PsiQuantum announced that the company has signed a Letter of Intent with the U.S. Department of Commerce for $100 million in proposed federal incentives under the CHIPS and Science Act to advance American quantum computing and semiconductor leadership. With these potential incentives, combined with co-investment by the company, PsiQuantum will accelerate the domestic manufacturability and per...
Applied Energy Systems has earned a Supplier Excellence Award from Applied Materials, Inc., the leader in materials engineering solutions for the semiconductor industry. Applied Materials’ Supplier Excellence Awards recognise the company’s top-performing suppliers for outstanding technical and operational achievements in areas including quality, service, sustainability, lead time,...
Infinitum announced that its Aircore motor system is a winner of the Product of the Year Award in the 2026 Environment+Energy Leader Awards program. The recognition highlights Infinitum’s ability to deliver measurable operational and financial impact for customers — helping them do more with less — as they navigate increasingly complex energy demands. As electrification accelera...
Dnotitia Inc. (Dnotitia), a company specialising in long-term memory AI and semiconductor-based AI infrastructure technologies, announced that it has open-sourced AKB (Agent Knowledge Base) on GitHub. AKB is a knowledge platform designed to help organisations turn scattered enterprise knowledge and agent-generated work context into AI-ready knowledge bases. AKB integrates scattered internal ...
Amkor Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMKR) reinforced its commitment to expanding Advanced semiconductor packaging and test capabilities in the United States through continued investment in its Arizona manufacturing footprint. Located within Peoria’s Innovation Core, Amkor’s campus is being developed on a 104-acre site designed to support large-scale, leading-edge semiconductor packaging a...
Metallium Limited (ASX: MTM, OTCQX: MTMCF; OTCQX ADR: MTLMY) announced its U.S.-based affiliate, Flash Metals Texas, Inc., has been awarded a million-dollar Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract with the U.S. Department of War through the Defence Logistics Agency to continue to pursue the recovery of gallium and germanium from electronic waste streams. The Ph...
Corgi, an AI fintech startup, announced that the Corgi Lithography & Semiconductor Photonics ETF (Cboe BZX: EUV) has surpassed $150 million in assets under management (AUM), reaching the milestone less than two weeks after its May 6, 2026 launch. The rapid asset growth may reflect increased investor interest in companies tied to the photonics and light-based technology ecosystem use...
Analog Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADI) and Empower Semiconductor announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which ADI will acquire Empower in an all-cash transaction for $1.5 billion. As AI compute scales, power density – not just total watts – has become the limiting factor. Delivering high-density, high-efficiency power at the point of compute, while respond...
HOTH ("Hoth" or the "Company") announced that it intends to change its name to Rocket One, Inc. ("Rocket One") and to restructure its business to position the Company, through its recently formed wholly-owned subsidiary, to pursue opportunities in artificial intelligence infrastructure, next-generation semiconductor technologies, and ultra-low-power AI computing....
Algorized, the Physical AI company building the edge-native nervous system for machines operating around people, and Asahi Kasei Microdevices (AKM), the semiconductor and sensor solutions arm of the Asahi Kasei Group, announced a partnership to integrate Algorized's edge-AI foundation model with AKM's AK581xAIM millimetre-wave radar (mmWave) Antenna-in-Module (AiM), preserving people sensing for e...
This week at ITF World, imec, a globally recognised research and innovation centre for advanced semiconductor technologies, unveiled what it describes as a world-first achievement: a quantum dot qubit device manufactured using High NA EUV lithography. The breakthrough represents a major step towards the industrial-scale production of more reliable qubits — the fundamental computing ele...
Sivers Semiconductors AB (STO: SIVE), a global leader in photonics and wireless technologies, announced a second-year extension of its Electronic Warfare (EW STAR) project from the Northeast Microelectronics Coalition (NEMC) Hub under the Microelectronics Commons program. The Year 2 program award totals $6.6 million, a strong recognition of Sivers' technica...
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) announced that it will begin shipping samples of ten new models of its industrial-use NX-type 1.2kV insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) module on a sequential basis starting June 15. Designed for use in inverters that control machine tools, industrial robots and large-capacity motor drive systems, the modules are equipped with the latest eigh...
Variscite, a global leader in System on Module (SoM) design and manufacturing and an NXP® Semiconductors Platinum Partner, announced the upcoming launch of the VAR-SMARC-MX95. Based on NXP's i.MX 95 applications processor, this new SMARC-compatible SoM provides a scalable foundation for industrial IoT and edge AI applications. The VAR-SMARC-MX95 addresses the growing demand for safety-cr...
MaxLinear, Inc. (Nasdaq: MXL), announced continued momentum in advancing the DOCSIS 4.0 ecosystem toward certification and real-world deployment, building on early interoperability success and expanding OEM adoption around the Puma 8 platform. As part of the early DOCSIS 4.0 certification process at CableLabs®, MaxLinear became the first silicon vendor to achieve DOCSIS 3.1 Verified...
Gradiant announced the close of Series E financing, valuing the company at $2 billion. The financing was led by Safar Partners and Hostplus Superannuation Fund, with participation from ClearVision Ventures and other global investors. The financing will support Gradiant’s continued global expansion, including strategic acquisitions, accelerated research and development, and investments ...
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited (AOS) (Nasdaq: AOSL), a designer, developer, and global supplier of a broad range of discrete power devices, wide-bandgap power devices, power management ICs, and modules, announced a new family of digital multiphase controllers: the AOZ71049QI, AOZ71149QI and AOZ71146QI. Specifically engineered for Intel IMVP9.3 Vcore power delivery, these...
SemiMarket, the semiconductor equipment and parts marketplace operated by SurplusGLOBAL, announced the results of its first Online Bidding event, highlighting growing global demand for transparent and digitally driven semiconductor equipment transactions. The online auction featured used back-end semiconductor equipment from a global OSAT company. It attracted participation from more than 40 buye...
TetraMem Inc., a Silicon Valley–based semiconductor company developing analogue in-memory computing (IMC) solutions, announced the successful tape-out, manufacturing, and initial silicon validation of its MLX200 platform, a 22nm multi-level RRAM-based analogue IMC system-on-chip (SoC). The achievement marks a significant step toward the commercialisation of analogue computing architectures ...
India’s semiconductor manufacturing ambitions received a major strategic boost as Tata Electronics and ASML announced a partnership focused on advancing semiconductor fabrication capabilities and strengthening India’s emerging chip manufacturing ecosystem.The collaboration will support the development of Tata Electronics’ semiconductor fabrication infrastructure in Dholera, Gujar...