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Lyptus Technologies acquires Aarohin Technologies to enhance ESL modeling
Bengaluru based Lyptus Technologies, a provider of semiconductor design and verification solutions, has announced the acquisition of Aarohin Technologies, a company focused on Electronic System Level (ESL) modeling and virtual prototyping. The move expands Lyptus Technologies’ capabilities
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Tactical Resources Appoints Thristian Michel and Steve Vanry to Key Roles
Tactical Resources, a U.S. focused rare earth elements development company, has appointed Steve Vanry as senior advisor and Thristian Michel as manager of business development for Texas. The appointments are meant to strengthen both the company's corporate leadership
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GCT Semiconductor partners to enhance next-generation UAV control and communications
GCT Semiconductor Holding, a designer and supplier of 5G semiconductors used to support wireless connectivity in AI data infrastructure, has announced a strategic partnership and license agreement with a leading infrastructure provider serving utilities and IoT market
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Agentrys secures $24.5 million for agentic design automation in chipmaking
Agentrys, a startup focused on automating and continuously improving chip design, announced that it has raised $24.5 million in funding. The total includes an oversubscribed $19.1 million seed round led by Etna Labs, following an earlier $5.4 million pre-seed round le
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Maglut Heavy Industries emerges from stealth to boost US rare earth processing
Maglut Heavy Industries, a company developing a chromatography-based platform to process and refine rare earth elements domestically, announced today that it is emerging from stealth. The announcement was made in Long Beach, California.Rare earth elements are
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MIPS Becomes RISC-V International Premier Member and Appoints CTO as Board Vice Chairman for Physical AI Platforms
MIPS, by GF, today announced it is now a Premier Member of RISC-V International, with Yankin Tanurhan, SVP & CTO of MIPS, by GF, appointed as Vice Chairman of the RISC-V International Board. The milestone advances GF and MIPS leadership in the open standards and semiconductor technologies req
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Rigaku and Tohoku University launch X-ray metrology research institute
Rigaku Corporation and Tohoku University established the Rigaku-Tohoku University Co-Creation Research Institute for X-ray Metrology: Beyond The Limits at Tohoku University on August 1, 2026. The Institute will advance X-ray metrology technology, develop new metrology methods, and foster the next
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Applied Materials names Akash Palkhiwala to Board of Directors
Applied Materials has appointed Akash Palkhiwala to its board of directors. Palkhiwala currently serves as chief financial officer and chief operating officer of Qualcomm, bringing extensive financial and operational leadership experience within the computing and tech
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NXP Semiconductors expands assembly and test site in Malaysia
NXP Semiconductors held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new assembly and test (A&T) plant in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, marking an expansion of its existing site there. The event brought together government representatives, b
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Real Intent Riven AI Agent enhances static sign-off speed by 10X
Real Intent, announced the launch of its Riven Sign-Off AI Agent on July 23, 2026, in Sunnyvale, California, designed to help design and verification engineers reach sign-off up to ten times faster across all of Real Intent's s
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Axiado named 2026 Cybersecurity Innovation Leader at Tech Ascension Awards
Axiado has been named a Cybersecurity Innovation Leader in the 2026 Tech Ascension Cybersecurity Awards, receiving an Honorable Mention for Excellence in Hardware-Rooted AI Security for its Trusted Control/Compute Unit (TCU). T
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Axiomise verifies Bluespec's RISC-V cores using formalISA and footprint tools
Axiomise, a UK-based formal verification company, used its formalISA and footprint tools, both part of its axiomiser platform, to verify the latest RISC-V processor core from Bluespec Inc. Axiomise integrated Bluespec's core into its formalISA application and, within
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