Semiconductors

STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) rolled out new proprietary technologies targeting optical interconnects for data centers and AI clusters. The company launched its silicon photonics (SiPho) technology, PIC100, alongside an advanced BiCMOS55X...

Microsoft unveiled Majorana 1, the world’s first quantum chip powered by its new Topological Core architecture. The chip leverages a breakthrough material, the topoconductor, to create stable and scalable qubits,...

Lumotive, astart-up based in Redmond, Washington, has secured $45 million in a Series B funding round to accelerate the growth and sales of its Light Control Metasurface (LCM) technology. The...

Semtech (Nasdaq: SMTC) announced the availability of a two-line transient voltage suppressor designed for automotive Ethernet applications. The device complies with Open Alliance specifications for 10BASE-T1S, 100BASE-T1, and 1000BASE-T1 Ethernet...

Cisco announced new Silicon One-powered networking platforms and coherent pluggable optics to help service providers scale their networks for AI-driven traffic growth. Introduced at Cisco Live in Amsterdam, these solutions...

NXP Semiconductors agreed to acquire Kinara, a start-up developing energy-efficient discrete neural processing units (NPUs). The $307 million all-cash transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2025,...

The global data center accelerator market is projected to reach $382 billion by 2029, according to a new report from Dell'Oro Group. Custom accelerators are also poised to outpace commercially available accelerator...

Arm Holdings continues to experience strong momentum in AI and compute technologies, driving record revenue and royalty income. The company reports accelerated adoption of high-performance Armv9 architecture, Compute Subsystems (CSS)...

GlobalFoundries (Nasdaq: GFS) has appointed Dr. Thomas Caulfield as Executive Chairman and Tim Breen as Chief Executive Officer, effective April 28, 2025. The leadership transition follows a multi-year succession planning...

MACOM Technology Solutions has announced the production availability of its 227 Gbps per lane linear equalizers, designed to enhance active copper cable (ACC) applications for high-performance computing clusters. These new...

TeraSignal has announced successful interoperability testing between its TSLink intelligent chip-to-module (C2M) interconnect and Synopsys’ 112G Ethernet PHY IP. This collaboration highlights advancements in low-power, low-latency optical connectivity for AI...

by James E. Carroll Arm released of the first public specification for its Chiplet System Architecture (CSA), marking a major milestone in advancing chiplet-based silicon design. The CSA provides a standardized...

Baya Systems, a start-up based in Santa Clara, California, has raised over $36 million in a Series B funding round led by Maverick Silicon. Existing investors, including Matrix Partners and...