Sales 50x YoY, Deployments at 50 leading semiconductor companies. Former CEOs of Cadence and Mentor Graphics, Plus Former Synopsys CTO, Join Advisory Board. ChipAgents, the agentic AI platform transforming chip design and verification, announced the close of a $21 million Series A funding round, bringing the total fundraise to $24 million to date. This latest round closed with Besseme...
Vertical Semiconductor, a pioneering spin-out from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), has raised $11 million in seed funding to accelerate development of its vertical GaN (gallium nitride) transistors — a breakthrough set to redefine how power is delivered to AI chips in data centres. The company’s technology brings power conversion closer to the chip, easing data-cent...
Frore Systems announced the launch of LiquidJet™, a revolutionary direct-to-chip liquid cooling 3D coldplate solution designed to meet the escalating demands of AI Data Centers. Built with Frore's unique semiconductor manufacturing process adapted to metal wafers, LiquidJet unlocks higher performance from the world's most powerful GPUs—starting with NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra—...
Metallium Ltd. (ASX: MTM; OTCQX: MTMCF) announced the company will add a second demonstration line at its first commercial facility, scheduled for commissioning in December. The line will be specifically for rare earths elements (REE) and semiconductor feedstocks. The announcement was made by the company as they updated investors on the advancement of the company's commercial facility in th...
IonQ CEO to discuss how quantum accelerates innovation and economic growth at Italy’s leading tech and policy forum -IonQ (NYSE: IONQ), a leading quantum company, announced its participation in the ComoLake2025 Digital Innovation Forum, one of Italy’s most prominent technology events focused on digital transformation, infrastructure, and innovation policy. At ComoLa...
Smartkem, Inc. (Nasdaq: SMTK), ("Smartkem"), a company developing a new class of organic semiconductor technology, announced that it has signed a non-binding Letter of Intent ("LOI") with Jericho Energy Ventures Inc. (TSX-V: JEV, OTC: JROOF) ("Jericho" or "JEV"), an energy innovation company, for a proposed all-stock business combination (the "Proposed Transaction"). If completed, the Proposed T...
GS Microelectronics US, Inc. (GSME), a leading-edge global supplier of integrated circuit design and manufacturing solutions, announced that it has acquired Muse Semiconductor. Muse Semiconductor is a recognized provider of multi-project wafer (MPW) services, enabling chip designs built on TSMC technology. This strategic acquisition will expand GSME's reach into key innovation hubs across No...
Arasan Chip Systems, a leading provider of semiconductor IP for mobile and automobile SoCs, announced the immediate availability of its Total IP for eUSB with the eUSB v2 Controller and eUSB v2 PHY IP. Arasan's eUSB2 has been designed to target SoCs operating at 1.2V as the interface operating voltage. Arasan is one of the pioneers in the USB IP business having started with USB 1.0 as the compan...
As artificial intelligence continues to reshape the global economy, fiber optic connections have emerged as a key enabler of the scale and speed AI factories require. A little-known but critical component — optical transceivers — is at the core, and FIC Global Inc. (TWSE: 3701; FICG), a leading expert in packaging and installing semiconductors on optical modules, is drawing...
As artificial intelligence continues to reshape the global economy, fiber optic connections have emerged as a key enabler of the scale and speed AI factories require. A little-known but critical component — optical transceivers — is at the core, and FIC Global Inc. (TWSE: 3701; FICG), a leading expert in packaging and installing semiconductors on optical modules, is drawing...
As demand accelerates for intelligent, video-centric devices across consumer and industrial markets, ALi Corporation and Ceva, Inc. announced a strategic licensing partnership to integrate Ceva's advanced NeuPro-Nano and NeuPro-M Neural Processing Units (NPUs) into ALi's next-generation Video Display Sub-System (VDSS) platform. This collaboration combines ALi's expertise in multimedia SoCs ...
Alif Semiconductor®, the leading global supplier of secure, connected, power efficient Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) microcontrollers (MCUs) and fusion processors, today released benchmarks on its latest E4, E6 and E8 microcontrollers and fusion processors, extending Alif's advantage in the AI MCU market. Alif has been a trendsetter in this field since 2021, when it i...
From smartphones and gaming consoles to artificial intelligence, the powerful chips that drive modern technology generate intense heat. When temperatures rise too high, performance suffers, energy is wasted, and hardware can fail. A research team at Clarkson University is developing a new tool to combat this challenge. Thermal Analysis of Semiconductor Chips, known as TASChips, is an open-sourc...
LG Innotek recently held an event to unveil its newly developed 'Next-generation Digital Key Solution' for the first time to the media. The 'Next-generation Digital Key Solution' is a flagship product of LG Innotek's automotive connectivity business, a key pillar of its automotive components business, along with 5G communication modules and automotive AP modules. The digital key is touted as a...
Lam Research Corp. unveiled VECTOR® TEOS 3D, a breakthrough deposition tool engineered specifically for the advanced packaging of next-generation chips required for artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC) applications. TEOS 3D is purpose-built to solve critical challenges in 3D stacking and high-density heterogeneous integration. It provides ultra-thick, ...
As artificial intelligence continues to reshape the global economy, the underlying infrastructure enabling its growth is drawing increasing attention. At the heart of this transformation is a little-known but critical component — optical transceivers — and FIC Global Inc. (TWSE: 3701; FICG), a leading expert in packaging and installing semiconductors on optical modules, is drawi...
DB HiTek, a leading 8-inch specialty foundry, announced it is in the final stages of development of its 650V E-Mode GaN HEMT (Gallium Nitride High-Electron Mobility Transistor) process, a next-generation power semiconductor platform. The company is also to offer a dedicated GaN MPW (multi-project wafer) program at the end of October. Compared with traditional silicon-ba...
According to a recently published report by Dell'Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the telecommunications, security, networks, and data center industries, the on-going AI expansion cycle drove the server and storage component market to 44 percent year-over-year growth in 2Q 2025. The surging demand for accelerators, HBM, and NICs underpins record expansion across the AI ...
SK hynix Inc. (or "the company", www.skhynix.com) announced that it has completed development and finished preparation of HBM4*, a next generation memory product for ultra-high performance AI, mass production for the world's first time. SK hynix said that the company has successfully completed development and based on this technological achievement, the company has prepared HBM4 mass production t...
OPROCESSOR INC, incorporated in Boston, Massachusetts in 2018 with research operations in Daejeon, South Korea, announced a breakthrough in VCSEL-based Photonic Interposer technology that overcomes the GPU–HBM interconnect bottleneck for next-generation AI and high-performance computing systems. The pioneering work was published in Photonics (MDPI, August 29, 2025) and will be presented a...