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Silanna announces two-year price lock

Silanna Semiconductor has taken the bold step of announcing a two-year price lock from receipt of purchase order on its full range of high-performance ADCs. The move is in direct contrast with other major US brands who have recently announced price hikes ranging from 15 to 85% across analog and embedded product lines. Comments Patrick

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Cyient Semiconductors completes Kinetic Technologies investment

Cyient Semiconductors announced the successful close of its $85 million majority stake investment in Kinetic Technologies, a global power semiconductor solutions provider. Kinetic Technologies joins Cyient Semiconductors as a proven, revenue generating global custom and Application-Specific-Standard-Product (ASSP) company, with more than 100 silicon proven IPs and over 250 high volume custom and ASSPs across power

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ASML raises outlook as AI drives record chip demand

ASML has reported robust first-quarter results and significantly upgraded its full-year outlook, as artificial intelligence continues to fuel unprecedented demand across the semiconductor industry. The Veldhoven-based company posted total net sales of €8.8 billion for the first quarter of 2026, with a gross margin of 53.0% and net income of €2.8 billion. The gross margin

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Infineon leads in automotive semiconductor market

According to the latest market analysis published by TechInsights for 2025, Infineon achieved the number one market position for the sixth consecutive year and further extended its lead over key competitors, confirming its standing as the preferred partner in the rapidly evolving automotive industry. “Our persistent number one position in the automotive semiconductor market demonstrates

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Nordic Semiconductor strengthens executive team

Nordic Semiconductor announced the appointment of Jo Uthus as Executive Vice President of Marketing and Developer Experience. The new role reinforces Nordic’s strategy to scale its developer ecosystem and accelerate growth across broad markets. “Developers play a central role in Nordic’s success,” said Vegard Wollan, CEO of Nordic Semiconductor. “Our leadership is built on trust

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Farnell podcast explores AI, brain science

Farnell’s Top Tech Voices podcast continues its second season with two new episodes exploring how neuroscience, AI, and health technology are reshaping the way people think, behave, and live. The latest conversations feature renowned neuroscientist and Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience Anil Seth, and Dr Julia Jones, a neuroscientist, former Olympic psychologist and founder

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How is AI shaping everyday technologies?

Mouser Electronics announced the first 2026 instalment of its Empowering Innovation Together (EIT) technology series, Engineering AI for Daily Life. This instalment explores how artificial intelligence is increasingly embedded in everyday products and services, from assisted search and messaging tools to healthcare wearables that monitor personal wellbeing. As AI capabilities expand across consumer and connected

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Codasip announces strategic pivot

Codasip announced a strategic evolution of its business to focus on the rapidly growing need for cyber-resilient semiconductor architectures and semiconductor System on Chips (SoCs). In conjunction with this change, Codasip is also announcing the divesture of its low-end RISC-V processor design business to a public US semiconductor company. As part of the divestiture, the

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GigaDevice strengthens Brazil expansion

GigaDevice, a semiconductor company specialising in Flash memory, 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs), sensors, and analog products, has appointed ACP Componentes Eletrônicos as a strategic long-term distribution partner for Brazil, covering the company’s full portfolio, including Flash, specialty DRAM, MCUs, sensors, and analog products, across all 26 states. The partnership marks a significant milestone in GigaDevice’s expansion

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Harwin announces 2026 Distributor of the Year winners

Harwin has announced the winners of its Distributor of the Year Awards, with DigiKey declared the Global Winner 2026. On announcing the award, Harwin highlighted DigiKey’s exceptional performance to its business across multiple regions and helping to drive year-on-year growth across all territories. DigiKey also took home a second trophy: Global e-Commerce Distributor, 2026. Regional

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