Onto Innovation Closes $495M Semilab Acquisition to Boost Advanced Materials Characterization for Logic, Memory, and Packaging

Acquisition strengthens Onto’s position in advanced materials characterization for advanced logic/memory, specialty and advanced packaging segments Onto Innovation Inc. announced the successful closing of its previously announced acquisition of key product lines from the materials analysis business of Semilab International. Valued at approximately $495 million, the transaction ...

18 Nov 2025 | Tuesday | NEWS
PowerLattice Emerges from Stealth with $25M to Revolutionize Power Delivery for Next-Gen AI Accelerators

PowerLattice, the company reimagining power delivery for next-generation AI accelerators, announced its emergence from stealth with $25 million in Series A funding jointly led by Playground Global and Celesta Capital. The company’s breakthrough power delivery chiplet tightly couples power and compute, reducing total compute power needs by more than 50%, effectively doubling performance. Powe...

18 Nov 2025 | Tuesday | NEWS
Dell and NVIDIA Unveil Next-Gen AI Factory to Accelerate Enterprise Deployment with Integrated Automation, Storage, and Compute

Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA advancements accelerate deployment of AI applications, from traditional to agentic, creating integrated, efficient IT environments Dell ObjectScale and PowerScale, the Dell AI Data Platform’s storage engines, accelerate workflows for AI applications and high performance compute with NVIDIA Dynamo integration Dell Automation Platform expansion offers automate...

18 Nov 2025 | Tuesday | NEWS
FMC Secures €100 Million to Redefine Memory Chip Performance and Energy Efficiency

Oversubscribed financing round consisting of €77 million in Series C equity capital, led by HV Capital and DTCF, and €23 million in public funding, marking one of the largest capital rounds in the European semiconductor sector Fresh capital accelerates the commercialization of FMC DRAM+ and 3D CACHE+ memory chips to enable the global ramp-up of AI data centers and AI edge applications...

14 Nov 2025 | Friday | NEWS
Fabric8Labs Secures $50 Million to Expand U.S. Electrochemical Additive Manufacturing Capacity

Fabric8Labs, the company pioneering Electrochemical Additive Manufacturing, announced a $50 million funding round to expand its U.S.-based advanced manufacturing facilities, boosting capacity to produce tens of millions of components annually. Powered by its breakthrough Electrochemical Additive Manufacturing (ECAM) technology, Fabric8Labs is scaling up production of next-generation electronic...

14 Nov 2025 | Friday | NEWS
SK keyfoundry Accelerates Entry into SiC Power Semiconductor Market with Acquisition of SK powertech

SK keyfoundry, an 8-inch pure-play foundry in Korea, announced that it is accelerating the development of SiC (Silicon Carbide)-based compound power semiconductor technology, bolstering its efforts into the global power semiconductor market. Leveraging its advanced manufacturing expertise and extensive intellectual property (IP) portfolio across the semiconductor manufacturing process, the compa...

13 Nov 2025 | Thursday | NEWS
Semtech’s LoRa USP™ Enables Utilities to Overcome Protocol Fragmentation and Streamline Smart Metering Deployment

Semtech Corporation (Nasdaq: SMTC), a leading provider of high-performance semiconductor, Internet of Things (IoT) systems and cloud connectivity service solutions, announced its Unified Software Platform (USP) for LoRa Plus devices, which leverage fourth-generation LoRa® technology to enable advanced multi-protocol support. LoRa USP™ addresses a critical industry challenge: managing L...

13 Nov 2025 | Thursday | NEWS
Baya Systems Expands to Cambridge as Strategic Center for Chiplet and AI Compute Innovation

New Cambridge location to be the center of U.K. and EU semiconductor operations Baya Systems, a pioneer in software-driven, chiplet-ready semiconductor fabric IP for scalable AI and high-performance computing, announced the opening of its first European office in the U.K. The move represents a strategic step in Baya’s global growth, expanding its reach into Europe’s rapidl...

12 Nov 2025 | Wednesday | NEWS
HPE and Partners Establish Quantum Scaling Alliance to Drive Quantum Computing Into Mainstream Adoption

Team combines deep expertise in quantum with leadership in supercomputing and semiconductor design and manufacturing to drive quantum technology into mainstream adoption HPE  and a consortium of seven other leading technology organizations  announced the formation of the Quantum Scaling Alliance, a global initiative dedicated to making quantum computing scalable, practical, ...

11 Nov 2025 | Tuesday | NEWS
Universal Display to Acquire Merck’s OLED Emissive IP Portfolio in Strategic Expansion

-Universal Display Corporation (Nasdaq: OLED) (UDC), enabling energy-efficient displays and lighting with its UniversalPHOLED® technology and materials, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire OLED patent assets from Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, a leading science and technology company. This portfolio, which has an average remaining lifetime of ap...

10 Nov 2025 | Monday | NEWS
INNIO Group and KMW Partner on 54-MW Peaking Power Plant to Back Green Rocks Data Center

INNIO Group has signed a contract with KMW (Kraftwerke Mainz-Wiesbaden AG) for a new 54-MW peaking power plant. A total of twelve modular energy systems from INNIO are intended to be operated at the site. Part of the plant’s capacity is expected to be available for the “Green Rocks” data center, which is being built by KMW and Norwegian data center operator Green Mountain. INNIO&...

10 Nov 2025 | Monday | NEWS
Samsung Electro-Mechanics and Sumitomo Chemical Group Strengthen Strategic Collaboration on Glass Core Substrates

Strengthening strategic cooperation for next-generation semiconductor package core material 'Glass Core' Aiming to lead the glass substrate market by combining strengths in preparation for the AI era Samsung Electro-Mechanics announced on the 5th that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Sumitomo Chemical Group to establish a joint venture (JV) for man...

7 Nov 2025 | Friday | NEWS
Sivers Semiconductors and POET Technologies Partner to Deliver Scalable, Energy-Efficient Light Sources for AI Data Centers

Strategic Collaboration Combines Sivers' Lasers With POET's Optical Interposer™ to Deliver Scalable, Energy-Efficient Light Sources Sivers Semiconductors AB (STO: SIVE), a global leader in photonics and wireless technologies, announced additional details on the strategic partnership with POET Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: POET), a leader in the design and implementation of highly integr...

7 Nov 2025 | Friday | NEWS
Amphenol Completes Acquisition of Trexon for Approximately $1 Billion

Amphenol Corporation announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of Trexon from Audax Private Equity for approximately $1 billion in cash. “We are excited to welcome the entire Trexon team to the Amphenol family,” said Amphenol President and Chief Executive Officer, R. Adam Norwitt. “With the closing of the Trexon acquisition, we look forward to the in...

7 Nov 2025 | Friday | NEWS
SEMI Reports Continued Strength in Advanced Node Wafer Demand as Global Shipments Increase Year-on-Year

Growth in 300 mm Shipments Fueled by AI to Support Advanced Logic, Cloud Computing and Memory Applications  The SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG) reported , in its quarterly analysis of the silicon wafer industry, that worldwide silicon wafer shipments increased 3.1% year-on-year to 3,313 million square inches (MSI) from the 3,214 MSI recorded during the same quarter of 2024. Sequent...

6 Nov 2025 | Thursday | Analysis
Tinicum to Acquire TriMas Aerospace and Merge with PennAero to Create Leading Independent Aerospace Components Supplier

Tinicum, L.P. (“Tinicum”) today announced that one of its affiliates has signed an agreement to acquire the aerospace assets of TriMas Corporation (“TriMas Aerospace”), through which TriMas Aerospace will be merged with PennAero, a Tinicum portfolio company (“the Transaction”). Funds managed by Blackstone will be a minority investor in the Transaction. This in...

6 Nov 2025 | Thursday | NEWS
Jabil to Acquire Hanley Energy Group for $725 Million to Expand Critical Power Capabilities for Data Centers

Jabil Inc. (NYSE: JBL) announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Hanley Energy Group, a provider of energy management and critical power solutions serving the data center infrastructure market, for approximately $725 million plus contingent consideration up to $58 million, subject to achieving future revenue thresholds, in an all-cash transaction. The transaction is expected...

6 Nov 2025 | Thursday | NEWS
SolarEdge and Infineon Partner to Deliver Next-Gen Solid-State Transformer Technology for AI and Hyperscale Data Centers

SolarEdge and Infineon are partnering to advance the development of highly efficient next-generation Solid-State Transformer (SST) technology for AI and hyperscale data centers The new SST is designed to enable direct medium-voltage to 800–1500V DC conversion with over 99% efficiency, reducing size, weight, and CO₂ footprint The collaboration combines SolarEdge’s DC expertise...

6 Nov 2025 | Thursday | NEWS
Magnachip and Hyundai Mobis Advance Next-Gen IGBT Technology for Electric Vehicle Traction Systems

Magnachip Semiconductor Corporation (NYSE: MX) (“Magnachip” or the “Company”)  announced it has concluded an agreement with Hyundai Mobis Company Limited (hereinafter “MOBIS”) regarding the use of high-performance Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT) technology, and plans to expand its business based on this technology. Hyundai Mobis is a global auto ...

5 Nov 2025 | Wednesday | NEWS
Applied Materials, Lam Research, KLA, and Cadence Back National Semiconductor Pathways Fund to Tackle U.S. Talent Shortfall

  Applied Materials, Lam Research, KLA, and Cadence unite with Last Mile to keep future semiconductor engineers and technicians on track to STEM degrees nationwide. The Last Mile Education Fund announced the launch of the Semiconductor Pathways Fund, an industry-wide initiative to close critical talent gaps in the U.S. semiconductor workforce by enabling financially vulnerable college stude...

5 Nov 2025 | Wednesday | NEWS