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From Gem Diamonds to Tech Revolution: LattiSpec Founders on the Dawn of the Tech Diamond Age
Marty Hurwitz and Liz Chatelain, founders of LattiSpec, have spent more than two decades immersed in the world of lab-grown diamonds. What began in 2004 as work focused on gem-quality stones for the jewelry trade has evolved into a mission to connect diamond growers with technology developers acr
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Silicon Sovereignty: How One Indian Company Is Racing to Localize Semiconductor Crystal Growth Technology
A decade-old company is trying to close one of the most overlooked gaps in India's semiconductor and solar ambitions, the crystal growth technology that turns raw silicon into usable wafers. India's semiconductor strategy has largely centered on fabrication plants and chip
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Three Ex-Synopsys Engineers, One Trillion-Dollar Bet: Inside CaretEDA's Open Source, AI-Native Approach to Chip Design
Three former Synopsys colleagues have joined forces to launch CaretEDA, a startup betting that agentic AI and open source tools can make chip design faster, cheaper, and more accessible — without compromising the rigor the semiconductor industry demands. In a wide-ranging conversation with
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Cystar, Incergo and Visual Semiconductor Partner on Glasses-Free 3D 8K Television
Cystar, Incergo, and Visual Semiconductor have announced a collaboration to develop a 65-inch, 8K glasses-free 3D television for the home, using Visual Semiconductor's proprietary GF3D technology.
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From 98% Imported to 98% Local: How Felcon and Four-C-Tron Are Building India's Semiconductor Cleanroom Ecosystem
For more than three decades, UK-based cleanroom specialist Felcon Limited and Bengaluru-based Four-C-Tron have quietly built some of India's most important semiconductor infrastructure starting with the country's earliest wafer fab and continuing through today's wave of OSAT facilities an
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Talent, Process, and Innovation: How Caliber Interconnect is Powering Semiconductor Growth
Coimbatore-based Caliber Interconnect has grown into a significant player in the semiconductor supply chain, expanding its workforce from around 500 to nearly 1,000 employees in recent years. In an exclusive interview with Srinivasa Reddy N., Editor-in-Chief of EEHerald, CEO and Founder Suresh
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It's Not the US, China, Taiwan, or Japan — It's Korea Becoming the Semiconductor Superpower Now
South Korea: An Empire Built on Memory Walk into any conversation about the AI hardware race and the reflex is to talk about Nvidia, TSMC, or the latest export-control fight between Washington and Beijing. But the company that actually posted the largest quarterly operatin
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India semiconductor company grows Lithium Niobate Single Crystal
Lithium Niobate single crystal is considered the "silicon of photonics" because it brings essential properties like the electro-optic and piezoelectric effects that silicon inherently lacks. By combining them, engineers create ultra-fast, highly efficient, and compact optical circuits crucial for
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How Applied Materials Built a Two-Headed Engine in Singapore and India
The first installment of our series profiles Applied Materials—a legacy giant making massive waves in the Indian semiconductor ecosystem. As proud participants in “CoseIn 2026” (organized by IISc Bangalore, with “EE Herald” serving as Media Partner), we wan
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IBM Announces World's First Sub-1nm Chip Technology with Nanostack Architecture
IBM has unveiled the world's first sub-1 nanometer chip technology, featuring a transistor architecture at 0.7 nanometers or 7 angstroms, a scale approaching the size of individual atoms. The technology is built around a new "nanostack" 3D architecture developed through advances in thin die
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The Silicon Bridge: A Socio-Technical Blueprint for the US-India Semiconductor Partnership
As the global electronics industry pivots toward a "trusted geography" model, the strategic alignment between the United States and India has transcended traditional trade diplomacy. By 2026, this partnership—anchored by the iCET, TRUST framework an
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UMC’s Strategic Pivot: Specialty Leadership, Global Diversification, and Competitive Reality vs. TSMC, Samsung & SMIC
UMC is not chasing TSMC at 3nm. It is doing something arguably more useful for most design teams: building a deep, stable portfolio at 22–12nm where cost, longevity, and supply predictability matter most. Here is what you need to know.Why mature nodes still matter for most desi
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