Japanese optical component and office equipment maker Konica Minolta said on March 18 it will scale up its optical components business for semiconductor inspection systems, targeting revenue of JPY15 billion (approx. US$94.1 million) in the fiscal year ending March 2031 (April 2030-March 2031). The segment is projected to generate JPY2.5 billion in fiscal 2025.
As Nvidia and Coherent signal a shift toward all-optical networking to solve the AI power crisis, Redmond-based Lumotive has announced a milestone that could redefine data center scalability. In an interview with DIGITIMES Asia, Gleb Akselrod, Co-founder and CTO of Lumotive, detailed the success of the world's first programmable 2D optical beamforming chip.
Global semiconductor supply chains are facing rising pressure as Middle East geopolitical tensions and China's tightening export controls on strategic minerals converge, pushing up prices for key materials and raising uncertainty over critical industrial gas supplies, according to Chosun Biz and Reuters.
