5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (458+ words) Mistral, the three year-old French AI company. has raised €3 billion in a Series D funding round at a valuation of more than €21 billion, the largest equity fundraising round ever completed by a European technology company. Samsung Electronics led the round,…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (275+ words) IQE reported a strong first-half performance, with revenue growth of more than 40% year-on-year driving a step change in profitability. Revenue increased 43% year-on-year to £64.6m Adjusted EBITDA of £6.0m, compared with (£0.4m) LBITDA in H1 2025 The performance reflects strong demand for IQE’s compound semiconductor solutions…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago   (59+ words) The top five enterprise SSD brands doubled revenue in Q2 over Q1 to $37.59 billion —a 103.6% increase, reports TrendForce.. Samsung had Q2 revenue of $14.35 billion. Hynix had $8.63 billion. Micron SSD revenue grew 126.3% QoQ to hit $6.98 billion. Kioxia doubled revenue QoQ to reach $4.64 billion. SanDisk…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago   (267+ words) My Vulture Fund for buying distressed AI assets is growing nicely, Ed confides to his diary. My assumptions are that, in an AI bust, pure-play AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic will get snapped up by Microsoft and Elon and…...

2+ week, 9+ hour ago   (563+ words) The global smartphone market is forecast to decline 14.3% year on year in 2026, according to Counterpoint Research’s latest Smartphone Market Outlook Tracker, as higher component costs, reduced availability of lower priced devices and weaker consumer affordability weigh on demand. In 2027 shipments…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (231+ words) Anglia Components has signed afranchise agreement with Taiwanese manufacturer OptoMedia to distribute its range of fibre optic transceivers for industrial defence and video applications. “OptoMedia has the products and technologies to deliver massive, reliable data transmission across long distances, in…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (480+ words) The consumer wearables revenue is expected to grow at 12% CAGR between 2026 and 2032, says Counterpoint Research. Smart eyewear is projected to account for nearly one-fifth of total consumer wearables revenue by 2032. Smart pendants, smart rings and smart eyewear will be the…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (196+ words) Over 30 years ago, the incoming CEO of a company which had just made the largest loss in US history declared that the last thing the company needed was a […] The post Fable: The Anti-Vision CEO appeared first on Electronics Weekly....

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (346+ words) David Manners has more than forty-years experience writing about the electronics industry, its major trends and leading players. As well as writing business, components and research news, he is the author of the site's most popular blog, Mannerisms. This features…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (157+ words) Thanks to Smart Analytics Global for this one – the top ten smartphone vendors measured by unit volume In Q2: Samsung Apple: Xiaomi: OPPO (including OnePlus & Realme) vivo: Huawei: […] The post Top Ten Smartphone Vendors In Q2 appeared first on Electronics Weekly. Top…...