Electronics Manufacturing

Albany – October 15, 2026 -- IBM and Siemens have launched a joint research program to prepare IBM's nanostack transistor architecture, which packs nearly 100 billion transistors into a space the size of a fingernail at the 7 angstrom node, for volume manufacturing.

Nanostack stacks and staggers transistors in three dimensions

IBM describes nanostack as the industry's first known three-dimensional, nanosheet-based design. It vertically stacks and staggers transistors to raise density. The architecture also allows different material combinations in each stacked layer, so each transistor's performance and power efficiency can be optimized independently of the other.

IBM credits the design with substantial gains in energy efficiency, performance and SRAM scaling. It unveiled the architecture earlier this year and has demonstrated that it is viable.

Vienna – October 14, 2026 -- Viewpointsystem has launched an eye-tracking module that delivers up to 15 times longer battery runtime than conventional processing on a connected device, according to the company's performance measurements. The Digital Iris Module runs the complete image-based eye-tracking pipeline at 140 Hz on an ultra-low-power Ensemble microcontroller (MCU) from Alif Semiconductor, inside the glasses frame.

Power consumption, heat generation and limited space have so far made eye tracking hard to add to lightweight smart glasses, the company said. Conventional systems send images from eye-facing cameras to a main application processor in the glasses or a connected device. Processing those streams draws power, generates heat and adds system complexity.

Fort Washington – October 14, 2026 -- Kulicke & Soffa Industries (NASDAQ: KLIC) has been named the recipient of the 2026 SEMI Award for North America for its fluxless thermocompression bonding (FTC) technology, which enables interconnect pitches below 10 microns.

The award is presented during the CEO Summit Keynotes at SEMICON West. SEMI describes it as one of the semiconductor industry's highest honors for technical and commercial contributions to manufacturing.

San Jose – October 13, 2026 -- QuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ: QUIK) has won a six-figure initial contract for its embedded FPGA (eFPGA) Hard IP, to be used in a programmable system-on-chip (SoC) built on a 16nm automotive process technology.

The SoC targets battery management, precision motor control and industrial robotic applications. QuickLogic expects the contract to generate license revenue over the next six months. Royalty revenue is anticipated once the customer begins production shipments.

Oslo – October 13, 2026 -- Nordic Semiconductor (OSE: NOD) is marking 10 years of its ultra-low-power wireless technology inside the BBC micro:bit, a board that has helped an estimated 73.5 million young people in more than 85 countries learn coding, according to the Micro:bit Educational Foundation.

Foundation targets 100 million young people by 2028

The Foundation is calling on industry and education to work together so children can understand, question and create with technology. Its goal is to reach 100 million young people by 2028.

The program began in 2016, when up to one million micro:bit boards with Nordic wireless technology were distributed to school-children across the UK through the BBC Make it Digital campaign. Foundation CEO Gareth Stockdale said Nordic supplied a million components for the original board, which went to every Year 7 student in the UK.

Delray Beach – October 13, 2026 -- The global terahertz technology market is estimated at USD 1.07 billion in 2026 and is projected to reach USD 2.62 billion by 2032, a CAGR of 16.0%, according to MarketsandMarkets.

Non-destructive testing demand lifts inspection unit counts per facility

Expanding non-destructive testing and advanced quality control are increasing the number of terahertz inspection units deployed in each production facility. As precision requirements rise and packaging architectures grow more complex, terahertz tools are supplementing or replacing traditional ultrasonic and ionizing X-ray inspection.

Enterprise operators are adopting terahertz time-domain spectroscopy, continuous-wave imaging radars and quantum cascade laser sources. Emerging applications include semiconductor packaging inspection, AI-based defect classification, non-ionizing pharmaceutical validation and 6G communication testbeds.

San Jose – October 13, 2026 -- Texas Instruments (Nasdaq: TXN) unveiled the ADC34DSO75, a 3 gigasamples-per-second analog-to-digital converter that it says enables 24/7, low-power, event-based remote monitoring at nanosecond resolution, thousands of times faster than current solutions.

The company debuted the device at the Open Compute Project (OCP) Global Summit alongside two other analog products aimed at AI data center power instability, inadequate real-time monitoring and signal degradation. TI says these problems can lead to costly downtime.

ADC34DSO75 targets nanosecond power-rail glitches that cause downtime

TI says existing monitoring tools often miss nanosecond-level power-rail glitches behind unplanned outages. The ADC34DSO75 combines ultra-high-speed sampling with on-chip digital signal processing in a small form factor to detect and capture transient fault events in real time.

Olathe, Kan. – October 13, 2026 -- Garmin (NYSE: GRMN) won three awards and placed No. 4 on the Soundings Trade Only Top 10 Most EPIC Companies list at the 2026 International BoatBuilders' Exhibition and Conference (IBEX), citing 15 product launches in the eligibility period.

Garmin Signal VHF 400 wins IBEX Innovation Award in OEM Electronics

The radio prevailed among 100 product entries. It combines VHF, DSC and a Class B SOTDMA AIS transponder on a color touchscreen in a compact unit designed to fit nearly any helm.

Judges also highlighted NMEA 2000 integration, support for 12V and 24V systems, and a separately powered fist mic with magnetic mounting, which eases installation across a wide range of boats. The National Marine Manufacturers Association manages the IBEX Innovation Awards, and Boating Writers International (BWI) judges them.

Shenzhen – October 12, 2026 -- The 5th Global Memory Innovation Forum (GMIF2026) has named 18 companies across memory, compute, packaging and testing equipment, test systems and end applications in its first GMIF2026 Annual Awards, led by Samsung Semiconductor, Sandisk, CXMT and Lenovo.

The summit was held at the Renaissance Shenzhen Bay Hotel and co-hosted by the Shenzhen Memory Industry Association and the School of Integrated Circuits at Peking University. Its theme was "The Future Built on AI Memory and Storage," with the token economy as a key lens. Winners were judged on technology innovation, industry contribution, market service and application results.

Taipei – October 12, 2026 -- ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. (NYSE: ASX, TAIEX: 3711) has published unaudited consolidated net revenues for September and the third quarter of 2026, including a separate breakdown for its assembly, testing and material (ATM) business.

ASE files monthly revenue disclosure to meet Taiwan rules

The company said the release is intended to comply with Taiwan regulatory requirements. The figures are unaudited and cover two reporting periods: the month of September and the full third quarter of 2026.

ASE reports ATM net revenues as a separate line from consolidated net revenues. The ATM line covers its assembly, testing and material operations.

ASE lists cyclicality, trade policy and cross-strait ties among risk factors

ASE's accompanying safe harbor notice names several factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from forward-looking statements. They include: