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16 October 2026

Power Integrations and Ideal Power collaborate on efficient, always-on solid-state circuit breakers

Combining 1700V InnoMux-2 ICs with B-TRAN switches for protection, control and power conversion in 800VDC AI data center infrastructure

16 October 2026

Smartphone shipments shrink 20% in Q3/2026 as memory crisis reshapes competition

Samsung and Apple collectively rise to 45% share versus mass-market-focused competitors

16 October 2026

GlobalFoundries’ CHIPS Program award amended to support $5bn investment in Malta, NY, and Burlington, VT

$955m reallocated to accelerate investments in silicon photonics, SiGe, and advanced packaging

16 October 2026

Infineon and Wolfspeed expand and extend long-term SiC wafer supply agreement to 200mm

Multi-year deal supports Infineon’s conversion from 150mm to 200mm SiC manufacturing

15 October 2026

XMax to acquire 1200V vertical GaN power semiconductor developer Hexa Creation

Deal gives entry to high-voltage GaN power technology targeting AI data-center power infrastructure

14 October 2026

AVL and VisIC extend collaboration to high-power GaN traction inverter technology

D³GaN power module technology integrated into vehicle demonstrator

14 October 2026

Tower and Semtech expand SiGe partnership to scale power-efficient analog connectivity for data centers

Multi-year deal expands dedicated capacity across Tower’s fab network to support growth in optical and copper interconnects for next-gen AI infrastructure

13 October 2026

InGaN amber nano-LED with 10% external quantum efficiency

Device benefits from enhanced light extraction at 840nm diameter.

13 October 2026

Lumentum, Astera Labs and Corning demo 1060nm VCSEL-based PCIe-over-optics for AI rack-scale connectivity at OCP Global Summit

Smart Fabric Switch, high-density VCSEL optical interconnect platform, and multi-mode fiber connectivity combined

13 October 2026

Navitas collaborates with NVIDIA on 24kW, 800V-to-12V power delivery board for next-gen AI infrastructure

Single stage eliminates 50V IBC power stage, boosting system efficiency and reducing board space

13 October 2026

Polar collaborates with IC-Link by imec on 8-inch manufacturing of e-mode GaN devices

Focus on 40–650V initially, and markets such as 800V-to-12V conversion in data centers in future

8 October 2026

Wolfspeed receives conditional $1.5bn loan commitment from US Department of War

Financing to support domestic development and production of silicon carbide materials and wide-bandgap power devices, with focus on national security

7 October 2026

Monolithic III-N complementary logic

Researchers claim record 154.1V/V maximum voltage gain, 10.4ns/stage RO delay, and first 6T-SRAM.

1 October 2026

Intrinsic polarization superjunctions

Lateral iPSJ diodes and transistors achieve highest V_BR among reported GaN-on-Si devices.

18 September 2026

In-situ dry repair and passivation

ICP mesa treatment reverses size-dependence of blue and green micro-LED EQEs

10 September 2026

TMAH and passivation to boost external quantum efficiency

Efficiency of 1μm LED increased 363% after treatment.

3 September 2026

Towards full-color GaN micro-cavity LEDs

Monolithic device demonstrates 260nm wavelength range, covering almost 70% of visible spectrum

27 August 2026

Thin p-GaN ohmic contact formation

Researchers propose ultrathin magnesium deposition and brief thermal annealing to reduce resistance.