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Global Semiconductor Sales Surge 20.6% YoY In July 2025

Driven by growing demand in the Americas and Asia Pacific, global semiconductor sales hit $62.1 billion in July, rising 20.6% year-on-year despite Japan’s decline. Global...

India-Made Smartphone Shipments Rise 15% YoY

Surging exports and rising domestic demand fuel India’s smartphone boom, with Dixon leading, BPL emerging, and Apple and Samsung's dominance highlighting a fast-growing, export-driven...

Refurbished Smartphone Sales Slows To 3% Growth Worldwide In 1H25

Amid trade disruptions and supply shortages, refurbished smartphone growth slowed to 3% globally in H1 2025, yet emerging markets and Apple-led demand kept the...

AI PCs Set To Claim Nearly A Third Of Global Market In 2025

With AI PCs surging ahead, shipments are expected to double to 77.8 million in 2025, hitting 31% of the PC market as customisation and...

Global Smartphone Market To Edge Up 1% In 2025

Powered by GenAI, premium designs, and foldables, the smartphone market is expected to inch up in 2025, with a 1% growth to 1.24 billion...

India’s Tablet Market Contracts Sharply, 32% YoY Decline In 1H25

Amid shrinking commercial demand, India’s tablet market plunged in 1H25, with slates collapsing but consumer sales rising. Samsung led, as Apple, Lenovo, and Xiaomi...

PCB Shipments In North America Soar 20.7% In July 2025

Surging shipments, bookings rising 22.2%, and the book-to-bill ratio steady at 1.00: July 2025 marks a balance and momentum for North America’s PCB industry. The...

India’s Clean Energy Gains 8.46GW Solar In 2Q25

Surging solar, slowing wind, and rising storage shaped India’s renewable push in Q2 2025, as solar installations soared almost 43% QoQ. However, sectoral investments...

India’s Smartphone Exports Jump 30% In 1H25, Driven By US Demand

Tariff fears, surging iPhone exports and Motorola’s breakout helped India’s smartphone shipments soar in H1 2025, fuelling its ambition of being a global manufacturing...

Electronics Supply Chain Feels Pressure Amid Cost Surge, Says Report

Rising material and labour costs squeeze electronics makers, even as demand holds strong; talent shortages and weak margins signal mounting pressure on global supply...

India’s Wearables Market Shrinks 6.3% In H1 2025

From slumping smartwatches to surging smart glasses, India’s wearables market is shifting gears, declining shipments but fresh momentum in emerging categories. India’s wearable device market...

India Smartphone Market Grows 1% In 1H25, Rebounds In Q2

Driven by Q2 growth, India's smartphone market grows slightly in 1H25, with Apple leading and ASPs rising amid subdued consumer demand and intense competition. India’s...

Industry's Buzz

Infineon

Infineon and Skeleton Partner on AI Data Centre Power Solutions

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Semiconductor firm Infineon teams up with energy storage specialist Skeleton Technologies to develop high-efficiency power architectures for data centres running heavy AI workloads.  Semiconductor manufacturer...
NVIDIA

Nvidia Acquires Hugging Face for $13BN

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Semiconductor giant expands software footprint with multi-billion-dollar deal for open-source AI platform, reassuring developers the ecosystem will remain independent.  Semiconductor titan Nvidia has agreed to...
SK Hynix

SK Hynix Considers Japanese JV to Meet NAND Demand

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South Korea’s memory giant looks across Japan for chip-manufacturing sites with reliable power and water to ease global artificial intelligence supply bottlenecks. South Korean...
Bluehill.VC

Bluehill Backs Makr In Rs 102 Million Semiconductor Metrology Deal

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Bluehill.VC has led a Rs 102 Million seed round in Makr Microsystems to develop nanoscale subsurface metrology for advanced chip packaging, 3D architectures and...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi

India, Belgium Expand Semiconductor And Defence-Tech Cooperation

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India and Belgium will deepen semiconductor cooperation by linking IMEC with India’s semiconductor ecosystem, while expanding defence-electronics manufacturing and technology partnerships. Prime Minister Narendra Modi...

Learn From Leaders

India Needs Not a Hundred, But Thousands of Chip Diversified Companies 

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Can India build a semiconductor ecosystem beyond fabs? Indiesemic believes thousands of diversified chip companies are needed to make that possible. India’s semiconductor push is...
L Venkata Subramaniam, CEO, Qbit Force, Andhra Pradesh

“We Aim To Make Quantum Computing More Visible, Understandable, And Open To Build On”...

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From building India’s first open quantum hardware ecosystem to assembling a working quantum computer in just four months, Qbit Force is redefining how deep...
(L-R) Nikesh Gondchawar, Strategic & Technical Advisor – Robotics Manufacturing; Shrikrushna Kakade, Founder Partner; Nikhil Kakade, Senior Technical Advisor – Robotics & Control Systems, SlightGen Solutions LLP

“A Made-In-India Robotic PCB Soldering System That Automates The Through-Hole Soldering Process!” – Shrikrushna...

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Electronics manufacturing is complex, and automation often comes at a high cost. To bridge this gap and offer a more affordable solution in India,...
Navdeep Narula, Executive Director, Client and Endpoint Solutions, Ingram Micro, India

“Enterprise Computing Is Shifting From CPU to GPU And Now Toward NPU-Based Systems ”...

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The shift from CPU to GPU to NPU-based computing is redefining today’s enterprise endpoints. In an exclusive conversation, Navdeep Narula from Ingram Micro discusses...

India’s Robotics Push Opens New Hardware Opportunities

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How do you build India’s physical AI future when critical robot components still come from overseas? Niqo Robotics reveals where the gaps remain.  India’s push...

Startups

Nopo Nanotechnologies’ Carbon Nanotubes Turn ‘Not Possible’ To ‘Now Possible’

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Can single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) significantly improve EV batteries? This startup says it has turned what was once considered ‘not possible’ into ‘now possible.’ An...

L&T Technology Services Launches LTTS FARM to Accelerate Deep-Tech Startup Commercialisation

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The initiative is also expected to expand LTTS’ Engineering Intelligence ecosystem by bringing together startups, engineering talent and industry stakeholders L&T Technology Services (LTTS) has...
(R to L) Hetendra Singh Rathore, Founder, Sri Kusulu Devalla, Co-Founder and CTO, and Vijay Pratap Singh, Co-Founder, Segritech

Segritech’s Compact And Portable Automated Machine Sorts Fruits And Vegetables At Farm level

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This startup has developed a computer vision-based machine that inspects fruits, grades and sorts them by quality, and identifies and separates defective produce directly...

Red Balloon Aerospace Develops India’s First Stratospheric Super-Pressure Balloon

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Based in Andhra Pradesh, deep-tech startup Red Balloon Aerospace develops next-generation lighter-than-air platforms for communication, surveillance, and research… Founded by Dr Chakravadhanula Venkata Sai Kiran...
L Venkata Subramaniam, CEO, Qbit Force, Andhra Pradesh

“We Aim To Make Quantum Computing More Visible, Understandable, And Open To Build On”...

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From building India’s first open quantum hardware ecosystem to assembling a working quantum computer in just four months, Qbit Force is redefining how deep...