News from October 2026
665 stories of semiconductor news published on the Hub in October 2026, newest first and grouped by day (UTC). Each headline opens the story's page on the Hub, with a summary and a link to the original report.
Showing 101 to 150 of 665 stories.
Thursday 29 October 202679 stories
Infineon’s OktoberTech: Edge AI, SDVs, and the Road to 800 VDCEquipment & Materials · EE Times · Summary
Image: EE Times (opens in a new tab) Explore Infineon’s OktoberTech takeaways on edge AI, SDVs, GaN power, and the shift toward 800 V DC data centers. The post Infineon’s OktoberTech: Edge AI, SDVs, and the Road to 800 VDC appeared first on EE Times.
Ideal Power to Host Third Quarter 2026 Results Conference Call on November 12, 2026 at 10:00 AM Eastern TimeMarkets & Policy · PR Newswire · Summary
AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Ideal Power Inc. (Nasdaq: IPWR) ("Ideal Power," the "Company," "we," "us" or "our"), developer and provider of its innovative and widely patented B-TRAN® bidirectional semiconductor power switch, today announced management will hold a...
What’s new with Google Data CloudMarkets & Policy · Google Cloud pricing (GPU / TPU) · Summary
Image: Google Cloud pricing (GPU / TPU) (opens in a new tab) October 19 - October 23 BigQuery introduces column aliases in GoogleSQL and cross-region table copy GA GoogleSQL in BigQuery now supports column aliases in SELECT and WHERE clauses (GA opt-in), avoiding nested subqueries and simplifying migrations from Snowflake and Teradata.
Cross-region table copying is also now generally available to streamline regional data replication and disaster recovery. Review the BigQuery release notes.
Conversational analytics in BigQuery expands to Canada and adds C…
Seoul Viosys begins mass production of rare-earth-free white light emitter, with chips as small as 10µmFoundry & Manufacturing · Semiconductor Today · Summary
For three decades, white LEDs have depended on rare-earth materials such as yttrium aluminium garnet (YAG) layered onto a blue LED chip (Figure 1). Opto-semiconductor device maker Seoul Viosys Co Ltd (SVC) says that it has now broken that dependence by developing and mass producing a chip that emits white light without rare earths.
The chip can be as small as 10µm...
Extra-Rugged, Cool-Running MOSFETs Drive Up Power DensityMarkets & Policy · Electronic Design · Summary
Image: Electronic Design (opens in a new tab) The 600-V superjunction MOSFETs from AOS have the robustness required by solar inverters and motor drives.
SEMICON West 2026: AI Made the Steps Faster. The Time Between Them Is Next.Equipment & Materials · SemiWiki Forums · Summary
Image: SemiWiki Forums (opens in a new tab) The semiconductor industry crossed $1 trillion in annual revenue this year, almost four years ahead of earlier projections. SEMI President and CEO Ajit Manocha opened the CEO Summit at SEMICON West with a chart that told the story.
A year ago, the forecast for 2030 was $1 trillion. Now it is $2 trillion, with $3 trillion possible … Read More The post SEMICON West 2026: AI Made the Steps Faster.
The Time Between Them Is Next. appeared first on SemiWiki.
Flexible Sensors Look for Leaks in Liquid-Cooling SystemsMarkets & Policy · Electronic Design · Summary
Image: Electronic Design (opens in a new tab) Ultra-thin film sensors could be used to continuously monitor liquid-cooled AI data centers for moisture.
Cloud CISO Perspectives: Introducing new $250,000 tier for Google Cloud VRP (Q&A)Markets & Policy · Google Cloud pricing (GPU / TPU) · Summary
Image: Google Cloud pricing (GPU / TPU) (opens in a new tab) Welcome to the second Cloud CISO Perspectives for October 2026. Today, Chris Betz talks with Michael Cote, our vulnerability rewards program lead, about the new tier of our Cloud VRP program and the current state of vulnerability rewards.
As with all Cloud CISO Perspectives, the contents of this newsletter are posted to the Google Cloud blog. If you’re reading this on the website and you’d like to receive the email version, you can subscribe here. aside_block <ListValue: [StructValue([('title',…
Nvidia responds to report Jensen Huang was target of Chinese asset, says diversion allegations were 'investigated and debunked'Markets & Policy · CNBC Technology · Summary
Image: CNBC Technology (opens in a new tab) Nvidia disputed a New York Times report that U.S. intelligence agencies surveilled a person close to CEO Jensen Huang over concerns she could be a Chinese spy.
Your 112G SerDes margin is mostly spent on the board. Free talk walking through a real channel budgetPackaging & Test · r/chipdesign · Summary
Chip teams fight for every dB in the SerDes, then the package and PCB give a lot of it away before the signal reaches the connector. Package-to-board transitions, BGA breakout, via stubs and laminate loss add up quickly at 112G PAM4.
Dr. Syed Bokhari (SI/EMC architect, chair of the IEEE Ottawa EMC chapter) is walking through a real 112G channel budget line by line, with numbers from actual boards, and what changes at 224G. Thu Nov 5, 1 PM ET, free, 30 min + Q&A: https://info.fidus.com/webinar-w…
Graphcore Physical Design Interview ExperienceMarkets & Policy · r/chipdesign · Summary
Hi everyone! Has anyone interviewed with Graphcore for a Physical Design Engineer role recently?
I’d appreciate any insights about the technical interview. If so, what kind of questions should I expect?
Thanks! submitted by /u/Low_University_7270 [link] [comments]
Samsung Electronics Posts $80B Operating Profit on AI Memory DemandMarkets & Policy · EE Times · Summary
Image: EE Times (opens in a new tab) Samsung reported third-quarter operating profit of $80 billion, but rising component prices caused an operating loss in mobile. The post Samsung Electronics Posts $80B Operating Profit on AI Memory Demand appeared first on EE Times.
Si2 Publishes Highlights from its Annual ReportMarkets & Policy · Si2 (Silicon Integration Initiative) · Summary
Recent Si2 highlights were shared at our Annual Member Meeting at DAC in July.
They included… The LLM Benchmarking Coalition announced LBC-bench Leaderboards with CVDP benchmark results The OpenAccess Coalition announced 4 OA Ref Implementation & 3 OA Extension releases; AI-centric DAC26 Forum, ‘26 Workshop The Compact Model Coalition announced 9 production model releases; held the 2nd annual… The post Si2 Publishes Highlights from its Annual Report appeared first on Si2.
AI demand triggers massive PCB shortage for PC makers as order books full until 2030 — lead times stretch to 30 months as material costs surge 12xMarkets & Policy · Tom's Hardware · Summary
Image: Tom's Hardware (opens in a new tab) The AI industry continues to gobble up manufacturing resources that were once dedicated to serving PC, smart device, and gadget makers. Inevitably, the PCB industry has started to feel its effects.
Elon Musk's SpaceX buying out 418 homes near flagship AI data center, but only if they drop participation in lawsuit — report claims the company is targeting an entire neighborhood, but will only buy from people who don't pursue noise pollution complaintsMarkets & Policy · Tom's Hardware · Summary
Image: Tom's Hardware (opens in a new tab) The properties will supposedly house SpaceXSI staff while also giving a chance to those who don't want to live near the data center to sell their homes.
PDF Solutions CONNECT 2026 Trip ReportMarkets & Policy · SemiWiki Forums · Summary
Image: SemiWiki Forums (opens in a new tab) On October 15–16, at the tail end of SEMICON West 2026, PDF Solutions held its 2026 CONNECT Conference at the Westin St. Francis in San Francisco. PDF Solutions Vitals Santa Clara–based PDF Solutions is a semiconductor data, analytics, and connectivity company, founded in 1991.
Today, its business rests on three pillars, all … Read More The post PDF Solutions CONNECT 2026 Trip Report appeared first on SemiWiki.
Nordic Semiconductor proves Bluetooth High Data Throughput feature in siliconMarkets & Policy · PR Newswire · Summary
Bluetooth High Data Throughput is a major enhancement to Bluetooth Low Energy's capabilities, increasing the maximum transfer speed almost fourfold without leaving the wireless technology, software, and tools product makers already rely on. OSLO, Norway, Oct. 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ --...
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 prices hit $2,000, costing more than the RTX 5090 did at launch and with limited stock available — original $999 MSRP long forgotten, with prices now 2-3x higherMarkets & Policy · Tom's Hardware · Summary
Image: Tom's Hardware (opens in a new tab) It costs just as much to buy an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 right now as the launch price for the RTX 5090, with prices now at least two times higher for this high spec GPU.
Cadence Joins the Genesis Mission Consortium to Advance AI-Driven Scientific Discovery and Microelectronics InnovationEDA & Tools · 3D InCites · Summary
Cadence will bring AI-enabled electronic design automation, system design and analysis, and digital twin expertise to the DOE’s AI-driven science initiative SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Cadence (Nasdaq: CDNS) today announced it has joined the Genesis Mission™ Consortium, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) public-private partnership using artificial intelligence (AI) to accelerate scientific discovery, strengthen national […] The post Cadence Joins the Genesis Mission Consortium to Advance…
AI chipmaker Iluvatar CoreX says new GPU matches Nvidia’s H200 as home-grown push acceleratesDesign & IP · South China Morning Post - Tech · Summary
Chinese artificial intelligence chipmaker Iluvatar CoreX claims that its new Tiangai 300 graphics processing unit (GPU) can match and even surpass Nvidia’s H200 in real-world AI workloads, highlighting efforts by domestic players to close the technology gap with the US chip giant.
In a live demonstration for mainland Chinese media outlets on Wednesday, the Shanghai-based firm showed the Tiangai 300 outperforming the H200 in complex multimodal tasks, including text-to-image and text-to-video...
Discussing the Wide-Bandgap MarketplaceMarkets & Policy · Electronic Design · Summary
Image: Electronic Design (opens in a new tab) Wide-bandgap semiconductors have finally entered the engineering mainstream and are finally fulfilling the promises made about the technology.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang may have been the target of a spy plot through 'Chinese intelligence asset,' report claimsMarkets & Policy · Tom's Hardware · Summary
Image: Tom's Hardware (opens in a new tab) Sources say that Alice Huang, a senior executive at an Nvidia cloud partner who has close ties with Jensen Huang, is suspected of passing information to Beijing.
ML-Based Power Models for CPUs. Innovation in VerificationEDA & Tools · SemiWiki Forums · Summary
Image: SemiWiki Forums (opens in a new tab) An effective learned power model for a CPU could be a significant advantage in early estimation of power performance against realistic workloads in complex architectures.
Paul Cunningham (GM, Verification at Cadence), Raúl Camposano (Silicon Catalyst, entrepreneur, former Synopsys CTO and lecturer at Stanford, EE292A)… Read More The post ML-Based Power Models for CPUs. Innovation in Verification appeared first on SemiWiki.
What are the current top tier universities/professors for mixed-signal analog design?Markets & Policy · r/chipdesign · Summary
I am talking about professors that work on PLLs/SerDes/Data Converters/... other mixed signal sub fields who are publishing in ISSCC/JSSC actively. submitted by /u/No-Window1543 [link] [comments]
Infineon Advances GaN Power for 800 VDC AI Data CentersEquipment & Materials · Power Electronics News · Summary
Infineon and NVIDIA advance GaN-based intermediate bus converters to improve power density and efficiency in 800 VDC AI data centers. The post Infineon Advances GaN Power for 800 VDC AI Data Centers appeared first on Power Electronics News.
Our first step at defining a CPU benchmark for agentic AIDesign & IP · Tom's Hardware · Summary
Image: Tom's Hardware (opens in a new tab) Over the past six months, CPUs have taken center stage as agentic AI workloads evolve. Here’s our first attempt at trying to measure CPU performance when running agentic workloads.
Dept of Justice reportedly probes Nvidia over $13 billion Hugging Face AI platform acquisition — concerns raised over competition in AI and pressure on customersMarkets & Policy · Tom's Hardware · Summary
Image: Tom's Hardware (opens in a new tab) Nvidia's near $13 billion buyout of Hugging Face has come under scrutiny over concerns that it will impact competition in the AI space.
Samsung’s 2026 capex surges to $59BMarkets & Policy · Bits&Chips · Summary
Image: Bits&Chips (opens in a new tab) Samsung Electronics plans to spend a record 84.4 trillion won, approximately 59 billion dollars, on capital investments in 2026.
From PCB design to production, standards decisions are connectedPackaging & Test · Global Electronics Association (formerly IPC) · Summary
Image: Global Electronics Association (formerly IPC) (opens in a new tab) From PCB design to production, standards decisions are connected Oct 29, 2026 Technology Solutions By Peter Tranitz, senior director, Technology Solutions, Global Electronics Association A printed circuit board (PCB) design involves more than electrical performance. Material choices affect thermal and mechanical behavior.
Component packaging influences layout and assembly. Manufacturing capabilities help determine whether a design can be produced consistently.
For engineering teams, those conne…
Cadence vManager tutorial (verification management/regression tool)EDA & Tools · r/chipdesign · Summary
Image: r/chipdesign (opens in a new tab) Here is a tutorial on vManager, the Cadence solution for verification management.
The video shows how to run regressions inside the tool, how to load/analyze/merge coverage, how to annotate a spec to turn it into a verification plan, and finally how to map those tests and coverage groups to the plan itself. submitted by /u/TheChaoticSam [link] [comments]
Smarter Power Sequencing with GreenPAK™Markets & Policy · EE Times · Summary
Image: EE Times (opens in a new tab) Programmable mixed-signal devices can replace sprawling RC networks and firmware-dependent control with compact, deterministic, and adaptable multi-rail sequencing. The post Smarter Power Sequencing with GreenPAK™ appeared first on EE Times.
Cloud to edge AI: If and when, to what degree, and how and whyMarkets & Policy · EDN (Electronics Design News) · Summary
AI inference remains cloud-mostly, albeit not for long. Whether it shifts to client devices in part or completely, who will the winners be?
The post Cloud to edge AI: If and when, to what degree, and how and why appeared first on EDN.
Fujifilm plans 5x production boost of 100TB magnetic storage tapes driven by skyrocketing AI storage demand — $63 million injection is the largest investment in tape for 20 yearsMarkets & Policy · Tom's Hardware · Summary
Image: Tom's Hardware (opens in a new tab) Fujifilm plans to increase the production of magnetic tape by as much as 5x as it works to meet a newfound demand for AI data center storage.
Score a huge $1,250 saving on this Alienware gaming PC with an RTX 5070 Ti and 32GB DDR5 right now — big Newegg price drop means you can grab this 4K-ready rig with a 24-core Intel CPU and 1TB SSD for $2,599.99Design & IP · Tom's Hardware · Summary
Image: Tom's Hardware (opens in a new tab) You can save $1,250 on this Alienware Aurora gaming PC with an RTX 5070 Ti and 32GB of DDR5 RAM, now priced at just $2,599.99.
STMicroelectronics Weighs Developing More Powerful MCUs, MPUs for Humanoid RobotsDesign & IP · EE Times · Summary
Image: EE Times (opens in a new tab) With humanoid robot designs still evolving and volumes low, STMicroelectronics is watching how the market develops before deciding what to build. The post STMicroelectronics Weighs Developing More Powerful MCUs, MPUs for Humanoid Robots appeared first on EE Times.
Power Corner: Testing Data Center Sidecars with Regenerative LoadsPackaging & Test · Power Electronics News · Summary
Tektronix’s James Hitchcock explains how rack-scale regenerative loads validate 800 VDC AI data center power shelves. The post Power Corner: Testing Data Center Sidecars with Regenerative Loads appeared first on Power Electronics News.
GitHub says massive influx of AI-generated code required extra 4 million CPU cores and 160 petabytes of storage to manage — a sixfold increase to 7.4 billion monthly commits in one yearDesign & IP · Tom's Hardware · Summary
Image: Tom's Hardware (opens in a new tab) Agentic AI led to a sixfold year-on-year influx of new code at GitHub, leading the company to add 4 million CPU cores and 160PB of storage to its datacenters
The great DRAM divide: different paths to denser memoryMarkets & Policy · Bits&Chips · Summary
Image: Bits&Chips (opens in a new tab) The world’s leading DRAM manufacturers are taking different approaches to the next generation of memory technology.
SEMICON Europa 2026 puts advanced packaging and AI in focusPackaging & Test · eeNews Europe · Summary
Image: eeNews Europe (opens in a new tab) SEMICON Europa 2026 will bring together semiconductor industry leaders in Munich, Germany, from November 10-13 to explore how advanced packaging, AI-driven manufacturing and cross-border collaboration can strengthen Europe’s chip industry.
Held at Messe München alongside electronica, the event will focus on technologies and investment strategies needed to improve Europe’s competitiveness and semiconductor supply chain resilience. […] The post SEMICON Europa 2026 puts advanced packaging and AI i…
Entegris Reports Results for Third Quarter of 2026Equipment & Materials · Entegris · Summary
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Image: Bits&Chips (opens in a new tab) NXP’s quarterly automotive revenue exceeded 2 billion dollars for the first time in the third quarter, growing 17 percent year-on-year when excluding its divested sensor business.
Wolfspeed agrees multi-year deal to supply 1200V silicon carbide devices to BorgWarnerEquipment & Materials · Semiconductor Today · Summary
Wolfspeed Inc of Durham, NC, USA — which makes silicon carbide (SiC) materials and power semiconductor devices — has announced a multi-year agreement to supply its 1200V silicon carbide devices for the next-generation 800V SiC-based inverter platform of BorgWarner Inc of Auburn Hills, MI, USA (which provides sustainable mobility solutions for the vehicle market) as a strategic partner...
Apple ASIC architecture teamDesign & IP · r/chipdesign · Summary
Hello, I was just trying to understand the culture at Apple ASIC and sensing architecture team. It seems almost every job openings there is for some sort of "architect" (analog touch architect, sensing architect, module architect).
Furthermore, the skill set they seem to look for has a lot of overlap with analog / mixed signal design expertise in general. I have about 15 years of analog/mixed signal design experience in various areas (data converters, biasing, high speed I/O).
I have been think…
Apple Brings 2 nm A20 Pro Chip to New iPad miniDesign & IP · eeNews Europe · Summary
Image: eeNews Europe (opens in a new tab) Apple‘s smallest tablet is getting a substantial hardware overhaul, with a new 2 nm processor, OLED display, and a major increase in on-device AI performance.
The latest iPad mini introduces the A20 Pro chip alongside Apple’s N1 wireless networking chip and C2 cellular modem, bringing several of the company’s latest semiconductor technologies into its most […] The post Apple Brings 2 nm A20 Pro Chip to New iPad mini appeared first on eeNews Europe.
How AI Redefines Semiconductor Manufacturing, From Materials UpEquipment & Materials · EE Times · Summary
Image: EE Times (opens in a new tab) AI chip advances depend on more than design, requiring new materials, manufacturing equipment, and packaging technologies to meet rising performance demands. The post How AI Redefines Semiconductor Manufacturing, From Materials Up appeared first on EE Times.
Kioxia brings E1.L QLC SSDs to hyperscale data centresDesign & IP · eeNews Europe · Summary
Image: eeNews Europe (opens in a new tab) Kioxia has introduced its LD4 Series of solid-state drives (SSDs), combining the E1.L form factor with eighth-generation BiCS FLASH QLC NAND memory. Designed for high-density 1U servers, the drives offer capacities of 15.36 TB and 30.72 TB, with an architecture validated to support up to 122.88 TB.
For eeNews Europe readers working on data centre […] The post Kioxia brings E1.L QLC SSDs to hyperscale data centres appeared first on eeNews Europe.
Why Physics Needs To Move At The Pace Of DesignPackaging & Test · Semiconductor Engineering · Summary
Image: Semiconductor Engineering (opens in a new tab) Physics-based analysis becomes more consequential as chips, packages, boards, and systems are designed together. The post Why Physics Needs To Move At The Pace Of Design appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering.
Scaling Autonomous Root Cause Analysis For Regression TriageMarkets & Policy · Semiconductor Engineering · Summary
Image: Semiconductor Engineering (opens in a new tab) Solving difficult bugs while intelligently deciding what to investigate, what to rerun, and where to spend compute. The post Scaling Autonomous Root Cause Analysis For Regression Triage appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering.
From Functional Monitoring To In-System Test: Extending Voltage-Aware ObservabilityPackaging & Test · Semiconductor Engineering · Summary
Image: Semiconductor Engineering (opens in a new tab) Separate false failures caused by voltage droop from real structural defects. The post From Functional Monitoring To In-System Test: Extending Voltage-Aware Observability appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering.
The EU Cyber Resilience Act Reaches Chip And IP SuppliersMarkets & Policy · Semiconductor Engineering · Summary
Image: Semiconductor Engineering (opens in a new tab) Determining which products may fall within the CRA's scope and what information may need to be provided to customers. The post The EU Cyber Resilience Act Reaches Chip And IP Suppliers appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering.