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May 18, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Gradiant Announces Series E Financing at $2 Billion Valuation to Accelerate Expansion in AI, Semiconductors, and Industrial Water Infrastructure
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Gradiant today announced the close of Series E financing, valuing the company at $2 billion. The financing was led by Safar Partners and Hostplus Superannuation Fund, with participation from ClearVision Ventures and other global investors. The financing will support Gradiant’s continued global expansion, including strategic acquisitions, accelerated research and development, and investments in operational scale and IPO readiness. The announcement comes amid unprecedente...
May 18, 2026 at 8:35 AM
MaxLinear First to Achieve DOCSIS® 3.1 VFI with Puma™ 8, Accelerating DOCSIS 4.0 Readiness and Enabling MaxAI™-Powered Home Network Experiences
CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MaxLinear achieves DOCSIS 3.1 VFI with Puma 8, advancing DOCSIS 4.0 readiness and enabling AI-powered, scalable home network experiences....
May 18, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Unveils Total Power Solution for Next-Gen Intel Panther Lake and Wildcat Lake Platforms
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Total Power Solution for Next-Gen Intel Panther Lake and Wildcat Lake Platforms...
May 18, 2026 at 7:32 AM
Onto Innovation Announces Proposed Private Offering of $1.1 Billion of Convertible Senior Notes Due 2031
WILMINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Onto Innovation Inc. (NYSE: ONTO) (“Onto Innovation” or the “Company”) today announced that it intends to offer, subject to market and other conditions, $1,100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Convertible Senior Notes due 2031 (the “Notes”), to be sold only to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Onto Innovation also expects to grant to...
May 18, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Spectra Supercomputer at Sandia National Laboratories Achieves Full System Acceptance Under Vanguard Program
TEL AVIV, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NextSilicon, a leader in next-generation computing solutions for AI and high-performance computing (HPC), announced that Spectra, the second system deployed under Sandia National Laboratories’ Vanguard program, has met all system acceptance requirements. This result demonstrates that NextSilicon's Maverick-2 runtime-reconfigurable accelerators can operate within the requirements of a national security HPC environment, executing mission-relevant workloads as pa...
May 18, 2026 at 4:00 AM
NFC Forum Launches Healthcare Special Interest Group
LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NFC Forum, the global standards body for Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, has launched a Healthcare Special Interest Group (SIG), underscoring the new and emerging use cases for secure, interoperable and regulatory-compliant NFC Forum technologies in the sector. The group will promote the safe and effective use of NFC technologies within the healthcare ecosystem to enable safer, better-quality care in applications such as medical devices, pharmaceutical packag...
May 18, 2026 at 3:00 AM
InnoCORE 2026 Global Postdoctoral Job Fair Heads to Europe
LONDON & MUNICH & ZURICH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Korean government hosts the 2026 InnoCORE Global Postdoctoral Job Fair in London, Munich, and Zurich....
May 16, 2026 at 4:43 AM
TetraMem Announces 22nm Multi-Level RRAM Analog In-Memory Computing SoC Milestone
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TetraMem Inc., a Silicon Valley–based semiconductor company developing analog in-memory computing (IMC) solutions, today announced the successful tape-out, manufacturing, and initial silicon validation of its MLX200 platform, a 22nm multi-level RRAM-based analog IMC system-on-chip (SoC). The achievement marks a significant step toward the commercialization of analog computing architectures based on emerging non-volatile memory technologies, addressing the grow...
May 15, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Novanta to Present at Jefferies Global Healthcare Conference on Thursday, June 4, 2026
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Novanta Inc. (Nasdaq: NOVT) (the "Company"), a trusted technology partner to medical and advanced technology equipment manufacturers, announced today that Robert Buckley, Chief Financial Officer, is scheduled to present at Jefferies Global Healthcare Conference on Thursday, June 4, 2026, in New York, NY. About Novanta Novanta is a leading global supplier of core technology solutions that give medical and advanced industrial original equipment manufacturers a competitive...
May 15, 2026 at 12:36 PM
NTT DATA Announces Intent to Acquire WinWire to Scale Enterprise AI Adoption and Accelerate Industry Transformation with Microsoft
PLANO, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NTT DATA, a global leader in AI, digital business and IT services, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire WinWire, an award-winning Microsoft partner specializing in Agentic AI, AI on Azure, data engineering and cloud-native development as foundational capabilities for enterprise AI. The acquisition strengthens NTT DATA’s position as a trusted partner to help organizations move beyond experimentation to operationalize AI at scale. The acqu...
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