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KC Ang Joins Tata Electronics As President And Foundry Head

To lead AI-driven semiconductor operations, industry veteran KC Ang has joined Tata Electronics as the President and Head of its semiconductor branch. Tata Electronics...

EdgePoint Towers Appoints Ravin Vickneswaran As COO

With 25+ years of industry expertise, Ravin Vickneswaran becomes the COO of EdgePoint Towers to drive 5G innovation, enhance services, and strengthen partnerships, supporting...

Chandrasekar Krishnamurthy Becomes Product Head At BorgWarner

To drive product industrialisation and competitiveness, BorgWarner appoints Chandrasekar Krishnamurthy as Global Director of Product Management. US-based BorgWarner PowerDrive Systems has appointed Chandrasekar Krishnamurthy...

Samsung CEO Han Jong-hee Dies, Leaving The Future Uncertain

Following a cardiac arrest, Samsung co-CEO Han Jong-hee dies at 63, leaving Jun Young-hyun in charge. Facing mounting challenges in semiconductors, smartphones, and global...

Ivan Espinosa Named Nissan’s New CEO After Uchida’s Departure

After a failed Honda merger and poor sales, Nissan shakes up leadership, as CEO Uchida departs. CPO Ivan Espinosa is set to step in...

Lip-Bu Tan Takes Over As Intel’s New CEO

Bringing 20+ years of industry experience to lead the company’s transformation and growth, Lip-Bu Tan becomes the CEO of Intel, effective next week. Intel...

Micron Appoints Former TSMC Chief Mark Liu, Christie Simons To Board

Tapping their decades of experience to drive growth in the booming AI sector, Micron appoints distinguished leaders Mark Liu, former co-CEO of TSMC and...

Nothing Co-Founder Akis Evangelidis Becomes Its India President

Capitalising on the company’s record growth in the Indian market, Nothing appoints Akis Evangelidis as India President to drive expansion ahead of the Phone...

Former TSMC Chairman Launches Tech Policy Centre At UC Berkeley

To address US technology challenges and provide policy guidance, focusing on innovation and manufacturing growth, Mark Liu, former TSMC chairman, has launched a think...

Samsung Electronics Names Its Veteran Leaders For Board

Reshuffling its board membership, Samsung Electronics has nominated its chief of chip business, CTO, awaiting finalisation in March. Dr Hyuk Jae Lee from Seoul...

Taoufiq Boussaid Becomes The CFO Of Lucid Group

With significant bonuses and stock options as part of his compensation, Lucid Group names Taoufiq Boussaid as CFO to drive growth, overseeing the production...

GlobalFoundries Names Tim Breen CEO, Niels Anderskouv COO

With major leadership changes, GlobalFoundries appoints Tim Breen as CEO, with Niels Anderskouv becoming COO, as the company continues expansion efforts in its US...

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thyssenkrupp

thyssenkrupp Expands Automotive Electronics R&D In Pune

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thyssenkrupp Automotive Technology is expanding automotive electronics and software R&D in Pune, planning to grow its engineering team beyond 300 to support global programmes...

Nuuk and EPACK Durable Partner to Manufacture Small Appliances in India

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Direct-to-consumer brands team up with contract manufacturers to boost domestic production of air fryers and circulator fans.  Direct-to-consumer (D2C) home appliance brand Nuuk has joined...

Potential US Curbs Bears Down on Chinese Optical Chip Stocks

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Shares of upstream laser chip suppliers suffered steeper declines compared to downstream optical transceiver manufacturers. A report by Morgan Stanley, earlier this month, warned...
Prime Minister Modi

Modi Flags 6G And Domestic Electronics Production At IMC 2026

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has outlined India's next telecom priorities at India Mobile Congress 2026, linking the 5G-to-6G roadmap with semiconductor production, domestic electronics...
Fujitsu

Fujitsu-Owned 1Finity Deploys 200+ Engineers To Expand India’s Optical Networking Business

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Japan’s Fujitsu-owned 1Finity is expanding its India networking business with more than 200 engineers as AI and data-centre growth drives demand for optical networking...

Learn From Leaders

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...

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...

Startups

PowerMon

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...
Mohit Gupta, founder and CEO, TYLsemi

Building AI Chips, One Block at a Time 

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What if building an AI chip became as simple as assembling reusable blocks? The startup is working to make custom silicon accessible beyond the...
Seema Johar, Co-Founder and Product Director, Compcarta Solutions Pvt Ltd

“We Let Designers Focus on Innovation, Not Infrastructure.”- Seema Johar, Compcarta Solutions

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In an exclusive interview, Seema Johar of Compcarta speaks with EFY’s Akanksha Sondhi Gaur about why setting up an EDA environment can be harder...