Category: News
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Thailand approves its first national strategy for semiconductor industry development. The 2050 roadmap targets photonics, power semiconductors, sensors, advanced packaging, wafer production, and a substantially larger skilled workforce.
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Tacta expands tactile sensor manufacturing with new Singapore production facility. The site will initially build Skill Capture gloves while work with A*STAR scales the underlying sensor technology.
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IBASE brings 180 TOPS to compact industrial edge computing boards. The IB966 combines Intel Core Ultra Series 3 processors, heterogeneous AI engines, and up to 128GB of DDR5 memory.
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Renesas adds multi-time programmability to its smallest GreenPAK device yet. The SLG46801 combines mixed-signal logic, analogue comparators, counters, and I²C configuration in WLCSP and STQFN packages.
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M31 and Ambiq combine memory and cell IP on N12e. The Foundation IP package targets always-on edge systems with a dual-rail SPSRAM compiler and a standard-cell library designed to reduce leakage.
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Microchip adds accumulated-energy monitoring across 65V digital power monitor families. The PAC1761 and PAC1861 combine 48V-system headroom, 75V transient protection, programmable alerts, and longer-term energy data.
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Synopsys and TSMC extend A14 and multi-die design enablement workflows. New milestones cover agentic AI, CoWoS power delivery, co-packaged optics, and N2P interface IP including PCIe 7.0 and HBM4.
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Kigen certifies automotive eSIMs against latest GSMA IoT security requirements. The eSA-certified platform supports SGP.32 v1.3 on Infineon TEGRION silicon and adds a test path for post-quantum cryptography ahead of October OEM sampling.
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Farnell is widening access to NI Nigel AI test automation. New LabVIEW and TestStand functions move the software from engineering advice towards generated measurement code and automated test sequences.
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Raspberry Pi’s first-half shipments rose as OEM demand strengthened sharply. Its order backlog doubled to 2.6 million units while memory inventory and production expansion supported continued availability.