Assel has upgraded its Polish SMT line with ASM systems. The investment targets higher placement accuracy, shorter changeovers, and greater capacity.
Thermal satellite data is moving into commercial operations now again. SatVu’s HotSat-2 service targets infrastructure, defence, energy, economic monitoring, and climate resilience.
Edge AI consolidation is moving through the semiconductor supply base. onsemi will acquire Synaptics in a $7bn all-stock deal combining power, sensing, compute, connectivity, HMI, and control.
Lighting control standards are becoming connected-building electronics standards too now. DLC’s NLC V5.2 updates interoperability, cybersecurity, data access, configuration reporting, HVAC integration, and horticultural participation.
Memory capital spending is being pulled upward by AI demand. SEMI expects 300mm memory equipment investment to exceed $50bn in 2026, with DRAM and 3D NAND spending rising sharply.
Diamond semiconductor quality control is becoming faster and reproducible now. Rice University researchers have automated defect measurement using Python software and high-resolution X-ray diffraction data.
AI infrastructure management is becoming a rack-level electronics discipline now. KAYTUS has launched KSManage Ultra to monitor compute, power, networking, cooling, racks, and clusters.