Category: News
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Koh Young will double inspection equipment capacity at Yeoju complex. A second 12,800-square-metre production centre is due in August 2027 as AI-server and advanced-semiconductor demand increases.
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Comcores is adding scalable security IP to Europe’s RIGOLETTO platform. MACsec and a RISC-V hardware root of trust will support a European automotive computing programme spanning 64 project participants.
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Mycronic has secured another SLX order from a new customer. The $4m–$6m Asian order broadens the platform’s installed base, with delivery of the semiconductor photomask writer planned for Q1 2027.
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Sivers and SemiNex target InP light sources for data centres. The $3.4 million programme covers co-packaged optics, DFB laser arrays, and optical amplifiers, with sampling targeted for the second half of 2027.
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NVIDIA is building financing platforms for large AI infrastructure projects. Six financial groups have signed memorandums intended to mobilise more than $500 billion of third-party capital over time.
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NetSense uses existing 5G networks to detect and track drones. The Lockheed Martin-led system combines RF sensing, AI processing, and commercial cellular infrastructure, with pilots planned from late 2026.
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Navitas has sued Renesas over four US gallium nitride patents. The Texas action adds a patent dispute to the companies’ separate trade-secret litigation over GaN technology.
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Soctera has raised $4m to develop thermally optimised mmWave amplifiers. The Cornell spin-out is moving a III-nitride semiconductor architecture towards qualified products for radar, electronic warfare, satellite, and telecommunications systems.
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Samsung is reportedly targeting High-NA EUV adoption from 1nm production. The roadmap would delay production insertion while the foundry evaluates the economics and process maturity of ASML’s 0.55-NA lithography platform.
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NXP has broken ground on its expanded Malaysian test facility. The Petaling Jaya project adds around 500,000 square feet of production space and is intended to more than double site output at full capacity.