Tata Electronics and ASML Partnership Strengthens India’s Semiconductor Manufacturing Ambitions

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...

18 May 2026 | Monday | NEWS
KIOXIA and Dell Showcase AI Storage Strategy at Dell Technologies World 2026

Next week at Dell Technologies World, KIOXIA America, Inc. will showcase how its advanced solid-state drives (SSDs) and storage innovations are helping organisations reshape their business. Aligned with this year’s theme, “Shaping the Future of Business, Together,” KIOXIA will highlight how its collaboration with Dell Technologies is enabling breakthroug...

18 May 2026 | Monday | NEWS
BrainChip Expands AI Software Ecosystem to Accelerate Akida Processor Adoption

BrainChip Inc. (ASX: BRN, OTCQX: BRCHF), a leading provider of ultra-low-power, high-performance neuromorphic AI IP, announced a significant expansion of its software partner ecosystem. Leading industry innovators MulticoreWare, P-Product and BeEmotion.ai are now collaborating with BrainChip to develop and optimise advanced machine learning models tailored for the new Akida™ AKD1500 processo...

18 May 2026 | Monday | NEWS
SEMIFIVE Posts Record Q1 Revenue as Global AI ASIC Demand Accelerates

SEMIFIVE, a leading global provider of custom AI semiconductor (ASIC) solutions, announced record-breaking revenue and new orders for the first quarter of this year, marking the beginning of an accelerated growth phase. According to the regulatory filing released on May 15, SEMIFIVE recorded consolidated revenue of KRW 47.9 billion and new orders of KRW 55.4 billion for Q1 2026. Revenue increased...

18 May 2026 | Monday | NEWS
NoMIS Power Joins $2.5M US Grid Modernisation Project to Advance SiC HVDC Power Technology

NoMIS Power Corporation, a leader in advanced Silicon Carbide (SiC) power semiconductor technology, announced its participation as an industry partner in a three-year, $2.5 million project led by Michigan State University (PI: Dr Omid Beik) to develop high-voltage SiC-based Neutral Point Clamped Power Electronics Building Blocks (NPC-PEBBs) as vendor-agnostic, plug-and-play sub...

18 May 2026 | Monday | NEWS
KIOXIA and Dell Target AI Infrastructure Growth With Ultra-Dense 9.8PB Server Platform

KIOXIA America, Inc. announced a breakthrough in high-density storage infrastructure, collaborating with Dell Technologies to deliver a 2U server configuration capable of scaling to an unprecedented 19.8 petabytes (PB) of flash storage. By combining the Dell PowerEdge™ R7725xd server with AMD EPYC™ processors and 40 KIOXIA LC9 Series E3.L form-factor 245.76-terabyte (TB) NVMe...

18 May 2026 | Monday | NEWS
Ideal Power Raises $30 Million to Accelerate B-TRAN Commercialisation and Data Centre Expansion

Ideal Power Inc. (Nasdaq: IPWR) ("Ideal Power," the "Company," "we," or "our"), pioneering the development and commercialization of the highly efficient and broadly patented B-TRAN® bidirectional semiconductor power switch, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreements with certain institutional investors for the purchase and sale of an aggregate of 5,291,005 shares of common...

19 May 2026 | Tuesday | NEWS
Trio-Tech Expands AI and EV Semiconductor Testing Business as Q3 Revenue Jumps 124%

Trio-Tech International (NYSE American: TRT), a comprehensive provider of semiconductor back-end solutions and a global value-added supplier of electronic equipment, announced financial results for its fiscal third quarter ended March 31, 2026. The Company reported 124% year-over-year revenue growth, driven primarily by strong demand for semiconductor reliability testing services. Trio-Tech Inte...

15 May 2026 | Friday | NEWS
DEEPX and Ultralytics Partner to Establish Global Standard for Physical AI

DEEPX, a leading fabless AI semiconductor company specialising in ultra-low-power Neural Processing Units (NPUs), announced a visionary partnership with Ultralytics, the company behind Ultralytics YOLO, the most widely deployed computer vision architecture in the world, with over 130K GitHub stars. Ultralytics has evolved far beyond a traditional AI model creator to become the definitive develope...

15 May 2026 | Friday | NEWS
ScioSense Launches 4th-Generation Ultrasonic Flow Converter for Smart Metering Systems

ScioSense, a leading developer and manufacturer of semiconductor-based environmental and flow sensors, launched the UFC23 – the 4th generation ultrasonic flow converter for measurement in water, heat and gas meters. How can meter manufacturers improve measurement accuracy, extend battery life, and retain control of their preferred system architecture? In modern applications, flow calcu...

15 May 2026 | Friday | NEWS
DEEPX Partners with Ultralytics to Accelerate Edge AI Deployment

DEEPX, a leading fabless AI semiconductor company specialising in ultra-low-power Neural Processing Units (NPUs), announced a strategic partnership with Ultralytics, creator of Ultralytics YOLO—the world's most widely deployed computer vision architecture with over 130K GitHub stars. Ultralytics has become a leading platform in the global vision AI ecosystem, with YOLO models widely used ac...

15 May 2026 | Friday | NEWS
United Microelectronics Corporation Launches 14nm FinFET Display Driver Platform for Next-Generation OLED Devices

United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE: UMC; TWSE: 2303) (“UMC”), a leading global semiconductor foundry, announced the release of its 14nm embedded high-voltage (eHV) FinFET technology platform for display driver ICs, with the process design kit now available for customer designs. Successfully validated at UMC’s Fab 12A, the new process boosts power efficiency and performance...

15 May 2026 | Friday | NEWS
Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation Expands SmartMCD Portfolio with Automotive Motor Control IC

Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation (“Toshiba”) has begun shipping engineering samples of "TB9M040FTG," a motor control device with built-in power MOSFETs for three-phase brushless DC motor drives. The latest addition to Toshiba‘s "SmartMCD™"[1] series of motor control devices that integrates a microcontroller (MCU) and a motor driver, TB9M040FTG,...

15 May 2026 | Friday | NEWS
Mouser Electronics Earns TE Connectivity’s Global High Service Distributor Award for 12th Time

Mouser Electronics, Inc., the authorized global distributor with the newest electronic components and industrial automation products, announces it has been honored for the twelfth time as the Global High Service Distributor of the Year from TE Connectivity (TE). Recognised worldwide as a leader in connectors and sensors, TE awarded Mouser this prestigious distribution accolade, also know...

14 May 2026 | Thursday | NEWS
AI Semiconductor Stocks Rally as Jensen Huang Joins Trump on China Visit

AI-related semiconductor stocks rallied again on Wednesday after Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang joined former US President Donald Trump during a prominent visit to China. Investors viewed the development as a positive indication for future discussions surrounding trade and technology cooperation between the United States and China. The surge in chip shares was also driven b...

14 May 2026 | Thursday | NEWS
Sean Dougherty of Everspin Technologies on Strengthening Defense and Aerospace Systems with Advanced MRAM Solutions

In this interview with Semicon Leaders Asia, Sean Dougherty, Vice President of Worldwide Sales at Everspin Technologies, discusses how advanced Toggle MRAM technology is enabling resilient, high-performance memory solutions for next-generation defense and aerospace applications while strengthening trusted domestic semiconductor manufacturing capabilities   What does this agreement repr...

14 May 2026 | Thursday | Interaction
QuickLogic Corporation Wins $2.7 Million FPGA Contract to Expand Defence and Commercial Design Ecosystem

QuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ: QUIK), a developer of embedded FPGA (eFPGA) Hard IP, Strategic Radiation Hardened and Antifuse FPGAs, and ruggedised programmable solutions, announced it has been awarded a new contract for a large discrete FPGA with a ceiling value of $2.7 million.  In the scope of this new contract, QuickLogic will design and tape out FPGA Test Chips that will be i...

14 May 2026 | Thursday | NEWS
T-Global Technology Secures Taiwan Government Backing for AI and HPC Cooling R&D Collaboration with SiPearl

T-Global Technology announced that its flagship project, "Development of High Thermal Conductivity Materials and Two-Phase Liquid Cooling Modules for HPC Chips," has been officially approved under Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs' "A+ Driving Industrial Innovation with AI" Program. As demand for AI, high-performance computing (HPC), and data centre infrastructure continues to ...

14 May 2026 | Thursday | NEWS
Modelithics Expands RF Design Portfolio with High-Power GaN Models from Guerrilla RF, Inc.

Modelithics®, the leading provider of high-accuracy RF and microwave simulation models, announced that new high-power GaN models from Guerrilla RF, Inc. (OTCQX: GUER) — a leading provider of high-performance radio frequency (RF) and microwave semiconductors — have been added to the Modelithics COMPLETE Library™. These new nonlinear models were developed through Guerrilla RF&r...

14 May 2026 | Thursday | NEWS
SEMI: Global Semiconductor Materials Market Reaches $73.2 Billion in 2025

Global semiconductor materials market revenue increased 6.8% year-over-year to $73.2 billion in 2025, SEMI, reported in its Materials Market Data Subscription (MMDS). Growth was supported by gains in both the wafer fab materials and packaging materials segments, reflecting higher process complexity, advanced-node demand, and continued investment in high-performance computing and hig...

13 May 2026 | Wednesday | NEWS