Ion implantation system maker Axcelis Technologies Inc of Beverly, MA, USA and epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA have entered into a definitive agreement to combine in an...
NUBURU Inc of Centennial, CO, USA — which was founded in 2015 and developed and previously manufactured high-power industrial blue lasers — has implemented a dual-CEO structure, complementing Alessandro Zamboni’s role as executive...
In a discovery that bridges a century of physics, scientists have observed a phenomenon, once thought to be the domain of inorganic metal oxides, thriving within a glowing organic semiconductor molecule. This work, led by the University...
Molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) system maker Riber S.A. of Bezons, France has confirmed a 22% drop in revenue from €13.7m in first-half 2024 to €10.7m for first-half 2025, reflecting a delivery schedule that is concentrated into second-half...
Photonic integration firm Photon Bridge of Eindhoven, The Netherlands is collaborating with transceiver maker PICadvanced of Ílhavo Portugal to showcase prototype transceivers built using its multi-material integrated photonics platform...
South Korea recorded its highest ever semiconductor exports in September, official data showed Wednesday, despite growing pressure from US tariffs and other restrictions on the crucial sector.
The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) has announced up to $6m in federal funding available for R&D projects to help establish a secure domestic supply chain for gallium...
When Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared India's "late entry" into the global semiconductor race, he pinned hopes on pioneers such as Vellayan Subbiah to create a chip innovation hub.
Photonic integration firm Photon Bridge of Eindhoven, The Netherlands has debuted its integrated tunable laser photonic integrated circuit (PIC), powered by its patented cantilever waveguide coupling technology (which combines III-V...
Taiwan "will not agree" to making 50% of its semiconductors in the United States, the island's lead tariff negotiator said Wednesday, as Washington pressures Taipei to produce more chips on US soil.
Nuburu Inc of Centennial, CO, USA — which was founded in 2015 and developed and previously manufactured high-power industrial blue lasers — has announced a quarterly update on its business performance, strategic initiatives, and outlook...
From texting on a smart phone to ordering train tickets at a kiosk, touch screens are ubiquitous and, in most cases, relatively reliable. But for people who are blind or visually impaired and use electronic braille devices, the...
Infineon Technologies AG of Munich, Germany has expanded its CoolSiC MOSFETs 400V G2 portfolio with the top-side-cooled (TSC) TOLT package as well as the TO-247-3 and TO-247-4 packages. In addition, three new products in the TOLL package...
Wolfspeed Inc of Durham, NC, USA — which makes silicon carbide (SiC) materials and power semiconductor devices — has completed its financial restructuring process and emergence from Chapter 11 protection...
Epirus Inc of Torrance, CA, USA says that, in an invitation-only demonstration on 26 August at Camp Atterbury, Indiana (attended by representatives from throughout the US Department of Defense, other US Government agencies and nine...
The board of directors of nanoelectronics research center imec of Leuven, Belgium has appointed Patrick Vandenameele as CEO. Effective 1 April 2026, he will succeed Luc Van den hove, who (after 17 years as CEO) will then become chair of...
In booth C1130 at the European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2025) in Copenhagen, Denmark (29 September–1 October), CORNERSTONE Photonics Innovation Centre (C-PIC), formed in 2014 and the UK’s dedicated Innovation and...
Mining exploration company Nimy Resources Ltd of Perth, Western Australia has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with Nevada-based M2i Global Inc (Minerals Metals Initiatives) for the sale of gallium from Nimy’s Block 3...
On stand #C2421 at the European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2025) at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Denmark (29 September–1 October), Lumentum Holdings Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (which designs and makes optical and photonic...
Private rare-earths exploration and process development company US Critical Materials Corp of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA has announced a strategic advisory alliance with GreenMet, a Washington DC-based firm specializing in critical...
On stand #C4134 at the European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2025) in Copenhagen, Denmark (28 September–2 October), data infrastructure semiconductor solutions provider Marvell Technology Inc of Santa Clara, CA, USA is...
Photonic integration firm PHOTON IP of Eindhoven, The Netherlands has announced its new brand identity as Photon Bridge, and appointed Paul Marchal as its new chief executive officer...
At the European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2025) in Copenhagen, Denmark (29 September–1 October), the Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF), together with 35 participating member companies, is demonstrating how multi-vendor...
In booth C4107 at the European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2025) in Copenhagen, Denmark (29 September–1 October), TRUMPF Photonic Components GmbH of Ulm, Germany (part of the TRUMPF Group) — which makes vertical-cavity...
In a live demo in booth C4107 at the European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2025) in Copenhagen, Denmark (29 September–1 October), TRUMPF Photonic Components GmbH of Ulm, Germany (part of the TRUMPF Group) is unveiling its...
Led by STMicroelectronics of Geneva, Switzerland, the STARLight consortium — consisting of 24 technology companies and universities from 11 European Union countries — has been selected by the European Commission under the EU CHIPS Joint...
Inside the microchips powering the device you're reading this on, the atoms have a hidden order all their own. A team led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and George Washington University has confirmed that atoms...
Xerion Advanced Battery Corp of Kettering, OH, USA, which develops and manufactures next-generation battery components and critical minerals, is expanding its critical minerals refinement portfolio after recently demonstrating the...
A Texas A&M University chemical engineering professor is helping chart the path for micro light-emitting diode displays—known as micro-LEDs—that could transform how future electronic devices are experienced.
Intel Corp. has approached Apple Inc. about securing an investment in the ailing chipmaker, according to people familiar with the matter, part of efforts to bolster a business that's now partially owned by the US government.
Infineon Technologies AG of Munich, Germany and ROHM Co Ltd of Kyoto, Japan have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on packages for silicon carbide (SiC) power semiconductors used in applications such as on-board...
Filtronic plc of Sedgefield and Leeds, UK — which designs and manufactures RF and millimeter-wave (mmWave) transmit & receive components and subsystems — is launching the latest development in solid-state power amplifiers (SSPAs)...
Cree LED Inc of Durham, NC, USA (a Penguin Solutions brand) and ADJ Products LLC have reached a mutually beneficial settlement resolving a patent infringement dispute involving Cree LED’s patents related to LED components commonly used...
UNSW Sydney nano-tech startup Diraq has shown its quantum chips aren't just lab-perfect prototypes—they also hold up in real-world production, maintaining the 99% accuracy needed to make quantum computers viable.
Power Integrations Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (which provides high-voltage integrated circuits for energy-efficient power conversion) says that Sandeep Nayyar (its chief financial officer since 2010) is leaving the firm (effective 4...
Alibaba announced on Wednesday a "milestone collaboration" in AI tech with US chip giant Nvidia that the Chinese company said will accelerate its development of humanoid robots.
NUBURU Inc of Centennial, CO, USA — which was founded in 2015 and developed and previously manufactured high-power industrial blue lasers — has signed an agreement with an as-yet unnamed key strategic partner to establish a framework for...
Lumentum Holdings Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (which designs and makes optical and photonic products for optical networks and lasers for industrial and consumer markets) has announced its speaker line-up for the European Conference on...
With the ability to print metal structures with complex shapes and unique mechanical properties, metal additive manufacturing (AM) could be revolutionary. However, without a better understanding of how metal AM structures behave as they...
Researchers at National Taiwan University have developed biodegradable MXene–bamboo paper electrodes that combine flexibility, waterproof stability, and tunable conductivity. Encapsulated in a breathable Ecoflex layer, these scalable...
The smaller electronic components become, the more complex their manufacture becomes. This has been a major problem for the chip industry for years. At TU Wien, researchers have now succeeded for the first time in manufacturing a...
US-based Raytheon (a business of aerospace & defense company RTX of Arlington, VA) has unveiled the APG-82(V)X as the latest iteration of its combat-proven APG-82 radar. The new radar variant incorporates gallium nitride (GaN) technology...
Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath, near Aachen, Germany has shipped its 100th G10-SiC system, underscoring the market demand for its G10-SiC epitaxy batch technology over the last three years since its launch...
Infineon Technologies AG of Munich, Germany is providing CoolGaN power transistors to Taiwan-based Universal Microelectronics Co Ltd (UMEC) for its new 250W adapter for networking Power over Ethernet (PoE) applications...
Analog computers, computing systems that represent data as continuous physical quantities, such as voltage, frequency or vibrations, can be significantly more energy-efficient than digital computers, which represent data as binary states...
Micro/nanotechnology R&D center CEA-Leti of Grenoble, France and CNRS–CRHEA (Centre for Research on Heteroepitaxy and its Applications) in Sophia Antipolis, France (which specializes in epitaxial growth of wide-bandgap semiconductor...
Photonic simulation CAD software developer Photon Design Ltd of Oxford, UK is exhibiting in booth C4238 at the European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2025) in Copenhagen, Denmark (28 September–2 October)...
Advanced materials company Space Forge Inc (which operates from Florida’s Space Coast) has signed a strategic memorandum of understanding (MoU) with United Semiconductors LLC (which specializes in bulk crystal growth and substrate...
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With the rapid development of wearable electronics, neurorehabilitation, and brain-machine interfaces in recent years, there has been an urgent need for methods to conformally wrap thin-film electronic devices onto biological tissues to...