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France’s Drive to Rebuild a Native Semiconductor Industry

France’s Drive to Rebuild a Native Semiconductor Industry

France’s Électronique 2030 program commits €5B+ to revitalize its semiconductor industry. Learn the details of this ambitious effort, and the market challenges it’s facing.


News Jun 11, 2026 by Gordon Feller
Intel Outfits New Xeon Processors, Networking, and GPUs for Agentic AI

Intel Outfits New Xeon Processors, Networking, and GPUs for Agentic AI

At Computex, Intel described the CPU as the control plane for agentic workloads, pairing new processors and network controllers with fresh details on its inference GPU.


News Jun 05, 2026 by Luke James
Siemens Intros AI-Powered Library Characterizer to Speed IC Design

Siemens Intros AI-Powered Library Characterizer to Speed IC Design

New characterization software delivers 7x throughput gains by combining a predictive AI engine with a purpose-built SPICE simulator.


News Jun 02, 2026 by Luke James
Europe’s Chip Ambitions: Why the EU’s Semi Strategy May Fall Short

Europe’s Chip Ambitions: Why the EU’s Semi Strategy May Fall Short

An audit finds that the European Chips Act is "very unlikely" to hit the 20% global market target by 2030, citing fragmented funding, slow progress on FOAKs, and fierce international competition.


News May 12, 2026 by Gordon Feller
Intel and US Semi Fabrication Gets Huge Boost on Rumors from SpaceX, Apple

Intel and US Semi Fabrication Gets Huge Boost on Rumors from SpaceX, Apple

SpaceX’s proposed Terafab and Apple's preliminary discussions indicate escalating pressure to expand domestic semiconductor production.


News May 11, 2026 by Jake Hertz
Cadence Unwraps Agentic AI Super Agent for Chip Design and Verification

Cadence Unwraps Agentic AI Super Agent for Chip Design and Verification

Announced today, the new ChipStack AI Super Agent from Cadence automates front end silicon design and verification, delivering a 10X productivity increase.


News Feb 10, 2026 by Duane Benson
Singulation—Literally Cutting Edge—Is Gaining More Importance for Wafer Fabs

Singulation—Literally Cutting Edge—Is Gaining More Importance for Wafer Fabs

Singulation (wafer dicing) is critical for IC wafer manufacturing. Laser/plasma dicing is replacing mechanical methods. Lidrotec's laser-liquid technology offers virtually zero-damage cuts.


News Feb 06, 2026 by Gordon Feller
Our Top 2025 Research Stories: Rubber CMOS, Washable Electronics, and More

Our Top 2025 Research Stories: Rubber CMOS, Washable Electronics, and More

Enjoy this roundup of our favorite All About Circuits research news articles of 2025!


News Dec 26, 2025 by Jeff Child
Upbeat Technology’s RISC-V MCU Takes Flight With Near-Threshold Computing

Upbeat Technology’s RISC-V MCU Takes Flight With Near-Threshold Computing

Developed with SiFive, the dual-core SoC uses patented error correction to achieve a record 16.8 µW/MHz/DMIPS, targeting next-gen wearables, drones, and IoT sensors.


News Oct 17, 2025 by Dale Wilson
Your 2025 Back-to-School Guide to All About Circuits’ Educational Resources

Your 2025 Back-to-School Guide to All About Circuits’ Educational Resources

Are you a first year electronics engineering student? Or maybe working on a second or third degree in this field? All About Circuits has the resources you need: comprehensive textbooks, technical articles, calculators, videos, and more for your EE studies.


News Sep 19, 2025 by Jeff Child
Startup Intros ‘Most Advanced’ Multi-Gigahertz Timing and Clock Devices

Startup Intros ‘Most Advanced’ Multi-Gigahertz Timing and Clock Devices

Unveiled today, the new timing chips from Mixed-Signal Devices offer 2 GHz performance and use scalable CMOS to overcome the limits of analog alternatives.


News Jun 03, 2025 by Jeff Child
Rohm Blends Analog and Digital for Optimal Power Control

Rohm Blends Analog and Digital for Optimal Power Control

LogiCoA provides digital precision with power consumption equivalent to analog power supplies.


News Aug 06, 2024 by Jake Hertz
Alphawave Reveals Multiprotocol I/O Chiplet Tapeout, Collabs with Arm, Samsung

Alphawave Reveals Multiprotocol I/O Chiplet Tapeout, Collabs with Arm, Samsung

A string of new announcements has catapulted Alphawave Semi into the industry’s spotlight.


News Jun 19, 2024 by Jake Hertz
Synopsys Claims Industry’s First PCI Express 7.0 IP Set

Synopsys Claims Industry’s First PCI Express 7.0 IP Set

Armed with key functions available in separate blocks, designers can get a headstart on PCIe Gen 7 with Synopsys’s newest IP.


News Jun 11, 2024 by Aaron Carman
ISSCC 2024: Inside AMD’s Zen 4c—The Area-Optimized Cloud Computing Core

ISSCC 2024: Inside AMD’s Zen 4c—The Area-Optimized Cloud Computing Core

AMD engineers presented their latest innovation this week at ISSCC, showing the world how they realized the Zen 4c CPU core.


News Feb 23, 2024 by Aaron Carman
Siemens Unveils 3-Piece Emulation and Prototyping Solution

Siemens Unveils 3-Piece Emulation and Prototyping Solution

The new hardware-assisted verification and validation system marks a first for the EDA industry.


News Feb 21, 2024 by Jake Hertz
Firms Forge Alliance to Bring Piezoelectric MEMS to the Middle Market

Firms Forge Alliance to Bring Piezoelectric MEMS to the Middle Market

Launched today, this new alliance promises to make high quality thin-film piezoelectric (PZT) technology more accessible to piezoelectric MEMS developers.


News Jan 17, 2024 by Duane Benson
Editor’s Choice: Our Top 10 News Articles of 2023

Editor’s Choice: Our Top 10 News Articles of 2023

Looking back on the year, here’s a review of the most popular News articles on All About Circuits.


News Dec 31, 2023 by Jeff Child
Can There Be Any Doubt? In Our Industry, 2023 Was ‘The Year of AI’

Can There Be Any Doubt? In Our Industry, 2023 Was ‘The Year of AI’

While the rest of the world spent 2023 playing with ChatGPT, the electronics industry put AI into everything from processors to edge IoT chips to EDA tools.


News Dec 27, 2023 by Jeff Child
I’m Thankful for These 6 EE Online Resources on All About Circuits

I’m Thankful for These 6 EE Online Resources on All About Circuits

On Thanksgiving today, Jeff reflects on how electronics technology enables all our amazing devices, and shares six useful All About Circuits online resources to be thankful for.


News Nov 23, 2023 by Jeff Child