Park Systems Raises $72 Million to Expand Semiconductor Metrology Capacity

Park Systems Corp. (KOSDAQ: 140860), a global leader in atomic force microscopy (AFM) and nanometrology, announced the successful completion of a KRW 100 billion (approximately USD 72 million) strategic financing through the issuance of perpetual bonds with warrants, with Kiwoom Securities and Dominus Investment Management each subscribing KRW 50 billion. The proceeds will support the company's pr...

10 Jun 2026 | Wednesday | NEWS
Smooth Motor Expands Engineering Support for Robotics and Semiconductor Equipment OEMs

Robotics, semiconductor equipment, and intelligent automation systems are evolving at an accelerating pace, placing OEM manufacturers under growing engineering and supply chain pressure. Product development cycles continue to shorten while system complexity keeps rising. Expectations for validation efficiency, long-term reliability, and cost control are becoming increasingly demanding across the i...

10 Jun 2026 | Wednesday | NEWS
GIGABYTE Expands AI-Driven Motherboard Portfolio with New Performance Technologies

GIGABYTE, the world's leading computer brand, continues to advance motherboard innovation by pushing its performance to a new industry standard. From Ultra Durable™, performance-focused Super Overclocking technology to the latest AI-enhanced D5 Bionic Corsa and X3D Turbo Mode 2.0, GIGABYTE continues to transform engineering challenges into leading innovations for AI computing and gaming...

10 Jun 2026 | Wednesday | NEWS
Rapidus Secures Additional ¥150 Billion to Advance 2nm Semiconductor Production

Rapidus Corporation announced that it has completed an additional funding round of 150 billion yen (equivalent to about $943 million USD) from the Information-Technology Promotion Agency (IPA), Japan, an independent administrative agency under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) based on the "Act on Facilitation of Information Processing." Earlier this year...

10 Jun 2026 | Wednesday | NEWS
Sony Targets Semiconductor and Battery Inspection Markets with IMX711 Sensor

Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation (Sony) announced the upcoming release, mass production, and shipment of the IMX711 direct conversion charge-integrating X-ray CMOS image sensor. The IMX711 is an X-ray image sensor for inspection and measurement instrumentation which directly detects X-rays and outputs signals proportional to their energy. The new sensor offers the industry's fastest*1&nbs...

10 Jun 2026 | Wednesday | NEWS
Olivier Blachier of Entegris on Accelerating Next-Generation EUV Adoption Through Materials Innovation and Industry Collaboration

In this interview with Semicon Leaders Asia, Olivier Blachier, President, Materials Solutions, and SVP, Chief Innovation Officer at Entegris, shares insights into how strategic collaboration across the lithography ecosystem is accelerating the adoption of next-generation EUV technologies. He highlights the importance of Metal Oxide Resists, ultra-high-purity materials handling, a...

10 Jun 2026 | Wednesday | NEWS
Covalent and Oxford Instruments Expand Wafer-Level Semiconductor Analysis Capabilities

Covalent announced a strategic collaboration with Oxford Instruments that expands its semiconductor characterisation offering with customer-ready, wafer-level Raman and photoluminescence (PL) workflows. The capability is now available to customers tackling defectivity, stress and strain mapping, process development, and failure analysis at full-wafer scale. As materials such as silicon ...

9 Jun 2026 | Tuesday | NEWS
Longsys Unveils Edge AI Storage Portfolio at COMPUTEX 2026

COMPUTEX 2026 in Taipei runs under the theme "AI Together." Longsys (301308.SZ) showcases its full-stack edge AI storage portfolio under "Edge AI Storage • Integrated Implementation," together with its high-end consumer storage brand Lexar, to optimise local LLM performance and accelerate AI ecosystem collaboration Global Launch: AIDIMM™ & AILPBGA™ for Edge AI Inference &nbs...

9 Jun 2026 | Tuesday | NEWS
TWSE Showcases Taiwan’s AI and Semiconductor Strength at COMPUTEX 2026

At COMPUTEX 2026, the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) hosted two media briefings highlighting how Taiwan's capital markets are underpinning global advances in AI, semiconductors and next-generation computing infrastructure.  Bringing together TWSE executives and listed companies, the sessions reinforced TWSE's role in the global AI and semiconductor ecosystem and a deep dive into Taiwan's ...

9 Jun 2026 | Tuesday | NEWS
Quobly Raises €115 Million to Commercialise Silicon Quantum Computers

Quobly, a French quantum computing company, announced the closing of a €115 million Series A financing to accelerate the industrialisation of its silicon-based quantum computers and bring its first commercial product to market by the end of 2026. The round is led by Bpifrance, SEALSQ and STMicroelectronics, with participation from the European Innovation Council (EIC Fund), Blast, ALIAD (A...

9 Jun 2026 | Tuesday | NEWS
Taiwan Market Value Tops US$5 Trillion as AI Boom Drives Growth

Taiwan's market capitalisation surpassed the US$5 trillion mark at the end of May 2026, reaching a historic high and reinforcing the market's position among the world's leading exchanges. The milestone reflects the accelerating momentum across Taiwan's capital markets, which is driven by the AI-led growth spanning semiconductors, hardware, and next-generation applications. The Taiwan Stock Exchan...

9 Jun 2026 | Tuesday | NEWS
Mr. Kosuke Inoue of Asahi Kasei on Advancing Materials Innovation for AI-Driven Semiconductor Packaging

In this interview with Semicon Leaders Asia, Mr. Kosuke Inoue, Vice Sales General Manager at Asahi Kasei, outlines how the rapid growth of AI and high-performance computing is reshaping semiconductor packaging requirements and driving demand for advanced materials solutions. He highlights the company’s strategy to support next-generation package architectures through innovations in PSPI...

8 Jun 2026 | Monday | Interaction
Dominic Rizzo of Pavana and ZeroRISC on Expanding Access to Silicon Innovation and Advancing Post-Quantum Security

In this interview with Semicon Leaders Asia, Dominic Rizzo, Governing Board Chair, Pavana, and CEO, ZeroRISC, outlines how Pavana is fostering a more accessible and collaborative semiconductor ecosystem through its open-source silicon distribution model. He also shares insights into the growing importance of post-quantum cryptography and how secure, standards-based silicon soluti...

8 Jun 2026 | Monday | Interaction
Mouser Wins Two Distributor Awards from Vishay

Mouser Electronics, Inc., the industry's leading New Product Introduction (NPI) distributor with the widest selection of semiconductors and electronic components™, announces that it has received the 2025 Catalogue Distributor of the Year and the 2025 Passives Distributor of the Year Award from Vishay Intertechnology, Inc., a leading global manufacturer of a wide range of discrete semico...

8 Jun 2026 | Monday | NEWS
Atomera Advances GaN-on-Silicon Performance for Next-Generation RF Applications

Atomera Incorporated (NASDAQ: ATOM), a semiconductor materials and technology licensing company, announced a new approach to GaN-on-Silicon that addresses a key performance barrier limiting its use in mainstream RF applications. Today, high-performance RF GaN devices are typically built on silicon carbide substrates, which provide excellent performance but remain costly and difficult to scale. Sil...

8 Jun 2026 | Monday | NEWS
DEEPX and AAEON Sign Three-Year Deal to Scale Edge AI Products

At COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2026, DEEPX Inc., an ultra-low-power Physical AI semiconductor company, announced a strategic three-year Global Mass Production Cooperation agreement with AAEON Technology Inc., a leading provider of advanced industrial and embedded AI computing platforms. The agreement, signed by both company CEOs, establishes a commercialisation pipeline to integrate DEEPX's high-performance N...

8 Jun 2026 | Monday | NEWS
Sivers Semiconductors and GlobalFoundries Partner to Advance AI Data Centre Connectivity

Sivers Semiconductors AB (STO: SIVE), a global leader in photonics and wireless technologies, announced a strategic collaboration with GlobalFoundries (NASDAQ: GFS) (GF), to develop advanced silicon photonics solutions for the high-growth AI infrastructure market. Sivers Semiconductors' laser arrays will be integrated into reference designs built on GF's silicon photonics...

8 Jun 2026 | Monday | NEWS
pSemi Expands RF Switch Portfolio with High-Performance Solutions for Wireless and Test Applications

pSemi®, a Murata company leading in semiconductor integration and advanced connectivity, announced two additions to its UltraCMOS+™ RF switch portfolio: the PE42544 SP4T RF switch and the PE42429 SPDT RF switch. Both devices deliver high isolation, low insertion loss, and industry-leading linearity for next-generation wireless infrastructure, test and measurement, and...

5 Jun 2026 | Friday | NEWS
Murata Unveils Industry-First 2.2μF 100V Automotive MLCC in Compact 0805 Package

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (TOKYO: 6981) (ISIN: JP3914400001) introduces the GCJ21BD72A225KE02, a soft-termination chip multilayer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) for automotive powertrain and safety equipment. This world's first soft-termination chip MLCC product achieves the highest available capacitance of 2.2μF at 100Vdc in the smallest 0805-inch (2.0×1.25mm) size*. As vehicle electrifi...

5 Jun 2026 | Friday | NEWS
Amtech Raises $60 Million to Expand Semiconductor Packaging and Wafer Substrate Business

Amtech Systems, Inc. ("Amtech") (NASDAQ: ASYS), a manufacturer of equipment, consumables and services for semiconductor device packaging, wafer production and device fabrication, announced the closing of its oversubscribed underwritten public offering of 2,926,829 shares of common stock, at a public offering price of $20.50 per share, for total gross proceeds of $60 million before deducting underw...

5 Jun 2026 | Friday | NEWS