2025 Marked the Year of Silicon Sovereignty in Asia’s Semiconductor Power Shift

TSMC’s new Global R&D Center in Taiwan reflects Asia’s drive to maintain cutting-edge chip capabilities on home soil. Semiconductor technology has become not just an industry, but an instrument of national power. Semiconductors in 2025 are not merely about cranking out more chips – they have become closely tied to national sovereignty and strategy. Nowhere is this shift more...

29 Dec 2025 | Monday | Analysis
IonQ Expands Strategic Partnership with KISTI to Deliver 100-Qubit Quantum System

IonQ (NYSE: IONQ), the world’s leading quantum company, announced the continuation of its strategic partnership with the Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI) and forthcoming delivery of a 100-qubit IonQ Tempo quantum system. The finalized agreement marks a key milestone in the establishment of South Korea’s National Quantum Computing Center of Excellence. Unde...

25 Dec 2025 | Thursday | NEWS
Mouser Electronics Signs Global Distribution Agreement with Telit Cinterion

Mouser Electronics, Inc., the authorized global distributor with the newest electronic components and industrial automation products,  announces a global distribution agreement with Telit Cinterion, an end-to-end IoT solutions enabler, for their industrial-grade cellular, wireless communication, and positioning modules for IoT and IIoT solutions."Mouser is pleased to add Telit Cinterion to ou...

24 Dec 2025 | Wednesday | NEWS
STRADVISION Showcases Integrated AI Vision Technology at CES® 2026

STRADVISION, a global leader in AI-based vision perception technology for autonomous driving, will participate in CES® 2026 in Las Vegas with a strong focus on ecosystem collaboration and platform-level integration with leading semiconductor and technology partners. At CES 2026, STRADVISION will demonstrate how its vision perception software, SVNet, is implemented and operating across multipl...

24 Dec 2025 | Wednesday | NEWS
Cyient Semiconductors Expands Power Chip Business with Kinetic Acquisition

Cyient Semiconductors has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake in Kinetic Technologies, a global leader in power management, high-performance analog and mixed-signal ICs for a total consideration of up to USD 93 Mn. The combination establishes a scaled platform in the $40B+ power semiconductor market, accelerating Cyient Semiconductors' growth trajectory across data centers, e...

23 Dec 2025 | Tuesday | NEWS
JBD Launches “Roadrunner I” Full-Color Micro LED Projector

Global Micro LED microdisplay technology leader JBD has officially launched the "Roadrunner I" polychrome projector. As the inaugural product of the new "Roadrunner" series, "Roadrunner I" not only achieves breakthroughs in pixel size and optical efficiency, translating into a substantial advantage in overall form factor, but also elevates the visual experience to a new level and accelerates the p...

23 Dec 2025 | Tuesday | NEWS
Zetta Joule Receives Aramco Support for Advanced High-Temperature SMR Project

Zetta Joule, Inc., an advanced small modular reactor company,  announced it has received formal support for its ZJ high-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) project from Aramco Services Company, an affiliate of Motiva Enterprises, LLC, which operates the largest refinery by throughput in the United States. Zetta Joule’s proposed ZJ research reactor is designed with the unique ability ...

22 Dec 2025 | Monday | NEWS
MemryX Partners with Macnica to Expand Edge-AI Accelerator Adoption in Japan

MemryX Inc., a leading provider of high-performance AI accelerators for edge devices, announced a distribution and solutions partnership with Macnica, Inc., one of Japan's largest semiconductor distributors. The agreement builds on more than a year of collaboration supporting customer engagements across Japan's growing edge-AI markets and strengthens both companies' ability to scale deployments a...

22 Dec 2025 | Monday | NEWS
Open POWER Foundation Announces Winners of Microwatt Design Challenge

Open POWER Foundation, an open developer community for the POWER ISA, announces the winners of the Microwatt Design Challenge (Microwatt Momentum Hackathon), in collaboration with ChipFoundry. The challenge was open to a broad range of participants including hardware engineers, students, researchers, and developers within the Open POWER ecosystem. The Open POWER Foundation, in collaboration with ...

22 Dec 2025 | Monday | NEWS
AP Memory Advances S-SiCap™ Silicon Capacitor Portfolio for AI Servers and HPC Systems

AP Memory, a leading global design company providing customized memory solutions, today announced further advancements in its S-SiCapTM (Stack Silicon Capacitor) product line to address the increasing integration demands of AI servers and high-performance computing (HPC) systems. The S-SiCapTM portfolio includes two product categories —discrete silicon capacitors and interposers with silicon...

19 Dec 2025 | Friday | NEWS
Meridian Innovation Launches Cheetah™ 50×50 LWIR Thermal Imaging Sensor for Mass-Market Adoption

Meridian Innovation, a global leader in CMOS-based thermal imaging solutions, is excited to announce the launch of Cheetah, a breakthrough 50×50 LWIR thermal imaging sensor engineered to deliver a new level of performance, compactness, and affordability for mass-market applications. Built on Meridian's proven SenXor® technology platform, Cheetah offers unrivalled price-performance, enab...

19 Dec 2025 | Friday | NEWS
SK Hynix Validates Industry-First 256GB DDR5 RDIMM with Intel Xeon 6 Platform

SK hynix 32Gb 1b die-based 256GB server DDR5 RDIMM completes compatibility validation with Intel Xeon 6 platform- Demonstrates world-leading expertise in high-capacity DDR5 module technology- SK hynix to proactively enhance customer satisfaction as a "Full-stack AI memory creator" SK hynix Inc. announced that it has become the first in the industry to complete the Intel Data Center Certified...

19 Dec 2025 | Friday | NEWS
Rigaku Introduces ONYX™ 3200 for High-Precision Semiconductor Bump and BEOL Metrology

Rigaku Corporation, a global partner in X-ray analytical systems solutions and a Rigaku Holdings Corporation company (headquarters: Akishima, Tokyo; CEO: Jun Kawakami; hereinafter “Rigaku”), announced the launch of the ONYX 3200, a new semiconductor metrology system for measuring the thickness, composition, and bump structures* in wafer-level processes. The system is designed to help m...

19 Dec 2025 | Friday | NEWS
S2C, MachineWare, and Andes Unveil Co-Emulation Platform to Accelerate Advanced RISC-V Chip Design

S2C, MachineWare, and Andes Technology announced a collaborative co-emulation solution designed to address the increasing complexity of RISC-V-based chip design. The solution integrates MachineWare's SIM-V virtual platform, S2C's Genesis Architect and Prodigy FPGA Prototyping Systems, and Andes' high-performance AX46MPV RISC-V CPU core, providing a unified environment for hardware and softw...

18 Dec 2025 | Thursday | NEWS
Advantech Partners With DEEPX to Launch First NPU-Powered Edge AI Acceleration Module

Advantech, a global leader in IoT intelligent systems and embedded platforms, announced its partnership with DEEPX, a leading Korean AI semiconductor innovator specializing in NPU (Neural Processing Unit) technology. This collaboration expands Advantech's AI chipset ecosystem and introduces the company's first AI acceleration solution powered by DEEPX technology, the EAI-1961 series Edge AI Acce...

18 Dec 2025 | Thursday | NEWS
SEMIFIVE Details IPO and Growth Strategy as Demand Accelerates for Custom AI ASICs

As demand shifts from general-purpose semiconductors toward AI ASICs, SEMIFIVE provides customized chip development solutions to fabless companies and device manufacturers. New orders have increased from KRW 57.2 billion in 2022 to KRW 123.9 billion in 2024, driven by Big-Tech-Ready high-performance AI ASIC technologies, a highly efficient and scalable design platform, and turnkey services. ...

18 Dec 2025 | Thursday | NEWS
Broadcom CEO Hock Tan Highlights Record Q4 Results With 68% EBITDA Margin and Strong Cash Flow

Revenue of $18,015 million for the fourth quarter, up 28 percent from the prior year period GAAP net income of $8,518 million for the fourth quarter; Non-GAAP net income of $9,714 million for the fourth quarter Adjusted EBITDA of $12,218 million for the fourth quarter, or 68 percent of revenue GAAP diluted EPS of $1.74 for the fourth quarter; Non-GAAP diluted EPS of $1.9...

17 Dec 2025 | Wednesday | Company results
BTQ Technologies Added to Defiance Quantum ETF

BTQ Technologies Corp., a global quantum technology company focused on securing mission-critical networks, is pleased to announce that it has been added to the Defiance Quantum ETF , a thematic exchange traded fund that seeks to track the performance of the BlueStar Machine Learning and Quantum Computing Index ("BQTUM"). BTQ believes inclusion in QTUM broadens institutional and retail visibilit...

17 Dec 2025 | Wednesday | NEWS
GIBO Holdings Partners With E Total Technology to Develop AI Compute Centers in Malaysia

GIBO Holdings Ltd. announced a strategic collaboration with Malaysia-based technology and infrastructure solutions provider E Total Technology Sdn Bhd, under which the parties will work together on the planning, site sourcing, feasibility studies, and deployment of next-generation artificial intelligence compute centers in Malaysia. The project is expected to incorporate NVIDIA's most advanced h...

17 Dec 2025 | Wednesday | NEWS
India Broadens Chip Incentives, Targeting Compound Semiconductors and Advanced Packaging Capabilities

Government of India has approved an expanded set of incentives aimed at accelerating domestic manufacturing of compound semiconductors and advanced packaging, marking a significant step in building strategic depth across critical technology supply chains. The enhanced support framework is designed to attract investment into high value segments such as compound semiconductors, wh...

16 Dec 2025 | Tuesday | NEWS