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Semiconductors news — Sunday 25 October 2026

54 stories from 8 sources, every one in English. Each links to its publisher.

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  1. Japanese builder Takenaka to offer 'meister' credential for foreign staff
    JPNikkei Asia
  2. Culture: Stephen Schwarzman (25)
    JPNikkei Asia
  3. Anthropic’s Big Reveal
    USThe Information

    The tech industry equivalent of the Super Bowl may finally be upon us. Anthropic could make public the paperwork for its initial public offering as early as Monday. Details about Anthropic’s finances from either drafts of the IPO filing or…

  4. Aivres NVIDIA Vera Rubin and HGX B300 at OCP Summit
    USServeTheHome

    We check out the range of Aivres NVIDIA Vera, Vera Rubin, and Blackwell Ultra platforms at OCP Summit 2026 The post Aivres NVIDIA Vera Rubin and HGX B300 at OCP Summit appeared first on ServeTheHome .

  5. AI stock falls are sore spot for China's self-reliance strategy
    JPNikkei Asia
  6. Pt-W Alloy Shows Potential For Thinner High-NA EUV Mask Absorbers (Chinese Academy of Sciences et al.)
    USSemiconductor Engineering

    Researchers at Chinese Academy of Sciences , Jilin University , State Key Laboratory of Advanced Manufacturing for Optical Systems , and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences published a technical paper titled “Evaluating an…

  7. Dry-Deposited Resist Shows Different Tone Behavior Under EUV And E-Beam Exposure (KU Leuven, Kunsan, VUB, Imec)
    USSemiconductor Engineering

    Researchers at KU Leuven , Kunsan National University , Vrije Universiteit Brussel , imec, et al. published “Irradiation-Source-Dependent Tone Conversion in Dry-Deposited Halogenated Amorphous Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework Resists for…

  8. From trust to growth: the next chapter in Japan-UK relations
    JPNikkei Asia
  9. Silicon Photonic Modulator Reaches 200 Gb/s PAM4 With Reduced DSP (Science Tokyo, Yokohama, AIST, PETRA)
    USSemiconductor Engineering

    Researchers from Institute of Science Tokyo, Yokohama National University , AIST , and Photonics Electronics Technology Research Association (PETRA) published a technical paper titled “Reduced-DSP 200G/λ Low-Voltage Slow-Light Silicon…

  10. Security-Aware Layer Mapping Reduces Fault Vulnerability In 3D Compute-In-Memory (ASU, U. of Maryland)
    USSemiconductor Engineering

    Researchers at Arizona State University and University of Maryland published “SEAL: Multitenant Security-Aware Layer Mapping for Heterogeneous 3-D CiM Accelerators.” Abstract : “Heterogeneous 3-D compute-in-memory architectures can combine…

  11. Neural Networks Speed 3nm Nanosheet SPICE Simulation (TU Munich)
    USSemiconductor Engineering

    Researchers at Technical University of Munich published “NN-Based Transistor Modeling for Ultra-Fast SPICE Simulation and Standard Cell Library Characterization.” Abstract : “Neural network (NN)-based transistor models have proven to be a…

  12. Nuremberg at 80: Japan's role in the unfinished fight against aggression
    JPNikkei Asia
  13. CEO Interview with Eric Tsai of Mivium
    USSemiWiki

    Eric Tsai is Co-Founder and CEO of Mivium, Inc., a US-based materials technology company in Fremont, California developing submicron gallium nitride powder and related wide bandgap materials. He co-founded Mivium in 2022 after a career…

  14. SoftBank plans $50bn AI investment in Malaysia, PM says
    JPNikkei Asia
  15. CEO Interview with Dr. Gleb Tsipursky of Disaster Avoidance Experts
    USSemiWiki

    Gleb Tsipursky, PhD, is the CEO and co-founder of Disaster Avoidance Experts , a consulting and training firm focused on helping organizations adopt AI through employee engagement and practical workflow redesign. He is a behavioral…

  16. Takaichi cabinet maintains 62% approval rating despite minister controversy
    JPNikkei Asia
  17. Data Center Late Fees Hit $5 Million or More Per Day, Spawning New Insurance
    USThe Information

    This spring, Mike Mathews, who leads the global digital infrastructure practice at insurance broker Marsh, raced to design a policy to protect a data center developer from a $1 million-a-day late fee. The developer’s tenant was demanding…

  18. Big Tech is cashing in on AI while the rest of corporate America sees no financial returns
    USTom's Hardware

    AI spending is generating revenue for technology providers, but most other S&P 500 companies have yet to show comparable gains in productivity or profit margins, a report by Apollo’s Daily Spark analysis has shown. Go deeper with TH…

  19. IQUNIX MQ80 low profile mechanical keyboard review
    USTom's Hardware

    When it comes to mechanical keyboards, IQUNIX has always been ahead of the curve. Before COVID turned the mainstream onto mechanical keyboards, the company had already been releasing some of the best mechanical keyboards available, quietly…

  20. Executive Interview with Victor Lopez of RaiderChip
    USSemiWiki

    Victor Lopez is Co-Founder and CTO at RaiderChip, with over 20 years of experience in FPGA and ASIC design. Throughout his career, he has led the development of semiconductor IP and custom hardware solutions licensed by international…

  21. Ukrainian drone attacks hammer Russia's finance ministry data center, damaged facility reportedly holds tax databases
    USTom's Hardware

    Russia has lost another data center in its ongoing conflict with Ukraine after drones hit a government data center in the suburbs of Gorodets, some 230 miles east of the Kremlin and over 600 miles away from the frontlines. According to…

  22. CEO Interview with Vincent Cobée of ITEN
    USSemiWiki

    Vincent Cobée is a global industrial executive with more than 30 years of leadership experience, most of it spent in the highly demanding automotive industry, where he built a successful track record leading large-scale international…

  23. Samsung's new 2TB 990 SSD is 38% off at Amazon today
    USTom's Hardware

    While SSD pricing isn't quite as bad as what we see in the RAM market, buying more storage for your PC is still quite painful. Samsung recently released a new 'budget' version of its 990 M.2 SSD, and it just got a surprising $200 discount…

  24. CEO Interview with Lisa Spelman of Cornelis
    USSemiWiki

    Lisa Spelman is CEO of Cornelis , where she leads the company’s efforts to advance high-performance networking for AI and HPC infrastructure. She brings more than 20 years of experience across AI, cloud, enterprise infrastructure, data…

  25. Nvidia discusses $2,000-per-GPU annual software fee for running agents on AI infrastructure
    USTom's Hardware

    Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has put the annual cost of licensing the company’s AI software at around $2,000 per GPU to 'run all the software that Nvidia provides that runs agents on these AI factories,' according to a recent video of the…

  26. Jailbroken PS5s can now run Steam PC games
    USTom's Hardware

    Gamers can now experiment with playing their favorite Steam titles on a jailbroken PlayStation 5 . The game launcher is actually based on the Playden launcher designed for macOS and adapted for the PlayStation, allowing you to sign in with…

  27. Windows XP debuted 25 years ago today
    USTom's Hardware

    Windows XP became available at retailers for the first time on this day back in 2001. It was ushered in with Microsoft's largest and glitziest launch event since Windows 95 , but the bigger news was its delivery of an OS with modern…

  28. Poetry for Engineers: Of Code and Shortleaf Pine
    USIEEE Spectrum

    I step into the warm moist air among the columns of the pines, their net of twigs and roots complex as any lines of code. The trees purify and anchor. Their branches balance my restlessness. Their calling is to be present, mine to develop…

  29. New CD players keep launching, but a drive shortage could make them unfixable
    USTom's Hardware

    Even as optical media sees a resurgence and new CD players hit the market , some optical drive and component manufacturers have ended production. As a result, PS Audio and Naim have halted production of their high-end CD players, raising…

  30. OpenAI's isolated red-team agents built a hidden CPU cache channel to talk with no network or shared files
    USTom's Hardware

    OpenAI’s AI agents built hidden channels to talk across walls put up between them in red-team tests, communicating by manipulating the CPU cache with no network link or shared file, according to a company blog post . The containment was…

  31. AMD CEO Lisa Su proposed bringing back the Ryzen 7 5800X3D, set plan in motion before DDR5 shortages
    USTom's Hardware

    AMD Director of Client Product Management Travis Kirsch sat down with a Japanese publication to share the backstory of the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D and its relaunch this year. Kirsch told MyNavi Tech+ [machine translated] that AMD CEO Lisa Su…

  32. Nvidia eyes converting old nuclear plants into massive AI data centers
    USTom's Hardware

    Nvidia is collaborating with German energy firm PreussenElektra GmbH (PEL) to explore converting old nuclear power plants into AI data centers. In an official announcement on October 21st, the U.S. chipmaker and the German firm entered a…

  33. Cybersecurity bounty hunter says Samsung TVs use AI to record audio and screenshots for ads
    USTom's Hardware

    Reverse engineer and cybersecurity bounty hunter log4j recently found they were getting “weirdly targeted ads” on their Samsung TV and discovered privacy breaches. As they live-tweeted their discoveries, they found increasingly concerning…

  34. Indonesia free university plan to attract AI risks more fiscal strain
    JPNikkei Asia
  35. Japan snack maker Kameda Seika to exit India, shift focus to North America
    JPNikkei Asia
  36. China's fifth plenum, Jio listing on Indian bourses, BOJ meeting
    JPNikkei Asia
  37. Pressed by Chinese EVs in Southeast Asia, Mitsubishi Motors makes risky pivot
    JPNikkei Asia
  38. South Korean golfers flock to small Japanese town for deals at resort
    JPNikkei Asia
  39. Australia's red-tipped bananas are its first 'ecoganic' export
    JPNikkei Asia
  40. Sydney's new international airport opens to passengers
    JPNikkei Asia
  41. Nvidia unveils OOI CPO prototype for post-2028 AI needs
    TWDigiTimes Daily

    Nvidia has unveiled a prototype of its next-generation co-packaged optics (CPO) technology, Optics-on-Interposer (OOI), at SEMICON West 2026. The design moves the optical engine from a conventional organic package substrate to the silicon…

  42. China clears DeepSeek, MiniMax for overseas AI deployment
    TWDigiTimes Daily

    DeepSeek and MiniMax have received approval to deploy their artificial intelligence models overseas, according to a post published October 22 by China Central Television’s Yuyuantantan account. The move signals that Beijing intends to…

  43. Namuga expands beyond Samsung with humanoid robot camera modules
    TWDigiTimes Daily

    South Korean image-sensing module maker Namuga is accelerating its physical AI strategy after securing a supply deal with a global humanoid robot company. The company is preparing for shipments and mass production while targeting revenue…

  44. Chinese automakers capture record 14.6% Europe market share as looming hybrid import curbs spur shipments
    TWDigiTimes Daily

    Chinese automakers achieved record sales in Europe in September, doubling their monthly volume to 194,800 vehicles and capturing an unprecedented 14.6% market share. Beyond their expanding model portfolios, the surge appears to reflect…

  45. AI data centers drive Taiwan's electrical firms into modular, EPC markets
    TWDigiTimes Daily

    As demand for AI data centers expands, next-generation AI servers are raising requirements for power supply, cooling efficiency, and deployment speed. Taiwan's electrical and mechanical equipment providers are therefore moving beyond…

  46. Meta＆rsquo;s AI commitments surge to US$825 billion, testing financing power
    TWDigiTimes Daily

    Meta Platforms’ long-term AI infrastructure spending is driving rising financial pressure, with free cash flow turning negative in Q3 2026 and future lease and non-cancelable contract commitments climbing to about US$825 billion. The…

  47. Texas Instruments sees up to $1,000 in chip content per humanoid robot as analog supply tightens
    TWDigiTimes Daily

    Texas Instruments (TI) held its latest earnings call this week, projecting fourth-quarter 2026 revenue of US$5.8 billion to US$6.3 billion. The midpoint of its guidance is broadly in line with third-quarter revenue, outperforming the…

  48. Column: Will general-purpose models overtake Physical AI?
    TWDigiTimes Daily

    After GPT-6 Astra launched in early September 2026, researchers quickly put it through Physical AI and robotics benchmarks. In some tests, it outperformed specialized models trained on large amounts of robot data. Credit: AFP

  49. Magnate Technology sees aerospace, semiconductor growth opportunities
    TWDigiTimes Daily

    Magnate Technology expects rising aircraft engine demand and semiconductor equipment opportunities to support growth as it expands production capacity, with implications for global aviation and chip supply chains. The aerospace components…

  50. Moonshot's Singapore hiring shows how China's open-model labs plan to get paid abroad
    TWDigiTimes Daily

    Moonshot AI's first visible overseas sales hire marks a new stage in how Chinese developers of open-weight models compete outside China. They have given away model weights to win developers and earned money through cloud platforms and…

  51. Tesla-SpaceX merger tests whether Musk's technology empire is worth more together
    TWDigiTimes Daily

    Since Elon Musk publicly confirmed that Tesla and SpaceX are evaluating a potential merger, the prospect has stirred widespread speculation over what could become the largest corporate transaction in history—and whether combining two of…

  52. Interview: The story of LEACHIM, a working humanoid robot from the 1970s
    TWDigiTimes Daily

    The robotics industry has come a long way since robots were first built over 50 years ago. Yet LEACHIM, a robot teacher and one of the world's first humanoids created back in the 1970s, may hold a key clue as companies seek to transition…

  53. Footloose in Davao: Cracking open the Philippines' 'durian city'
    JPNikkei Asia
  54. Saudi-led coalition says it downed 2 missiles fired by Houthis
    JPNikkei Asia