Facility
ASIP Technologies has announced an additional investment of INR 20 billion to expand its outsourced ...
SK Hynix and SanDisk Unveil HBF Standard in the U.S., Supporting Up to 512GB
SK Hynix announced on August 4 that it has jointly published the first standard specification for Hi...
Global PCB Shortage in 2026, India Prepares Rs 15,000 Crore Investment
The West Asian conflict, compounded by surging demand for AI servers, is triggering a global supply ...
Rochester Electronics Launches New Online Business Portal to Strengthen Semiconductor Supply Capabilities
Rochester Electronics has launched a new online business portal designed to streamline the authorize...
Chipmaking 15x Faster! US Startup Takes on ASML with X-Ray Technology
On August 3, a US startup won the Department of Energy's "Genesis Mission" award, a program establis...
India's Semiconductor Laboratory Gets ₹4,500 Crore Allocation in 2025, Aims to Boost Capacity a Hundredfold
The modernization plan for India's Semi-Conductor Laboratory (SCL) will not upgrade its 180-nanomete...
South Korea's SK Group Transfers SK siltron to Doosan for 2.3 Trillion Won
SK Group has decided to transfer semiconductor wafer manufacturer SK siltron to Doosan Group in a de...
India's State Support in Chips, AI, and Space Reshapes the Venture Capital Landscape
India's push for self-reliance in semiconductors, defense, space, and artificial intelligence is giv...
Magnitude 7.1 Earthquake Hits Kumamoto, Japan! TEL Suspends Operations at Two Plants, TSMC Gradually Resumes Production!
At 16:27 local time on July 28, a strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 struck Kumamoto Prefectu...