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Samsung Electronics posts record quarterly profit on AI boom
Apr 30, 2026 (AFP)
The South Korean technology giant has emerged as a key player -- along with rival SK hynix -- in the supply of high-performing chips in demand from companies ra...
AI-Driven Design Tools Unlock New Capabilities in Flat Optical Devices
Apr 29, 2026 (SPX)
Metasurfaces are constructed from millions of sub-wavelength nano-structures whose geometry must be precisely engineered to produce a desired optical effect. A ...
Harvard Team Achieves Milliwatt UV Light Generation On a Photonic Chip
Apr 29, 2026 (SPX)
Ultraviolet light is used across a wide range of modern applications, from surface disinfection and fluorescence imaging of biological materials to photolithogr...
United Semiconductors secures Starlab payload capacity for in-space semiconductor crystal production
Mar 29, 2026 (SPX)
United Semiconductors recently completed a crystal growth mission on the ISS that demonstrated microgravity as a uniquely stable environment for bulk and thin-f...
Malaysia anti-graft agency probes $280 mn govt deal with UK chip giant
Mar 04, 2026 (AFP)
The Southeast Asian country, which is one of the world's top chip exporters, signed an agreement with the firm last March to boost production of high-end semico...
Infleqtion lists shares on NYSE as neutral atom quantum firm
Feb 27, 2026 (SPX)
Chief executive officer Matthew Kinsella said the company was founded on the view that neutral atoms offer the most scalable and economical route to commercial ...
Samsung starts mass production of next-gen AI memory chip; Dutch court orders investigation into China-owned Nexperia
Feb 12, 2026 (AFP)
The high-bandwidth HBM4 chips are seen as a key component needed to scale-up the vast data centres powering the explosion in artificial intelligence. US tech gi...
Dutch court orders investigation into China-owned Nexperia
Feb 11, 2026 (AFP)
The firm, based in the Netherlands but whose parent company is China's Wingtech, has been the subject of a standoff between Beijing and the West, which threaten...
Taiwan says 'impossible' to move 40 percent chip capacity to US
Feb 09, 2026 (AFP)
Taiwan is a powerhouse in producing chips -- a critical component in the global economy -- but the White House wants more of the technology made in America. Was...
Ultra thin metasurface chip turns infrared into steerable visible beams
Feb 06, 2026 (SPX)
The metasurface consists of a microscopic chip patterned with structures smaller than the wavelength of light. When an infrared laser illuminates the surface, t...
Light guided system delivers uniform nanoliter droplets on chip
Feb 06, 2026 (SPX)
In the reported system, projected light patterns interact with an optoelectrowetting (OEW) structure to create virtual electrodes on the microchip surface inste...
Single molecule devices push past silicon limits
Feb 06, 2026 (SPX)
For more than fifty years, the electronics industry has relied on steadily shrinking silicon transistors to deliver faster, cheaper and more capable devices. At...
US contract vehicle to speed US made defense semiconductors into military systems
Feb 03, 2026 (SPX)
Under ATSP5, Northrop Grumman can respond to requests for proposals within 30 days, with the overall process from proposal to award typically taking between 80 ...
US lawmakers say Nvidia AI tech 'powering China's military'
Jan 30, 2026 (AFP)
"When Nvidia technology ends up powering China's military, that's not innovation; it's a security failure," the Select Committee on China said in an X post. "Nv...
Samsung logs best-ever profit on AI chip demand
Jan 29, 2026 (AFP)
A global frenzy to build AI data centres and develop the fast-evolving technology has sent orders for advanced high?bandwidth memory microchips soaring. That is...
Nvidia boss hopeful of China allowing chip sales
Jan 29, 2026 (AFP)
Huang's remarks came a day after the Wall Street Journal and others reported that Beijing had authorised several of Nvidia's Chinese customers to buy the advanc...
Dutch tech giant ASML posts bumper profits, eyes bright AI future
Jan 28, 2026 (AFP)
ASML is a critical cog in the global economy, as the semiconductors crafted with its tools power everything from smartphones to missiles. After-tax profit for 2...
Micron builds $24 bn Singapore chip fab as AI demand soars
Jan 27, 2026 (AFP)
Artificial intelligence data centres worldwide are hoovering up the memory chips used in consumer electronics -- a crunch threatening higher prices for phones, ...
Light driven charging turns gold nanorods into nanocapacitors
Jan 19, 2026 (SPX)
In photocatalysis with nanoscale metal particles, light can generate excess charge that strongly affects catalytic performance, but the details of this process ...
US strikes deal with Taiwan to cut tariffs, boost chip investment
Jan 16, 2026 (AFP)
Taiwan is a powerhouse in producing chips -- a critical component in the global economy -- but the United States wants more of the technology made in America. T...
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