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Infineon Announces Layoff, Lowers Revenue Forecast

Lowering its annual forecast to 15 billion euros, semiconductor company Infineon declared a reduction and relocation of 2,800 jobs due to a third-quarter revenue...

CG Power Partners With Jacobs To Boost Semiconductor Manufacturing

CG Power partners with Jacobs to build a semiconductor assembly plant in Sanand, Gujarat, boosting domestic semiconductor manufacturing. Murugappa Group’s CG Power, in collaboration with...

Polymatech Acquires Nisene To Revolutionise Semiconductor Industry

Polymatech Electronics acquires Nisene Technology's Silicon and Silicon Carbide wafers to develop a unique multi-wafer technology, enhancing its position in semiconductor chip fabrication and...

Design Issues May Delay Nvidia’s Blackwell AI Chip Launch

Nvidia's upcoming Blackwell AI chip could be delayed for three months due to design flaws, but production for the second half of the year...

Sameer Ladiwala Appointed CAO At Alphawave Semi

With two decades of experience in the semiconductor industry and financial management, Sameer Ladiwala becomes the Chief Accounting Officer of Alphawave Semi. On Monday, semiconductor...

Global Semiconductor Sales Up 18.3% In Q2, Wafer Shipments Rise Too

Driven by market variations and strong demand overall, semiconductor sales reached $149.9 billion in Q2 2024, up 18.3% YoY worldwide. Reportedly, silicon wafer shipments...

Semiconductor Group Urges EU to Ease Investment Curbs

Warning that broad policies could harm European firms and impede research; SEMI Europe has recommended the European Union to reduce restrictions on outbound investments...

Tata Electronics $3.2 Billion Semiconductor Plant To Be Operational From 2025

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced Tata Group's Assam semiconductor plant will produce 48.3 million chips daily, boosting India's semiconductor industry and creating 27,000 jobs. On...

India Guarantees Policy Stability For Taiwan’s Semiconductors

Eyeing future investments from Taiwanese chip giants, the Indian government has reportedly assured Taiwan of policy stability ahead of a milestone in India’s semiconductor...

Chipmakers Intel Cuts 15,000 Jobs, BelGan Files For Bankruptcy

The semiconductor industry worldwide sees a job crisis as Intel plans to let go 15,000 jobs to save $10 billion amid weak results, while...

Renesas Acquires Altium, Enhancing Electronics Design And Accelerating Innovation

Renesas acquires Altium, merging design software and cloud platform capabilities to enhance system-level integration and lifecycle management, advancing Renesas' digitalisation strategy. Today, Renesas Electronics Corporation...

India’s Semiconductor Sector to Hit $109B by 2030, Says MoS IT

Eyeing development in the industry through 4 new projects, the Minister of State, IT said that India’s semiconductor scenario will hit $109 billion by...

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...