Agentrys has raised $24.5 million to expand development of its AI-based chip design automation platform and customer programs across verification and physical design. The funding includes an oversubscribed $19.1 million seed round led by Etna Labs, following a $5.4 million pre-seed round led by MediaTek, the company’s first strategic backer. Agentrys plans to use the […]
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ACM Research, a supplier of wafer and panel processing equipment for semiconductor and advanced packaging applications, has expanded its Ultra C Tahoe system into a multi-process wet processing platform, adding advanced wet etch and monitor wafer reclaim capabilities for logic and memory manufacturing. Built around ACM’s hybrid wet processing architecture, the platform combines batch and […]
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Lam Research, a global supplier of wafer fabrication equipment for semiconductor manufacturing, plans to invest more than $3 billion over the next five years to expand its global research and development lab network, adding infrastructure and capabilities expected to increase experiment capacity by more than 50% as semiconductor manufacturers address new device architectures, materials and […]
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Micron Technology, Inc., a global semiconductor company specializing in memory and storage solutions, has announced plans to establish Micron Research Labs, a U.S.-based long-horizon research institution headquartered in Boise, Idaho, and backed by a planned $10 billion investment over the next decade. The new research hub will focus on critical memory technologies, advanced memory and […]
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Infineon Technologies AG, a global semiconductor manufacturer focused on power systems and IoT, has announced its acquisition of C2i Semiconductors, a Bangalore, India-based developer of software-defined multiphase controllers and smart power stages for AI data center applications. The acquisition will add C2i Semiconductors’ digital power management and system-level power architecture capabilities to Infineon’s existing portfolio […]
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ZEISS Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology is expanding its operations in Oberkochen, Germany, with approximately 25,000 square meters of additional space for semiconductor production and related activities. Designed to increase capacity for technologies used throughout advanced chip production, the project comes as artificial intelligence, high-performance computing and other applications continue to increase demand for more powerful microchips.
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Veolia, a global specialist in water and wastewater technologies, has recorded €343 million in microelectronics bookings since the beginning of 2026. The total includes two semiconductor manufacturing contracts valued at a combined €243 million for ultrapure water production in Singapore and advanced wastewater reclamation in the United States. The first contract will provide ultrapure water […]
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GlobalFoundries has signed a letter of intent with the U.S. Department of Commerce for an expected $300 million CHIPS Research and Development award supporting next-generation silicon photonics. The proposed funding would advance the company’s development of optical materials, silicon photonics wafer technologies and advanced packaging for artificial intelligence and high-performance computing infrastructure. The letter of […]
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FormFactor, a provider of semiconductor test and measurement technologies, and Keystone Microtech have expanded their strategic partnership to support the manufacturing and delivery of advanced probe card solutions. The agreement combines FormFactor’s probe card technology and semiconductor test expertise with Keystone Microtech’s design, assembly, testing, repair and distribution capabilities in Taiwan. The expanded partnership is […]
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Cirrus Logic, a developer of low-power analog and mixed-signal semiconductor solutions, has received a research and development grant from Scottish Enterprise to support the development of a new metrology analog front-end platform for smart energy applications. The project will also expand the company’s advanced engineering activities in Edinburgh, Scotland. The value of the grant was […]
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