Tokyo – October 19, 2026 -- Cellid Inc. has placed its AR glasses reference design, built on proprietary waveguide technology, in the Computer History Museum's new "Extended Reality: Visions of the Future" exhibit, alongside disassembled components of its HJ1 AI Smart Glasses.

San Jose – October 19, 2026 -- PUFsecurity, a subsidiary of eMemory Technology, has received OCP S.A.F.E. approval for its PUFrt root-of-trust IP after an independent Scope 3 security assessment, and the product is now listed on the OCP Marketplace.

The company presented PUFrt at Microsoft's Caliptra Workshop on October 12, the opening day of the sold-out 2026 OCP Global Summit. The workshop drew nearly 400 attendees. Principal Security Architect Kent Chuang spoke on moving the open-source Caliptra specification into production-ready silicon for AI data centers.

Shenzhen – October 16, 2026 -- C-TOUCH & DISPLAY SHENZHEN, FILM & TAPE EXPO and a wider program of co-located industrial technology exhibitions will run October 27-29, 2026, at the Shenzhen World Exhibition & Convention Center, with a 240-hour visa-free transit policy open to eligible visitors from 57 countries.

C-TOUCH & DISPLAY features a TGV glass substrate zone in Hall 16

C-TOUCH & DISPLAY SHENZHEN 2026 will cover AI+AR smart glasses, Micro LED, OLED, automotive displays, smart cockpits and advanced semiconductor packaging.

Spokane – October 15, 2026 -- AV Access has launched the 8KEX100-KVM, an HDMI 2.1 KVM extender that carries 8K@60Hz and 4K@120Hz video plus USB signals up to 100m (328ft) over a single Cat 6/6A/7 cable.

The product is now available to professional users and system integrators. It supports HDMI 2.1 and HDCP 2.3.

Cambridge – October 14, 2026 -- Bulgin, an Infinite Electronics company, has added hybrid circular connectors to its 6000 Series Buccaneer range, combining two 16 A power contacts and 3 A signal contacts in one IP68-rated housing.

Albany – October 14, 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.

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.

Fort Washington – October 13, 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.