01-Nov-06
SemIndia Project: Investors Threaten Pull-Out
Investors are mulling pulling out of the $3-billion Semindia fab project in the face of uncertainties surrounding the proposed semiconductor policy.
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01-Nov-06
Nokia Opens R&D Facility In 'Bengaluru'
Nokia has expanded its R&D facility in Bengaluru with the inauguration of a 2,10,000-sq ft development centre at the Prestige Tech Park in the IT corridor.
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31-Oct-06
India's Ittiam rolls multiformat high-definition video decoder engine
Ittiam Systems has developed a video decoder engine for high-definition DVD and set-top ASIC solutions.
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30-Oct-06
Alok Ohrie is new MD of AMD India
AMD today announced the appointment of Alok Ohrie as the managing director of AMD’s India operations.
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30-Oct-06
Semiconductor industry faces talent crunch
Semi Conductor industry in India is finding it difficult to rope in quality talent to meet the demands for this burgeoning industry.
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30-Oct-06
Alok Ohrie to head AMD India
AMD has announced the appointment of Mr Alok Ohrie as the managing director of AMD's India operations.
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30-Oct-06
Motorola opens R&D centre in Hyderabad
Motorola today announced the establishment of an R&D centre in Hyderabad that would help the company consolidate its intellectual property development and research operations out of India.
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29-Oct-06
Gadgets galore in BangaloreIT.in
The much-advertised Intellectual Property Zone at BangaloreIT.in showcased a mix of old and new products.
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26-Oct-06
Flextronics to invest $100 million in India
Global communications software company Flextronics Software Systems said it would invest $100 million in India over the next three years. more...

26-Oct-06
Developers' meet
Texas Instruments Developer Conference India would be held from November 30 to December 1, the company has said.
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26-Oct-06
14 cos to showcase IP capabilities
Fourteen technology companies showcasing their intellectual property (IP) development capabilities would be the highlight of this year's edition of BangaloreIT.in 2006, which will be inaugurated on Friday.
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25-Oct-06
ATI set to open gaming centers in Mumbai, Delhi
ATI Technologies, a graphics processor unit and PC performance solutions provider, has scheduled to open gaming centers in Mumbai and Delhi by the first half of November.
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24-Oct-06
India’s niche: semiconductor design services
If China is the factory to the world, then India aspires to be the design capital.
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24-Oct-06
Semiconductor fab units to get SEZ benefits
In a bid to boost the semiconductor and nano technology sectors in the country, the government is planning to extend a host of fiscal incentives including benefits at par with special economic zones (SEZ) units and application of lower Cenvat rate of 4%.
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23-Oct-06
Craig Barrett To Visit India
Dr Craig R. Barrett, chairman of the United Nations' Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies, and chairman of the board, Intel Corporation, will visit India on 2 and November 2006.
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23-Oct-06
Intel chief coming
Mr Craig R. Barrett, Chairman of the United Nations' Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies and Chairman of the Board, Intel Corporation, will visit India from November 2 to 3.
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20-Oct-06
Agilent mulls manufacturing site in India
Agilent Technologies, currently undertaking a $30 million expansion of its R&D, support and customer care operations in India, plans a new center in Chennai in southern India and is seriously considering setting up a manufacturing location in this country.
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19-Oct-06
Maran favours extension of incentives under STPI
Union Communications and Information and Technology Minister Dayanidhi Maran, on Wednesday, said his ministry will soon forward a note to the Cabinet recommending extension of incentives under the STPI (Software Technology Parks of India) scheme beyond 2009.
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19-Oct-06
Robert Bosch's investment plans
Robert Bosch India plans to invest 325 million euro (Rs. 1,800 crore) between 2005 and 2008, Chairman, Robert Bosch Gmbh, Germany, Franz Fehrenbech, said here on Wednesday.
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19-Oct-06
Sandisk collaborates with Ingram and Rashi to sell products in India
SanDisk Corp., supplier of Flash data storage card products, announced distribution relationships with Ingram micro, the wholesaler of technology goods, and Rashi Peripherals, an IT distributor, to sell a wide range of SanDisk products in India.
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18-Oct-06
Made in India chips from June 2007
SemIndia, a consortium with investments from strategic partners, will roll out its first batch of chips by June 2007 from its Hyderabad facility and has already procured orders to the tune of $400 million.
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18-Oct-06
Chennai, a key hub for MindTree
MindTree Consulting, a Bangalore-based IT and research and development services company, plans to make Chennai as its "strategic hub," according to its Chairman and Managing Director, Mr Ashok Soota.
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18-Oct-06
Apache announces expansion of India operations
Apache Design Solutions, in full-chip power and noise solutions for system-on-chip (SoC) designs, announced expansion plans for its Indian operations as part of a significant move in the company’s overall global expansion strategy.
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17-Oct-06
Most Indian design houses compete on cost, study finds
The majority of India's VLSI design firms compete on cost, while relatively few are mature companies involved in end-to-end projects and even fewer are considered co-innovators, according to a new report by Frost & Sullivan.
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16-Oct-06
Chipmakers turning to software support
Abstraction and automation was the theme of Cadence's President and CEO, Mr Mike Fister's speech addressing designers and developers at the CDN Live! seminar in the city.
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13-Oct-06
India's Wipro launches post-GDS services
Wipro, one of India's largest technology services companies, has extended its portfolio of IC design services include post-GDS services to both fabless semiconductor and IDMs.
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13-Oct-06
Renesas establishes ODC at KPIT Cummins in India
KPIT Cummins Infosystems Ltd, in technology consulting & engineering, and Renesas Technology Corp., in semiconductor system solutions providers for mobile, jointly announced that Renesas has established a dedicated offshore development center (ODC1) at KPIT Cummins in India to strengthen its development and design capabilities.
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12-Oct-06
Semiconductor policy likely this month
The semiconductor industry in India has been waiting with anticipation for the announcement of the semiconductor policy since February, when finance minister P Chidambaran mentioned it in his budget speech.
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12-Oct-06
SiRF India joins ISA as a member
SiRF India, a wholly owned subsidiary of US-based GPS chipmaker SiRF Technology Holdings, has joined the India Semiconductor Association (ISA) as a member.
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12-Oct-06
Nortel plans to test IPTV set-top boxes
Nortel Networks, the $10.5 billion global networking equipment provider, is planning to run IPTV set-top boxes on a trial basis in India.
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12-Oct-06
Nortel to conduct trials in IP
Nortel, a Canada-based telecom equipment manufacturer, plans to run trials in Internet Protocol (IP) television set-top box in India.
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11-Oct-06
Apache expands India operations
Apache Design Solutions, an EDA software supplier of next generation silicon integrity platforms for low-power, high-performance system–on–a-chip (SoC) designs, today announced expansion plans for its Indian operations as part of the company’s overall global expansion strategy.
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11-Oct-06
Intel developing new chip designs in India
Intel Corporation, the $39-billion largest chip maker in the world, is developing new chip designs and processors at its India development centre to roll out the next generation of notebooks and servers, says a top company official.
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11-Oct-06
Intel: India weak on parallel programming
With an estimated 1.22 million strong software developer community, India is a key software development destination and an emerging hotbed for software products.
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11-Oct-06
Intel India to chip in for GeNext notebooks
The development centre of Intel in India will be making significant contribution to the new projects of the chip major.
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11-Oct-06
Apache Design announces expansion plans
Apache Design Solutions, the technology leader in full-chip dynamic power and noise solutions for system-on-chip (SoC) designs, on Tuesday announced expansion plans for its Indian operations as part of a significant move in the company's overall global expansion strategy.
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10-Oct-06
Intel India developing server processors
Intel India’s Development Center (IIDC) is working on the development of the company’s next-generation server processors.
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10-Oct-06
Apache expanding Indian operations
Apache Design Solutions Inc. said Tuesday (Oct. 10) it plans to expand its recently-started operations in India to play a more major role in the company's global plans.
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10-Oct-06
Bangalore is happening centre for Intel
Chipmaker Intel took the opportunity to laud the contribution of Indian engineers at its two-day developer forum held in the city.
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10-Oct-06
SoftJin tool claims up to 15X compression of Mebes files
Among the numerous challenges created by the rising complexity of IC designs is the explosion in file data volume.
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10-Oct-06
Tata Elxsi ties up with DiBcom
Tata Elxsi, the embedded product design arm of the Tata Group and DiBcom, a fabless semiconductor firm that specialises in mobile TV chipsets, have forged a partnership to help customers realise innovative mobile TV products with faster time-to-market, according to an official statement here on Monday.
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09-Oct-06
Are you ready for the Multi-Core paradigm?
Historically, the conventional means of boosting processor performance has been to increase clock speed.
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08-Oct-06
Design software vendors see big market in India
Design software vendors see a big market emerging in India as outsourcing of engineering services gains momentum.
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06-Oct-06
Xilinx opens development centre in H''bad
Xilinx Inc. has strengthened its research and development activity with the launch of its India Development Centre here.
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06-Oct-06
Nortel Woos Indian SMBs With New Products
Nortel has launched a range of new products for the Indian SMB segment.
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06-Oct-06
Nortel bets big on SMB segment
Telecom equipment manufacturer Nortel has launched a slew of products including switches, routers and access points specifically for the SMB segment.
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06-Oct-06
Xilinx opens development centre in india to strengthen global R&D ecosystem
Xilinx Inc., supplier of programmable logic solutions, announced the opening of its own development centre in India, located in a 33,000 sq ft facility in CyberPearl, Hyderabad.
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06-Oct-06
ARM to scale up India operations
UK-based ARM Embedded Technologies, a leading supplier of intellectual patents (IPs) to the semiconductor industry, is set to ramp up operations in the country, especially at its Bangalore design centre and develop a broad partner network to focus on the automotive, consumer and wireless segments.
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05-Oct-06
Qualcomm chair established at IIT Madras
Qualcomm, developer and innovator of CDMA2000, WCDMA and other advanced wireless technologies, today announced the establishment of a Qualcomm chair at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras.
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05-Oct-06
Renesas to Establish Dedicated ODC in India
KPIT Cummins Infosystems Limited and Renesas Technology Corp. today announced Renesas has established a dedicated offshore development center at KPIT Cummins to strengthen its development and design capabilities.
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05-Oct-06
Aspocomp Lines Up PCB Plant In Nokia SEZ
Aspocomp, a Finland-based manufacturer of high-density interconnection printed circuit boards (HDI-PCB), is planning to set up an HDI-PCB plant in the Nokia Telecom Park, Sriperumbudur, Chennai.
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05-Oct-06
Qualcomm ties up with IIT-M
Qualcomm, wireless chip developer, has established a chair in wireless technology at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.
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04-Oct-06
SanDisk Expands Channel Network In India
SanDisk Corporation has announced distribution relationships with Ingram Micro and Rashi Peripherals to sell SanDisk products throughout the country.
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04-Oct-06
Xilinx Opens Development Centre In India
Xilinx, Inc. has opened of its own development centre in India. Located in a 33,000-sq ft facility in CyberPearl, Hyderabad, the facility will work on full product development lifecycle of intellectual property (IP) cores in the high-growth areas of automotive electronics, embedded processing and high-speed serial I/O connectivity.
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04-Oct-06
INTERVIEW - SanDisk plans to double retail presence
SanDisk Corp., the world's top maker of flash memory storage cards, plans to more than double its global retail presence through distribution agreements as demand for its products rises, its co-founder said on Wednesday.
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04-Oct-06
High-end board design seen growing in India
The failure of many Indian pc-board makers has deterred new entrants, according to the India Semiconductor Association (ISA), but the establishment of several new board design centers and the prospect of new government incentives for volume manufacturing could spur an Indian board industry.
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04-Oct-06
Xilinx opens Indian development center
Market-leading programmable logic supplier Xilinx Inc. has opened a development center at Hyderabad, in southern India.
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04-Oct-06
SanDisk to up R&D headcount
US based data storage cards manufacturer SanDisk plans to strengthen its flash memory design centre in Bangalore by increasing its headcount.
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04-Oct-06
Qualcomm Chair at IIT-Madras
Qualcomm, a US-based provider of wireless technologies, has established a Qualcomm Chair at IIT, Madras.
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04-Oct-06
Xilinx sets up R&D centre; to develop IP cores
Fabless semiconductor company Xilinx Inc on Wednesday announced the setting up of its research and development (R&D) centre here that would focus on developing intellectual property (IP) cores for global clients and more specifically the region.
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04-Oct-06
SanDisk to expand in India
SanDisk Corp, the world's leading maker of flash memory data storage cards, plans to distribute its products through 2,000 stores in India in coming weeks, a company statement said on Wednesday.
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04-Oct-06
Renesas sets up ODC at KPIT Cummins
Renesas, a leader in the manufacture of mobile, automotive and digital AV semiconductors, on Tuesday announced the setting up of a dedicated off-shore development centre (ODC) at KPIT Cummins in Bangalore and Pune to expand and enhance its global development and design operations.
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03-Oct-06
Renesas To Open ODC At KPIT Cummins India
Renesas is opening a dedicated off-shore development centre (ODC) at KPIT Cummins to strengthen its development and design capabilities.
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03-Oct-06
India's KPIT sets up R&D center for Renesas
India's KPIT Cummins Infosystems Ltd. has set up a dedicated offshore development center (ODC) for Japan's Renesas Technology Corp. and will increase staff from 100 engineers to as many as 600 in the next three years.
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03-Oct-06
`Engg services promise $750-b opportunity'
Mr B. Ramalinga Raju, Chairman of Satyam Computer Services, has said that the engineering services promised an opportunity of $750 billion globally for Indian IT solutions and services companies.
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03-Oct-06
KPIT Cummins sets up centre for Renesas
KPIT Cummins Infosystems Ltd has set up a dedicated offshore development centre (ODC) to offer design and development services for Japanese semiconductor systems solutions firm, Renesas Technology Corp.
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03-Oct-06
Radio route to care for the aged
Imagine this scenario: You have to go work, leaving an aged parent at home.
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02-Oct-06
LSI Logic to boost Indian investment
LSI Logic will invest hundreds of millions of dollars over the next decade in design centers here, in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata.
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01-Oct-06
India rides the innovation wave
Design engineering services in India have come a long way from coding and testing, to creating leading-edge chip designs, comprehensive product engineering and sophisticated IP development.
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01-Oct-06
Challenges and solutions for next-gen processor based system designs
Some challenges designers face during processor based system designs are design complexity, inadequate processor performance to meet increasing functional demands, choosing optimum memory hierarchy and system architecture, increasing power consumption and design scalability.
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01-Oct-06
Configurable silicon intellectual property
The electronic product design market has undergone deverticalization over the last decade with each activity�such as silicon intellectual property (SIP), VLSI design, hardware design, and embedded software development�being addressed by specialists in each area.
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01-Oct-06
System architecture for network media player
Today, the pc is the commonly used repository of multimedia content, while the entertainment center is the preferred location for enjoying this content.
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01-Oct-06
Post layout EDA platform addresses sub-100nm manufacturing challenge
In the era of sub-100nm, the manufacturing handoff challenge is emerging as one of the key aspects of silicon complexity, responsible for the increasing NRE cost of ICs.
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01-Oct-06
Empowering electronics design innovation
The evolution of India�s semiconductor industry has made the country one of the choice destinations for the design and manufacture of semiconductors.
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01-Oct-06
Cost-effective FPGAbased SDH multiplexers
Today�s carrier backbone networks are supported by synchronous optical network (SONET), and synchronous digital hierarchy (SDH) transmission technologies, which will continue to play a key role in the next generation of networks for many carriers.
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01-Oct-06
Full life cycle IP development
Controller area network (CAN) is one of the most important communications building blocks for today�s automotive networks.
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01-Oct-06
Traversing the scope of design innovation
Freescale�s India Design Center (IDC) is a center of excellence for IP development and SoC design, playing a key role in critical new product introduction (NPI) projects.
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01-Oct-06
Accelerated product development cycle with GSD
Design engineers use a variety of software design tools and hardware to test prototypes.
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01-Oct-06
SoC platforms: New drivers for the electronics industry
The global electronics market is witnessing continued accelerated growth fuelled by strong demand of converging applications on one side, and increasing consumption in emerging economies on the other.
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01-Oct-06
New opportunities opening up
Of the $3.25 billion design market in India in 2005, embedded software contributed 78 percent at $2.53 billion; VLSI, 18 percent at $0.58 billion; and hardware/board design, 4 percent at $0.14 billion. (Figures from Frost & Sullivan.)
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28-Sept-06
India's CDAC develops digital hearing aid
The hardware-design group at India's government-funded CDAC (Center for Development of Advanced Computing), in Thiruvananthapuram has developed a low-cost DPHA (digital programmable hearing aid) that a user wears on his body.
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25-Sept-06
ESO : A $50 billion opportunity
It sounds like the proverbial pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
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25-Sept-06
China, India poised to dominate semiconductors, analysts say
The Asia-Pacific region will cement its status as the epicenter of the global semiconductor industry during the next five years, as manufacturing, consumption and intellectual property will be increasingly concentrated in China and India, analysts said Monday (Sept. 25).
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24-Sept-06
Panelists debate financial viability of fab units here
Providing historic data of the semiconductor companies globally, JP Morgan expert, Mr Bhavin Shah, today questioned the wisdom and feasibility of setting up the semiconductor facility in India.
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22-Sept-06
Study: Indian design firms prefer time and material model
Most independent semiconductor design firms in India have adopted the time and material-based model allocating specific tasks to be carried out within set time lines, according to a study by the India Semiconductor Association (ISA). more...

22-Sept-06
Freescale partners with Indian design houses
nstead of waiting for the Indian semiconductor market to grow, Freescale Semiconductor is partnering with Indian design houses to create solutions around Freescale products for the regional and even global market.
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22-Sept-06
Nortel to up sourcing from India
Nortel Networks, the $10.5 billion global networking equipment provider, is in the process of increasing its sourcing from India.
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22-Sept-06
Wind River showcases safety critical solution
Wind River Systems, a leader in device software optimisation (DSO), showcased its safety critical solution, VxWorks 653, for the aerospace and defence sectors at a seminar here on Thursday.
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21-Sept-06
Report: Huawei reconsiders India plans
China's Huawei Technologies will abandon its application to India's Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) to implement local manufacturing of CDMA-based terminals, according to a report from New Delhi in The Business Standard Thursday (Sept. 21).
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21-Sept-06
Analog Devices India MD
Analog Devices Inc announced that it has promoted Dr Reddy Penumalli to the new position of Managing Director, Analog Devices India.
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21-Sept-06
Synopsys, Nikon to collaborate
Synopsys Inc, leading semiconductor design software company, and Nikon Corporation, a supplier of lithography equipment for microelectronics manufacturing announced on Thursday that they would be collaborating on development and delivery of advanced lithography software models and DFM enabled lithography manufacturing solutions for 45 nanometer and below.
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20-Sept-06
Einfochips joins Tensilica program
Einfochips, provider of cutting edge ASIC design and verification services, embedded systems solutions and IP cores, announced that it has joined the Tensilica Xtensions Design Center Partner Program to offer system-on-chip (SOC) design services for customers using Tensilica's Xtensa configurable processors or Diamond Standard processor cores.
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19-Sept-06
India's eInfochips joins Tensilica partner program
Design/verification services and intellectual property provider eInfochips Inc. has joined the Tensilica Xtensions Design Partner program and will offer SoC design services using Tensilica's Xtensa configurable processors or Diamond Standard processor cores, the company said Tuesday (Sept. 19).
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19-Sept-06
India reportedly delaying Huawei expansion plans
China's Huawei Technologies is reportedly nervous about delays in gaining government approval of its investments here.
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19-Sept-06
Now, multiple lasers on a silicon slab
They have shrunk the light-amplifying laser and squeezed over two dozen of them on a stamp-sized slab of silicon!
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19-Sept-06
Huawei's concern over pending FDIs
Huawei Technologies is "concerned'' over the time taken by the Indian Government to clear two of its applications for foreign direct investment (FDI).
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18-Sept-06
Vignani gets $4 million funding
Value engineering services provider Vignani Technologies Pvt Ltd, will receive venture funding to the tune of $4 million from a group of VCs including Intel Capital, Jaffco, Nomura group and KT Ventures.
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18-Sept-06
Jabil's New Chennai Unit Coming Soon
Jabil, a global provider of electronic product solutions, has started the construction of a new manufacturing facility in Chennai which will come up at a total investment of more than $70 million.
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18-Sept-06
Jabil Circuit to set up facility in Sriperumbudur
Jabil Circuit Inc, a global leader in electronic product solutions, plans to invest more than $70 million in a new facility in Sriperumbudur, near Chennai.
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15-Sept-06
Study: Indian design takes off
Design starts in India are growing in both number and complexity, according to a study by the India Semiconductor Association (ISA).
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15-Sept-06
SEMI surveys India manufacturing
Executives from global semiconductor association SEMI visited India recently to survey and analyze the growth of semiconductor manufacturing here.
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14-Sept-06
India seeks bids to upgrade government fab
IBM and Atmel Corp. figure to be the main bidders for upgrading Semiconductor Complex Ltd.'s fab that produces chips for India's space program and military, according to reports here.
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14-Sept-06
`Good scope for silicon materials industry foray'
India has an opportunity to enter the silicon materials industry. "India may get into the materials process, especially with the rise of the solar cell industry here," said Mr Vinod K. Agarwal, Chairman of SemIndia, speaking to Business Line at the sidelines of a round table discussion on `Changes in Semiconductor: Industrial Landscape and implications for India' organised in the city recently.
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13-Sept-06
UWB, Zigbee chipsets revolutionize WPANs
The unprecedented increase in consumer demand for wireless connectivity is the prime driver of growth in the ultrawideband (UWB) and ZigBee chipset market.
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13-Sept-06
IBM, Atmel bid for SCL fab upgrade
IBM and Atmel Corporation figure among key bidders for upgrading the fab facility of Semiconductor Labs, it is reliably learnt.
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13-Sept-06
Solidworks plans to expand VAR network in India
Solidworks Corp., a 3D design software company, announced its plan to increase its value-added reseller (VAR) network strength into B class cities in India.
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12-Sept-06
Fight over Fab City project
The Fab city project of Hyderabad faces a hurdle as the Finance Ministry and Department of Information Technology (DIT) battle over standard operating procedures (sops) for the semiconductor industry and chip making facilities.
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12-Sept-06
Fab City faces hurdle
The tussle between finance ministry and information technology department over sops for the semiconductor industry and chip making facilities is upsetting calculations of the likes of Intel and AMD which is a partnering a group of NRIs promoting SemIndia.
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12-Sept-06
Spel to invest $250 mn
Spel Semiconductor, integrated chip (IC) assembly and testing company, has chalked out an investment budget of $250 million (about Rs 1,150 crore), spread over five years to increase its advance packaging capabilities, its existing capacities and to fund acquisition from 2-3 years from now.
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12-Sept-06
Cadence eyes India advantage for chip development
Global chip design major Cadence is joining hands with domestic educational institutions to create opportunities for the growth of the semiconductor industry.
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11-Sept-06
India's SPEL expands packaging capacity
IC assembly and tester SPEL Semiconductor Ltd. has opened a $5 million leadless molded package facility as part of a $250 million expansion plan.
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11-Sept-06
Cisco, IIT-Roorkee tie-up
Cisco Systems, has partnered with Indian Institute of Technology - Roorkee, for advanced research on mobile agent technology.
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11-Sept-06
Centre to announce hardware policy soon
Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram has said that the Central Government would soon announce a policy for the hardware industry.
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11-Sept-06
ISA, NXP Take Stock Of Semiconductors
India Semiconductor Association (ISA), the national body for the Indian semiconductor industry, organised a round table discussion on 'Changes in Semiconductor: Industrial Landscape and implications for India'.
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11-Sept-06
Huawei opens new facility in Bangalore
Huawei Technologies India, in next-generation telecommunications network solutions for operators, has opened a new facility in Bangalore to develop optical network products and WLAN solutions for its worldwide customers.
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09-Sept-06
Indian researchers unveil processor test framework
Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology in Chennai and Intel's validation and test solutions center at Austin have teamed to unveil a unified framework for generating functional tests for processors, at the recent VLSI Design and Test 2006 conference in Goa in western India.
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09-Sept-06
Nortel to source more from India
Nortel has said that it will significantly enhance its procurement from India and China to serve the booming telecom market in Asia.
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08-Sept-06
Nortel to procure more from India, China
Telecom giant Nortel said Friday that it would increase its procurement from India and China with the Asian telecom market growing big.
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08-Sept-06
NVIDIA's products now in India
NVIDIA announced the availability of its latest seven series products in Indian markets.
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07-Sept-06
Chaos reigns at Intel India
A cloud of uncertainty seems to be over Intel India, two days after the world’s leading chipmaker announced its plans to restructure the organization, implying layoffs of about 10,500 employees globally at a managerial level by the end of this year.
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06-Sept-06
Electronics Design Industry Needs A `Spark Of Energy'
Saugat Sen, engineering group director, Cadence Design Systems India Ltd, has called upon electronics design industry players to come up with the `spark of energy' to connect various levels of ecosystems which would stand the domestic industry in good stead in the global scenario.
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06-Sept-06
Electronics Industry: India To Call The Shots
Pradeep Kumar, president, ST Microelectronics, predicted that the electronics industry is slated to grow above global GDP due to new Indian geographical markets.
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06-Sept-06
Intel plans entrepreneur program in India
Intel Corp. will build on its academic program here with a technology entrepreneurship initiative in partnership with the University of California at Berkeley.
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06-Sept-06
Intel remains committed to India
World's largest PC chipmaker Intel, which has announced layoff of 10,500 employees worldwide, on Wednesday said it remains committed to India and plans to invest over 1 billion dollars in the country.
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05-Sept-06
Sequence Holds Low-Power Design Seminar
Sequence has recently organized a low-power design seminar in Bangalore.
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05-Sept-06
Philips Semiconductors India Rechristened
Philips Semiconductors has unveiled the India chapter and introduced the new company -- NXP Semiconductors India – where the acronym `NXP’ stands for `Next Experience’.
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05-Sept-06
New opportunities opening up
Of the $3.25 billion design market in India in 2005, embedded software contributed 78 percent at $2.53 billion; VLSI, 18 percent at $0.58 billion; and hardware/board design, 4 percent at $0.14 billion.
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05-Sept-06
R&D outsourcing in the semiconductor industry
As the pressure increases for companies to ensure better returns on their R&D investment in order to remain competitive in a market that is getting extremely feature driven, many see outsourcing their R&D as a strategic move.
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05-Sept-06
NXP India plans $328 m R&D push
NXP Semiconductors India, earlier known as Philips Semiconductors India, announced it will invest close to $328 million in R&D over the next five years to capture a pie of the local semiconductor market — considered one of the fastest growing in the world.
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05-Sept-06
Lattice targets 15% market share
US-based Lattice Semiconductor Corporation, which launched its sales operations in India last week, is targeting a 15 per cent market share in the programmable logic devices (PLD) segment over the next five years.
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05-Sept-06
NXP Semiconductors' investment plans
NXP Semiconductors (India) Pvt. Ltd., formerly Philips Semiconductors (India) Pvt. Ltd., will invest Euro 255 million as it starts functioning as a new company, after moving out of the fold of Philips on being acquired globally by five private equity investors in August.
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04-Sept-06
Philips hives off Indian semiconductor biz to new entity
Following the move to sell-off its global semiconductor business, Philips said on Monday that it has hived off its semiconductor business and research in India into a new entity.
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04-Sept-06
Philips Semiconductors to be renamed NXP
Philips Electronics’ chip unit that was hived off from the parent company earlier this year would be christened NXP Semiconductors India.
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04-Sept-06
Big scope seen for offshoring engg services
A Booz Allen Hamilton study has estimated an additional $40 billion opportunity for the Indian IT industry by 2020 from offshoring of engineering services alone.
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04-Sept-06
Taiwan chipmakers turn to Chennai, Hyderabad
Bangalore too expensive for setting up manufacturing units.
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02-Sept-06
3000+; Flextronics to go on a hiring spree
Close on the heels of private-equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co (KKR) acquiring 85% stake in the company, Flextronics Software Systems on Wednesday outlined its expansion plans.
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01-Sept-06
Huawei Opens New Facility In India
Huawei Technologies India has opened a new facility in Bangalore to develop optical network products and wireless LAN solutions.
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01-Sept-06
Bosch Expands Bangalore Operations
In a bid to expand its operations in India, Robert Bosch India has launched its ‘Clean room’ at their headquarter in Bangalore.
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01-Sept-06
India, Taiwan meet to explore chip partnerships
A 19-member team from the Taiwan Semiconductor Industry Association (TSIA) visited India's silicon hub Bangalore to explore partnerships in chip design and embedded software with its counterparts in the sub-continent. more...

01-Sept-06
Huawei Tech opens new facility
Huawei Technologies India has opened a new facility in Bangalore to develop optical network products and wireless LAN solutions.
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01-Sept-06
SemIndia firms up funds for phase I
The promoters of SemIndia project, a $3 billion multi-phase semiconductor complex, slated to come up near Hyderabad, have got into the execution mode for the first part of the $1 billion project - a test and assembly line that would see an initial investment of $100 million.
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01-Sept-06
Consumer electronics fueling EMS industry growth in India
The growing Indian economy is fueling a massive consumer boom.
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31-Aug-06
ISA, TSIA Talk Collaboration
India Semiconductor Association (ISA) and Taiwan Semiconductor Industry Association (TSIA) recently organised a panel discussion in Bangalore on 'Opportunities and areas of cooperation between Taiwan and India'.
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31-Aug-06
MosChip approves warrants issue
MosChip Semiconductor Technology Ltd has informed the BSE that its board of directors on Thursday approved issue of 16.5 lakh convertible warrants on a preferential basis.
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31-Aug-06
Huawei Technologies to invest $100 m
Chinese telecom major Huawei Technologies Co Ltd. will invest $100 million to scale up its India operations by building its own facility and increasing the engineering workforce to 2,000 from the existing 1,200, a company official said here on Wednesday.
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29-Aug-06
Taiwan Chi Cheng on fact-finding trip to India
The Taiwan Chi Cheng Enterprise Co Ltd is on a fact-finding trip to India towards setting up a manufacturing base here.
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29-Aug-06
Taiwan semiconductor industry eyeing India
The members of a delegation headed by the Taiwan Semiconductor Industry Association (TSIA) seemed enthusiastic about investing opportunities in India.
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29-Aug-06
AMD plans $500 mn in SemIndia SEZ
World’s second largest computer chip maker Advanced Micro Devices is planning to invest about $500 million in SemIndia’s proposed chip manufacturing facility near Hyderabad.
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29-Aug-06
Single-chip solution from Qualcomm
Qualcomm on Monday introduced its new single-chip solution to enable CDMA2000 handsets to double its talk time compared to the currently available cell phones.
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26-Aug-06
Bosch to develop ECUs
Robert Bosch plans to develop special electronic control units (ECUs) for the domestic automobile sector, Walter Grote, Managing Director of its Indian unit, said here on Thursday.
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25-Aug-06
Robert Bosch India On Expansion Mode
Robert Bosch India has inaugurated a 'Clean-Room' in their headquarters at Koramangala.
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25-Aug-06
G & D sets up SIM card production in India
Smart card chip and security chip specialist Giesecke & Devrient is readying a production facility in India to support the country s booming market with SIM cards for mobile communications and with payment cards.
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24-Aug-06
Bosch India plans to add 1,000 employees every year
Robert Bosch India plans to add 1,000 employees per annum to its workforce.
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23-Aug-06
Chandrakasan to lead MIT microsystems lab
The Massachusetts Institue of Technology has named Anantha Chandrakasan as director of its Microsystems Technology Laboratories (MTL), effective Sept. 1.
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23-Aug-06
Nortel opens tech centre
Nortel Networks on Tuesday announced the opening of Nortel Technology Excellence Centre (NTEC) in Bangalore. more...

23-Aug-06
Nortel to open R&D arm in Bangalore
Telecom major Nortel has announced that it will set up a research and development centre in Bangalore to focus on new product design, development and testing to deliver greater cost benefits to customers worldwide.
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23-Aug-06
Qualcomm chipset to cut handset cost
In a move that would help lower handset prices below the present $40-45 range, CDMA technology developer Qualcomm is working towards rolling out a chipset that would soon be available for commercial use.
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23-Aug-06
eInfochips plans drug research application
eInfochips, Ahmedabad-based application software solutions provider, is planning to develop an application to help the scientists managing laboratory experiments and building models for drug research.
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22-Aug-06
Intel talent competitions
Intel, in alliance with the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the Government of India, has announced the start of the `India Innovation Pioneers Challenge 2006'. more...

22-Aug-06
Nortel opens centre to focus on product design
Nortel on Tuesday announced the opening of first Technology Excellence Centre in India that would focus on new product design, development and testing to deliver greater cost benefits to its global customers.
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22-Aug-06
India Innovation Pioneers Challenge launched
Department of Science and Technology( DST), Government of India and Intel , today announced the start of the 'India Innovation Pioneers Challenge 2006', to encourage students, scientists in R&D labs, faculty and technologists to think innovatively, come up with an idea based on technology and convert them into businesses.
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22-Aug-06
InSilica surpasses 2 million units shipped
InSilica Corp. has surpassed the two millionth customer unit shipped and continues to ramp high volume shipments and expand its growing customer base, the company said here today.
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22-Aug-06
Nortel sets up R&D center in Bangalore
Nortel today announced the setting up of Nortel Technology Excellence Centre (NTEC) in Bangalore, which will focus on new product design, development and testing to deliver cost benefits to customers worldwide.
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22-Aug-06
InSilica Ships Two Million Custom Silicon Solutions
InSilica Corp. has shipped more than two million customer units of high-value custom silicon solutions to a variety of high-volume segments which require custom ASIC and SOC solutions.
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22-Aug-06
India Innovation Pioneers Challenge 2006
The department of science and technology (DST), the Government of India and Intel have announced the 'India Innovation Pioneers Challenge 2006'.
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22-Aug-06
Qualcomm programme
Qualcomm will be holding the Wireless Reach programme in alliance with the Nasscom Foundation.
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22-Aug-06
Nortel's new R&D centre
Nortel India is setting up a new R&D centre in Bangalore.
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22-Aug-06
Qualcomm in talks to transfer CDMA licence
In a bid to address the need for cheaper CDMA handsets, Qualcomm Inc has begun negotiations with Indian companies to transfer licence for manufacturing handsets in the country.
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21-Aug-06
Kyocera Sets Up R&D Facility In Bangalore
Kyocera Wireless India Pvt Ltd (KWI) has opened an R&D facility in the Global Village Campus at Mylasandra Village in Bangalore.
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21-Aug-06
Kyocera launches new facility
Kyocera Wireless India Private Ltd (KWI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Kyocera Wireless Corp (KWC), inaugurated its new facility in the Global Village Campus at Mylasandra Village in Bangalore.
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21-Aug-06
Freescale Expands in Bangalore
Freescale Semiconductor Inc. is expanding its operations in India with a new 100,000-sq.-foot facility in Bangalore. more...

20-Aug-06
Finance Ministry for cap on sops to chip units
Even as the controversy about the package of tax incentives for setting up semiconductor manufacturing facilities in India is raging, the Finance Ministry is reported to have set the "ceiling" for Central Government concessions, over and above the benefits extended to such units under the current policies of Central/State governments.
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19-Aug-06
iWave Introduces ARM9-Based Embedded Development Platform
iWave Systems, an embedded (S/W&H/W) turnkey service rrovider, has announced the ARM9-based Embedded Devevelopment Platform.
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19-Aug-06
Qualcomm acquires Qualphone for $18 m
Qualcomm, the U.S.-based leader of Code Division Multiple Access or CDMA phone technologies, has announced the acquisition of another American company, Qualphone, which is a key provider of software to drive multimedia content to mobile devices over the Internet, for $18 million in cash.
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18-Aug-06
Isilica courses on Juniper tools
Juniper Networks has announced that Isilica Networks India has expanded its training curriculum with courses on Juniper Networks' network security and routing solutions, including the J-series services routers. more...

18-Aug-06
Freescale expands presence in Bangalore
Fabless firm (viz. a firm which gets semiconductors fabricated by others), Freescale Semiconductor Inc. has expanded its India operations with a new one lakh-sq. ft. facility in Bangalore to support its research and development in software for wireless technologies.
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17-Aug-06
India's Innoviti connects watches to wireless data
Bangalore start-up Innoviti Embedded Solutions has developed a two-chip, wireless product (picture) that enables wrist watches to receive personalized messages and news feeds. more...

17-Aug-06
Freescale Strengthens Position In India
Freescale Semiconductor is expanding its India operations with a new 100,000-square-foot facility in Bangalore to support its research and development in software for wireless technologies.
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17-Aug-06
Complex semiconductor IP is an Indian opportunity
In 2005, the market for semiconductor intellectual property (IP) grew by 16 per cent to reach $1.4 billion. more...

17-Aug-06
Freescale expands in Bangalore
Freescale Semiconductor has announced the expansion of its India operations with a new 100,000-square-foot facility in Bangalore to support Freescale’s research and development in software for wireless technologies. more...

17-Aug-06
Bartronics plans to manufacture tags
Bartronics Ltd., a barcode and RFID (radio frequency identification) solutions provider, is planning a backward integration project to manufacture tags with investment of up to Rs 150 crore. more...

17-Aug-06
Freescale expanding in Bangalore
Freescale Semiconductor Inc. Thursday (Aug. 17) announced plans to expand its India operations by adding a 100,000-square-foot facility in Bangalore.
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17-Aug-06
Freescale plans R&D centre in Bangalore
Freescale Semiconductor is expanding its India operations with a one lakh sq ft facility in Bangalore for research and development in software for wireless technologies.
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17-Aug-06
Tessolve plans to start testing unit in Chennai
Tessolve Inc, a US-based semiconductor and manufacturing services company, has selected Chennai to set up its testing, assembling, packaging and prototyping (TAPP) facility.
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15-Aug-06
IDE Info to broaden RFID, data-capture services
Intellicon, an automatic data capture and barcode solutions provider, has taken the consortium route to partner Dexler Information Solutions and Essae Technologys, to offer expanded range of data capture and RFID (radio frequency identification) solutions building on joint capabilities.
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14-Aug-06
`M&As are new biz models in IT sector'
The ubiquitous nature and soaring salary structure are proving to be major impediments for IT development in the country, Mr Venki Sundaresan, Director, IT Group of Cypress Semiconductors, said. more...

14-Aug-06
Intel, inside India
Technical Education isn't about just learning how to operate computers.
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11-Aug-06
eInfochips Ramps Up Software Operations
eInfochips Ltd, an Indian electronics design services company, is ramping up its software operations.
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11-Aug-06
Infineon appoints vice president and MD in India
Infineon Technologies India Pvt Ltd has appointed Albert Stritter as the new managing director in charge of strategy and direction to further develop its biggest software development center.
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10-Aug-06
Mindteck gets into hardware design service
Mindteck India, a leading provider of information technology solutions has decided to venture into hardware design services by setting up a new facility at its software development center in Kolkata. more...

10-Aug-06
Tech Mahindra joins Symbian Program
Tech Mahindra announced that it has joined the Symbian Platinum Program to support the growing market for mobile phones based on Symbian OS.
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10-Aug-06
ArchPro expands R&D Center in Bangalore, India
ArchPro Design Automation, in the development of EDA products for solving power management design challenges in IC/SoC designs, announced an expansion with the opening of its new R&D Center in Bangalore, India.
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10-Aug-06
Sasken to set up SEZ in Bangalore
Sasken Communications Technologies Ltd is likely to set up a special economic zone (SEZ) in Sarjapur Road on the outskirts of Bangalore spanning 25-50 acres.
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09-Aug-06
RFID to make Pharma industry more efficient
Nearly 8 percent of the world's prescriptions proving counterfeit each year.
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09-Aug-06
“We want to be the next Texas Instruments”
Marvell CEO Sehat Sutardja is upbeat about the company’s rapid strides in the market
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09-Aug-06
`Desi' semiconductor biz is `all chip shape'
An interesting fact emerged, when half a dozen leading international silicon chip manufacturers banded together last month, in a `Power Forward' initiative, to `lower the heat' and produce semiconductors to a common format thatwould make them cooler, less power hungry.
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08-Aug-06
Sasken seeks to use IPO funds for buys
Sasken Communication Technologies Ltd is seeking the shareholders' approval to revise the terms of the section `Objects of the Issue' of the company's prospectus and utilise the IPO proceeds to fund the acquisition of Botnia Hightech Oy. more...

07-Aug-06
Chip makers to get equity prop
In a move that will boost the fledgling semiconductor and nano technology sector, the government is finalising plans to provide equity support of up to 15 per cent of the total project equity, and subordinate loans amounting to 5 per cent of the project cost at government securities rates to companies that set up manufacturing facilities in the country.
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07-Aug-06
Outsourcing in engg $40 bn opportunity: Nasscom report
Offshoring of engineering services is estimated to be a $40 billion opportunity for the Indian software services sector by 2020.
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07-Aug-06
e-Infochips plans tie-ups with academia
The industry-academia relationship has strengthened in recent times with a large number of companies introducing academic initiatives or associating with academics in some way.
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05-Aug-06
India wants to compete better with China
India is keen to "grab opportunities" from China in the booming offshore engineering services space, Chairman of NASSCOM R Ramalinga Raju said on Friday.
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05-Aug-06
After IT, Indian cos eye a piece of growing engg offshoring pie
Indian IT companies have a $40 bn opportunity in engineering services by ’20. more...

05-Aug-06
Wipro plans 2nd hardware unit
Wipro, which is mulling a second hardware manufacturing plant, is most likely to locate it in the northern part of the country. more...

05-Aug-06
KPIT Cummins to beef up financial services space
KPIT Cummins Infosystems, a global software solutions provider focused on the automotive and semiconductor sectors, is exploring opportunities to acquire a company in diversified financial services (DFS) space.
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04-Aug-06
GDA Tech plans $5-m expansion
GDA Technologies, a US-based electronic product development design company with development centres in Chennai, will invest $5 million in the next 18 months on expansion.
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04-Aug-06
Offshore engineering revenue to exceed $40 b
Nasscom on Thursday urged the IT industry to tap into the fast-growing engineering services market that is expected to offer $40-billion opportunity over the next 15 years.
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04-Aug-06
‘Engineering services outsourcing can be a $40 bn business’
IEngineering services (ES) outsourcing will create $40 billion opportunity for the Indian IT industry by 2020, a Nasscom report said.
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04-Aug-06
India targets $225bn offshore engineering market
Indian IT companies are targeting a $225bn market in engineering services as the next big driver of growth for the offshore outsourcing industry.
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04-Aug-06
Engg services tops Satyam's China expansion
The expansion plans of Satyam Computer Services in China is likely to see engineering services becoming the main line of activity.
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03-Aug-06
India Engineering Demand Grows
Software services companies in India will have a $40-billion market opportunity in engineering services by 2020, according to a study released Thursday.
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03-Aug-06
India sitting on engg services offshoring goldmine
Offshoring of engineering services can be $40 billion opportunity for the Indian IT industry by 2020. more...

03-Aug-06
NASSCOM Bats For Outsourcing Of Engineering Services
NASSCOM and Booz Allen Hamilton, a management consulting firm, have released the key findings of a study titled `Globalization of Engineering Services -- the Next Frontier for India’. more...

03-Aug-06
2.5 lakh jobs for Indian engineers
The potential offshored engineering market in India could exceed $40 billion by 2020, which will catapult India's market share in the same category to 30 per cent from the current 12 per cent.
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03-Aug-06
Infineon appoints new MD
Semiconductor firm Infineon Technologies on Thursday announced the appointment of Mr Albert Stritter as the new Managing Director in charge of strategy and direction to further develop its software development centre. more...

03-Aug-06
Mistral to offer Curtiss Wright product
Embedded firm Mistral Solutions announced the availability of Curtiss Wright Controls Embedded Computing's S/DCP3-1201, the industry's first 3U CompactPCI Single Board Computer (SBC) for benign and rugged applications. more...

01-Aug-06
"Development tools, reliability, and scalability are more crucial to developers than real-time capabilities"
Jane Gilson, Director, Mobile and Embedded Devices Division, Microsoft Corporation, recently gave EDN Asia some insight into embedded operating systems (EOSs), and their continued relevance in the near future. Excerpts. more...

31-July-06
Traze to open RFID manufacturing facility
Gemini Traze RFID Pvt Ltd will set up India's first RFID tag manufacturing facility at Sriperumbudur Electronic Park in Chennai, with an investment of $2.5 million.
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31-July-06
SPEL Semiconductors net down
SPEL Semiconductor Ltd, a Chennai-based semiconductor integrated circuit assembly and test company, reported a reduced net profit of Rs 68.7 lakh for the quarter ended June 30, compared to a net profit of Rs 99.1 lakh for the corresponding quarter previous year.
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31-July-06
You win, from either end
Indian outsourced product development (OPD) companies are headed for good times. more...

31-July-06
Flextronics lines up India foray
Singapore-based contract manufacturing company Flextronics Corporation plans to test waters in India. more...

28-July-06
Chipping up India
For an industry body that has been in existence for a year, the Indian Semiconductor Association (ISA) has achieved quite a lot.
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28-July-06
RFID to become $25 bn segment by 2025
“Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) market will grow by 800 per cent at $25 billion by 2025 from $3 billion in 2005,” said KS Raghunandan, director, ASEAN-SA, industrial sector, IBM Corporation. more...

27-July-06
STMicroelectronics adopts Magma solution
Magma Design Automation Inc., a provider of semiconductor design software, today announced that STMicroelectronics has successfully implemented a via-programmable embedded structured ASIC platform using Magma’s Blast Create SA. more...

27-July-06
New range of dual core chips from Intel
Intel has begun the `desktop' war for processors with its new range of dual core chips. more...

27-July-06
Intel unveils new Core 2 Duo processors
Intel on Thursday unveiled its new generation high power and energy-efficient processors for desktop and laptop computers as part of a global launch.
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27-July-06
Mistral launches hands-free car kit
The increased penetration of Bluetooth on mobile phones and stringent laws banning talking over cell-phone while driving have spurred vehicle manufacturers to provide hands-free mobile usage features.
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27-July-06
Sasken buys Botnia for Rs 210 cr
Sasken Communication Technologies, a software and support services provider for communications industry, has acquired 100 per cent stake in Finland-based Botnia Hightech for Rs 210 crore (Euro 35.5 million), in an all cash deal.
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27-July-06
Sasken buys Finland co for Rs 210 cr
Making its first overseas acquisitions, Sasken Communication Technologies, the Bangalore-headquartered provider of software services and products for telecom sector on Wednesday announced that it has acquired 100% of Finland-based Botnia Hightech for E35.5m (Rs 210.3 crore) in an all cash deal.
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27-July-06
Sasken buys Finnish firm
Sasken Communication Technologies has acquired the Finnish wireless R&D and testing services firm Botnia Hightech Oy in an all cash deal worth about Rs. 209 crore (Euro 35.5 million).
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26-July-06
Sasken buys Finnish firm for €35.5-m
Sasken Communication Technologies Ltd has acquired Botnia Hightech Oy (Botnia), a provider of wireless R&D and testing services for € 35.5 million in an all cash deal.
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26-July-06
Sasken Acquires Botnia Hightech Oy
Sasken Communication Technologies Ltd, a telecom R&D and support company, has acquired the Finland-based Botnia Hightech Oy, a provider of wireless R&D and testing services, in an all-cash deal worth €35.5 million.
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26-July-06
India's Sasken buys Finnish wireless firm
Sasken Communication Technologies Ltd., a telecom R&D and support services firm based here, has bought Finland's Botnia Hightech Oy, a provider of wireless R&D and testing services, in an all-cash deal worth about $45 million.
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26-July-06
Sasken buys out Finnish firm for $45
Sasken Communication Technologies Ltd, a leading software services and products firm, Wednesday announced the acquisition of Botnia Highteh Oy, a Finland-based leading provider of wireless services, for $45 mn (Euro 35.5 mn) in an all cash deal.
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26-July-06
Sasken to buy Botnia, two arms in all-cash deal
Sasken Communication Technologies said on Wednesday that it was acquiring the Finland-based Botnia Hightech Oy and its two subsidiaries for € 35.5 million (about Rs 200 crore) in an all cash deal.
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