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Global Smartphone Revenues Top $100B In 2Q25

Fuelled by premium demand and soaring prices, global smartphone revenues were promising in Q2 2025 despite 3% growth in sales, with Apple dominating. Global smartphone...

Tablet Shipments Rise 9% Globally In 2Q25

From China’s tablet boom to Japan’s Chromebook surge, Q2 2025 saw 39 million tablets shipped and education-fuelled PC growth reshape global device market dynamics. Global...

Data Boom To Keep HDDs In The Game Beyond 2030

Could SSDs make HDDs obsolete? Not so fast. Despite falling SSD prices, HDDs still dominate bulk storage, and the data says they will for...

Global Semiconductor Sales Surge 18.9% In 1H25

Fuelled by AI infrastructure and strong logic and memory demand, the global semiconductor market surged nearly 19% in H1 2025, prompting the industry to lift...

NITI Aayog Flags Urgent Measures To Triple EV Penetration By 2030

From leading in three‑wheelers to lagging in long‑haul trucks, India’s EV story shows sharp contrasts, with NITI Aayog urging targeted rollouts and global‑style mandates. India...

India Overtakes China As Leading Smartphone Supplier To US

Fuelled by Apple’s production shift and 240% growth, as vendors frontload shipments amid tariff uncertainty, the supply chain dynamics of the US smartphone market...

India’s Smartphone Value Grows Record 18% In 2Q25

With the iPhone 16 dominating the shipments, India's smartphone market booms in Q2 2025 with 8% volume growth and a record-high value as premium...

North American PCB Shipments Drop 8.6% In June

Despite a drop in shipments, North American PCB bookings rise, showing steady demand. The book-to-bill ratio remains positive, suggesting growth potential ahead. North American printed-circuit...

Advanced Nodes Push Foundry Market Towards $165B

Racing past $165 billion in 2025, the global foundry market sees advanced chip nodes dominate, with 3nm and 5nm powering AI, HPC, and next-gen devices. The...

Battery Life Tops Priorities For India’s Budget Smartphones

In India’s budget smartphone race, all‑day battery life beats speed, storage, and style; emerging as the ultimate deal‑maker for sub‑₹20,000 buyers. Battery life has emerged...

E-Motorcycles Shift Gears in India, 14 New Launches In FY25

Accelerating from niche to mainstream, electric motorcycles are charging ahead in India with new launches and surging sales, reshaping the two-wheeler landscape fast. India’s electric...

China Smartphone Shipments Slip 2.4% In Q2 2025

Subsidy-fuelled demand fades as China’s smartphone shipments dip 2.4% in Q2 2025; Huawei surges while Apple, Xiaomi, and vivo race to stay competitive. China’s smartphone...

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...