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United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), a global semiconductor foundry, announced the release of its 55nm Bipolar-CMOS-DMOS (BCD) platform, enabling a new level of performance and power efficiency. Designed to address the growing complexity of power management in electronic devices, the BCD platform delivers smaller chip area, lower power consumption, and superior noise reduction, enabling greater flexibility and reliability in power circuit designs.

MathWorks announced the launch of MATLAB Copilot, a generative AI assistant for MATLAB that enhances productivity and accelerates development for engineers, scientists, and researchers. Available in the latest MATLAB and Simulink Release 2025b (R2025b), the new product is designed to streamline coding, debugging, and learning within the MATLAB environment.

GlobalFoundries announced plans to invest €1.1 billion to expand its manufacturing capabilities at its Dresden, Germany site. The investment will enable a production capacity increase to more than one million wafers per year by the end of 2028, making it the largest site of its kind in Europe.

Onsemi has introduced vertical gallium nitride (vGaN) power semiconductors, setting a new benchmark for power density, efficiency and ruggedness for these applications. These GaN-on-GaN power semiconductors conduct current vertically through the compound semiconductor, enabling higher operating voltages and faster switching frequencies, leading to energy savings to deliver smaller and lighter systems.

Vishay Intertechnology, today introduced three new Gen 3 650 V and 1200 V silicon carbide (SiC) Schottky diodes in the compact, low profile SlimSMA HV (DO-221AC) package. Featuring a merged PIN Schottky (MPS) design and minimum creepage distance of 3.2 mm, the 1 A VS-3C01EJ12-M3 and 2 A VS-3C02EJ07-M3 and VS-3C02EJ12-M3 combine low capacitive charge with temperature-invariant switching behavior to increase efficiency in high speed, hard-switching power designs.

Littelfuse announced a definitive agreement to acquire Basler Electric Company for a cash consideration of approximately $350M, subject to customary adjustments.When adjusted for the present value of expected tax benefits of approximately $30M, the net transaction value is approximately $320M.

Wolfspeed, the global specialist in silicon carbide technology, has announced the appointment of Matthias Buchner as Senior Vice President of Global Sales and Chief Marketing Officer, effective December 1, 2025. Buchner will report directly to Chief Executive Officer Robert Feurle.

Vishay Intertechnology has introduced a new series of 150 W low profile, space-grade planar transformers with multiple output secondaries - the industry’s first such devices optimized for 28 V input forward converters in avionics, military, and space (AMS) applications. Offering a lower cost, smaller size, and higher density than traditional planar transformers, the Vishay Custom Magnetics SGTPL-28 series components meet the requirements of MIL-PRF-27 level T, INST-EEE-002, and MIL-STD-981.

ROHM has developed an innovative schottky barrier diode that overcomes the traditional VF / IR trade-off. This way, it delivers high reliability protection for a wide range of high-resolution image sensor applications, including ADAS cameras.