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Global OLED Monitor Shipments Rise 65% YoY in Q3 2025 – ASUS Takes Lead from Samsung
According to TrendForce, global OLED monitor shipments reached 644,000 units in the third quarter of 2025, reflecting a 12% increase quarter-over-quarter and a 65% increase year-over-year. The research firm projects total 2025 OLED monitor shipments to reach 2.62 million units, representin
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GlobalFoundries Acquires Singapore’s Advanced Micro Foundry, Becomes Largest Pure-Play Silicon Photonics Foundry
GlobalFoundries (NASDAQ: GFS) has acquired Advanced Micro Foundry Pte Ltd (AMF), a Singapore-based silicon photonics specialty foundry. The acquisition incorporates AMF’s 200mm manufacturing assets, intellectual property portfolio, and workforce into GF. It positions GlobalFoundries
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Global Semiconductor Market to Hit $743B in 2025 as U.S. Reaches 56% Share – China Targets 10% by 2030, Yole Group Reports
Yole Group has published two reports analyzing the 2025 semiconductor landscape: Overview of the Semiconductor Devices Industry – H2 2025 and China Semiconductor Industry 2025. Global semiconductor device revenues are forecast to reach US$743 billion in 2025, representing a 14% year-
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Panasonic EVP-BV Series: Low-Profile Sealed Top SMD Tactile Switches Rated to 300,000 Cycles
Panasonic has released the EVP-BV Series low-profile surface-mount tactile switches. The EVP-BV Series offers a minimum life of 300,000 cycles (depending on operating force of 1.6 N or 2.5 N). Dimensions are 6.5 mm × 6.2 mm with height options of 3.5 mm or 4.3 mm. The switches featur
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Bengaluru Tech Summit 2025: Karnataka Announces 200-Acre Semiconductor Park
The 28th edition of the Bengaluru Tech Summit 2025, described as Asia’s largest tech conclave, opened with international delegations that included ambassadors, ministers, consuls general, diplomats, innovators, entrepreneurs, industry leaders, and technology professionals. Karnataka
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VeriSilicon and Google Open-Source Coral NPU IP for Edge LLM and Ultra-Low-Power AI Applications
VeriSilicon and Google have jointly launched the Coral NPU IP as an open-source neural processing unit intellectual property targeting always-on, ultra-low-energy edge Large Language Model (LLM) applications. The Coral NPU IP is based on Google’s research in open machine learning com
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Tower Semiconductor Launches Wafer-Scale 3D-IC CPO Foundry Technology on 300mm SiPho and SiGe BiCMOS Platforms with Cadence Design Support
Tower Semiconductor expanded its 300mm wafer bonding technology, originally developed and in mass production for stacked back-side illuminated (BSI) image sensors, to support heterogeneous 3D-IC integration across its Silicon Photonics (SiPho) and SiGe BiCMOS process platforms. The technol
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AMD Financial Analyst Day: $1 Trillion Compute Market Strategy Targets >35% Revenue CAGR and >$20 Non-GAAP EPS
AMD held its Financial Analyst Day in New York on November 11, 2025, outlining a long-term strategy to lead the $1 trillion compute market with a revenue compound annual growth rate greater than 35%, non-GAAP operating margin greater than 35%, and non-GAAP earnings per share exceeding $20 over th
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GaN Technology Licensing: GlobalFoundries Secures TSMC 650V and 80V GaN for U.S. Datacenter, Industrial, Automotive Production in 2026
GlobalFoundries entered a technology licensing agreement with TSMC for 650V and 80V Gallium Nitride (GaN) technology. The agreement accelerates development of GF’s next-generation GaN products for datacenter, industrial, and automotive power applications. It provides U.S.-based GaN m
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AI-Driven Advanced Packaging: Polymeric Materials Market to Reach $3.3 Billion by 2030 at 13.2% CAGR
Yole Group released its technology and market report, "Polymeric Materials for Advanced Packaging 2025", which analyzes the role of polymers in semiconductor packaging amid AI and high-performance computing developments. The polymeric materials market for advanced packaging is projected to
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TrendForce Reports Shipment-Rise of 8.1% In Global Smartphone Panels
TrendForce finds from its latest research that global shipments of smartphone panels reached 586 million units in the third quarter of 2025, up 8.1% QoQ and 5.3% YoY attributing the growth to increased panel demand for the iPhone 17 series and new models from leading smartphone brands in the latt
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Silicon Labs Executives Discuss IoT Strategy and India Operations at Works With Event in Bangalore
At the Works With event held in Bangalore on October 30, 2025, Silicon Labs executives Ross Sabolcik (Senior VP and GM, Industrial and Cmmercial IoT ), Manish Kothari (Senior VP for Software and India R&D Head), and John Dixon (Global Head of Communications and American Sales) addressed journ
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