Addverb, an Indian robotics firm known for warehouse automation, announced at SEMICON India 2026 that it is entering the semiconductor manufacturing market. The company will develop specialised robotic systems for precision material handling, automated storage, and component movement inside semiconductor and advanced‑electronics fabs. Leveraging its portfolio of autonomous mobile robots, ASRS, robotic arms and AI‑enabled tracking, Addverb aims to meet cleanroom requirements such as contamination control, vibration mitigation and electrostatic discharge protection. The move also extends to [...]

The edge artificial intelligence accelerator market is projected to surge from $11.1 billion in 2025 to $14.85 billion in 2026, a 33.8 % CAGR, and to reach $47.2 billion by 2030 with a 33.5 % CAGR. Growth is driven by expanding IoT deployments, smart manufacturing, autonomous systems, and the need for low‑latency, on‑device AI processing. Key trends include energy‑efficient chips, real‑time vision workloads, and compact hardware designs for edge use cases. Major players such as Apple, Intel, NVIDIA, Qualcomm, AMD, Arm, and [...]

The Semiconductor Industry Association announced that Apple Executive Chair Tim Cook will receive the 2026 Robert N. Noyce Award, the industry’s highest honor. The award recognizes Cook’s advocacy for U.S. semiconductor leadership and his role in driving growth and advanced manufacturing. Cook will accept the award at the SIA Awards Dinner on Nov. 19, 2026, in San Jose, California. The announcement highlights Cook’s influence on Apple’s semiconductor-enabled products and his broader impact on the global technology landscape. [...]

ASM announced the XP8® Vertos™ Flowable Carbon, the first plasma‑enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) flowable carbon film that merges gap fill and planarization into a single process. The technology promises reduced complexity, improved topography control, and supports 3D scaling for both logic and memory devices. Early deployment targets high‑volume manufacturing, positioning ASM to meet future patterning challenges as semiconductor architectures grow more complex. The material’s engineered flowability, thermal stability, and area‑selective properties distinguish it from conventional carbon [...]

Alibaba Group announced an ambitious AI roadmap at its Apsara Cloud conference in Hangzhou, targeting the development of models with 5‑10 trillion parameters. Chief executive Eddie Wu detailed the progression from the current Qwen 3.8 Max (2.4 trillion parameters) to the in‑training Qwen 4 and future Qwen 4.5 and Qwen 5 series, which aim to handle more complex, longer‑horizon tasks and move toward superintelligence. The company highlighted its proprietary M890 AI supernode, capable of inference for models exceeding 2 trillion parameters, a capability it claims [...]

Singapore‑based Nexstrom, a semiconductor startup developing wafer‑scale single‑crystal 2D materials, announced a $12 million seed round led by Xora Innovation, with Foothill Ventures and SEEDS participating, bringing total capital to $15 million. The financing will accelerate the company’s push toward the industry’s first 12‑inch 2D wafer growth on production‑ready tools and validate the platform within existing foundry workflows. Nexstrom’s full‑stack solution integrates proprietary chemical vapor deposition equipment, process technology and wafer‑scale growth to produce atomically thin semiconductors compatible with [...]

Enablence Technologies Inc. reported preliminary unaudited results for fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, forecasting revenue of $7.9‑$8.10 million, up from prior guidance. The company posted its first positive gross‑margin quarter and improved GAAP gross margins to a range of –12% to –18%, versus a 40% loss in 2025. CEO Todd Haugen attributed growth to the ramp‑up of the Fremont fabrication plant and increased output from the Vietnam assembly fab, which together boosted sales in communications, LiDAR, advanced‑vision and AI‑supported [...]