AI infrastructure investment is accelerating the shift toward optical connectivity, as rising data-center traffic exposes the power and bandwidth limits of conventional electrical...
Mitsui Chemicals plans to acquire semiconductor materials maker JSR in a transaction valued at JPY1.84 trillion (approx. US$11.6 billion), including assumed debt, as it seeks to strengthen...
In a Cambridge laboratory, an automated testing machine sits at the end of a process that has traditionally demanded years of specialized engineering: designing a photonic chip, sending...
Memory chipmakers have long been reluctant to outsource sensitive photomask production over intellectual property concerns, but growing artificial intelligence (AI) demand and capacity...
Yankey Engineering’s order backlog reached a record NT$57.1 billion (US$1.74 billion) as of the end of September, with its subcontracting project for the second wafer fab in...
As the global semiconductor industry continues to focus on Nvidia, Intel is looking beyond GPUs to determine where next-generation computing architectures will go. In an interview...
Gallium oxide (Ga2O3), a compound ultra-wide-bandgap semiconductor material, is poised to hit a critical turning point in 2027. Semiconductor supply chain sources...
Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) said its Singapore wafer fab is expected to become a growth driver in 2027, with capacity nearly sold out, customer commitments secured,...
Vanguard International Semiconductor expects utilization of its 8-inch mature-node fabs to exceed 90% in the fourth quarter of 2026, as AI data center demand lifts orders for power...
Rapidus President Atsuyoshi Koike said the Japanese chipmaker will use Taiwan as a model for building a semiconductor industry cluster in Hokkaido, while IBM Japan is establishing...
Infineon Technologies and Solum have agreed to expand cooperation on high-voltage direct current (HVDC) power systems for artificial intelligence data centers, as rising computing...
China's Lens Technology plans to build and operate its first through-glass via (TGV) glass substrate pilot line by the end of 2026 and is seeking partnerships with South Korean semiconductor...
The race to build powerful quantum computers has long revolved around an unfamiliar set of engineering challenges: maintaining delicate quantum states, operating complex cooling systems,...
Hanwha Semitech has named chief business officer Kim Jin-woo as its incoming CEO after semiconductor equipment revenue more than doubled in the third quarter of 2026. The South Korean...
Tong Hsing Electronic Industries (THEIL), a semiconductor packaging company under the YAGEO Group, said its board has approved the acquisition of a 100% stake in Singapore-listed Global...
