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Arkia CEO Oz Berlowitz with Philippine Ambassador to Israel Aileen Mendiola (left) as Israeli airline announces launch of direct route to Manila. (Courtesy of Arkia, Yossi Aloni FLASH90)
September 8, 2026, 8:32 pm
New direct Tel Aviv-Manila route set to spur tourism and trade ties with Philippines
Arkia to launch first nonstop flights ​between Tel Aviv and Manila on Jan. 3, 2027; Philippine ambassador says new route is springboard to free trade agreement with Israel
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative: A tech development center in Herzliya, October 30, 2020. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)
August 11, 2026, 9:52 pm
Survey finds AI adoption spurring shift in tech hiring from software to hardware
Despite major layoffs, tech employment is stable even as Israeli software firms cut jobs amid AI advances, with hardware companies continuing to hire to meet demand for chips
By Sharon Wrobel
US semiconductor firm Astera Labs opens an R&D center in Tel Aviv, February 9, 2026. (Courtesy of Daniel Edry)
February 9, 2026, 4:56 pm
Astera Labs opens Israel R&D hub to tap into local talent, develop AI connectivity tech
US semiconductor manufacturer plans to hire hundreds of employees to help build solutions for AI infrastructure challenges
By Sharon Wrobel
Intel's manufacturing plant in Kiryat Gat in southern Israel. (Courtesy)
July 9, 2025, 8:15 pm
Slimming Intel sells off part of its Mobileye stake, as layoffs begin
US chipmaker gears up to sell 8% of its Mobileye holdings; as part of a global layoff plan, firm said to have started to summon employees in Israel to hearings before dismissal
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative. High-tech office buildings in Herzliya Pituach, in central Israel, December 12, 2015. (Nati Shohat/ Flash 90/ File)
December 25, 2024, 9:48 pm
Foreign investments in Israel rebound after decline caused by political instability, war
Finance Ministry sees $11.8 billion inflow during the first half of 2024 versus $7.2 billion year-over-year, discounting the one-off $15 billion deal by chip giant Intel
By Sharon Wrobel
Intel's manufacturing plant in Kiryat Gat in southern Israel. (Courtesy)
December 26, 2023, 1:41 pm
Intel clinches $3.2b government grant for $25b chip plant expansion in southern Israel
Amid Israel’s war with Hamas, US chipmaker confirms plan for Kiryat Gat manufacturing facility, expected to create several thousand jobs
By Sharon Wrobel
Intel Corp's new corporate VP Karin Eibschitz-Segal, head of Intel's development centers in Israel. December 2021. (Courtesy)
December 29, 2021, 3:57 pm
Intel appoints 10 Israeli executives to senior global positions
Karin Eibschitz-Segal, head of Intel’s development centers in Israel, named global corporate VP, becoming second Israeli woman to hold senior role
By Ricky Ben-David
Raja Koduri, Intel senior vice president and general manager of the Accelerated Computing Systems and Graphics Group, displays a wafer with Intel Arc high-performance discrete graphics hardware as part of a presentation during Intel Architecture Day 2021. The virtual event was held in August 2021. (Intel Corporation)
August 29, 2021, 3:55 pm
Intel previews biggest chip shifts ‘in generation,’ some developed in Israel
The semiconductor giant is rolling out new processors for PCs, named Alder Lake and built on hybrid architecture designed locally
By Ricky Ben-David
Wiliot chips can tag onto crates and products to provide info about their environment and location (Courtesy)
July 27, 2021, 3:40 pm
Wiliot gets $200 million led by SoftBank for product-tracking chip tags
Startup’s tiny, inexpensive, self-powered computerized tags are made to be attached to products or packaging and convey data on their physical and environmental conditions
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustrative image of semiconductur chips (venuestock; iStock by Getty Images)
July 26, 2021, 1:03 pm
As global demand for microchips surges, tech giants go all-in on Israel
Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Intel and Nvidia are setting up or expanding their Israeli chip design operations, and local firms are seeing a renaissance as VC money rolls in
By Shoshanna Solomon
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger tours Mobileye's new headquarters building in Jerusalem on May 2, 2021 with Mobileye CEO Amnon Shashua. (Courtesy: Intel)
May 2, 2021, 8:50 pm
Intel CEO Gelsinger sees ‘vibrant future’ with Israel for ‘decades to come’
Pat Gelsinger visits Israel, as US tech giant touts new $200 million Haifa R&D campus; says investing $400 million in Mobileye’s new facilities
By Shoshanna Solomon
Intel Corp.'s 9th Gen Core, sired by its Haifa team, was launched by the US tech giant on April 23, 2019 (Courtesy)
April 28, 2021, 7:09 pm
As competition heats up, Intel touts new $200 million Haifa campus
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger to visit Israel next week; US tech giant plans to employ 1,000 new workers locally this year to build ‘chips of the future’
By Shoshanna Solomon
Intel Corp. unveils its highest-performing data-center processor, Ice Lake Server, sired in Israel (Intel Corp)
April 7, 2021, 1:22 pm
Intel unveils highest performing data-center processors, made with Israel team
With a promised performance 46% higher than previous generation’s, Ice Lake includes built-in AI performance, encryption and cybersecurity features
By Shoshanna Solomon
The 13-inch MacBook Pro with M1 that Apple says 'delivers game-changing performance' and the 'longest battery life ever on a Mac' (Apple)
November 11, 2020, 2:07 pm
Israel R&D team said likely behind Apple’s ‘revolutionary’ chip for laptops
Haifa-born Johny Srouji, in charge of developing Apple’s hardware tech, presents M1 chip at a virtual Apple event; part of Srouji’s development team is in Israel
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustrative image of an elbow-bump (Picturesque Japan; iStock by Getty Images)
From the WebOctober 27, 2020, 2:14 pm
AMD to buy chip peer Xilinx for $35 billion in data center push
CNBC: The acquisition will increase AMD’s struggle with Intel in the data center chip market; the deal, if completed, would create a combined firm with 13,000 engineers
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