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Silicon Valley’s Ayar Labs Raises $150m to Advance AI Optical Chips

The semiconductor startup secures fresh backing from Wiwynn, driving its valuation above $5bn as it races to replace copper connections.   Silicon Valley startup Ayar Labs...

US DOJ Investigate Nvidia’s $17bn Groq Licensing Deal

The Department of Justice scrutinises whether the graphics chipmaker structured its agreement with the AI startup to evade antitrust oversight.    The US Department of Justice...

TSMC Hits Record Monthly Revenue on Relentless AI Demand

The world’s top contract chipmaker posts a 53 per cent surge in August sales as advanced production lines remain fully booked.  Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co....

Broadband Equipment Sales Slip as Operators Pull Purchases Forward

A 3 per cent dip in global revenue belies strong North American investment in fibre, DOCSIS 4.0, and Wi-Fi 7 hardware.  Global revenue for broadband...

BPE Enters UK Market With OPT Services Partnership

The partnership follows two years of engagement with the UK market, including BPE’s participation in Data Centre World London Best Power Equipments (India) Private Limited...

OpenAI Deepens Tech Ties with South Korea’s Samsung

The ChatGPT maker expands its alliance with the South Korean giant to cover custom AI silicon development and widespread enterprise deployment.  OpenAI is strengthening its...

Xiaomi May Face a Fraud Probe in India

The Serious Fraud Investigation Office recommends an in-depth inquiry into the Chinese smartphone maker over foreign investment compliance and e-commerce practices.  India’s Serious Fraud Investigation...

Analog Devices to Acquire Alif Semiconductor for $1.35 Billion

The acquisition will combine ADI’s expertise in sensing, signal processing, power, and connectivity Analog Devices (ADI) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Alif...

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

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),...

China Curbs Robotic Companies’ IPOs After Unitree’s Volatile Debut

The “window guidance” remain informal and CSRC has not responded over the report After the volatile debut of humanoid industry leader Unitree Robotics, Chinese regulators...

Targeted Localisation Essential to Address India’s Reliance on Chinese Electronics

New report reveals deep supply-chain integration rather than simple dependence, urging focused domestic capacity building over broad trade barriers.  A new study by Koan Advisory...

GalaxEye Secures US Patent for Dual-Sensor Satellite System

Bengaluru startup receives intellectual property protection for technology synchronising optical and radar imaging on a single orbital platform.  Indian space-tech startup GalaxEye has been granted...

Industry's Buzz

Volvo Cars Expands NVIDIA Partnership for Advanced Automated Driving Safety

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Volvo Cars will bring nearly a century of safety research and its human-centric approach to the partnership Volvo Cars has announced an expanded partnership with...
Smartphones

Global Smartphone Shipments Plunge in the Third Quarter of 2026

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Soaring memory costs force phone makers to cut low-margin lines, squeezing budget brands while market giants Apple and Samsung consolidate their lead. Global smartphone shipments...

US Firms Team Up on Silicon-Sulfur Battery Platform

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XBM and SiCAM Technologies join forces to develop a sustainable, ultra-high-density battery technology using locally sourced materials for drones and electric aircraft. Lithium-sulfur cathode developer...

China’s Luxury EVs Target the EU Market

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Facing tough competition at home, Chinese electric vehicle manufacturers are mounting a high-tech challenge to Europe’s legacy marques by swapping traditional heritage for digital...
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang

Nvidia Pledges $250M UK AI Safety Boost

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Tech giant commits $50 million annually in computing power to back Oxford, UCL, and Imperial College London research into secure autonomous AI Nvidia has announced...

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

UST Selects 19 Startups for D3 Startup Challenge 2026 in Bengaluru

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The programme is designed to identify technologies that address business challenges, assess their practical applications and determine their potential to scale UST, an AI and...

Compcarta Reduces The Cost And Complexity Of End-To-End Chip Design

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Building a chip should not require assembling an entire design ecosystem. A Noida-based startup is developing a browser-based EDA platform that aims to reduce...

Aquaexchange Brings Monitoring And Automation To Shrimp Farming

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The startup has developed an AI- and IoT-enabled platform that helps shrimp farmers manage farms, access financing, monitor operations, and connect with markets. The startup...

Drone-Like Aircraft For Logistics From BluJ Aerospace

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Hyderabad-based BluJ Aerospace is developing indigenous electric and hydrogen-powered vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft for remote cargo transport. BluJ Aerospace, a Hyderabad-based aerospace startup...
Jash Jetly, Co-founder and CEO of EVE

“The cloud isn’t the only way to run AI. We’re proving it can happen...

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A startup is building a decentralised AI and communication network that runs across everyday devices instead of centralised cloud servers. In an interview, Jash...