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CEA-Leti and ST demo path to fully monolithic silicon RF front-ends with 3D sequential integration

15.12.2025
Default trend imageWafer-level assembly of SiGe HBT, RF SOI and passive technologies allows dense co-integration of best-in class functions

Chiplet Technology in Automotive Applications: A Cost-Effective Path to Advanced Electronics

15.12.2025
Default trend imageLet us emphasize first and foremost the economic case for chiplet architecture in the automotive systems. The automotive industry faces an unprecedented challenge: integrating increasingly sophisticated electronic systems while maintaining cost competitiveness in mass production. Traditional monolithic System-on-Chip (SoC) designs,...

Generative AI In Chip Manufacturing

15.12.2025
Generative AI In Chip ManufacturingHow it works, what it can do, and what can go wrong.

Siemens and GlobalFoundries partner to advance AI-driven semiconductor manufacturing - New Electronics

14.12.2025
Siemens and GlobalFoundries partner to advance AI-driven semiconductor manufacturing - New ElectronicsSiemens and GF announce a strategic collaboration aimed at integrating AI into semiconductor manufacturing processes.

onsemi and FORVIA HELLA Extend Strategic Collaboration with Next-Generation Power Technology - Semiconductor Digest

11.12.2025
Default trend imageCollaboration will deliver smarter automotive power solutions with superior efficiency and optimized performance.

What is co-packaged optics? A solution for surging capacity in AI data center networks

02.12.2025
What is co-packaged optics? A solution for surging capacity in AI data center networksBy putting optics in silicon, CPO promises dramatic boosts in speed while lowering power requirements, if it can meet reliability expectations and outlast competing approaches.

Geopolitics Reshapes Global Chipmaking and Ignites the AI Race - Bytes Europe

02.12.2025
Geopolitics Reshapes Global Chipmaking and Ignites the AI Race - Bytes EuropeThe global semiconductor industry, the foundational bedrock of modern technology, is undergoing an unprecedented and profound restructuring. Driven by

European Union and Singapore discuss reinforcing digital cooperation through Digital Partnership Council

01.12.2025
Default trend imageToday, the EU and Singapore held their second Digital Partnership Council meeting in Brussels, reiterating their intention to cooperate across a range of digital areas from Artificial Intelligence (AI) to cybersecurity and beyond.

ITRI: Silicon Photonics to be Used in Data Centers Initially, Potentially Replacing Copper Wires in the Future | Industry & Economy | CNA

29.11.2025
ITRI: Silicon Photonics to be Used in Data Centers Initially, Potentially Replacing Copper Wires in the Future | Industry & Economy | CNAWith the booming application of artificial intelligence (AI), the issue of silicon photonics transmission replacing copper wires continues to gain momentum. Chang Shih-chieh, director of the Electronics and Optoelectronic Systems Research Laboratories at the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), stated...

Presto Engineering Group Acquires Garfield Microelectronics Ltd, Creating Europe's Most Comprehensive ASIC Design to Production One-Stop-Shop

27.11.2025
Presto Engineering Group Acquires Garfield Microelectronics Ltd, Creating Europe's Most Comprehensive ASIC Design to Production One-Stop-ShopMEYREUIL, France, Nov. 27, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Presto Engineering Group, a global leader in ASIC supply and semiconductor services, today announced the acquisition of Garfield Microelectronics Ltd.

The Semiconductor Cluster of the Community of Madrid gives a new boost to the microchip industry - Sevilla Buenas Noticias

27.11.2025
The Semiconductor Cluster of the Community of Madrid gives a new boost to the microchip industry - Sevilla Buenas NoticiasThe Semiconductor Innovation and Talent Center (CITT) advances its strategy by celebrating...

SpiNNcloud: Europe already possesses the technology to build AI gigafactories - Silicon Saxony

26.11.2025
SpiNNcloud: Europe already possesses the technology to build AI gigafactories - Silicon SaxonyNovember 17, 2025. Representatives of leading European semiconductor, cloud and AI companies presented their joint industrial policy proposals on Europe's role in building AI gigafactories at a meeting with the European Commission and members of the European Parliament.

U-Blox takeover by Advent is now complete.

26.11.2025
Default trend imageThe acquisition of U-Blox, a Thalwil-based provider of semiconductor components for electronic systems in the field of positioning and wireless communication, by the financial investor Advent International is now complete following the granting of all regulatory approvals. Advent now owns...

The industrial age returns: Is Europe ready?

24.11.2025
Default trend imageThe industrial age returns: Is Europe ready? Expert commentLToremark24 November 2025 Europe can achieve more than pessimists assume. But it requires alignment and political decisiveness. The 19th century German economist and political theorist Friedrich List once argued that ‘the power...

Renewable Power: STMicroelectronics And TSE Sign 15-Year PPA To Power French Sites With Solar Energy

24.11.2025
Default trend imageTSE, a leading player in solar energy and agrivoltaics in France, and STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, have signed a physical Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) to supply renewable electricity from solar...

Nano-OLED: The Swiss revolution that makes pixels invisible and opens the way to the future.

24.11.2025
Nano-OLED: The Swiss revolution that makes pixels invisible and opens the way to the future.ETH researchers are overcoming current physical limitations: 100,000 ppi displays, holography, and integration into standard chips. This is why it's an industrial revolution.

SEMI Europe issues recommendations for the next European Chips Act

22.11.2025
Default trend imageSEMI Europe issues recommendations to strengthen the European Chips Act 2.0 and address gaps in Europe’s semiconductor strategy.

#47: SEMICON Europe; Schwarz Digits invests €11 billion in AI data center; GlobalFoundries acquires AMF - Silicon Saxony

21.11.2025
Default trend imageAlso: Summit on European Digital Sovereignty & Digital Omnibus; Nexperia update; Exyte builds FabOne by Black Semiconductor

Chip Industry Week In Review

21.11.2025
Chip Industry Week In ReviewDeals, deals, deals; IC tariffs delay; chips for the Middle East; Deloitte's IC predictions; EU Chips Act; memory prices; issues in ramping advanced packaging; CXL 4.0 spec.; new university nano fab; AI legislation block.

European Chips Skills Academy Publishes 2025 Skills Strategy Report - Semiconductor Digest

21.11.2025
Default trend imageThe European Chips Skills Academy (ECSA), an European Union (EU)-funded initiative coordinated by SEMI Europe, today announced the publication of the Skills Strategy Report 2025 by DECISION Etudes & Conseil.
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