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Advanced semiconductors

Early commercialmomentum 551,130 papers in 3 months (-27% yearly)$23B raised in 12 months22 companies

Making chips with ever smaller transistors, new transistor shapes and power wiring, and stacking many chips into one package.

Why early commercial: Intel launched Core Ultra Series 3, the first compute platform built on Intel 18A with gate-all-around transistors and backside power. Jan 5, 2026

Papers per monthOpenAlex journal and conference papers; January includes papers dated by year only; the last two months are still filling in
06901.4kSep 24Mar 25Sep 25Mar 26

Dots under a month: dated events tracked here that month.

30 events

DateEvent
Sep 2026
Sep 17NSF invests in translating low-dimensional semiconductor technologies to establish U.S. leadership in microelectronicsNSF news· FundingUnverified
Sep 8Samsung and ASML expand High-NA EUV collaborationasml.com· Deal
Sep 8ASML and TSMC plan shift to 12-inch photomasks for High-NA EUVpr.tsmc.com· Announcement
Sep 8Intel Foundry reports over one million wafers on High-NA EUVintc.com· Milestone
Aug 2026
Aug 5Silicon Box ships 500 million units from panel-level packagingsilicon-box.com· Milestone
Jul 2026
Jul 29Eliyan reaches $1 billion valuation with $145M Series Celiyan.com· Funding
Jun 2026
Jun 16Intel 18A-P enters risk productionintc.com· Milestone
Jun 5Rapidus completes 150 billion yen round from Japan governmentrapidus.inc· Funding
Apr 2026
Apr 11Rapidus opens Analysis Center and Rapidus Chiplet Solutionsrapidus.inc· Milestone
Feb 2026
Feb 27Rapidus raises 267.6 billion yen from Japan government and companiesrapidus.inc· Funding
Jan 2026
Jan 28Eliyan secures $50M in strategic investmentseliyan.com· Funding
Jan 5Intel Core Ultra Series 3 ships as first Intel 18A platformintc.com· Product
Oct 2025
Oct 22Tenstorrent launches Open Chiplet Atlas ecosystemtenstorrent.com· Announcement
Oct 9Intel unveils Panther Lake, first client chip on Intel 18Aintc.com· Product
Sep 2025
Sep 18NVIDIA to invest $5 billion in Intel and co-develop chipsintc.com· Deal
Sep 12SK hynix completes HBM4 developmentnews.skhynix.com· Milestone
Aug 2025
Aug 22US government to take $8.9 billion equity stake in Intelintc.com· Policy
Aug 18SoftBank agrees to invest $2 billion in Intelintc.com· Deal
Jul 2025
Jul 18Rapidus starts prototyping 2nm gate-all-around transistorsrapidus.inc· Milestone
May 2025
May 21Innatera launches Pulsar neuromorphic microcontrollerinnatera.com· Product
Apr 2025
Apr 29Intel Foundry outlines process and packaging roadmap at Direct Connectintc.com· Announcement
Apr 24TSMC unveils A14 process for 2028 productionpr.tsmc.com· Announcement
Apr 14Applied Materials buys 9% of Besibesi.com· Deal
Dec 2024
Dec 2Tenstorrent closes $693M Series Dtenstorrent.com· Funding
Nov 2024
Nov 26US finalizes up to $7.86 billion CHIPS Act award to Intelintc.com· Policy
Aug 2024
Aug 6UCIe 2.0 chiplet interconnect specification releaseduciexpress.org· Announcement
Apr 2024
Apr 24TSMC unveils A16 with Super Power Rail backside powerpr.tsmc.com· Announcement
Apr 17Sandia receives Intel's Hala Point neuromorphic systemnewsreleases.sandia.gov· Milestone
Mar 2024
Mar 11Silicon Box plans up to $3.6B packaging fab in Italysilicon-box.com· Announcement
Jan 2024
Jan 8Silicon Box raises $200M Series B and starts productionsilicon-box.com· Funding
About advanced semiconductors here
Sub-areas
2nm and below process nodes, Gate-all-around transistors, Backside power delivery, High-NA EUV lithography, Chiplets and die-to-die interconnect, Advanced packaging and hybrid bonding, Neuromorphic chips
Stage evidence
Early commercial, Jan 5, 2026: Intel launched Core Ultra Series 3, the first compute platform built on Intel 18A with gate-all-around transistors and backside power. intc.com
Momentum
55 of 100: the mean of its ranks among the tracked fields for paper growth (6), funding in 12 months (94) and events in 90 days (66). Method
Papers
6,821 in the 12 months ending two months ago, -27% against the 12 before (OpenAlex topics, journal and conference papers).
Tracked here since
Sep 25, 2026

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