29-Mar-06
NetLogic's India Design Center Completes Second Generation Processor Chip
NetLogic Microsystems Inc., in the design and development of high-performance knowledge-based processors, announced the launch of its newest, second generation NL3280GLQ NETLite processor-designed switches, routers and access equipment. more...
29-Mar-06
Texas Instruments Gears Up For Indian Market
Richard K. Templeton, president and CEO, Texas Instruments (TI), stated the obvious as he dwelt upon his company’s plans for the Indian market. more...

29-Mar-06
Texas Instruments sees immense potential in India Texas Instruments (TI) today said that it will stay committed to technology innovation in India and helping customers take advantage of the growing opportunities in wireless communication and entertainment. more...

29-Mar-06
Handsets using single-chip solution from Texas to hit market
Mobile handsets using the single-chip cell-phone solution from Texas Instruments Inc. are expected to be available in the market from the second half of this year. more...

28-Mar-06
India develops as hotbed for semiconductors
India, with its huge consumer population and its intellectual capacity, is shaping up as a burgeoning market for semiconductors, according to the head of Texas Instruments Inc. more...

28-Mar-06
TI seeks to ride entertainment boom
Chipmaker Texas Instruments (TI) no longer feels cheaper phones will do. more...

28-Mar-06
Sub-Rs 1,000 handsets soon
Texas Instruments said on Tuesday that firms like Nokia and Motorola would soon launch low-cost handsets powered by the chipmaker’s single chip technology that will bring down the cost of mobile phones to less than $20. more...
28-Mar-06
STMicroelectronics to invest $30 mn in India STMicroelectronics, the world’s largest supplier of silicon chips for set-top boxes (STBs), plans to invest an additional $30 million on Indian operations. more...

28-Mar-06
Texas Instruments goes to Bollywood
Semiconductor major Texas Instruments (TI) is eyeing Bollywood's market potential for digital cinema. more...
25-Mar-06
PC era is dead; portable devices to drive market, says TI CEO
You may not know it, but all the cell phones around you have a common component which is the semiconductor chip digital signal processing (DSP). more...

25-Mar-06
Chipmakers to get sops, tax breaks in new policy Semiconductor manufacturing facilities with an investment of at least $1 billion in India will be entitled to financial support from the government either in the form of equity support or concessional loans. more...

25-Mar-06
MindTree, Nera develop satellite handset
MindTree Consulting has developed an advanced satellite handset in association with Norway-based Nera SatCom. more...
24-Mar-06
MindTree develops advanced satellite handset The Bangalore-based global IT and R&D services company, MindTree Consulting, has developed an advanced satellite handset for users of Inmarsat services, both on land and at sea. more...

23-Mar-06
MindTree develops satellite handset for Nera
Bangalore-based Mindtree Consulting has developed an advanced satellite handset for Norway-based Nera SatCom, aiming at users of Inmarsat land and sea services. more...
22-Mar-06
Synopsys verification library
Engineering software firm Synopsys Inc announced that its VCSÒ Verification Library, containing DesignWare verification intellectual property, is the first to support testbenches created using IEEE Std 1800-2005 SystemVerilog and the coverage-driven methodology defined in the Verification Methodology Manual for SystemVerilog, published by Springer Science+Business Media. more...
21-Mar-06
Oracle embedded biz unit for Asia
Enterprise software firm Oracle has announced the launch of an Embedded Business Unit (EBU) for the Asia-Pacific and Japan to penetrate the embedded systems market in the region. more...

21-Mar-06
Tata Elxsi sets up development centre at Pune After Bangalore, Thiruvananthapuram and Chennai, it is now the turn of Pune to have Tata Elxsi's development centre. more...

21-Mar-06
Chipmaker SiRF buys TrueSpan
GPS chipmaker SiRF Technology Holdings has acquired TrueSpan Semiconductor, a US-based silicon design company with an R&D team in Bangalore. more...
20-Mar-06
Synopsys' Verification IP Library For Systemverilog
Synopsys, Inc. has announced that its VCS Verification Library, containing DesignWare verification intellectual property (VIP), is first to support testbenches created using IEEE Std 1800-2005 SystemVerilog and the coverage-driven methodology defined in the Verification Methodology Manual (VMM) for SystemVerilog, published by Springer Science+Business Media. more...

20-Mar-06
Synopsys Delivers First Complete SystemVerilog Design And Verification Flow
Synopsys, Inc. has announced that it now supports the SystemVerilog language throughout its suite of design and verification products. more...
17-Mar-06
A fab by government is a wild idea
The "Semindia" project has made waves in recent months. A bright future is held out for India in making integrated circuits (chips). more...

17-Mar-06
Nvidia centre in Pune
The Santa Clara-headquartered Nvidia Corporation, player in programmable graphics processor technologies, today announced the opening of its design centre in Pune. more...
17-Mar-06
nVIDIA to pump $250 mn, up headcount
Programmable graphics technologies major nVIDIA Corporation is planning to invest $250 million for its operations in India and to double its Indian workforce over the period. more...

16-Mar-06
SiRF acquires communications IP company
SiRF Technology Holdings Inc., a provider of GPS-enabled silicon and premium software location platforms, has acquired TrueSpan, a communications systems IP company, for cash and stock. more...

16-Mar-06
Nvidia to reportedly acquire Indian design firm
Graphics processor company Nvidia Corp. will acquire Pace Soft Silicon, a Santa Clara, Calif.-company whose main development center is in Pune in western India, according to a report in The Times of India from Mumbai. more...

16-Mar-06
NVIDIA to acquire Pace Soft Silicon
The California-based, graphics processor major, NVIDIA Corporation is expected to announce its acquisition of Pace Soft Silicon, a Pune-based company. more...

16-Mar-06
MindTree sets up 64-bit centre
MindTree Consulting, a IT and R&D services company, has announced that it has set up a 64-bit Computing Competency Centre to provide migration services to both enterprise class and PC-based application builders. more...
16-Mar-06
MindTree launches competency centre
IT consulting and R&D services firm, MindTree Consulting, has set up a 64-bit computing competency centre to provide migration services to both enterprise class and PC-based application builders. more...

16-Mar-06
TI, Altera Partner To Bring In Low-Cost PCI Express
Texas Instruments, Inc. (TI) and Altera Corporation have come up with a low-cost, PCI-SIG-compliant solution that reduces the cost and accelerates the development of PCI Express-based systems. more...

16-Mar-06
GDA Brings In Smart Phone Reference Platform
GDA Technologies has brought in the Smart Phone Reference Platform – a modular PDA phone reference design based on the Freescale iMX31 multi-media application processor. more...

16-Mar-06
MindTree Launches 64-bit Computing Competency Centre
MindTree Consulting has set up a 64-bit Computing Competency Centre to provide migration services to both enterprise class and PC-based application builders. more...

15-Mar-06
GDA unveils smart phone reference platform
IP and design services specialist GDS Technologies Inc. has unveiled a modular phone reference board design intended to cut development time for multimedia-capable cellphones. more...
15-Mar-06
GDA Tech to ramp up India operation
GDA Technologies, Inc, a US-based electronic design services and Silicon Intellectual Property (SIP) solution provider for the embedded, networking, and consumer electronics markets, is planning to expand its Indian operations. more...

15-Mar-06
GDA Tech to beef up India operations
GDA Technologies Ltd plans to recruit 500 more engineers in the next two years and beef up its operations in Bangalore, Chennai and Kochi. more...

15-Mar-06
SPEL plans $250-m expansion
Encouraged by on-target financial performance and booming market for chips, Chennai-based SPEL Semiconductor Ltd, has chalked a $250-million expansion spread over the next five years. more...
14-Mar-06
Cipsa Circuits invests $15 m
Spanish manufacturer, Cipsa Circuits, is investing close to $15 million in India in phases for manufacturing printed circuit boards (PCBs). more...
09-Mar-06
Freescale to hire 1,500 pros in India
Freescale Semiconductor Inc, which was spun off from Motorola is expanding its India operations by adding 1,500 engineers in India over the next four years. more...
08-Mar-06
IBM moves solutions development unit to India
In a stunning example of how India has progressed from a country to which businesses farmed out routine programming and back-office work into a center for leading-edge innovation, IBM disclosed Wednesday that it is moving all of the design and development of its vaunted business consulting offerings to the fast-growing country. more...

07-Mar-06
GDA Tech ties up with BlackForest EDA
Sillicon Vally-based IP and electronic design services (EDS) company, GDA Technologies Inc., has named BlackForest EDA as its representative in an effort to extend the reach of its sales channel throughout Central Europe. more...
07-Mar-06
KPIT Cummins to acquire CG-Smith
Pune based mid tire IT services company KPIT Cummins Infosystems Ltd said it would acquire 100 percent stake in Bangalore-based CG-Smith Software Pvt Ltd for Rs. 38 crores. more...

07-Mar-06
KWI Debuts University Design Competition
Kyocera Wireless India Private Ltd (KWI), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kyocera Wireless Corp., manufacturer of CDMA wireless phones and devices, has announced the inauguration of the first Kyocera India Design Competition. more...

07-Mar-06
Infosys helps Analog to cut cost
Infosys helped chipmaker Analog Devices reduce its IT operational costs by 40 per cent. more...

07-Mar-06
Freescale acquires campus in Noida
Chipmaker Freescale Semiconductor announced acquisition of a 300,000-square-foot campus in Noida as part of its expansion plans. more...
06-Mar-06
KPIT Cummins acquires CG Smith Software
KPIT Cummins Infosystems Ltd, a global IT consulting organization focused on the Automotive & Semiconductor sectors, today announced that it has acquired Bangalore based CG Smith Software Pvt Ltd, focused in the realm of embedded and real-time systems for automotive electronics. more...

06-Mar-06
KPIT Cummins to buy CG Smith for Rs 38 cr
Mid-sized software firm KPIT Cummins Infosystems Ltd said on Monday it was acquiring the Bangalore-based CG Smith Software for Rs 38 crore in all-cash deal. more...
04-Mar-06
Tata Elxsi, Sasken enter product design market
Tata Elxsi and Sasken Communication Technologies, pioneers in tapping IP-based revenue sources in India’s $ 3.5 billion embedded-systems design market, have come up with prototype designs of products to help them explore the emerging market of product design by customisation. more...

03-Mar-06
Spanish firm to make circuit boards in India
A leading Spanish electronic product firm is setting up its first overseas joint venture with an Indian company to produce printed circuit boards (PCBs) for export and domestic markets. more...

03-Mar-06
Spain's CIPSA to build pc boards in India
Spanish PCB maker CIPSA Circuits will invest $15 million in partnership with local entrepreneurs here under a venture called CIPSA-RIC India Ltd. more...

03-Mar-06
Spanish co. to pump in $15m into PCB plant
The slow but steady flow of investment into the hardware-manufacturing sector in India is now attracting European majors, the latest entrant being Spanish Printed Circuit Board (PCB) manufacturer CIPSA Circuits. more...

03-Mar-06
Spanish firm to set up PCB plant in B`lore
CIPSA, a $60 million Spanish printed circuits boards firm, has set up a joint venture with Bangalore-based RIC India, which will have a 51 per cent stake, to set up a PCB manufacturing plant in Bangalore. more...

03-Mar-06
CIPSA Circutes firms up $15 m investment plan for B’lore project
CIPSA Circuits, a spanish global producer of printed circuit board (PCB), would invest close to $15 million in India. more...

03-Mar-06
Spanish PCB maker Cipsa to invest $15 m in India
Spanish printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturer Circuitos Impresos Profesionales (Cipsa) has formed a joint venture in India with two entrepreneurs — Mr Anil Gupta and Mr Alok Garg — to set up a manufacturing facility at Doddaballapur, near Bangalore. more...
03-Mar-06
Xilinx, CMC Increase IP Core Development in India
Xilinx Inc., supplier of programmable chips, announced that the India development centre, operated by CMC Limited in Hyderabad, has delivered 24 Intellectual Property (IP) cores since it was established in February 2004. more...

03-Mar-06
Xilinx develops 24 IP cores in India
Xilinx Inc, a supplier of programmable chips, said that its teams based in India have developed about 24 IP (intellectual property) cores in the areas of automotive, high-speed connectivity and consumer electronics. more...

03-Mar-06
Xilinx to expand Hyderabad centre
Xilinx Inc., one of the leading suppliers of programmable chips, has announced aggressive plans for expansion of its Hyderabad development centre by setting up centres of excellence in the emerging technology areas. more...

02-Mar-06
Xilinx Hyd centre delivers 24 IP cores since Feb 2004
Xilinx, Inc, a leading supplier of programmable chips, has announced that its development centre in India has delivered 24 Intellectual Property (IP) cores since February 2004. more...

02-Mar-06
Ample Expands Bangalore Office to Include Full Chip Design Responsibilities
Ample Communications announced the expansion of its Bangalore office. more...

01-Mar-06
Incentives for high-tech manufacturers
In order to make India a preferred location for manufacturing compurter chips and other high-tech goods, the country is introducing new measures, Finance Minister P Chidambram said. more...

01-Mar-06
Magma's Flow For IBM Nanometer Common Platform
Magma Design Automation Inc. has announced the availability of an advanced low-power IC implementation reference flow for the 90nm low-power process offered through the IBM-Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Common Platform. more...

01-Mar-06
Xilinx to expand in Hyderabad
Xilinx, manufacturer and developer of Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAS), today announced that its India Development Centre here has so far delivered 24 Intellectual Property (IP) cores. more...

01-Mar-06
Wolfson Comes to India
Wolfson Microelectronics plc announced that it is opening an office in Bangalore, India-eighth office in Asia. more...