The Coalition Behind Europe’s Technology Future

Sunday, June 7, 2026

When seven European technology leaders issued a joint call for action, much of the discussion focused on regulation. Yet the significance of the coalition may lie elsewhere. By bringing together companies from semiconductors, telecommunications, industrial systems, software, artificial intelligence and aerospace, the statement reveals a broader shift in European thinking: from individual sectors toward interconnected technology ecosystems.

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The Strategic Shift Behind Chips Act 2.0

Friday, June 5, 2026

The future of Europe’s semiconductor strategy may depend less on producing everything at home and more on controlling critical technologies. Chips Act 2.0 signals a shift towards technological indispensability, infrastructure resilience and long-term strategic competitiveness.

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Europe’s Sovereignty Moment

Friday, June 5, 2026

For years, Europe spoke about digital sovereignty as a long-term ambition. With the launch of the Tech Sovereignty Package and Chips Act 2.0, that ambition is beginning to take institutional form. This series explores how semiconductors, cloud infrastructure, AI and energy are becoming part of a broader European strategy to reduce critical dependencies and strengthen technological resilience.

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Part III — The AI Back-End Problem

Friday, May 29, 2026

As AI systems become larger and more complex, advanced packaging is emerging as one of the semiconductor industry’s most critical bottlenecks — transforming the back-end of chip manufacturing into strategic infrastructure.

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Part II — Italy and Europe’s Packaging Corridor

Friday, May 29, 2026

As AI infrastructure transforms the semiconductor industry, Italy is emerging as one of Europe’s most important hubs for advanced packaging, systems integration and the physical architecture connecting future computing systems.

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Part I — The Missing Layer

Friday, May 29, 2026

As Europe rethinks the original ambitions of the Chips Act, a new semiconductor strategy is emerging — one focused less on scale and more on control over the critical technological layers underpinning modern infrastructure.

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CHIPS ACT 2.0 — The New European Semiconductor Architecture

Friday, May 29, 2026

As Europe rethinks the ambitions of its original Chips Act, a new semiconductor strategy is emerging—one focused less on manufacturing scale and more on securing critical technological layers, from advanced packaging and photonics to Industrial AI, infrastructure and technological indispensability.

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Beyond the Municipality

Wednesday, May 27, 2026

Europe’s semiconductor future may depend less on isolated regional excellence and more on the continent’s ability to connect its ecosystems into a coherent technological architecture. From Eindhoven to Dresden and Leuven to Milan, Chips Act 2.0 increasingly reveals the importance of continental coordination.

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Europe’s Hidden Semiconductor Stack

Wednesday, May 27, 2026

Europe may not control the entire semiconductor chain, but it increasingly controls several of its most critical layers. This Perspective explores how European ecosystems in lithography, photonics, industrial AI and advanced manufacturing together form a strategically indispensable technology stack.

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The Strategic Shift Behind Chips Act 2.0

Wednesday, May 27, 2026

As Europe prepares for Chips Act 2.0, the semiconductor debate is shifting beyond factories and subsidies toward infrastructure, ecosystems and technological indispensability. This Perspective series explores how Europe is repositioning itself through strategic specialization, industrial depth and interconnected innovation networks.

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