Thailand’s first semiconductor roadmap sets an $80B investment target by 2050 as the country moves to expand. AI infrastructure demand helped push TTM Technologies’ quarterly sales to a record $1B as its data center and networking business.

The University of Tulsa is investing more than $120,000 to upgrade its electrical and computer engineering labs, giving students more hands-on experience in circuit design, testing and troubleshooting.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has created an AI Cabinet to advise the state on AI risks, incident response and safeguards for public infrastructure.

Researchers developed a wireless power system that tolerates movement and deformation in soft implants.

Keiron Printing Technologies is positioning its HF2 LiFT digital solder paste printer for the denser PCB designs and faster changeovers associated with AI hardware production.

A developer says they used Claude Opus 5.5 to build a real-time path-tracing demo for two Nvidia RTX 5090 GPUs in about an hour.

PCEA announced 11 free technical sessions and a keynote for PCB West 2026, covering topics including AI, PCB design, signal integrity, flex, UHDI, fabrication and assembly on Sept. 30 in Santa Clara, CA.

PCB West 2026 will feature a panel examining AI, interposers, high-speed and high-current design, and optical interconnects shaping PCB design through the end of the decade.

PCEA announced two fall webinars covering the role of the PCB designer and signal routing for controlling energy, signal integrity and EMI in digital PCBs.

PCB West 2026 will feature 11 presentations on electronics assembly processes, including a half-day solder paste qualification workshop and sessions covering SMT printing, stencil design, reflow soldering and more.

PCEA will host a 3.5-hour webinar on Nov. 4 led by Susy Webb covering signal routing techniques to improve signal integrity and EMI performance.

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

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Thailand has approved its first semiconductor roadmap, targeting $80B in investment by 2050 to expand chip design, manufacturing and advanced packaging.

TTM Technologies reported second-quarter revenue of $1B, up 37 percent year over year.

Bright LED Electronics reported 20 percent revenue growth and an 81 percent increase in operating income for the first half of 2026 as its PCBA business recovered.

Qualitel announced the acquisition of Fusion EMS, an electronics manufacturing services provider based in Hillsboro, OR.

Taiwan’s PCB output is expected to top $1 trillion on AI boom.

Site preparation is advancing at Bambu Lab’s planned 3D printing manufacturing headquarters in Shenzhen, where the company intends to create production capacity for more than 3M 3D printers per year.

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories plans to invest $150M in a Post Falls, Idaho, manufacturing facility that is expected to open in 2027 and initially create about 250 jobs.

IMARC Group estimates that setting up a copper cable manufacturing plant in India costs approximately $520,000 to $5M.

TCL has signed a multiyear partnership with the Green Bay Packers.

ViTrox named Rafael Matute service manager.

Spartronics named Kristie Kersey buyer II.

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