Category: News
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GlobalLogic opens its first Physical AI demonstration zone in Kraków. The engineering-centre deployment combines robotics, digital twins, autonomous operations, AI vision, and infrastructure monitoring for industrial and critical-system use cases.
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Jenoptik semiconductor equipment orders accelerated sharply during 2026’s first half. Lithography and inspection demand lifted the unit’s order intake by 85.3%, while revenue rose 10.2% and further optics capacity is planned in Jena.
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South Korea plans a five-trillion-won fund for semiconductor supply chains. The programme will target materials, components, equipment, and fabless companies alongside another five trillion won in trade finance.
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Saelig has added RadGreen continuous RF monitors for industrial environments. Connected and standalone configurations provide persistent threshold monitoring, alerts, logging, and fault detection for laboratories and production areas.
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MaxLinear has introduced two intelligent eFuses for rack-scale AI power. The 50A and 60A devices combine hot-swap protection, low-resistance MOSFET paths, fault handling, and optional PMBus telemetry.
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Vishay has launched surface-mount Y1 safety capacitors for industrial filtering. The SMDY1…S series combines 300VAC and 1,500VDC ratings with capacitances to 1,500pF and up to 40% lower board-space requirements.
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Ouster will expand BlueCity lidar across 160 Utah intersections statewide. The deployment adds REV8 sensors with 500-foot detection, optional colour capture, edge privacy processing, and integration into existing traffic-control infrastructure.
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UC Berkeley will join Applied Materials’ EPIC semiconductor research centre. Researchers will gain access to industry-scale process equipment intended to shorten the route between university materials research and chip manufacturing.
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LX Semicon has begun mass production of its automotive MCU. The 40MHz Cortex-M3 device will enter Hyundai and Kia vehicles after around three years of development, qualification, and supply-chain preparation.
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Altera has expanded Agilex memory support through Quartus 26.1.1 software. The update adds DDR5-6400 and LPDDR5-6400 on Agilex 7 M-Series devices, alongside broader low-power memory options elsewhere in the portfolio.