Argyll Data Development announced a strategic partnership with SambaNova, a next-gen AI infrastructure leader, to deliver the UK’s first renewable-powered AI inference cloud. The deployment will anchor the Killellan AI Growth Zone, a 184-acre green digital campus on Scotland’s Cowal Peninsula, creating a blueprint for how nations can combine AI sovereignty, energy independence and su...
International Battery Metals Ltd.(“IBAT”) (TSXV: IBAT) & (OTCQB: IBATF), an advanced technology provider of modular direct lithium extraction (DLE) systems, announced a non-brokered private placement financing, marking the second follow-on investment under the Company’s previously announced binding Letter of Intent (“LOI”) with EV Metals 7 LLC (“EV M...
-Parris Javaid, Inc., parent company of Parraid, LLC, is proud to announce the acquisition of DesignLinx Hardware Solutions, Inc., a premier engineering firm known for its advanced expertise in high-performance FPGA, SoC, and embedded software design and development. This acquisition marks a strategic expansion of Parris Javaid’s collective capabilities and sets the stage for the continued...
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...
The family of Samsung Chairman Jay Y. Lee—including his mother, Hong Ra‑hee, and sisters Lee Boo‑jin and Lee Seo‑hyun—is preparing to sell approximately 17.7 million shares in Samsung Electronics, representing about a 0.3 % stake and valued at roughly 1.73 trillion won (≈ US$1.22 billion). The sale, to be conducted via a trust arrangement through Shinhan ...
Strategic Collaboration to Support Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing with High-Performance Materials Qnity, DuPont's Electronics business, a premier technology solutions leader across the semiconductor value chain, announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with SK hynix, establishing a strategic long-term agreement for the supply of polishing pads for chemical mechan...
Smiths Interconnect provides mission-critical components to the $5B aerospace and defense sector, as well as semiconductor test, industrial and medical markets Smiths Interconnect's leadership in providing innovative medical interconnect solutions complements Molex's position in the rapidly expanding medtech segment Customers and partners to benefit from combined engineering expertise,...
Continues MediaTek's long history of collaboration with NVIDIA to advance AI innovation from supercomputers to vehicles, IoT devices, data center solutions, and beyond MediaTek has teamed with NVIDIA on the design of the GB10 Grace Blackwell Superchip in NVIDIA DGX Spark, a personal AI supercomputer that allows developers to prototype, fine-tune, and inference large AI models on the ...
Pixelworks, Inc. , a leading provider of innovative video and display processing solutions, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its shares in Pixelworks Semiconductor Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., a company organized under the laws of the People's Republic of China and a subsidiary of Pixelworks ("Pixelworks Shanghai"), to a special purpose entity ("Buyer") led b...
The SEMI Foundation announced the official opening of the Regional Node Request for Proposals (RFP) for the National Network for Microelectronics Education (NNME), a national initiative funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) to accelerate, expand, and improve microelectronics talent development across the United States. The RFP represents the second step in the NNME's nationa...
China has launched an antitrust investigation into U.S. semiconductor giant Qualcomm, alleging that the company completed its acquisition of Israeli chip designer Autotalks without the necessary regulatory approval from Beijing — a move that has reignited trade frictions between the world’s two largest economies. The State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) confirmed that i...
Synopsys, Inc. announced that it has received approval from all necessary authorities to proceed with the planned, previously-announced divestitures of the Optical Solutions Group and PowerArtist businesses to Keysight Technologies, Inc. These divestitures were determined by regulatory authorities to be a necessary step related to Synopsys' acquisition of Ansys, which...
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...
Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS), a U.S. commercial space company offering satellites, satellite components, and in-space transportation and services, announced that it was awarded a $5.1 million contract on September 26 by NASA’s Flight Opportunities program to support the Commercial Orbital System for Microgravity In-Space Crystallization (COSMIC) demonstration, a pioneering technology desig...
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...
Expanding Capability and New Products to Drive Revenue Growth MetaOptics Ltd made a strong market debut on the Catalist Board of the SGX-ST following its successful listing on 9 September 2025, with its share price surging by up to 25% on the first day of trading, closing at S$0.24 per share, significantly above the issue price of S$0.20 per share. During the first month since its successful ...
Index Ventures backs Quilter to automate circuit board design, a trillion-dollar bottleneck found in everything from phones to fighter jets. Quilter, the first and only company to publicly demonstrate fully autonomous PCB layout through physics-driven AI, announced $25 million in Series B funding led by Index Ventures. The investment comes as Fortune 500 aerospace, defense, and consum...
RealSense, a pioneer in AI-powered computer vision, has announced two major milestones: its spinout from Intel Corporation, fueled with a $50 million Series A funding round, and a strategic collaboration with NVIDIA to accelerate the adoption of physical AI across humanoids and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs). “This collaboration cements RealSense’s role as the perception platform o...
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation celebrated the completion of its new cutting-edge facility for producing power semiconductors at its Kikuchi Plant in Kumamoto Prefecture. The six-story, 42,000-square-meter facility is slated to begin operations in November 2025, with mass production expected in 2027. The facility will focus on manufacturing silicon carbide (SiC) power semiconductors, whic...
Amkor Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMKR), a leading provider of semiconductor packaging and test services, in collaboration with the Trump Administration, announces the groundbreaking and expanded planned investment of its new state-of-the-art outsourced semiconductor advanced packaging and test campus in Arizona. The expanded investment includes additional cleanroom space and a second green...