MLCC: compact SMD with stacked layers, high capacitance. Used in auto, AI. Technology Trends: miniaturization, reliability.

Intel DCG layoffs 2026. Intel cuts jobs at its Data Center & AI Group despite 22% Q1 revenue growth. CEO Lip-Bu Tan's restructuring aims to boost efficiency.

CXL controller shake‑up. DRAM giants exit self‑development, leaving Montage, Astera Labs, and PrimeMass to fill the gap in memory expansion and pooling solutions.

Verizon cuts 3,000 jobs and sells 274 stores in CEO Schulman's cost‑saving push. Total reductions exceed 16,000 since Oct 2025.

Micron locks long-term memory supply deals with 7 top Tier 1 auto suppliers—as L2+ vehicles drive 5x memory demand. 16 SCAs secure $100B+ in guaranteed revenue.

Nokia & NVIDIA unveil 1st AI-native RAN, integrating AI into baseband. >20% spectral gain, targeting 50% by 2027 & 100% by 2028.

Intel invests an additional €5B in its Irish Leixlip fab to ramp Intel 3‑based Xeon 6 production for AI, upgrade Fab 34, create 1000+ jobs.

Samsung Electronics & Samsung Display partner on next-gen glass interposer tech for AI chips. Glass replaces silicon to cut packaging costs, boost foundry competitiveness.

China imposes a temporary helium export ban effective July 10, to secure domestic supply for semiconductors, healthcare, and aerospace amid soaring global prices and supply chain disruptions.

TSMC and Samsung raise wafer prices 5%-15% on advanced nodes (3nm-8nm) amid AI chip demand surge. Advanced wafer costs soar, semiconductor supply chain tightens.

Overview of MEMS sensor ICs: accelerometers, gyroscopes, IMUs. Hot models includes ICM‑42688‑P, LIS3DHTR, BMI270.

LG Innotek to invest $1B in Vietnam semiconductor substrate plant, producing RF-SiP, FC-CSP & FC-BGA. Construction starts Q3 2026, mass production Q3 2028.

Solstice Advanced Materials acquires Element Solutions for $14.5B to create a leading semiconductor materials supplier.

Kyocera invests ¥100B over 7 years to expand MLCC capacity for AI servers at its Kagoshima plant.

Infineon opens €5B Smart Power Fab in Dresden, Europe's largest power semiconductor plant, boosting AI data center & EV chip supply.