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Malaysia Targets Higher-Value E&E Activities To Cut Semiconductor Cycle Risks

Malaysia is diversifying its E&E value chain to reduce semiconductor cycle risks, strengthen domestic supply chains and move local companies towards higher-value technologies such...

Tata’s Jagiroad Plant to Serve Mobile, Automotive, and AI Chips

Tata Electronics’ ₹27,000-crore semiconductor assembly and testing facility in Jagiroad, Assam, has begun pilot activity, marking progress towards expanding India’s chip packaging capacity for...

Global Smartphone Shipments Drop 20% to Lowest Q3 Level Since 2012

Surging memory chip costs and AI-driven component shortages force vendors to hike retail prices and constrain volumes.  Global smartphone shipments plummeted 20 per cent year-on-year...

FormFactor and Teradyne Announce Semiconductor Test Collaboration, $300 Million Investment

The $300 million equity investment is subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals FormFactor and Teradyne have entered into a broad technology collaboration to...

Zebra Technologies Expands Indian Footprint with Two Service Centres

New facilities in Mumbai and Gurgaon complement Bangalore hub to accelerate repair turnaround times for enterprise devices.  Zebra Technologies has expanded its repair services network...

GE Aerospace to Boost India Sourcing to $400 Million by 2030

Aviation giant doubles local procurement spend backed by expanding supplier networks and surging engine demand.  GE Aerospace plans to nearly double its annual procurement spending...

Microsoft to Scale Custom Azure Maia AI Chips by 2027

Tech giant plans multi-gigawatt deployments as in-house silicon becomes its primary inference system.  Microsoft has announced plans to scale its Azure Maia family of custom...

Richardson Electronics Plans 5MWh Battery Storage System at Illinois Facility

Richardson Electronics is also expanding its La Fox manufacturing operations Richardson Electronics and ComEd have announced plans to install a 5-megawatt-hour (MWh) battery energy storage...

Applied Materials Opens $5 Billion Semiconductor R&D Centre in Silicon Valley

The EPIC Centre is designed to help bridge this gap by enabling earlier collaboration among industry stakeholders Applied Materials has officially opened its $5 billion...

HCLTech and Anthropic Partner to Accelerate Safe Enterprise Agentic AI

Global IT provider establishes dedicated Anthropic unit to build secure, governed Claude solutions for enterprise deployment.  HCLTech has announced a Global Premier Partnership with AI...

LTTS and Nvidia Launch AI-Native Manufacturing Lab in Bengaluru

The new facility leverages Nvidia accelerated computing to advance digital twins, industrial AI, and autonomous factory operations.  L&T Technology Services (LTTS) has inaugurated an AI-native...

TANAKA Targets Indian Semiconductor Expansion Without Local Plant

The Japanese supplier engages domestic firms following the Semicon 2.0 launch, but holds off on local manufacturing plans.  TANAKA Precious Metals India is looking to...

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...