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PM Modi Opens SEMICON India 2025: “Chips Are the Digital Diamonds”

From launch-ready processors to billion-dollar investments, SEMICON India 2025 started off with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of chips as the new oil of...

L&T Semiconductor Sets $500M Revenue Target Before IPO

Beyond traditional engineering, L&T Semiconductor is betting on design, acquisitions and global partnerships; targeting massive revenue before stepping into the IPO spotlight. L&T Semiconductor, the...

PM Modi To Launch SEMICON India 2025, Powering Chipmaking Ambitions

PM Modi will inaugurate SEMICON India 2025 in New Delhi, as India pushes to establish itself as a global semiconductor manufacturing powerhouse. Prime Minister Narendra...

India, Japan Deepen Chip Cooperation With Modi’s Sendai Visit

From chip fabs to AI, Modi’s Japan visit put semiconductors centre stage, showcasing India-Japan synergy as talent and technology combine to shape the future...

Government To Push SiC Wafer Manufacturing In ISM 2.0

To strengthen semiconductor capabilities, ISM 2.0 will focus on silicon carbide wafers over conventional silicon. The Indian government will accord strategic priority to silicon carbide...

Manav Rachna And Arduino Labs Launch Vande IoT Platform And UNO EK R4 WiFi Book

Driving innovation and reskilling through IoT initiatives, Manav Rachna collaborates with Arduino Labs to launch Vande IoT and Arduino UNO R4 WiFi Book. Arduino, in...

India’s Landmark OSAT Pilot Line By CG Semi Takes Off At Gujarat

From Sanand to the world, India takes a decisive leap in semiconductors with CG Semi’s OSAT pilot line. Minister Vaishnaw signals scale, skills, and...

Nvidia Forecasts Slower Growth After Two-Year AI Surge

Signalling a slowdown after an unprecedented AI boom, Nvidia’s revenue forecast falls below the loftiest Wall Street expectations. Nvidia projected a slowdown in revenue growth...

US Commerce Department Halts $7.4B CHIPS Funding To Natcast

Billions in CHIPS funding have been pulled as the US Commerce Department halts $7.4 billion for Natcast, casting uncertainty over semiconductor research and workforce...

TPG Emerges Frontrunner For Tessolve Stake With $150m Investment

Driving semiconductor sector interest and edging out Advent, TPG Growth Fund moves closer to Tessolve stake acquisition. TPG Inc has emerged as the frontrunner to...

Intel, Trump Administration Agree On $8.9B Investment Deal

Reinforcing supply chain resilience, a historic $8.9 billion US government stake in Intel aims to boost America’s chipmaking push, along with national security and...

STMicroelectronics Names Anand Kumar As New MD For India

Marking a shift in India’s semiconductor leadership, STMicroelectronics appointed Anand Kumar as Managing Director, succeeding Vivek Sharma. STMicroelectronics has announced the appointment of Anand Kumar...

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...