SEMIFIVE reports rapid growth as custom ASIC production volumes increase. First-half bookings, manufacturing orders, and advanced-node IP revenue point to a broader production pipeline.
Flip Electronics adds Vishay parts to its authorised obsolescence channel. The agreement targets traceable end-of-life discrete semiconductors used in long-lifecycle electronic equipment.
MetaOptics is taking metalens prototyping equipment into Stanford’s nanofabrication ecosystem. Its Direct Laser Writer targets rapid 4-inch-wafer prototypes and small-volume pilot production.
Microchip brings radiation-tolerant atomic timing to smaller satellite system designs. Space CSAC-SA65 combines 30 kRad tolerance, wide-temperature operation, and sub-120mW consumption.
Lightmatter coalition formalises open architecture work for co-packaged optics systems. The 19-company OCP initiative is moving towards shared specifications for large, multi-vendor AI compute clusters.
Quanta and Quantinuum bring manufacturing engineering into quantum hardware systems. Joint development targets modular infrastructure capable of supporting future commercially deployable fault-tolerant machines.
Lam Research plans $3 billion expansion of semiconductor R&D laboratories. The five-year programme targets more than 50% additional experimental capacity across its global development network.