The Coming Drone-War Inflection in Ukraine

WHEN KYIV-BORN ENGINEER Yaroslav Azhnyuk thinks about the future, his mind conjures up dystopian images. He talks about “swarms of autonomous drones carrying other autonomous drones to protect them against autonomous drones, which are trying to intercept them, controlled by AI agents overseen by a human general somewhere.” He also...

Indium Corporation Indium12.9HF Receives New Product Introduction Award

CLINTON, N.Y., March 23, 2026 — Indium Corporation® received a Circuits Assembly New Product Introduction (NPI) Award for Indium12.9HF, a halogen-free solder paste engineered for cost-effective, low-silver alloys, including SAC105 and SAC0307. Indium12.9HF is specifically formulated to accommodate fine feature printing, as seen with 01005 components. It offers unprecedented stencil...

OXIDE and Vexlum partner on high-power deep UV lasers for quantum computing and semiconductor manufacturing

OXIDE Corp of Yamanashi, Japan (which specializes in optical crystals and frequency-conversion technology) and Finland-based laser developer and manufacturer Vexlum (which was spun off from Tampere University of Technology’s Optoelectronics Research Centre in 2017) have officially entered into a strategic partnership agreement. The collaboration focuses on the development and manufacturing...

Daily: AI infrastructure startups

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Silicon Photonics Industry Reshaping: The Netherlands as an Innovation Engine and Taiwan’s New Strategic Positioning

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Nvidia – The Inference Kingdom Expands

Groq LP30, LPX Rack, Attention FFN Disaggregation, Oberon & Kyber Updates, Nvidia's CPO Roadmap, Vera ETL256, CMX & STX

4 Standout Microcontrollers From Embedded World 2026

These devices are redefining what an MCU can do in the age of edge AI, advanced connectivity, and software-defined vehicles.

k-Space signs Dylan James Scientific as European sales rep

k-Space Associates Inc of Dexter, MI, USA — which produces thin-film metrology instrumentation and software — says that Dylan James Scientific (DJS) will serve as its new sales representative for Europe...

Remembering IEEE Power & Energy Society Leader Mel Olken

Mel OlkenFormer executive director of the IEEE Power & Energy SocietyFellow, 92; died 9 JanuaryOlken became the first executive director of the IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) in 1995. In 2002 he left the position to serve as founding editor in chief of the society’s Power & Energy Magazine....

STMicro Launches UWB IC Family Aimed at Next-Gen Ranging and Sensing

Announced at Embedded World, the new IEEE 802.15.4ab-compliant SoC extends wireless ranging to hundreds of meters.

EPC91121 BLDC motor drive evaluation board introduced, using EPC’s Gen-7 40V GaN technology

In booth #1935 at the IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC 2026) in San Antonio, TX, USA (22–26 March), Efficient Power Conversion Corp (EPC) of El Segundo, CA, USA — which makes enhancement-mode gallium nitride on silicon (eGaN) power field-effect transistors (FETs) and integrated circuits for power management applications —...

The Multi-Silicon Era Is Here

Disagg is out of the bag. What it means for Nvidia, CPUs, XPUs, startups, and more.

SemiQ launches QSiC Dual3 family of 1200V half-bridge MOSFET modules

SemiQ Inc of Lake Forest, CA, USA — which designs, develops and manufactures silicon carbide (SiC) power semiconductors and 150mm SiC epitaxial wafers for high-voltage applications — has launched the QSiC Dual3, a family of 1200V half-bridge MOSFET modules for motor drives in data-center cooling systems, grid converters in energy...

Renesas adds GaN-based half-wave LLC platform to AC/DC and power adapter range

Renesas Electronics Corp of Tokyo, Japan has expanded its suite of AC/DC and power adapter solutions with a new gallium nitride (GaN)-based half-wave LLC (HWLLC) platform that supports 500W-or-higher operation across IoT, industrial and infrastructure systems...

Week 12, 2026

The Semiconductor Newsletter

Beyond Moore’s Law: High-NA EUV Lithography Redefines Advanced Chip Manufacturing

  The imec installation of the ASML EXE:5200 High Numerical Aperture (High NA) extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography system at imec represents a pivotal advancement in semiconductor manufacturing and research. This system, installed in imec’s 300 mm cleanroom in Leuven, Belgium, introduces unprecedented lithographic… Read More The post Beyond Moore’s Law:...

Daily: Elon Musk wants a chip fab

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Data Analytics Helps Make The Mighty Lionesses Roar

Arteris Highlights a Path to Scalable Multi-Die Systems at the Chiplet Summit

At the recent Chiplet Summit, presentations, discussions and general participation could be broken down into a few broad categories. There were presentations of actual chiplet designs, either as building blocks or end products. There were presentations regarding design tools and methodologies to support and accelerate … Read More The post...

Transforming Data Science With NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition

This is a sponsored article brought to you by PNY Technologies.In today’s data-driven world, data scientists face mounting challenges in preparing, scaling, and processing massive datasets. Traditional CPU-based systems are no longer sufficient to meet the demands of modern AI and analytics workflows. NVIDIA RTX PROTM 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition...