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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...

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...

Industry's Buzz

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Qualcomm To Supply Radio Equipment To Starlink

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Together the technologies of Starlink and Qualcomm will improve performance per watt across radio, improving the terrestrial network for 5G and its spectral efficiency. Qualcomm...
AMD

AMD Face a $1B charge in Q3 FY27 for AI-Chip Deals

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The deals that AMD signed with Meta and OpenAI were part of the growing trend of giving equity incentives for long-term contracts from a...
TCL televisions

Samsung Display To Transfer 10.16% Stake in TCL To Its Parent

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Samsung Electronics and TCL Technologies expect to create avenues for closer collaboration in the display panel value chain. Samsung Display transferred its 10.16 per cent...
Aimtron

Aimtron Reports 83% Revenue Growth in H1 FY27

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The demand for Aimtron’s products is spread across various sectors like telecom, network security, IoT, Robotics, Power and Energy, as well as Industrial Electronics  Original...

RIOD Logic Opens EV Charger Manufacturing Facility In Kerala

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The chargers manufactured at the new facility will support UPI-based payments, enabling users to make payments directly through the chargers RIOD Logic Pvt Ltd, an...

Learn From Leaders

Pravin Patel, Founder and Chairman, Brio Agri, India

“Our goal is not to replace farmers, but to empower them with better tools,...

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In an exclusive interaction with EFY's Saba Aafreen, Pravin Patel, Founder and Chairman of Brio Agri, discusses building hydroponics and controlled-environment agriculture in India,...

Does India’s Chip Packaging Growth Need Local Materials At Scale?

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What will it take for specialised semiconductor materials manufacturing to grow in India? Packaging volumes will be a key factor as OSAT facilities move...
Ronak Kumar Samantray, Founder, TM2Space Technologies Pvt Ltd.

“Our goal is to build data centres in space.” – Ronak Kumar Samantray, TM2Space

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A space startup aims to build orbital data centres, letting users run AI models and store data on satellites while also supplying satellite hardware...

India’s Photonics Puzzle Is Finally Coming Together 

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Can India turn its scattered photonics capabilities into a stronger industry? A new association aims to connect the ecosystem and strengthen the domestic value...
Jin Bains, CEO, Mini-Circuits

Mini-Circuits CEO Jin Bains on Navigating High-Frequency Component SWaP-C Constraints, Emerging Markets, and Career...

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In this exclusive, Jin Bains, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Mini-Circuits, explains in a conversation with Dilin Anand of EFY about areas of emerging...

Startups

Vimag Labs’ Magnet-Free Motors Set To Redefine EV Efficiency

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Can software replace rare-earth materials? This Bengaluru startup uses virtual magnets to eliminate traditional permanent magnets, boosting EV motor efficiency up to 95 per...

Pine Labs Q2 FY27 Profit Soars 6.5x

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Pine labs said that it processes 25 million transactions per day, a 22 per cent increase from the previous year. Fintech company Pine Labs, reported...
Dr Venkata Sai Kiran, Founder, Red Balloon Aerospace

How Near-Space Platforms Could Revolutionise Broadband Connectivity – Dr Venkata Sai Kiran, Red Balloon...

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As nations explore high-altitude platforms for communication, surveillance, and scientific research, Red Balloon Aerospace is developing super-pressure balloons, tethered aerostats, and airships for near-space...
Manish Seth, Founder, Vimag Labs

Beyond Rare-Earth Magnets: How Vimag Labs Is Reimagining Electric Motors – Manish Seth, Vimag...

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Can software replace rare earth magnets in electric motors? Manish Seth of Vimag Labs speaks to EFY’s Nitisha Dubey about Virtual Magnet Technology, which...
Pavan Kosaraju, Founder of AquaExchange

“Our AI Predicts Shrimp Disease Three To Four Days Before Visible Symptoms Appear.”- Pavan...

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An agritech startup has built AI- and IoT-powered solutions that help shrimp farmers monitor ponds, detect diseases early, automate feeding, and reduce operational risks....