The German government is cutting planned chip industry subsidies by $3.5 billion and the money will be spent instead to repair streets and bridges, German Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil said yesterday ...

Uncertainty is the word of the year for the electronic components market, says Sourceability. “While many product channels remain broadly steady, several factors are keeping conditions unsettled and ...

“Space is a hugely important and contested frontline and satellites play a vital role in UK prosperity and security,” added the UK’s Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry, Luke Pollard MP. “They ...

At Semicon West, Applied Materials unveiled three semiconductor manufacturing systems that it said targeted specific performance areas to meet AI computing demands. Kinex is an integrated die-to-wafer ...

The space infrastructure company Intuitive Machines has completed its acquisition of KinetX, which specialises in deep space navigation. With the deal being first announced in August, the stock ...

Spending on 300mm fab equipment is expected to reach $107bn in 2025, according to the 300mmm Fab Outlook report by SEMI. The sector is expected to grow 7% this year and 9% in 2026 to reach $116bn, a 4 ...

Alun Williams, web editor What caught my eye was the European Space Agency and Avio, the Italian space propulsion specialist, working towards a reusable upper stage for European rocket launches. Keep ...

Toshiba has created a range of automotive-grade Zeners for surge protection in the 0.8 x 1.6mm SOD-523 package. Called the XCEZ series, they rated at 150 or 300mW (see below) and come in 20 E24 values ...

Halloween hackathons and competitions are an annual tradition on the element14 Community. This year’s competition challenges creators of all kinds to use their skills to build a suitably spooky ...

An AI company in Japan has filed for bankruptcy protection, it has been delisted from the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the CEO, Kazutaka Yonekura, has resigned. On Monday, 11 year-old Alt, of Tokyo, filed ...

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Semiconductor research lab imec is to develop processes for growing GaN power semiconductors on 300mm wafers – capacity is now mostly on 200mm. It will be working with Aixtron, GlobalFoundries, KLA, ...