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Chipmaking equipment supplier Lam Research to spend $3B+ on new labs - SiliconANGLE

15.08.2026
Chipmaking equipment supplier Lam Research to spend $3B+ on new labs - SiliconANGLEChipmaking equipment supplier Lam Research to spend $3B+ on new labs - SiliconANGLE

India trains over 68,000 students in semiconductor design; 254 chip designs taped out under C2S programme

14.08.2026
India trains over 68,000 students in semiconductor design; 254 chip designs taped out under C2S programmeMore than 68,000 students have been trained in semiconductor chip design and 254 chip designs have been successfully taped out under the government's Chips to Start-ups (C2S) Programme as per the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. The programme is...

Republic of Korea to launch $3.5bn chip fund, speed development of semiconductor hubs

10.08.2026
Republic of Korea to launch $3.5bn chip fund, speed development of semiconductor hubsRepublic of Korea will launch a 5tn won ($3.52 bn) semiconductor fund targeting promising chip materials, parts, equipment and fabless companies, a presidenti...

TSMC and Sony to invest billions in advanced chip sensor plant

10.08.2026
TSMC and Sony to invest billions in advanced chip sensor plantSony Corp. and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) are planning to invest around $6.3 billion (€5.4bn) in a joint venture to produce advanced image sensors in Japan, according to Nikkei.

The world's first diamond-powered portable quantum computer works at room temperature and can even be plugged into a regular wall outlet

09.08.2026
The world's first diamond-powered portable quantum computer works at room temperature and can even be plugged into a regular wall outletA German startup just cracked a decade-long barrier standing in the way of stable qubits

Tyndall hails record year as three chip start-ups launched

09.08.2026
Tyndall hails record year as three chip start-ups launchedThree Tyndall spin-out companies were selected for the inaugural ChipStart EU Programme, Europe's first incubator dedicated to semiconductor ...

Imperial Engineers Build A Reconfigurable Photonic Quantum Chip

08.08.2026
Imperial Engineers Build A Reconfigurable Photonic Quantum ChipImperial engineers debuted Clavina, a new architecture for photonic quantum computing, combining linear & nonlinear operations.

AMD Acquires Taalas to Advance Compute Solutions for Rapidly Growing AI Inference Market - HPCwire

07.08.2026
Default trend imageSANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 7, 2026 — AMD has announced it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Taalas, a pioneer in specialized AI inference silicon. As AI inference becomes one of the fastest-growing segments of the AI market and...

Wafer fab equipment market heads for $220B by 2031 - Bits&Chips

03.08.2026
Default trend imageThe global wafer fab equipment market is entering a new expansion phase that will lift annual sales at a 9-percent CAGR from 129 billion dollars in 2025 to almost 220 billion dollars by 2031, according to a new report from...

IBM and The University of Chicago Demonstrate Quantum Advantage - Semiconductor Digest

31.07.2026
IBM and The University of Chicago Demonstrate Quantum Advantage - Semiconductor DigestScientists used a new error correction method to encode 70 logical qubits and crack a classically intractable problem.

Lumentum CEO warns of impending bottleneck on critical material used for silicon photonics — fab and material shortfall already lags 30% below customer needs as co-packaged optics demand skyrockets

31.07.2026
Lumentum CEO warns of impending bottleneck on critical material used for silicon photonics — fab and material shortfall already lags 30% below customer needs as co-packaged optics demand skyrocketsNvidia put $2 billion each into Lumentum and Coherent. Between them, they hold most of the world's indium phosphide capacity.

Kioxia Introduces First PCIe 6.0 Enterprise SSDs Utilizing 10th Generation BiCS FLASH 3D Memory

30.07.2026
Default trend imageSAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kioxia has introduced its first PCIe 6.0 enterprise SSD.

BMW cuts 8,000 jobs and hands its car compute to Qualcomm

29.07.2026
BMW cuts 8,000 jobs and hands its car compute to QualcommBMW will cut about 8,000 German jobs as China sales slump, the same week it named Qualcomm the single supplier of its cars’ compute for the next decade.

ZuriQ Raises $25.5M to Scale New Groundbreaking 2D Quantum Architecture - Semiconductor Digest

28.07.2026
Default trend imageThe ETH Zürich spin-out is building trapped-ion processors on a novel two-dimensional architecture. The new funding will grow the team and expand its research efforts as the company works to increase the number of qubits it can put on a...

QPerfect And University Of Strasbourg Partner To Support France's First Public Neutral-Atom Quantum Computing Platform

27.07.2026
QPerfect And University Of Strasbourg Partner To Support France's First Public Neutral-Atom Quantum Computing PlatformBTQ Technologies announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, QPerfect, has entered into a research collaboration with the University of Strasbourg in support of aQCess, France's first publicly accessible neutral atom quantum computing platform. The aQCess platform, led by co-coordinators Shannon...

New Quantum Material and Chip Architecture Tackle a Key Barrier to Scaling Quantum Computers Towards 1M Qubits - Semiconductor Digest

27.07.2026
Default trend imageA new concept from Warwick researchers could help solve one of the biggest challenges to building large-scale quantum computers: enabling communication between quantum bits (qubits) over long distances across a single chip.

Siemens and NVIDIA Target More Verifiable AI-Driven Outcomes in Chip and PCB Engineering

27.07.2026
Default trend image(IN BRIEF) Siemens has expanded its strategic partnership with NVIDIA to advance self-verifying agentic AI workflows for semiconductor and PCB design. The collaboration combines ...

What now for the Arm Cortex-M microcontroller?

27.07.2026
What now for the Arm Cortex-M microcontroller?The evolution of AI is seeing the advent of a new generation of accelerators that change the balance of Arm embedded systems.

FAMES Pilot Line & SiNANO Institute to Present FAMES' Latest Technical Results at ESSERC 2026 in Palma de Mallorca, Spain - Semiconductor Digest

23.07.2026
Default trend imageSept. 7, 2026 workshop will feature comprehensive technical update, spanning advanced FD-SOI nodes, embedded memories, RF filters, 3D integration and power management ICs.

TSMC Forecasts Robust, Long-Term AI Chip Demand Amid Arizona Expansion

20.07.2026
Default trend imageTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) anticipates a sustained, vigorous demand for artificial intelligence (AI) chips over the coming years, coinciding with its escalation of investments in Arizona. The semiconductor giant's strategic move involves bolstering its presence in the United States...
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