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| Center for chip manufacturing in space |
3/13/2026 |
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The UK Space Agency and SpaceForge have launched the $17-million National Microgravity Research Center at Swansea University's Center for Integrative Semiconductor Materials to develop advanced semiconductor materials in microgravity. SpaceForce plans to grow ingots in space, resulting in purer, more uniform crystals than those produced on Earth, especially for semiconductor materials.
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| Denitrification process takes on semiconductor wastewater |
3/12/2026 |
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Samsung Electronics and Ecolab Water have jointly filed a patent for a semiconductor wastewater treatment system that uses a denitrification process to reduce nitrogen levels by more than 30%. The technology, which uses a three-stage process to convert nitrates into nitrogen gas, also lowers processing costs and minimizes sludge and odor.
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| NAND price leaps 50% overnight |
3/12/2026 |
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Phison’s inventory rose from NAND price leaps 50% overnightNT$35.6 billion to NT$50 billion between the end of 2025 and the last day of February 2026, supported by a loan of US $400-500 million.
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| Japan looking for $250bn semi output by 2040 |
3/11/2026 |
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The Council for Japan’s Growth Strategy, chaired by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (pictured), has produced a plan be implemented in the sumner which includes a target of having $250 billion in domestic chip output by 2040, reports the Nikkei.
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| TI integrates TinyEngine NPU into MCU family |
3/11/2026 |
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Texas Instruments has introduced a family of real-time microcontrollers featuring the TinyEngine neural processing unit. This family of Arm Cortex-M33-based MCUs is designed for predictive maintenance and adaptive motor control, improving latency and power efficiency by offloading AI-based algorithms.
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| Global Smartphone Average DRAM Hits Record 8.4GB in 2025 |
3/10/2026 |
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Global average smartphone DRAM reached 8.4GB in December 2025, up from 7.4GB in December 2024, according to Counterpoint Technology Market Research’s Handset Model Sales Tracker. OEMs largely kept memory configurations stable throughout 2025 instead of increasing the capacity across portfolios.
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| Manufacturing lost 12,000 jobs in February |
3/9/2026 |
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The plastics and rubber product and transportation equipment sectors lost the most jobs last month at approximately 4,200 and 4,000, respectively, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.
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