On the 9th of June 2025, IonQ and Oxford Ionics announced that they had entered into a definitive agreement for IonQ to acquire Oxford Ionics in a transaction valued at $1.075 billion, the largest deal of its kind seen in the quantum computing industry to date.

Historically, the automotive and logistics sectors have led the charge in adopting automation and robotics, ranging from mobile robots and industrial arms to collaborative robots.

Lithium-ion batteries are essential in driving a sustainable and low-carbon future. To stay competitive in the rapidly growing Li-ion market, battery manufacturers need to be able to secure a stable and cost-effective supply of raw materials.

At GTC 2025, NVIDIA announced two new networking switch platforms – Spectrum-X Photonics and Quantum-X Photonics – based on co-packaged optics (CPO) technology.

Conventional printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturing is wasteful, harmful to the environment and energy intensive.

The global market for Li-ion battery cells alone is forecast to exceed $400 billion by 2035, driven primarily by demand for battery electric cars and vehicles.

Haptics refers to the technology that actively enhances the touch experience when engaging with devices, allowing for a more streamlined and stimulating customer experience with surface textures and thermal haptics. IDTechEx's report, "Haptics 2025-2035: Technologies, Markets, Players", primarily explores tactile haptics, which include vibration, surface texture, contactless haptics, and thermal haptics. IDTechEx expects the haptics market to gro...

IDTechEx has revealed the drivers and trends behind transport electrification in its latest report.

Quantum sensors offer dramatically increased sensitivity compared to their classical incumbents or even enable new sensing capabilities altogether. Multiple industries are expected to benefit from quantum sensing innovations, including atomic clocks, quantum magnetometers, quantum gyroscopes, and more.

Time, motion, gravity, electric and magnetic fields, current, and light are the main phenomena that quantum sensors are concerned with measuring - and on the smallest possible scale. IDTechEx's report, "Quantum Sensors Market 2025-2045: Technology, Trends, Players, Forecasts" provides an in-depth analysis of the technology by type and application, forecasting the quantum sensor market to reach $2.2 billion in 2045, with a compound annual growth r...

In the last few months, three of the world's largest tech giants made waves with their announcements in quantum computing. But what will the impact of Microsoft's Majorana 1, Google's Willow, and Amazon's Ocelot be once the dust has settled, and is it just big tech making strides in developing quantum computers?

Emerging image sensors are being developed with capabilities beyond well-established CMOS detectors, with the possibility of detecting broader parts of the light spectrum that are beyond human vision.

IDTechEx explores semiconductor vs superconducting photodetectors and what comes next in quantum.

Long-time followers of the quantum computing market will know that interest in technology has continued to accelerate. Industry events are attended by an ever more diverse crowd of scientists, engineers, investors, supply chain partners, and prospective end users.

Infrared sensors are becoming more popular in vehicles for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), in-cabin sensing, and driver monitoring systems (DMS), largely due to advancements in vehicle safety and awareness. IDTechEx’s latest report, “Infrared (IR) Cameras for Automotive 2025-2035: Technologies, Opportunities, Forecasts”, explores the types of infrared sensors that are commonly used, and forecasts for the future of the...

This report from IDTechEx examines sustainable electronics innovations, throughout the printed circuit board (PCB) and semiconductor industries. It covers key manufacturing processes and materials, including granular market forecasts from 2025-2035 and featuring profiles of green electronics players and information gathered at SEMICON Europa and Electronica 2024.

Quantum sensors leverage quantum phenomena to offer dramatically increased sensitivity compared to traditional sensors.

The data centre cooling value chain is long, complicated, and chaotic, consisting of multiple stakeholders. Data centre cooling happens on multiple levels including chip and server level, as well as the rack and facility level.

Quantum communication has seen some big announcements in 2024, with smartphone markets and data centres turning to the technology for secure and robust data security that can be trusted.

Quantum computing is entering an era of more focused investment, more commercial contracts, and more competition. Many start-ups are transitioning to scale-ups with growing teams, ambitions, and revenue streams. As quantum computing capabilities are becoming more sophisticated, so has engagement from research institutions and supercomputing centers who are investing tens of millions for on-premises installations of the latest machines.