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ASML admits Chinese data theft may have broken export controls
ASML admits Chinese data theft may have broken export controls
News |
The world’s leading supplier of lithography equipment, ASML Holding NV (Veldhoven, The Netherlands), has lost technology secrets to a, now,…
Universal memory startup formed in the UK
Universal memory startup formed in the UK
Business news |
Quinas Technology Ltd. (Lancaster, England) has been formed to develop a ‘universal’ non-volatile memory called UltraRAM, which has been in…
Building solar cells on the Moon
Building solar cells on the Moon
Technology News |
Researchers at rocket company Blue Origin in the US has made solar cells and transmission wires from the same materials…
Globalfoundries, Amkor partner for European OSAT
Globalfoundries, Amkor partner for European OSAT
Partners |
US packaging firm Amkor Technologies Inc. (Tempe, Ariz.) has formed a European partnership with GlobalFoundries Inc. Under the arrangement foundry…

Sakuu 3D prints patterned batteries
Sakuu 3D prints patterned batteries
Technology News |
Sakuu has successfully and consistently 3D printed fully functioning lithium metal batteries in custom shapes and sizes. These batteries were printed as patterned cells containing patterned openings for thermal management,…
CSEM opens Swiss Battery Innovation Hub
CSEM opens Swiss Battery Innovation Hub
Business news |
Swiss research group CSEM has opened a Battery Innovation Hub (BIH) in Neuchâtel to boost technology development and the local supply chain. The centre will bring together interdisciplinary teams to…
TI to build next 300mm fab in Utah
TI to build next 300mm fab in Utah
Business news |
Texas Instruments is to build its next 300mm semiconductor wafer fab in Lehi, Utah, alongside the plant it acquired from Micron in 2021. Once completed, TI’s two Lehi fabs will operate as a…
US battery plan launch raises trade tensions
US battery plan launch raises trade tensions
Business news |
The US has launched an action plan for lithium ion battery production with 26 recommendations for boosting the domestic supply chain of batteries and materials that is set to create…
3D printing smart contact lens AR displays
3D printing smart contact lens AR displays
Technology News |
Researchers in Korea have developed a technique to 3D print the display on a smart contact lens. The Smart 3D Printing Research Team at KERI in Changwon, led by Dr.
Thin film SiC beats diamond with record thermal conductivity
Thin film SiC beats diamond with record thermal conductivity
Technology News |
Researchers in Japan have shown that the thermal conductivity of thin films of cubic 3C-silicon carbide can be higher than diamond. The team, led by Associate Professor Jianbo Liang and…
Compact optical subsystems for telecoms and LiDAR
Compact optical subsystems for telecoms and LiDAR
New Products |
Coherent has launched a range of ultracompact optical amplifiers that are 2.5mm high for high-speed telecom transceivers and LiDAR sensors. The family includes a micro-pump laser, a variable optical attenuator, and…
Exhaust technology reduces pollutant motor emissions
Exhaust technology reduces pollutant motor emissions
Technology News |
Process brings cold-running phase of truck engines to almost zero…
GloFo Chengdu fab site could pass to Tsingua Unigroup
GloFo Chengdu fab site could pass to Tsingua Unigroup
Business news |
Struggling Chinese chip conglomerate Tsinghua Unigroup could be about to take on Globalfoundries’ wafer fab site in Chengdu, China, according to Digitimes. Digitimes reports that Chengdu has reportedly gone to…
Pragmatic CEO tells UK government, support us or we leave
Pragmatic CEO tells UK government, support us or we leave
News |
Scott White, CEO of Pragmatic Semiconductor, is the latest chip boss to signal to the UK government that it must provide an economic support program or his company will relocate.
Power electronics training uses virtual manufacturing
Power electronics training uses virtual manufacturing
Business news |
SemiWise in Scotland is leading a consortium to develop training for power electronics engineers using virtual manufacturing techniques. A grant of £345,000 from Innovate UK will see Glasgow-based SemiWise use…
Wafer shipments hit all-time high in 2022
Wafer shipments hit all-time high in 2022
Market news |
Worldwide silicon wafer shipments in 2022 increased 3.9 percent on an annual basis to 14,713 million square inches (MSI), according to industry body SEMI. The wafer revenue rose 9.5 percent…
European lead for Semiconductor Sustainability Consortium
European lead for Semiconductor Sustainability Consortium
Business news |
Industry group Semi has elected the leadership for its Semiconductor Climate Consortium (SCC) Governing Council and its Chair and Vice-Chair with key roles from companies in Europe. Beginning their terms immediately,…
Report: Intel requires €10 billion subsidy for German fab
Report: Intel requires €10 billion subsidy for German fab
News |
Intel has said that €10 billion in subsidy is now required for it to go ahead with a wafer fab project in Magdeburg, Germany, according to a Handelsblatt report. It…
onsemi takes full ownership of East Fishkill 300mm wafer fab
onsemi takes full ownership of East Fishkill 300mm wafer fab
Business news |
onsemi has completed its acquisition of GlobalFoundries’ (GF’s) 300 mm East Fishkill New York site and fabrication facility. The transaction added more than 1,000 world-class technologists and engineers to onsemi…
TSMC’s sales growth slows as UMC’s sales decline
TSMC’s sales growth slows as UMC’s sales decline
Market news |
Sales at leading foundry TSMC in January grew year-on-year but at a lower rate than in previous months, while fellow Taiwanese foundry UMC saw its January sales decline both sequentially…
GM signs first long term supply deal direct with GlobalFoundries
GM signs first long term supply deal direct with GlobalFoundries
Business news |
Highlighting the shifting relationships in the semiconductor industry, General Motors has signed a long term supply deal directly with foundry GlobalFoundries rather than the chip designers. GM had been threatening…
Enel shows progress on Europe’s largest solar panel factory
Enel shows progress on Europe’s largest solar panel factory
Business news |
Italian energy firm Enel is showing the progress of its 3Sun solar panel manufacturing plant in Catania, Sicily. Enel says the €600m expansion of the plant will create Europe’s largest…
Architecture combines quantum modules for scalable computers
Architecture combines quantum modules for scalable computers
Technology News |
Researchers in the UK have developed a way to combine quantum computing modules to build two large computer systems in Germany. Trapped ion quantum chips currently provide around 100 qubits…
Linton Crystal brings solar equipment back to the US
Linton Crystal brings solar equipment back to the US
Business news |
Linton Crystal Technologies (LCT) is to bring production of its semiconductor and solar manufacturing equipment back to the US. The company is headquartered in Rochester, New York, but Chinese owned.
UK government restructures business, science and technology
UK government restructures business, science and technology
Business news |
The UK government has split its business ministries into four and removed the role of industrial strategy. “A new Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, has been tasked with…
IMEC semiconductor roadmap shows end of metal-pitch scaling
IMEC semiconductor roadmap shows end of metal-pitch scaling
News |
The IMEC research institute has published a roadmap graphic that shows semiconductor scaling continuing on from a nominal 2nm node to reach higher densities in 2036 However, the roadmap shows…
Pressure grows for a UK semiconductor strategy
Pressure grows for a UK semiconductor strategy
Feature articles |
Pressure is growing for the UK government to publish its long delayed semiconductor strategy. An influential UK Parliament committee has criticized the government’s response to its call for publication, while…
US snaps up Swedish SiC equipment maker
US snaps up Swedish SiC equipment maker
Business news |
Veeco Instruments in the US has acquired Epiluvac, a Swedish maker of chemical vapor deposition (CVD) epitaxy systems for silicon carbide (SiC) device manufacturing in a deal worth up to…


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