India’s fabless IC vision takes a step forward with the latest industry roadmap. Benchmark and Rogers turned in stellar June quarters.

The Department of Commerce ‌will provide $874 million in CHIPS Act funding to seven U.S. companies developing semiconductor technologies for AI and advanced computing systems.

The India Cellular and Electronics Association on Friday outlined a roadmap for building globally competitive Indian fabless semiconductor companies, with stakeholders identifying priority chip products, stronger intellectual property (IP) creation, startup support and easier access to capital as key focus areas under the government's Semicon 2.0 programme.

A huge debate is brewing in Silicon Valley over the proliferation of Chinese-made artificial intelligence tools, particularly “open-weight” AI systems that, by some measures, can compete with or even outperform some of the best US models.

Five young faculty members from the Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science have won National Science Foundation Career Awards this year.

CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY is accepting entries for the 20th annual New Product Introduction Awards, with submissions for electronics assembly products due Dec. 14.

Sean Patterson discusses why AI adoption in manufacturing depends on building practical workplace habits rather than relying on training alone in the latest PCB Chat.

PCEA has opened PCB East 2027 booth sales for returning exhibitors and Gold and Platinum corporate members. The exhibition will be held April 28, 2027, at the DCU Center in Worcester, MA, alongside the four-day technical conference, with general booth sales opening Aug. 12.

PCB West 2026 is nearly sold out, with fewer than 5 percent of exhibition booths remaining for the Sept. 29–Oct. 2 event at the Santa Clara Convention Center.

PCEA announced a dedicated electronics assembly program for PCB West 2026, featuring 10 technical sessions on solder paste, placement, reflow, stencil design and cleaning.

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Benchmark Electronics announced second quarter revenue rose 18 percent year-over-year to $756M.

Rogers Corp. said second quarter net sales were $217M, up 6.9 percent year-over-year.

A Fabrinet subsidiary has acquired an office campus in Santa Clara for $77M.

Kingboard Holdings is reporting a half-year net profit of HK$2.7B.

Yancheng Yilian Electronics, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Shenzhen Yilian Technology, held a groundbreaking ceremony for its flexible printed circuit board) production site.

AI will remain the primary driver of memory demand in 2027. However, market dynamics are expected to diverge between DRAM and NAND Flash, TrendForce says.

Chinese smartphone vendors reported second quarter shipments fell to 130.5 million units, down 13 percent from the prior quarter and 26 percent from a year earlier.

Mirtec opened a sales and demo facility in Dallas.

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