• Saturday | 27 June 2026
King Yuan Electronics Corp Invests S$100 Million in Singapore Semiconductor Testing Facility

Taiwanese semiconductor testing company King Yuan Electronics Corp (KYEC) is investing S$100 million in a new semiconductor testing facility in Singapore as part of its broader international expansion strategy. The project is expected to create more than 300 jobs across engineering, operations and management roles, strengthening Singapore’s position within the global semicond...

25 May 2026 | Monday | NEWS
Micron Technology Warns Global AI-Driven Memory Chip Shortage Could Extend Beyond 2026

Micron Technology has cautioned that the global memory chip shortage is likely to persist beyond 2026 as demand from the artificial intelligence sector continues to outstrip available supply. The company highlighted strong growth in AI data centres and high-performance computing as major drivers behind rising demand for advanced DRAM and NAND memory products. Micron chief executiv...

25 May 2026 | Monday | NEWS
Hedge Funds Maintain Strong Semiconductor Exposure as AI Infrastructure Investment Accelerates

Hedge funds are continuing to benefit from the strong rise in semiconductor shares as momentum behind artificial intelligence investments gathers pace. Growing demand for AI infrastructure, including advanced chips, memory devices and data-centre technology, has fuelled substantial gains across global technology markets. Recent market activity suggests that while some hedge fu...

25 May 2026 | Monday | NEWS
Adam J Morgan of NoMIS Power on Advancing High-Voltage SiC Technologies for Next-Generation HVDC Infrastructure

In this interview with Semicon Leaders Asia, Adam J Morgan, Co-founder, CEO, & Technical Lead for Packaging Design at NoMIS Power, highlights how the company is positioning its high-voltage SiC portfolio at the centre of next-generation HVDC and grid modernisation initiatives. Through participation in the ARPA-E DC-GRIDS programme and collaboration with leading industry and researc...

25 May 2026 | Monday | Interaction
Axion Semiconductor Acquires Moov Technologies to Expand Global Semiconductor Supply Chain Platform

Axion Semiconductor, a semiconductor platform company focused on supply chain operations and services, announced it has acquired Moov Technologies, an Austin, Texas-based semiconductor equipment marketplace and asset management platform serving customers in more than 55 countries. The acquisition expands Axion Semiconductor's operating platform and strengthens its position across the semiconductor...

25 May 2026 | Monday | NEWS
Quantinuum Signs CHIPS R&D LOI to Advance U.S. Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing Infrastructure

Quantinuum, a leading quantum computing company, announced a letter of intent with the U.S. Department of Commerce's CHIPS Research and Development Office. The letter of intent proposes that Quantinuum would receive federal funding to enable the development of large-scale, fault-tolerant trapped-ion quantum computers that are of national strategic importance. "With today's CHIPS Research and Deve...

25 May 2026 | Monday | NEWS
World Micro Signs Distribution Partnership with Mobilint to Expand Global Edge AI Semiconductor Reach

World Micro, a leading global distributor of electronic components and supply chain solutions, is pleased to announce a new distribution agreement with Mobilint, a pioneering developer of AI accelerator chips. Through this partnership, World Micro will offer Mobilint's advanced AI semiconductor solutions to its global customer base, expanding access to high-performance, energy-efficient AI p...

22 May 2026 | Friday | NEWS
QBit Semiconductor Ltd. Debuts on Taiwan Emerging Stock Board with USD 700 Million Market Valuation

QBit Semiconductor Ltd. (TWO: 7913), a fabless semiconductor company, was officially listed on the Taiwan Emerging Stock Board on May 15. Strong investor demand drove the stock price to an intraday high of NT$530 (approximately $18) per share, bringing the company's market capitalization to approximately USD 700 million. This milestone marks a significant step in the company's expansion ...

22 May 2026 | Friday | NEWS
IBM and U.S. Department of Commerce Plan $2 Billion Quantum Foundry Initiative to Strengthen American Semiconductor Leadership

IBM (NYSE: IBM) and the U.S. Department of Commerce (DoC) announced a Letter of Intent (LOI) to build an American quantum chip foundry, securing the nation's global quantum leadership and fueling the country's growing quantum ecosystem. The CHIPS incentive from the DoC will support the research and development efforts of a new IBM company: Anderon, which will be America's first pure-play quan...

22 May 2026 | Friday | NEWS
Asahi Kasei Develops New PSPI Film to Advance Panel-Level Semiconductor Packaging

Panel-level packaging has gained momentum in the semiconductor industry as manufacturers pursue higher efficiency and improved yield that can support next-generation packaging processes. In response to these market changes, Asahi Kasei, a diversified global company, has combined the features of its photosensitive polyimide (PSPI) and dry film photoresist (DFR) into a new photosensitive film. The P...

22 May 2026 | Friday | NEWS
PsiQuantum Secures Proposed $100 Million CHIPS Act Incentives to Accelerate U.S. Quantum and Semiconductor Manufacturing

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...

22 May 2026 | Friday | NEWS
Applied Energy Systems Receives Supplier Excellence Award from Applied Materials

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,...

22 May 2026 | Friday | NEWS
Infinitum Wins 2026 Environment+Energy Leader Product of the Year Award for Energy-Efficient Aircore Motor System

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...

21 May 2026 | Thursday | NEWS
Dnotitia Open-Sources AKB Platform to Accelerate Enterprise AI Knowledge Infrastructure

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 ...

21 May 2026 | Thursday | NEWS
Amkor Technology Expands Arizona Semiconductor Packaging Footprint to Support U.S. Advanced Manufacturing Growth

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...

21 May 2026 | Thursday | NEWS
Metallium Limited Secures U.S. Defense Contract to Advance Gallium and Germanium Recovery from Semiconductor E-Waste

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...

21 May 2026 | Thursday | NEWS
Corgi Semiconductor Photonics and EUV ETF Surpasses $150 Million AUM Within Two Weeks of Launch

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...

21 May 2026 | Thursday | NEWS
Analog Devices to Acquire Empower Semiconductor in $1.5 Billion Deal to Strengthen AI Power Delivery Portfolio

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...

21 May 2026 | Thursday | NEWS
Hoth Therapeutics to Rebrand as Rocket One and Expand into AI Semiconductor Infrastructure and Spintronic Computing

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....

20 May 2026 | Wednesday | NEWS
Algorized and Asahi Kasei Microdevices Partner to Advance Edge AI Radar Sensing for Industrial Safety and Elderly Care

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...

20 May 2026 | Wednesday | NEWS

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