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Monday 22 December 2025
AP Memory sets 2026 mass production timeline for S-SiCap discrete silicon capacitors

AP Memory is expanding into AI servers and high-performance computing, with its S-SiCap roadmap delivering concrete progress. Fourth-generation...

Monday 22 December 2025
Column: 2D materials struggle to deliver on semiconductor scaling promise
The isolation of graphene in 2004 sparked widespread expectations that two-dimensional (2D) materials could fundamentally reshape electronic devices. Graphene and transition metal...
Sunday 21 December 2025
Taiwan academics seek to break through SiPh yield bottlenecks
Cloud computing, GenAI, and high-performance computing continue to drive bandwidth and energy efficiency demands. Line rates have now been pushed beyond 100–200Gbps. The intense...
Friday 19 December 2025
Taiwan makes silicon photonics a pillar of its new national AI strategy

Taiwan is seeking to anchor itself at the center of the next wave of artificial intelligence infrastructure, with silicon photonics elevated...

Friday 19 December 2025
Onsemi and GlobalFoundries sign agreement to develop 650V GaN power devices
Onsemi has signed a collaboration agreement with GlobalFoundries to develop and manufacture next-generation gallium nitride (GaN) power devices, expanding its power semiconductor...
Thursday 18 December 2025
Amazon centralizes AGI, silicon, and quantum under Peter DeSantis
Amazon has launched a restructuring of its artificial intelligence operations, folding artificial general intelligence, in-house chip development, and quantum computing into a single...
Wednesday 17 December 2025
Rapidus unveils glass interposer to challenge TSMC
Rapidus, Japan's state-backed chipmaker, has developed a prototype glass interposer for artificial intelligence chips. The company says the technology could lower production costs...
Wednesday 17 December 2025
MSScorps eyes rebound as angstrom-era and silicon photonics demand surges
MSScorps signaled a business recovery on Wednesday following a midyear lull, citing surging demand for angstrom-era semiconductor manufacturing and silicon photonics as key drivers...
Friday 12 December 2025
Photonics suppliers dominate Taiwan's semiconductor growth rankings on CPO momentum
Silicon photonics is emerging as the strongest growth engine within Taiwan's semiconductor manufacturing sector.
Tuesday 9 December 2025
UMC licenses Imec SiPh tech, plans risk production in 2026-27
UMC announced on December 8, 2025, that it has signed a technology licensing agreement with Belgium-based Imec to acquire the Imec iSiPP300 silicon photonics (SiPh) process. This...
Tuesday 9 December 2025
South Korea signs MoU with Arm Holdings to establish 'Arm School' for IC design education
The South Korean government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Arm Holdings, the UK-based silicon IP provider, to establish an educational institution tentatively...
Tuesday 9 December 2025
Samsung moves to narrow gap with TSMC as silicon photonics race heats up
Samsung Electronics is accelerating development of silicon photonics (SiPh) technology in an effort to solve bottlenecks in advanced AI processors and narrow the competitive gap with...
Friday 5 December 2025
Brightek's new plant to power 2026 growth with robots, drones, and silicon photonics
Brightek's newly opened Nantong plant in China is set to drive revenue growth with smart sensing, automotive lighting, and integrated chip LEDs (IC LED). According to general manager...
Thursday 4 December 2025
Samsung teases Exynos 2600 as Galaxy S26 faces backlash from chip split
Samsung, on December 3, confirmed its next-generation Exynos 2600 mobile processor in an official teaser video, signaling a renewed commitment to in-house silicon for the upcoming...
Wednesday 3 December 2025
BizLink to acquire XFS Communications, expand optical interconnect business

BizLink said on December 1 that it signed a definitive agreement to acquire Shenzhen-based XFS Communications, aiming to expand its optical...