Category: Electronics
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GlobalFoundries and MPS will move power processes into Singapore production. The long-term agreement transfers proprietary MPS technology to a 300mm fab, with volume output for automotive, industrial automation, robotics, AI, and cloud applications targeted from early 2027.
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Pickering reports substantially lower thermal EMF from Series 120 relays. Controlled testing recorded a 46.4µV final offset magnitude against 402.6µV for a comparable 4mm-class device after 600 seconds of coil energisation.
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Fujitsu and Yaqumo are testing quantum software on neutral-atom hardware. Physical trials will assess whether Fujitsu’s STAR architecture and open operations toolchain can transfer from superconducting-system development onto Yaqumo’s ytterbium-based platform.
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STMicroelectronics has launched L4983 controllers for high-power PFC applications worldwide. The two CCM devices operate at 65kHz or 130kHz and target power supplies from several hundred watts into the kilowatt range with integrated protection and low component count.
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Quantinuum has secured $100 million for quantum manufacturing research programmes. GlobalFoundries will fabricate next-generation ion traps and electronics using 300mm wafer technology while Monarch Quantum develops scalable laser and optical hardware for trapped-ion systems.
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SolarEdge and Infineon are developing semiconductor protection for 800VDC distribution. Their solid-state circuit-breaker architecture uses silicon carbide JFET technology to target microsecond fault isolation between high-voltage conversion equipment and increasingly power-dense AI compute racks.
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Analog Devices will acquire Alif Semiconductor for $1.35 billion cash. The transaction adds low-power AI microcontrollers and fusion processors to ADI’s sensing, signal-processing, power, connectivity, and embedded-system portfolio.
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Elmos secures 130nm wafer capacity from SK keyfoundry through 2037. The agreement extends an 18-year foundry relationship and supports a new automotive platform beginning with the E550.01 four-channel eFuse controller and a planned compact eFlash memory cell.
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Xanadu and ASML will refine lithography for photonic quantum hardware. The collaboration will examine line-edge roughness, patterning control, and optical loss as Xanadu works towards repeatable fabrication for fault-tolerant, error-corrected quantum systems.
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Samsung and Mistral will deploy on-premises AI across semiconductor operations. The partnership targets defect analysis, equipment optimisation, development cycles, manufacturing precision, and yield stability while keeping sensitive process data within Samsung infrastructure.