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AI Craze Drives Wave of Semiconductor Deals Toward $1T Chip Era

AI Craze Drives Wave of Semiconductor Deals Toward $1T Chip Era

In this edition of Business Shorts, we spotlight five announcements that show AI demand is reshaping everything from Wall Street financing to washing machines.


News Aug 26, 2026 by Luke James
NXP Launches MCUs Blending 10BASE-T1S Ethernet and Post-Quantum Security

NXP Launches MCUs Blending 10BASE-T1S Ethernet and Post-Quantum Security

The new MCX A5 MCUs integrate 10BASE-T1S Ethernet, topology discovery, and post-quantum security to streamline and protect industrial edge networks.


News Aug 25, 2026 by Jeff Child
Microchip Debuts Rev 2 of Its PolarFire FPGA Ethernet Sensor Bridge

Microchip Debuts Rev 2 of Its PolarFire FPGA Ethernet Sensor Bridge

The new PolarFire FPGA-powered board from Microchip brings multiple sensors to Nvidia edge AI platforms.


News Aug 24, 2026 by Duane Benson
Synopsys Rolls Out First Complete CXL 4.0 IP for AI Memory Connectivity

Synopsys Rolls Out First Complete CXL 4.0 IP for AI Memory Connectivity

The controller, PHY, security, and verification IP support 128 GT/s links and target rack-scale memory pools exceeding 100 TB.


News Aug 21, 2026 by Luke James
Memorable Memory: 5 Highlights From the Future of Memory & Storage Show

Memorable Memory: 5 Highlights From the Future of Memory & Storage Show

Industry leaders used FMS 2026 to introduce a suite of new memory advancements, from denser QLC NAND to 16,000 MT/s DDR5.


News Aug 11, 2026 by Jake Hertz
Rambus Serves Up DDR5 RDIMM Server Chipset for Next-Gen AI Data Centers

Rambus Serves Up DDR5 RDIMM Server Chipset for Next-Gen AI Data Centers

The new registering clock driver raises registered DIMM data rates to 9,600 MT/s for CPU-based servers.


News Aug 04, 2026 by Jake Hertz
Business Shorts: Partnerships Advancing AI Factories, Physical AI, and More

Business Shorts: Partnerships Advancing AI Factories, Physical AI, and More

In this edition of Business Shorts, SK Group and Nvidia plan $500 billion in AI infrastructure, TDK and LG Innotek team up on robotic sensing, and Micron locks in automotive memory supply.


News Aug 03, 2026 by Luke James
4 New Memory ICs Scale From AI Accelerators to Industrial Sensors

4 New Memory ICs Scale From AI Accelerators to Industrial Sensors

New HBM, UFS, NAND, and EEPROM devices span the storage stack.


News Jul 24, 2026 by Jake Hertz
OECD Is Putting Supply Chain, Value Chain, and Subsidies in the Spotlight

OECD Is Putting Supply Chain, Value Chain, and Subsidies in the Spotlight

The OECD is analyzing the semiconductor industry, focusing on supply chain resilience, global value chain mapping, and the impact of rising industrial subsidies on global market competition.


News Jul 09, 2026 by Gordon Feller
Exclusive CEO Interview: Rebellions’ NPU Leverages Memory-Centric Chiplets

Exclusive CEO Interview: Rebellions’ NPU Leverages Memory-Centric Chiplets

The Korean unicorn packages four NPU dies with 144 GB of HBM3E and bets on an open software stack to serve large language models at lower cost per token.


News Jun 29, 2026 by Jake Hertz
Geehy Semiconductor Unwraps Family of Automotive Arm Cortex M0+ MCUs

Geehy Semiconductor Unwraps Family of Automotive Arm Cortex M0+ MCUs

Three new Arm Cortex M0+ MCUs added to the G32A family target “central computing and regional control” automotive accessory applications.


News Jun 16, 2026 by Duane Benson
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
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
EU’s European Investment Bank Meets the Unique Needs of Semiconductors

EU’s European Investment Bank Meets the Unique Needs of Semiconductors

Learn how the EU's premier lending institution is deploying billions in loans, equity, and blended finance to build a sovereign European chip ecosystem.


News Apr 07, 2026 by Gordon Feller
Gigadevice Debuts Motor Control MCU and Low-Power NOR Flash Memory

Gigadevice Debuts Motor Control MCU and Low-Power NOR Flash Memory

Gigadevice doubled down on efficiency at Embedded World—unveiling a motor-control MCU that slashes system complexity and a low-voltage NOR flash that cuts power use by a third.


News Mar 24, 2026 by Duane Benson
ElastixAI Emerges From Stealth With FPGA Approach to Gen AI Supercomputing

ElastixAI Emerges From Stealth With FPGA Approach to Gen AI Supercomputing

In this exclusive interview, the Seattle startup says its software-ML-hardware co-design—announced today—converts off-the-shelf FPGA servers into high-efficiency AI inference engines.


News Feb 25, 2026 by Luke James
Geehy Launches Arm Automotive MCU for Body and Comfort ECUs

Geehy Launches Arm Automotive MCU for Body and Comfort ECUs

The 40 nm Arm Cortex-M4F device combines 256 KB flash, CAN FD, and ASIL-B positioning for NEV subsystems.


News Feb 23, 2026 by Luke James
Intel’s 2716 and 2732: The EPROMs That Put Firmware on a Single 5 V Rail

Intel’s 2716 and 2732: The EPROMs That Put Firmware on a Single 5 V Rail

Intel’s 2716 and 2732 took UV EPROMs from “power-supply problem” to practical, socketable firmware for mainstream 8-bit and early 16-bit designs.


News Jan 30, 2026 by Luke James
Mostek MK4116/MK4164: The DRAM Pair That Standardized the 8-Bit Era

Mostek MK4116/MK4164: The DRAM Pair That Standardized the 8-Bit Era

Mostek’s 16K MK4116 and its 64K successor, the MK4164, became the DRAMs that defined late-1970s and early-1980s microcomputers and set conventions the industry followed for years.


News Jan 16, 2026 by Luke James