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In booth #1753 at the Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC 2026) at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas, USA (22–25 March), Toshiba America Electronic Components Inc – the North American semiconductor and storage business of Tokyo-based semiconductor maker Toshiba Corp – is highlighting its latest power semiconductor technologies enabling more intelligent, efficient and sustainable system designs...

Renesas Electronics Corp of Tokyo, Japan has introduced what is claimed to be the industry’s first bidirectional switch using depletion-mode (d-mode) GaN technology, capable of blocking both positive and negative currents in a single device with integrated DC blocking. Targeting single-stage solar micro-inverters, AI data centers and onboard electric vehicle chargers, the high-voltage TP65B110HRU simplifies power converter designs and replaces conventional back-to-back FET switches with a single low-loss, fast-switching, easy-to-drive device...

Renesas Electronics Corp of Tokyo, Japan has introduced what is claimed to be the industry’s first bidirectional switch using depletion-mode (d-mode) GaN technology, capable of blocking both positive and negative currents in a single device with integrated DC blocking. Targeting single-stage solar micro-inverters, AI data centers and onboard electric vehicle chargers, the high-voltage TP65B110HRU simplifies power converter designs and replaces conventional back-to-back FET switches with a single low-loss, fast-switching, easy-to-drive device...

OXIDE Corp of Yamanashi, Japan (which specializes in optical crystals and frequency-conversion technology) and Finland-based laser developer and manufacturer Vexlum (which was spun off from Tampere University of Technology’s Optoelectronics Research Centre in 2017) have officially entered into a strategic partnership agreement. The collaboration focuses on the development and manufacturing of high-power laser systems designed to overcome primary scaling bottlenecks in the quantum computing and semiconductor industries...

k-Space Associates Inc of Dexter, MI, USA — which produces thin-film metrology instrumentation and software — says that Dylan James Scientific (DJS) will serve as its new sales representative for Europe...

In booth #1935 at the IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC 2026) in San Antonio, TX, USA (22–26 March), Efficient Power Conversion Corp (EPC) of El Segundo, CA, USA — which makes enhancement-mode gallium nitride on silicon (eGaN) power field-effect transistors (FETs) and integrated circuits for power management applications — has introduced the EPC91121 motor drive inverter evaluation board, built around the Gen-7 EPC2366 40V eGaN power transistor...

SemiQ Inc of Lake Forest, CA, USA — which designs, develops and manufactures silicon carbide (SiC) power semiconductors and 150mm SiC epitaxial wafers for high-voltage applications — has launched the QSiC Dual3, a family of 1200V half-bridge MOSFET modules for motor drives in data-center cooling systems, grid converters in energy storage systems, and industrial drivers...

Renesas Electronics Corp of Tokyo, Japan has expanded its suite of AC/DC and power adapter solutions with a new gallium nitride (GaN)-based half-wave LLC (HWLLC) platform that supports 500W-or-higher operation across IoT, industrial and infrastructure systems...

Silicon photonics-based chip-to-chip optical connectivity firm Ayar Labs of San Jose, CA, USA — which is pioneering co-packaged optics (CPO) for AI scale-up — and Wiwynn Corp of Taipei, Taiwan, a cloud IT infrastructure provider for data centers, have announced a strategic partnership to deliver optically connected, rack-scale AI systems that support next-generation hyperscale AI workloads...

At the Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibition (OFC 2026) in Los Angeles (15–19 March), photonic application-specific integrated circuit (PASIC) chip designer and manufacturer OpenLight of Goleta, Santa Barbara, CA, USA (which launched as an independent company in June 2022, introducing the first open silicon photonics platform with heterogeneously integrated III-V lasers, modulators, amplifiers and detectors) showcased multiple technology breakthroughs, including demonstrating its latest advances in high speed photonic integrated circuits (PICs) with integrated lasers, electro-absorption (EA) modulators, and amplifiers. The demonstrations showed next generation optical architectures designed to meet the performance, efficiency and scalability demands of AI, cloud and hyperscale data-center networks...

Photonic application-specific integrated circuit (PASIC) chip designer and manufacturer OpenLight of Goleta, Santa Barbara, CA, USA (which launched as an independent company in June 2022, introducing the first open silicon photonics platform with heterogeneously integrated III-V lasers, modulators, amplifiers and detectors) has announced continued progress in its ecosystem partnership with Suzhou TFC Optical Communication Co Ltd (a provider of optical sub-assembly integrated solutions and advanced optoelectronic package manufacturing services), building on the collaboration first announced in 2025 to fast track the back-end process for silicon photonics production and optical communication systems...

Photonic application-specific integrated circuit (PASIC) chip designer and manufacturer OpenLight of Goleta, near Santa Barbara, CA, USA (which launched as an independent company in June 2022, introducing the first open silicon photonics platform with heterogeneously integrated III-V lasers, modulators, amplifiers and detectors) has announced sample availability of its first heterogeneously integrated silicon photonics-based 3.2T DR8 photonic integrated circuit (PIC)...

For fourth-quarter 2025, epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA has reported revenue of $165m, down 9.4% on $182.1m a year ago but roughly flat on Q3/2025’s $165.9m...

Photonic application-specific integrated circuit (PASIC) chip designer and manufacturer OpenLight of Goleta, near Santa Barbara, CA, USA (which launched as an independent company in June 2022, introducing the first open silicon photonics platform with heterogeneously integrated III-V lasers, modulators, amplifiers and detectors) has announced the first volume production orders by a customer on its PH18DA indium phosphide (InP) on silicon photonic platform, developed in collaboration with specialty analog foundry Tower Semiconductor Ltd of Migdal Haemek, Israel. Based on NewPhotonics 800G and 1.6T laser-integrated photonic integrated circuit (PIC) solution, this marks a step towards bringing highly integrated, laser-enabled photonic ICs into high-volume production for AI and hyperscale data-center networks...

HENSOLDT of Taufkirchen near Munich, Germany (which develops sensor solutions, electronics and software for the air, land, sea, cyber and space domains) has signed a long-term supply agreement with United Monolithic Semiconductors GmbH (UMS, which designs and produces RF and millimeter-wave components and ICs at its facilities in Villebon sur Yvette, France and Ulm, Germany). By 2030, UMS will supply a total of 900,000 gallium nitride components for HENSOLDT radars...

The University of Warwick has secured new funding to boost the UK’s ability to test the reliability of advanced semiconductors used in electric vehicles, renewable energy, and other critical technologies...

The UK Semiconductor Centre (UKSC) has welcomed a new £6.6m investment from the UK Government Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) to bolster the county’e core strengths in semiconductor innovation...

Blue Moon Metals Inc of Toronto, ON, Canada has agreed to acquire the Gage Project in Washington County, Southern Utah, USA, from a subsidiary of Liberty Gold Corp in exchange for 420,935 common shares of Blue Moon and a 2.0% net smelter return royalty (NSR) on certain concessions...

Efficient Power Conversion Corp (EPC) of El Segundo, CA, USA — which makes enhancement-mode gallium nitride on silicon (eGaN) power field-effect transistors (FETs) and integrated circuits for power management applications — has released its Phase 18 Reliability Report, providing new insights into eGaN device reliability. ..

Wolfspeed Inc of Durham, NC, USA — which makes silicon carbide (SiC) materials and power semiconductor devices — has entered into separate, privately negotiated subscription agreements with investors pursuant to which it will place (i) $379m of its 3.5% convertible 1.5 lien senior secured notes due 2031 and (ii) 3,250,030 shares of common stock at a purchase price of $18.458 per share, and pre-funded warrants to purchase up to 2,000,000 shares of common stock at a price of $18.448 per pre-funded warrant. The issuance and sale of the notes, shares and fre-Funded warrants is expected to settle on 26 March, subject to customary closing conditions. Funds managed by new and existing investors participated in these private placements...