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2026 Padma Awards Announcement Recognizes Semiconductor Contributions by Two IIT Professors
Among this year 2026's 113 Padma Shri recipients in the Science and Engineering category are two researchers from Indian Institutes of Technology recognized for work related to semiconductors and microelectronics: Prof. Juzer M. Vasi of IIT Bombay and Prof. Kamakoti Veezhinathan of IIT Madras.
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Global Electronics Association Appoints Dominik Grau as Vice President of Europe
The Global Electronics Association announced that Dominik Grau has joined the organization as vice president of Europe. He reports to Sanjay Huprikar, chief global officer. In the role, Grau will lead the Association’s regional strategy and operations in Europ
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QuickLogic, PQSecure Bring Reprogrammable Post-Quantum Cryptography to SoCs
QuickLogic has announced the results of a joint technical collaboration with PQSecure Technologies,
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Rapidus, Cadence Team Up on Agentic AI to Speed Up Advanced-Node SoC Design
Rapidus and Cadence have announced a collaboration aimed at advancing agentic AI for advanced-node system-on-chip (SoC) design by integrating the Cadence InnoStack AI Super Agent into the Rapidus AI-Agentic Design Solution (Raads). The partnership combines Rapidus's AI-native design and man
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LG Chem Enters Semiconductor Stripper Market With Mass Supply Deal to Amkor
LG Chem announced on July 16 that it has begun mass production and supply of semiconductor strippers to Amkor Technology, marking the company's first entry into the semiconductor stripper market and a step forward in its broader strategy to expand its semiconductor materials business. <
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ChipAgents' AI Platform Helps Whalechip Slash Chip Debugging Time from Days to Minutes
ChipAgents, a provider of Agentic AI platforms for the semiconductor design industry, has announced that Whalechip successfully deployed its AI-powered platform, which delivered immediate results during a recent critical chip debugging effort. Using ChipAgents, Whalechip's engineering team was ab
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Samsung Unveils Flex Titanium Technology for Next-Generation Foldable Displays
Samsung Electronics has unveiled its new Flex Titanium technology, designed for the next generation of Galaxy foldable devices. Built on seven generations of foldable display innovation, the redesigned display structure uses advances in both materials and structural engineering to deliver a more
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SEMI, Global Semiconductor Equipment Sales on Track to Hit Record $229 Billion by 2028
Global sales of total semiconductor manufacturing equipment by original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are forecast to reach a record $165.9 billion in 2026, a 23.2% year-over-year increase, according to SEMI's latest Mid-Year Total Semiconductor Equipment Forecast – OEM Perspective. That g
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Intel Foundry Begins High-Volume Production Using ASML's High NA EUV Technology
ASML Holding N.V. has announced that Intel Foundry is now using ASML's High NA EUV technology on the Intel 18A process node to produce a subset of its Intel Core Ultra Series 3 processors, code-named Panther Lake. The milestone marks an important step in proving High NA EUV readiness within an
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Australia, Japan, U.S. and Alcoa Greenlight Gallium Production Plant in Western Australia
The governments and industry partners of Australia, Japan, and the United States, together with Alcoa Corporation, have announced a final investment decision to build a gallium production plant co-located at Alcoa's Wagerup alumina r
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Kandou AI Licenses Baya Systems' Fabric IP to Address the AI Memory Wall
Baya Systems, a provider of software-defined fabric IP for AI and high-performance computing, and Kandou AI, a developer of high-speed connectivity technology for AI infrastructure, have announced a strategic IP licensing agreement.
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Embedder, Verkor Team Up to Connect AI Chip Design With AI-Driven Firmware Development
Embedder, an AI coding agent for firmware and embedded systems, and Verkor, the company behind the autonomous chip design system Conductor, have announced a partnership linking AI-driven silicon design with AI-driven firmware development. Together, the two companies aim to cover the full developm
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