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➀ Anglia Components warns of rapidly extending lead times as the electronics market rebounds, urging customers to secure orders;

➁ Texas Instruments announced price increases for over 3,300 analog products, with Bernstein analysts predicting hikes ranging up to 100% for high-precision ADCs/DACs;

➂ Excess industry inventory from the past two years has largely been absorbed, signaling market recovery.

➀ Siemens introduced generative and agentic AI capabilities across its EDA portfolio, enhancing semiconductor and PCB design tools including Aprisa, Calibre, and Solido.

➁ Aprisa AI improves productivity by 10x, speeds tapeout time by 3x, and boosts PPA metrics by 10%, while Calibre Vision AI halves violation resolution time with intelligent clustering.

➂ The AI system offers open, customizable workflows with multi-LLM support, prioritizing data control for users, and is now available for early access across Siemens' EDA tools.

➀ Semiconductor manufacturing equipment industry is projected to grow at a 7% CAGR, reaching 11.1 million wafers per month (wpm) by 2028, driven by a 69% expansion in advanced process capacity (7nm and below) to 1.4 million wpm.

➁ 2nm-and-below capacity is expected to surge from 200k wpm in 2025 to 500k wpm by 2028, with equipment investment skyrocketing 120% CAGR to $43 billion, supporting mass production of 2nm chips by 2026 and 1.4nm by 2028.

➂ AI-driven demand for powerful computing (training, VR/AR, humanoid robots) is fueling investments across the semiconductor ecosystem, highlighting the industry's role in tech innovation and chip demand.

➀ The UK Space Agency allocated £2.5 million to five projects using satellite data to enhance public services, including infrastructure safety monitoring and biodiversity protection;

➁ Projects include CORE (structural movement tracking), THICKET (agricultural biodiversity mapping), GHGSat (methane emissions monitoring), FANTOM (environmental analytics), and EO4Biodiversity (habitat improvement support);

➂ An additional £300,000 climate fund will support early-stage initiatives leveraging satellite data for climate action and sustainable decision-making.

➀ Qorvo's QPA1314 is a high-power MMIC amplifier for 13.75–14.5 GHz satellite communications, built on 0.15μm GaN-on-SiC technology;

➁ It delivers 46 dBm output power, 30% efficiency, and supports extended frequencies up to 15.35 GHz in compact packaging with advanced thermal management;

➂ Designed for commercial/military radar and communication systems, the device is fully tested and RoHS compliant.

➀ The Q1 2025 AR/VR headset market grew 18.1% year-over-year, with Meta dominating (50.8% share) and emerging brands like XREAL, Viture (268.4% growth), and TCL driving competition;

➀ Shift toward Mixed Reality (MR) and Extended Reality (ER) is reshaping the market, with MR/ER shipments projected to reach 15.2 million and 8.6 million units by 2029, respectively;

➀ Despite a temporary 12% shipment decline in 2025, the market is expected to rebound with a 38.6% CAGR through 2029, with traditional leaders like Sony and Apple absent from top rankings due to inventory management.

➀ Ed, a CEO, engages with lobbyists from arms and water industries, wining and dining at luxury venues;

➁ Arms lobbyists aim to deploy new weapons in Middle East conflicts to market them as "battle-tested" for increased demand;

➂ Leveraging his influence with the Prime Minister, Ed agrees to advocate for the arms industry after receiving expensive incentives like Montrachet wine.

➀ RS Group showcased significant progress in its 2024/25 ESG Report, including a 7% year-on-year reduction in direct CO₂e emissions and achieving 94% recyclable packaging;

➁ Key initiatives focused on advancing sustainability, empowering employees through safety training, supporting over 913,000 youth in skills development, and collaborating with 2,500+ suppliers to raise ethical standards;

➂ The company earned top-tier sustainability recognitions, including CDP's A-List and EcoVadis Platinum status, while aligning ESG strategy with long-term growth through a new Chief Sustainability Officer role.

➀ Farnell expanded its mission-critical component portfolio for aerospace, defense, and marine industries, offering a 10% discount to qualifying customers in EMEA until September 2025;

➁ The curated product lineup includes rugged connectors, sealed devices, radiation-tolerant semiconductors, and precision tools meeting MIL-SPEC/ISO standards;

➂ The initiative supports urgent disaster response and remote operations, emphasizing component reliability, traceability, and timely delivery.

➀ Tesla's Robotaxi trial in Austin highlights potential technological limitations rather than showcasing advancement, with safety drivers still required despite claims of 'Full Self-Driving' at ADAS Level 2;

➁ Analysts note 60% of Tesla's $1 trillion valuation hinges on autonomous driving, yet it trails Waymo (valued at $45B) which operates fully autonomous fleets in multiple cities;

➂ The trial may aim to mitigate stock risks amid scrutiny from regulators and doubts about Tesla's ability to deliver Level 5 autonomy.

➀ Panmnesia launched the Link Solution product line for AI infrastructure, encompassing hardware, silicon IPs, network topology, and software;

➁ The solution reduces communication overhead, enhances system performance, and supports diverse devices/interconnects for flexible AI workload adaptation;

➂ Panmnesia collaborates with industry consortia (CXL, UALink, OCP, PCI-SIG) to advance composable architectures for GPUs, AI accelerators, and memory modules.

➀ The 75th ECTC highlighted three key packaging themes: Co-Packaged Optics (CPO) integration, Hybrid Bonding (HB) advancements, and thermal management for Backside Power Delivery (BPD).;

➁ CPO discussions emphasized materials innovation (e.g., glass substrates) to address thermal and optical challenges in AI chiplets, while HB sessions focused on scaling density, reducing defects, and integrating metrology for memory/3D IC applications;

➂ BPD thermal solutions explored interlayer cooling, multi-level modeling, and novel structures like microchannels to tackle heat dissipation in 3D architectures.

➀ Mainland China is projected to dominate 30% of global foundry capacity by 2030, up from 21% in 2024, driven by rapid expansion despite low domestic wafer demand;

➁ Geopolitical shifts highlight imbalances: The U.S. accounts for 57% of wafer demand but owns only 10% of capacity, while Taiwan and South Korea maintain balanced supply-demand ratios;

➂ Global foundry utilization will remain around 70%, with ROI concerns as ownership battles and geopolitical tensions redefine industry dynamics, favoring Asian regional dominance.

➀ ESA and Leonardo collaborate on Machine Learning-based CRPAs to counter GNSS interference from jamming/spoofing;

➁ Project focuses on reducing antenna size/weight using ML optimizations, targeting space-constrained applications like aircraft;

➂ Aims to achieve Technology Readiness Level 4 in two years, including lab testing and comparison with traditional antennas.

➀ A Columbia Journalism Review study reveals generative AI search engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini provided incorrect answers to over 60% of queries, with Grok 3 failing 94% of tests;

➁ Premium AI tools performed worse than free versions, often delivering overly confident yet inaccurate responses;

➂ These tools bypassed source citations, fabricated links, and disrupted traffic to original content providers, challenging digital content ecosystems.

➀ Counterpoint Research's analysis defines Foundry 2.0 as encompassing packaging and mask-making alongside wafer fabrication, with TSMC leading at 35% market share and Intel ranking second at 6.5%;

➁ The expanded definition may mitigate monopoly concerns for TSMC, whose traditional wafer fabbing dominance reaches nearly 70%;

➂ The Foundry 2.0 market reached $72 billion in Q1 2025, with Intel gaining 0.6% quarterly market share but declining 0.3% year-over-year.

➀ Nordic Semiconductor acquired IoT connectivity platform Memfault for $120 million to establish a hardware/software ecosystem for connected products;

➁ The integration will enable lifetime software updates, enhanced security, lower power consumption, and improved device management through Memfault's device observability platform and Nordic’s nRF Cloud services;

➂ The deal aligns with evolving IoT edge AI demands and EU Cyber Resilience Act requirements, aiming to simplify compliant product development for global customers.

➀ BlackSky Technology is expanding its Gen-3 satellite constellation with AROS satellites to provide multispectral, large-area imagery for geospatial and digital twin applications;

➁ The AROS satellites feature dynamic broad-area monitoring, low-latency data delivery via optical inter-satellite links (OISL), and integration with AI analytics platform Spectra;

➂ Scheduled for launch in 2027, the satellites aim to enhance real-time tasking, country-scale mapping, and maritime surveillance capabilities.

➀ Kioxia launched CD9P Series PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSDs using TLC-based 3D flash and CBA technology to improve power efficiency, performance, and storage density with doubled SSD capacity;

➁ Performance enhancements include up to 125% random write, 30% random read, 20% sequential read, and 25% sequential write speed improvements, with power efficiency gains up to 100% in random write operations;

➂ The drives support PCIe 5.0, offer capacities up to 61.44TB (2.5-inch) and 30.72TB (E3.S form factor), and feature enterprise-grade security with CNSA 2.0 algorithm support.

➀ TrendForce releases the 2024 ranking of the top ten OSAT (Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Testing) companies;

➁ The article references related rankings of semiconductor companies and market trends;

➂ Highlights the critical role of OSAT providers in the semiconductor supply chain.

➀ The UK House of Lords Committee will hold a session with space industry leaders to discuss the space economy, domestic launch capabilities, and national security implications;

➁ Expert panels include representatives from techUK, Maersk, Orbex, and independent advisors, addressing topics like orbital launch plans and economic impacts;

➂ The Committee's final report will be submitted to the government in autumn 2025, with proceedings available for public viewing via Parliament TV.

➀ The University of Bath developed the TOPCAT II payload with a multi-frequency GPS receiver for the Orpheus mission to study ionospheric electron content and improve space weather modeling;

➁ The mission involves dual CubeSats in Low Earth Orbit, aiming to provide data for resilient satellite design and support Space Domain Awareness (SDA);

➂ Funded by the UK's Dstl and led by Astroscale, the project follows the failed 2023 CIRCE mission, with a planned 2027 launch and three-year operation.

➀ Ed meets water company lobbyists concerned about mandatory reporting of data centers' water usage under EU's CSRD and UK pressure;

➁ High-workload AI data centers consume water equivalent to towns of 50,000 people, sparking community resistance fears;

➂ Despite ethical concerns, Ed considers supporting reporting delays due to water firms' history of lucrative payouts to executives and shareholders.

➀ TSMC's 2nm process yield surpasses 60%, meeting HVM requirements for stable production;

➁ Samsung's 2nm yield lags at 40%, prompting major clients like AMD, Nvidia, and Apple to prioritize TSMC capacity;

➂ TSMC's 2nm wafer price approaches $30,000, with future 1.4nm costs projected to reach $45,000 by 2028.

➀ Key Asian countries and the U.S. show rising electronics production growth, with India leading at 15% 3/12 growth in March 2025;

➁ U.S. smartphone imports plummeted 45% in April 2025 due to shifting production to India (Apple) and Vietnam (Samsung), driven by Trump administration’s tariff threats;

➂ Proposed U.S. tariffs caused market uncertainty, with potential inventory shortages and price hikes expected to reshape smartphone supply chains.

➀ The global memory market reached $170 billion in 2024, with DRAM sales at $97 billion and NAND sales at $68 billion, while HBM is projected to grow rapidly, doubling to $34 billion in 2025;

➁ Chinese companies CXMT and YMTC intensified competition by launching cost-effective DDR3/DDR4 and advanced 3D NAND chips, prompting global players to accelerate DDR5 and HBM development;

➂ SK Hynix leads the HBM market (54% share) through partnerships like NVIDIA, while Samsung and Micron ramp up HBM3E production to secure AI-driven growth.

➀ Imec and Tokyo Electron (TEL) have extended their partnership to advance semiconductor R&D for nodes beyond 2nm, focusing on patterning, logic devices, memory, and 3D integration;

➁ Their prior collaboration achieved breakthroughs in High NA EUV lithography and EUV resist coating technology, critical for production-level EUV adoption;

➂ The renewed efforts target High NA patterning, CFET devices, and sustainable manufacturing processes to drive innovation and reinforce global semiconductor leadership.

➀ Greenerwave secured a €10 million contract from the French DGA to provide satellite connectivity for the Armed Forces, leveraging its multi-orbit terminals with Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS) technology;

➁ The project, part of a collaboration with Airbus Defence and Space and Eutelsat OneWeb, aims to validate mobile satcom performance in vehicles using Ku-band and support France's sovereign connectivity goals via LEO and future IRIS² constellations;

➂ Greenerwave's software-driven approach reduces semiconductor dependency and power consumption, aligning with DGA's strategy to enhance military capabilities and promote domestic tech innovation.

➀ A survey by The Economist and YouGov reveals only 16% of Americans approve of bombing Iran’s nuclear sites;

➁ Support remains low even among Trump voters (19%) and Republicans (23%);

➂ Many respondents expressed uncertainty about their stance on the issue.

➀ Murata introduced the BLM15VM automotive ferrite bead inductor, designed for 5G-V2X applications, offering 1kΩ impedance at 5.9GHz and operating from -55°C to 150°C;

➁ The component targets noise suppression in high-frequency automotive communication systems (including 5G, DSRC, Wi-Fi 6E/7) critical for autonomous driving and infotainment;

➂ Mass production (AEC-Q200 compliant) begins in July 2025, with a compact 0402 package and 0.245Ω DC resistance.