SAN JOSE – October 29, 2026 -- NASA has awarded LeWiz Communications, Inc. a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III contract to develop a TTE-to-TSN Bridge System that links spacecraft electronics running on two different Ethernet standards. The award builds on the company's collaboration with multiple NASA centers and the U.S. Navy.

New York – October 24, 2026 -- GlobalFoundries (GF) has committed $16 billion to expand manufacturing and advanced packaging in New York and Vermont, and has designated its Vermont site as the core hub for gallium nitride (GaN) technology development. The June 4, 2025 announcement is backed by Apple, SpaceX, AMD, Qualcomm, NXP and General Motors.

Malta, New York – October 24, 2026 -- The U.S. Department of Defense has partnered with GLOBALFOUNDRIES to secure a supply of semiconductors manufactured at Fab 8 in Malta, New York, a facility the chipmaker has reportedly backed with more than $13 billion in investment.

Burlington – October 24, 2026 -- GlobalFoundries (GF) has qualified RFGaN1, its first RF GaN-on-silicon technology for volume production on 200mm wafers. It has also qualified SLATE, a wafer-bonding technology that cuts RF die area by up to 45% with no loss in RF performance.

Sydney – September 18, 2026 -- Silicon Quantum Computing (SQC) has appointed semiconductor finance veteran John Hollister as Chief Financial Officer, effective August 17, 2026, as the Sydney-based quantum computing manufacturer scales its commercial roadmap.

Rockville, Md. – September 18, 2026 -- Ceva, Inc. (NASDAQ: CEVA) has appointed Ziv Hammer as Executive Vice President, Connectivity & Sensing, a newly created role that consolidates the company's connectivity and sensing businesses along with its CTO Office under a single leader.

Washington – September 11, 2026 -- Quantinuum has finalized a $100 million federal funding agreement with the US Department of Commerce's CHIPS Research and Development Office, becoming the only trapped-ion quantum computing company to receive funds under the CHIPS and Science Act's R&D program.

Washington – September 11, 2026 -- Quantinuum has finalized a $100 million federal funding agreement with the US Department of Commerce's CHIPS Research and Development Office, becoming the only trapped-ion quantum computing company to receive funds under the CHIPS and Science Act's R&D program.

Washington – September 11, 2026 -- Quantinuum has finalized a $100 million funding agreement with the U.S. Department of Commerce's CHIPS Research and Development Office, marking the first CHIPS for R&D award granted to a trapped-ion quantum computing architecture company.

Washington – September 11, 2026 -- Quantinuum has finalized a $100 million federal funding agreement with the US Department of Commerce's CHIPS Research and Development Office, backing domestic manufacturing of trapped-ion quantum computers under the CHIPS and Science Act. The award follows a letter of intent announced in May and makes Quantinuum the only trapped-ion architecture company to receive CHIPS R&D funding.