ASML raised its 2026 sales forecast as AI investment accelerates. The revision reflects stronger demand across advanced logic, memory, and lithography capacity.
Spain is connecting domestic semiconductor research, design, and manufacturing projects. The programme spans RISC-V chiplets, analogue IP, prototyping, materials, and edge processing.
Intel will invest €5bn to expand processor manufacturing at Leixlip. The programme adds Intel 3 capacity, equipment, automation, and cleanroom utilisation for Xeon 6 and later products.
Imec and Diraq have expanded silicon spin-qubit control to eight. The 300mm CMOS-compatible array combines coherent operation, shared readout, and adjacent two-qubit gates while exposing the manufacturing demands that will shape larger quantum processors.
Switzerland’s photonics manufacturing base is moving toward industrial production scale. CCRAFT has raised $7.8m to expand thin-film lithium niobate chip manufacturing in Neuchâtel.