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Tuesday 9 June 2026

Ultraband & NTT-AT sign MOU to boost RF, Power collaboration

Ultraband Technologies, an emerging IC design startup, announced today the official signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with NTT ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY...

Friday 5 June 2026

South Korea's only SRAM-CIM IP firm Articron targets edge AI

South Korean semiconductor IP startup Articron is challenging the traditional AI chip design bottleneck by using a memory-centric architecture, with its self-developed SRAM-CIM compute...

Friday 29 May 2026

Arm deepens ties with Taiwan chip designer QBit around edge AI and cybersecurity

Arm EVP and Chief Commercial Officer Will Abbey visited QBit Semiconductor's Taiwan headquarters on May 27, signaling deeper cooperation that could shape future chip design for edge...

Friday 29 May 2026

Malaysia's Oppstar revises AI chip deal, formalizes US$2.9 million design contract

Oppstar Bhd has restructured the delivery framework of an artificial intelligence chip development project with a Yokohama-based client, replacing an earlier tripartite arrangement...

Friday 29 May 2026

DeepX targets wider NPU partnerships at Computex 2026

South Korean fabless chip-design company DeepX is using Computex 2026 to broaden partnerships around its neural processing units, or NPUs, as it pushes low-power AI chips for industrial...

Friday 29 May 2026

SmartSens, Unisoc team up on Micro LED optical interconnects for AI computing

Chinese CMOS image sensor supplier SmartSens Technology announced on May 26 that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Chinese IC design company Unisoc to jointly develop...

Tuesday 19 May 2026

Chipmakers rejoice as Googlebook entry heats up AI PC race

Google's announcement for the upcoming Googlebook, which tightly integrates Gemini features, signals that it is no longer limiting its PC strategy to the Chromebook line and is pushing...

Tuesday 19 May 2026

Arm faces US antitrust probe after announcing plan to design its own chips

Arm was notified by the US Federal Trade Commission in early 2026 that it was the subject of an antitrust investigation after the chip designer said it would begin engineering its...

Thursday 14 May 2026

QBit Semiconductor targets edge AI growth as copier chips turn oligopolistic

IC design firm QBit Semiconductor will list on the Emerging Stock Board on May 15, 2026, and chairman Simon Shen, a former Kinpo executive, said the debut marks a new milestone for...

Wednesday 13 May 2026

PixArt targets 2Q26 growth as gaming mouse and console demand offset weak PC sales

IC design firm PixArt Imaging said on May 12 that its three core business areas will post strong growth in the second quarter of 2026, with revenue expected to rise by the double digits...

Monday 4 May 2026

Yageo's Pierre Chen says AI hardware boom is lifting passive component demand

Yageo chairman Pierre Chen said the rise of AI applications is driving stronger demand not only for advanced semiconductors and memory,...

Monday 4 May 2026

SEMICON SEA 2026 highlights Malaysia's push to scale semiconductor assembly, testing and packaging

SEMICON SEA 2026 convened from May 5 to 7 at the Malaysia International Trade and Exhibition Center in Kuala Lumpur to showcase Malaysia's expanding role in the global semiconductor...

Thursday 30 April 2026

Realtek, Airoha target European and US networking infrastructure amid consumer slowdown

Although demand prospects for consumer applications remain relatively weak in 2026, major Taiwanese IC design companies focused on networking infrastructure chips — including...

Monday 27 April 2026

Broadcom, Marvell set to benefit as 1.6T optical modules near mass production

1.6T optical communication modules are set for broad adoption in AI data centers in 2026, with optical transceiver vendors and key IC design houses preparing for shipments. Broadcom's...

Friday 24 April 2026

Chipmakers face higher cost pressure as packaging outpaces foundry price hikes

In recent weeks, chip companies ranging from major players to small and medium-sized firms have issued price increase notices or begun renegotiating product prices with select customers...

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