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Zero ASIC Announces Profitable 2025 Close as CEO Outlines Plans for 24-Hour Chip Design and Build Cycles
Zero ASIC CEO Andreas Olofsson announced on LinkedIn that the company will close out 2025 profitable, stating: "I'm happy to tell you that we are going to close out the year profitable! Not many semiconductor startups in history can make that claim!" In a blog article titled "Join the Chip
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IGBT Market to Reach $13.4 Billion by 2030 Amid SiC Growth and Rising Chinese Supply Chain Share
Yole Group released two new reports on insulated-gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs): “IGBT 2025 – Market & Technology Trends” and “Si IGBT Comparison 2025.” The analyses combine market modeling with detailed reverse-engineering of 44 current-generation silicon IGBT
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Global Semiconductor Equipment Billings Rise 11% Year-over-Year to $33.66 Billion in Q3 2025 Amid AI Demand
Global semiconductor equipment billings reached $33.66 billion in the third quarter of 2025, marking an 11% increase compared to the same quarter in 2024 and a 2% rise from the second quarter of 2025, according to the Worldwide Semiconductor Equipment Market Statistics (WWSEMS) Report released by
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AMD's Dr. Lisa Su Takes Helm of Semiconductor Industry Association Amid Push for U.S. Chip Leadership
The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) announced that Dr. Lisa Su, Chair and CEO of AMD, has been elected as Chair of the SIA Board of Directors. The organization represents 99% of the U.S. semiconductor industry by revenue and nearly two-thirds of non-U.S. chip firms. SIA President
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Global DRAM Revenue Surges 30.9% in Q3 2025 as Micron Gains Market Share
Global DRAM industry revenue reached $41.4 billion in the third quarter of 2025, up 30.9% from the previous quarter, according to TrendForce research. The increase stemmed from rises in conventional DRAM contract prices, higher bit shipments, and expanded high-bandwidth memory (HBM) volumes.
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Optical Satellite Communication Accelerates to $3 Billion Market by 2030 Amid Constellation Scaling
The optical satellite communication (OSC) sector is projected to reach $3 billion by 2030, driven by a surge in terminals from hundreds to thousands annually, according to a new report from Yole Group. The analysis covers the ecosystem's market acceleration, technological developments, and supply
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Nexperia Supply Chain Crisis 2025: China Export Controls and Dutch Intervention Disrupt Global Discrete Chip Flow
Nexperia, the Dutch-based manufacturer of discrete semiconductors and a wholly-owned subsidiary of China’s Wingtech Technology, continues to face severe supply chain restrictions that began in October 2025, according to official company statements and verified industry reports. The d
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Surgery-Free Brain Implants: MIT Researchers Demonstrate Autonomous Wireless Nanoelectronics That Cross Blood-Brain Barrier
MIT researchers have developed microscopic wireless electronic chips that can be injected into the arm, travel through body fluids, cross the intact blood-brain barrier, autonomously locate a target brain region, self-implant, and deliver precise electrical stimulation without any surgery.
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The Need for a Private Semiconductor Research Organization with Full Union Government Support
India's semiconductor ecosystem is expanding through the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM), which provides financial support for manufacturing, fabrication facilities, and research and development. Alongside these efforts, the government has planned to establish the Bharat Semiconduct
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India Semiconductor Push 2025: 122 Chip Designs Taped Out, 28 Student Chips Handed Over Under C2S Programme at SCL Mohali
Union Minister for Electronics & Information Technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw, on 28 November 2025 visited Semiconductor Laboratory (SCL), Mohali, and handed over 28 chips fabricated at SCL (including 600 bare dies and 600 packaged chips) to representatives of 17 academic institutions under the C
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Government Announces ₹4,500 Crore Investment for SCL Mohali Modernisation; Rules Out Privatisation
Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw and Minister of State Ravneet Singh visited the Semiconductor Laboratory (SCL) in Mohali on Friday to review ongoing modernisation activities. During the visit, Vaishnaw announced that the Government of India will i
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OKI Develops High-Accuracy Simulation Technology for High-Frequency Vias in 1.6 Tbps AI Data Center PCBs
OKI Circuit Technology (OTC), the OKI Group’s printed circuit board business company based in Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture, has developed High-Accuracy Simulation Technology for High-Frequency Vias. The technology enables precise control of via characteristics in multilayer PCBs desig
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