Mendaera now offers Focalist using Butterfly semiconductor ultrasound imaging technology. The commercial system combines handheld robotics, live imaging, and software guidance for needle procedures.
Synopsys and Amazon have signed a billion-dollar-plus custom silicon agreement. The partnership expands semiconductor IP, EDA, simulation, AI engineering, and AWS infrastructure collaboration.
OpenAI and Synopsys will develop a specialist semiconductor design model. GPT-Synopsys will operate EDA tools directly across chip design, optimisation, and verification workflows.
Infineon has opened a scalable semiconductor backend facility in Thailand. The Bangkok site combines assembly, test, wafer test, and phased expansion capacity.
Knowles has launched compact attenuators spanning DC to 20GHz operation. The ATT A-Series combines thin-film construction, 0dB-to-20dB standard attenuation, and power handling up to 6.5W in a 2.03×1.65mm surface-mount package.
Gigaphoton has developed on-site neon recycling for ArF lithography lasers. The hTGM for ArF system recovers used gas inside semiconductor fabs, reaches a 50% neon recycling rate, and can serve up to five lasers.
Air Liquide will invest €170 million in Japanese semiconductor infrastructure. New ultra high purity gas units will support expansion of an existing advanced logic chip facility.
Innodisk launches DDR5 8000 RDIMM for demanding edge AI systems. Registered ECC, capacities to 64GB and additional electrical protection target data-intensive industrial and enterprise computing deployments.
Synopsys launches AgentEngineer platform for long horizon autonomous engineering workflows. Autopilot combines orchestration, persistent memory, reusable skills, security controls and governance across silicon and systems development.