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Tuesday 13 October 2026
SmartSens targets automotive CIS, robot vision growth with US$478M funding
Chinese CMOS image sensor (CIS) maker SmartSens completed a CNY3.2 billion (approx. US$478 million) capital increase in September 2026 to expand into automotive electronics and AI...
Monday 21 September 2026
Chinese image sensor maker GalaxyCore raises the stakes in high-end CIS
GalaxyCore Inc. plans to raise up to CNY4.2 billion (US$627 million) to expand 12-inch CMOS image sensor (CIS) capacity and develop 100MP and 200MP sensors, doubling down on higher-value...
Thursday 17 September 2026
Exclusive: China's CAS institute charts DUV route to 3nm GAA without EUV
China's advanced semiconductor research has reached another milestone. The Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has established a gate-all-around (GAA)...
Friday 11 September 2026
Taiwan startup taps CMOS infrared chips to give robots an electronic 'nose'

Breaking from the industry's mainstream reliance on III-V compound semiconductors, Taiwanese startup Taiwan Nano & Micro-Photonics...

Tuesday 1 September 2026
Imec maps chip scaling to 2040, says AI's next gains need full-stack integration
Imec has extended its advanced semiconductor roadmap into the early 2040s, arguing that sustained AI scaling will depend on closer integration across logic, memory, interconnects and...
Friday 28 August 2026
China rises to No. 2 in global CMOS image sensors, overtaking Korea with 21% share
China's CMOS image sensor industry is gaining ground beyond smartphones, with robotics emerging as one of the latest areas where domestic suppliers are linking sensor technology with...
Wednesday 26 August 2026
Silicon Optronics advances high-end BSI products as memory shortage splits CIS demand
CMOS image sensor (CIS) manufacturer Silicon Optronics (SOI) president Bob Chen pointed out during an earnings call on August 25 that artificial intelligence (AI) demand has caused...
Tuesday 25 August 2026
China foundry Nexchip breaks beyond display chips: CIS reaches 25% of revenue
Nexchip Semiconductor reported higher first-half 2026 revenue as broadening demand for CMOS image sensors, power management chips and display drivers diversified its product mix, even...
Thursday 13 August 2026
TSMC-Sony image sensor venture pushes Japan chip investment to JPY6 trillion

TSMC said on August 11 that it will invest in CMOS image sensor development and mass production with Sony Group in Kumamoto Prefecture,...

Monday 10 August 2026
Samsung unveils 200MP image sensor as Oppo targets first adoption

Samsung Electronics has launched its next-generation 200-megapixel CMOS image sensor, the ISOCELL HPC, and reports said Oppo is set...

Thursday 6 August 2026
NEO Semiconductor unveils AI memory platform aimed at easing global bottlenecks
NEO Semiconductor has launched NEO.AI, a memory platform it says could help address one of the biggest constraints on artificial intelligence (AI) systems worldwide: limited memory...
Wednesday 5 August 2026
Kioxia and Sandisk unveil faster, denser QLC flash memory for AI infrastructure
Kioxia and Sandisk have introduced a next-generation QLC 3D flash memory technology that boosts storage density, bandwidth, and power efficiency, a development that could help global...
Friday 31 July 2026
Kioxia begins sampling 1TB 3D flash memory for AI devices
Kioxia has begun shipping samples of 1TB triple-level cell memory devices built with its 9th-generation BiCS FLASH 3D flash memory technology. The move signals faster, lower-cost storage...
Tuesday 16 June 2026
TSMC eyes A16 mass production in 4Q26 and Intel refines 18A roadmap with 18A-P
Researchers and chipmakers presented new logic, memory, and device architectures at the 2026 IEEE/JSAP VLSI Technology and Circuits Symposium in Honolulu, with several results pointing...
Friday 29 May 2026
SmartSens, Unisoc team up on Micro LED optical interconnects for AI computing
Chinese CMOS image sensor supplier SmartSens Technology announced on May 26 that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Chinese IC design company Unisoc to jointly develop...