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Dr Satya Gupta Honoured At The DVCon 2024 For Lifetime Achievement

As an honour for his remarkable contributions to the semiconductor design industry and inspiring engineers around the globe, Dr Satya Gupta was celebrated with...

TSMC’s Arizona Facility Matches Taiwan’s Production Efficiency Standards

Fuelled by strong US government backing despite earlier delays, TSMC's $65 billion semiconductor project in Arizona is hitting major milestones and is now matching...

CG Power Acquires Renesas RF Unit to Enter Semiconductor Design

CG Power and Industrial Solutions has entered the semiconductor design industry by acquiring the Radio Frequency components business from Renesas Electronics. CG Power and Industrial...

NTS Launches New Facility In Singapore

Aiming to support Asian customers, Dutch contract chip manufacturer NTS has opened a new facility in Singapore to assemble sophisticated mechatronic systems in pristine...

DENSO Acquires Stake in ROHM for EV Innovations

Joining forces to mingle technology with sustainability, DENSO has announced a stake acquisition in ROHM to boost semiconductor development for growing electric vehicle demand.  Automotive...

Foxconn Invests ₹4.24B In HCL Semiconductor OSAT Venture

Securing a 40% stake for the joint OSAT plant in Jewar, Uttar Pradesh, with HCL Group, Foxconn is reportedly set to pour ₹4.24 billion.   According...

Global 300mm Fab Equipment Investment To Reach $400 Billion

As soaring demand for AI chips and regionalisation initiatives keep fuelling, investments in 300mm fab equipment across the globe are poised to touch $400...

Fujifilm To Invest 20Bn Yen To Augment Semiconductors Materials Production

Clean room facilities and inspection units will be installed to produce the latest photosensitive material, coupled with the finest quality inspection system. Japan’s leading photography,...

Intel Declines Arm’s Acquisition Proposal For Chip Division

Amid restructuring and facing the perils of fierce competition, Intel has rejected Arm's bid for its chip division, stating emphatically that the unit is...

EnSilica, SIAE Collaborate On Next-Gen Wireless Chips

Eyeing to minimise risks while boosting power efficiency and cost savings, SIAE MICROELETTRONICA has teamed up with EnSilica to revolutionise telecommunications through Application-Specific Integrated...

West Bengal Prepares Site For Landmark India-US Semiconductor Fab

Pledging to create local jobs, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee announced a significant development as the state is buckling up to see India's groundbreaking...

UK Acquires US Semiconductor Factory To Safeguard Defence Value Chain

Aiming to secure military supply chains, the UK government has acquired a US semiconductor factory, renaming it Octric Semiconductors UK, and looks to preserve...

Industry's Buzz

ASMl Holdings

ASML and TSMC Partner to Advance Next-Generation Semiconductor Mask Tech

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The chipmaking giants target a shift to larger 12-inch photomasks to boost manufacturing productivity and lower advanced node costs.  ASML and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company...

Ultraviolette to Build Major EV Factory in Tamil Nadu

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The Indian electric vehicle manufacturer plans to produce up to 500,000 units annually at its new automated facility in Hosur.  Electric vehicle pioneer Ultraviolette Automotive...
Drone

Karnataka to Build $5.1m Drone Testing Hub

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The state government targets advanced aerial mobility expansion with a dedicated testing facility in Chikkaballapura.  Karnataka is set to bolster its aerial mobility ecosystem by...
Telecommunications sector

US Backs Africell with $100m Loan to Counter Huawei in Africa

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The Trump administration finances the US-owned telecoms operator to expand trusted mobile network technology across the continent.  The US government is set to provide a...
CXMT

China’s CXMT Takes Top Spot with 82 per cent Profit Margin

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The DRAM manufacturer’s record profitability eclipses Samsung and SK Hynix as conventional memory prices surge.   China’s leading DRAM manufacturer, ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), has achieved...

Learn From Leaders

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...

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,...

Startups

Manivannan Subramaniam, Director R&D, CIYES Systems

“We Want to Build Globally Competitive Deep-Tech Products from India” –  Manivannan Subramaniam, CIYES...

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Can India build globally competitive deep-tech products? Manivannan Subramaniam of CIYES Systems believes it can. In this interview with EFY's Nitisha Dubey, he discusses...

Raptee.HV, Rajalakshmi Engineering College Launch EV Centre of Excellence

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The facility is among the first initiatives under Raptee.HV Academy Raptee.HV has launched a Centre of Excellence for Electric Mobility at Rajalakshmi Engineering College (REC),...

Agnikul Cosmos Opens New Facilities to Advance Reusable Rocket Development

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STIF has been designed and fabricated in-house to test complete reusable rocket stages under flight-like conditions Indian space-tech company Agnikul Cosmos has inaugurated two new...

Zenergize Technologies Raises $4 Million Pre-Series A to Scale SiC Power Electronics

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The fundraise comes after a year of rapid product development and commercialisation Zenergize Technologies, an R&D-driven deep-tech company developing indigenous Silicon Carbide (SiC)-based power electronics,...
Gadhadar Reddy, Co-Founder and CEO, NoPo Nanotechnologies

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...