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Quest Global Appoints Richard Bergman as President and Global Business Head of Semiconductor Division
Quest Global, a pure-play engineering services company, has appointed Richard (Rick) Bergman as President and Global Business Head of its Semiconductor vertical. In this role, Bergman will shape the division’s long-term strategy, work to accelerate revenue growth, and strengthen rela
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DLA Piper Advises Silicon Laboratories in $7.5 Billion All-Cash Acquisition by Texas Instruments
Global law firm DLA Piper served as lead legal advisor to Silicon Laboratories Inc. in its definitive agreement to be acquired by Texas Instruments Incorporated in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately US$7.5 billion. The deal, announced on February 4, 2026, provides Silico
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Texas Instruments Agrees to Acquire Silicon Labs for $7.5 Billion in All-Cash Deal
Texas Instruments and Silicon Labs announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for Texas Instruments to acquire Silicon Labs in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $7.5 billion in enterprise value. Under the terms of the agreement, Silicon Labs stockholders wil
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Lam Research Appoints Cadence CEO Anirudh Devgan to its BoD Amid AI Semiconductor Push
Lam Research has appointed Dr. Anirudh Devgan to its board of directors, effective immediately. Dr. Devgan serves as president and chief executive officer of Cadence Design Systems, Inc., a company focused on computational software, AI, and digital twins. He joined Cadence in 2012 and has held mu
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Infineon Acquires Non-Optical Analog/Mixed-Signal Sensor Portfolio from ams OSRAM for €570 Million
Infineon Technologies AG announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the non-optical analog/mixed-signal sensor portfolio from ams OSRAM Group. The transaction carries a purchase price of €570 million on a debt-free and cash-free basis. The acquired business is expected t
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Caliber Interconnects Secures ARAI Certification for EV Chargers Amid India's Push for Local EV Infrastructure
Caliber Interconnects announced that its electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions have received certification from the Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI). The certification confirms that the company's EV charging products comply with national standards for safety, performance,
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India Announces Semiconductor Mission 2.0 in Budget 2026-27 to Target Equipment, Materials and Domestic IP
In the Union Budget for 2026-27, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the launch of India Semiconductor Mission 2.0 (ISM 2.0), building on the earlier phase of the initiative. ISM 2.0 will concentrate on semiconductor equipment, silicon IP, chemicals, and electronics components ma
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Mitsubishi Electric Announces World’s First Self-Recovery Property in Highly Oriented Pyrolytic Graphite for MEMS Vibration Resistance
Mitsubishi has confirmed the world’s first self-recovery property of highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG), a van der Waals (vdW)-layered material. The confirmation resulted from joint research with the Solid Mechanics Laboratory (Hirakata Laboratory) of Kyoto University's Graduate Scho
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Preventing Floor Vibration Impact on Nanometer-Scale Semiconductor Fabrication Facilities
Even a single hard footstep or the passage of a heavy truck near an advanced semiconductor fab can critically impair ongoing nanolithography and metrology processes if effective vibration isolation is not implemented. The precision required to fabricate chips at nanometer and sub-nanometer nodes
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IonQ Agrees to Acquire SkyWater Technology in $1.8 Billion Cash-and-Stock Deal to Build Vertically Integrated Quantum Platform
Quatum technology company IonQ and semiconductor foundry SkyWater Technology have entered into a definitive agreement for IonQ to acquire SkyWater in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at approximately $1.8 billion in total equity. Under the terms, SkyWater shareholders will receive
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NVIDIA Releases PersonaPlex: Full-Duplex Conversational AI Model with Customizable Voice and Role
On January 15, 2026, NVIDIA announced PersonaPlex, a 7-billion-parameter full-duplex speech-to-speech conversational AI model that supports simultaneous listening and speaking. The model builds on the Moshi architecture from Kyutai. It uses a single integrated system to process user audio
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Prof. Kamakoti Veezhinathan, Director of IIT Madras, Receives Padma Shri 2026 for Science and Engineering
Prof. Kamakoti Veezhinathan, Director of the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras), has been awarded the Padma Shri, one of India's highest civilian honours, in the Science and Engineering category as part of the 2026 Padma Awards announced on January 25, 2026. Dr. Kamakoti was instr
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