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Wednesday 11 November 2026
Diamond Foundry says it has grown a 200mm single-crystal diamond
Diamond Foundry has produced what it calls the first-ever single-crystal diamond measuring 200mm in diameter, according to a company blog post published on November 5, 2026. The post...
Wednesday 11 November 2026
Samsung reportedly buys four silicon photonics patents from Rockley
Samsung Electronics acquired four US silicon photonics patents from UK-based Rockley Photonics in September 2026, South Korea's Shinailbo reported on November 11, citing US...
Wednesday 11 November 2026
Nvidia's OOI architecture paves way for optical interconnects in GPUs
DIGITIMES observed that Nvidia is advancing an optics-on-interposer (OOI) architecture that moves the optical engine from an organic substrate to a silicon interposer to increase interconnect...
Wednesday 11 November 2026
Infineon says it processed functional power devices on 300mm SiC wafers
Infineon Technologies AG said on November 9, 2026, that it has processed 300mm silicon carbide (SiC) wafers into functional power devices at its fab in Villach, Austria, which it described...
Tuesday 10 November 2026
Intel looks beyond 18A and 14A to reshape computing
Intel has fallen noticeably behind rivals including Nvidia and AMD in the generative AI boom. Rather than concentrating all its resources on catching current market leaders, the company...
Tuesday 10 November 2026
Google expands eighth-generation TPU portfolio to target secure, high-context agentic AI
Google has expanded its eighth-generation TPU portfolio with the announcement of two specialized AI systems—the TPU 8tx for hardware-encrypted confidential compute and the TPU...
Tuesday 10 November 2026
Intel targets silicon photonics, in-memory computing beyond GPUs
As the global semiconductor industry continues to focus on Nvidia, Intel is looking beyond GPUs to determine where next-generation computing architectures will go. In an interview...
Tuesday 10 November 2026
Infineon bets on 800V DC for megawatt AI racks
Rising power demand at AI data centers is driving demand for power semiconductors used in server power supplies, grid equipment, and chip-level power delivery. Infineon Technologies...
Tuesday 10 November 2026
Infineon, Solum expand cooperation on HVDC power for AI data centers
Infineon Technologies and Solum have agreed to expand cooperation on high-voltage direct current (HVDC) power systems for artificial intelligence data centers, as rising computing...
Tuesday 10 November 2026
Exclusive: Quantum Motion makes 10,000-fold leap in chip integration, but qubit control remains the real test
The race to build powerful quantum computers has long revolved around an unfamiliar set of engineering challenges: maintaining delicate quantum states, operating complex cooling systems,...
Monday 9 November 2026
Onsemi drops US$2 billion Czech SiC expansion amid pressure from cheaper Chinese wafers
Onsemi has abandoned a plan to invest up to US$2 billion in end-to-end silicon carbide (SiC) production in the Czech Republic, a reversal that Czech media have linked to low-cost Chinese...
Monday 9 November 2026
US Department of Defense commits US$75 million to Halo SiC wafer expansion
The Department of Defense's Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) has offered Halo Industries, a semiconductor startup based in Santa Clara, California, a conditional loan commitment of...
Monday 9 November 2026
Exclusive: Quantum Dice challenges silicon's computing limits with 300-fold probabilistic acceleration
When an emergency call comes in, the difference between help arriving in five minutes and ten can be critical. Yet dispatching emergency vehicles across a city involves a complex calculation:...
Monday 9 November 2026
Exclusive: From quantum breakthroughs to industrial reality, UKSC weighs Britain's ambitions at London showcase
From quantum computers built on conventional silicon to semiconductor light sources promising a new generation of secure communications, the breadth of innovation on display at the...
Friday 6 November 2026
China's NSIG sees silicon wafer prices rebound, but profitability remains elusive
National Silicon Industry Group (NSIG) expects to complete its expansion to 1.2 million 300mm silicon wafers per month by the end of 2026, positioning the Chinese semiconductor materials...