New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) Global smartphone shipments declined 11 per cent (year-on-year) in the April-June quarter (Q2 2026), reaching the lowest second-quarter levels since 2013, a report showed on Monday, as the memory shortage deepened and emerged as the dominant drag on the industry.According to preliminary estimates from Counterpoint Research’s Market Monitor, DRAM and NAND prices continued to balloon through the quarter as memory suppliers kept prioritising AI data centre demand over cons…
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New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) US-based tech giant Apple may raise prices across some of its products as surging memory and storage chip costs due to an increase in demand from artificial intelligence (AI) data centres continue to put pressure on the company’s margins, according to a report.Speaking to The Wall Street Journal, Apple CEO Tim Cook said the company can no longer fully absorb the sharp increase in component costs and may eventually pass some of the burden on to consumers.”Unfortunately, …
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) Nearly eight in 10 smartphone users, or 79 per cent of users, experience call drops or connectivity interruptions while travelling on Indian highways, a report said on Thursday.The report from CyberMedia Research (CMR) said the survey of 2,000 smartphone users aged 18–35 across New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Kolkata found disruptions are impacting working professionals both financially and emotionally.“India has made real progress in expanding mobile coverage, yet …
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) India’s smartphone market reached its weakest quarterly performance in recent years, with shipments declining 2 per cent (year-on-year) in Q1 2026, driven by a sharp rise in DRAM and NAND flash prices, which pushed up device costs and forced brands to increase pricing — leading price-sensitive consumers to defer upgrades.According to the CMR ‘India Mobile Handset Market Review’ by CyberMedia Research (CMR), the impact was sharply uneven across segments.While the pre…
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) Global semiconductor revenue is projected to exceed $1.3 trillion in 2026, marking the fastest growth in over two decades, according to a report released on Wednesday.The report by research firm Gartner said the industry is expected to register a 64 per cent growth in 2026 amid strong demand from artificial intelligence (AI) processing, data centre infrastructure and rising memory prices.”Amid high demand for AI processing, data centre networking and power, and memory p…
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) The India Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA) on Saturday congratulated the government and US-based Micron Technology on the historic inauguration of state-of-the-art ATMP (assembly, testing, marking and packaging) facility in Sanand, Gujarat, by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Terming the event a defining milestone in India’s semiconductor journey, Ashok Chandak, President, IESA, who was present at the inauguration, said that “this is not merely the inaugu…
Sanand, Feb 28 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Gujarat on Saturday and held a public roadshow in Sanand ahead of a major industrial inauguration. PM Modi arrived at the Ahmedabad airport around 03:40 pm, travelling directly to the Sanand GIDC area where large crowds had gathered along the designated route to catch a glimpse of him.Eyewitnesses described significant public turnout, with residents lining streets and waving as the motorcade passed, reflecting strong local inter…
Seoul, Jan 29 (IANS) Samsung Electronics on Thursday said it has posted record operating profit and sales in the fourth quarter of 2025 on strong sales of premium semiconductor products, including high bandwidth memory (HBM), amid the global artificial intelligence (AI) boom.The company said in a regulatory filing that it posted 20.07 trillion won ($13.9 billion) in operating profit for the quarter, compared with 6.49 trillion won a year ago. Revenue rose 23.8 percent on-year to 93.83 trillion w…
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) The global semiconductor revenue reached $793 billion globally in 2025, marking an increase of 21 per cent year‑on‑year, a report said on Tuesday.The report from tech research company Gartner said that AI semiconductors — including processors, high‑bandwidth memory and networking components — drove the growth and accounted for nearly one‑third of total sales in 2025.“This domination is set to rise as AI infrastructure spending is forecast to surpass $1.3 tr…
Seoul, Jan 8 (IANS) Samsung Electronics on Thursday reported a record-breaking operating profit for the fourth quarter, touching the 20 trillion-won ($13.8 billion) mark for the first time, driven by a supercycle in the chip industry.The fourth-quarter operating profit marked a more than 200 percent rise from a year earlier, the company said in a preliminary earnings report.If confirmed, it would mark the first time for the company’s quarterly earnings to reach the 20 trillion-won level, reports…