25-Apr-06
Indian firm sets up solar module plant
Spire Corp. said that it has completed installation and commissioning of a turnkey photovoltaic (PV) module assembly line for Emmvee Solar Systems Pte. Ltd., one of India’s leading manufacturers of solar energy products. more...
25-Apr-06
Agilent Opens 10-acre Campus at Manesar to Expand Operations and Community Activities in India
Agilent announced that it will extend its India presence by laying the foundation for its first campus in the country. more...

24-Apr-06
Cadence and partners launch VLSI design course in India
Cadence Design Systems has teamed with ASIC design services provider Time to Market Inc. and the University of California-Santa Cruz (CSC) Extension to launch a continuing-education program in VLSI design in India. more...

24-Apr-06
Cadence in tie-up for school program
Cadence Design Systems (I), the Indian arm of Cadence Design Systems, Inc., has partnered with Time to Market, Inc (TTM), a provider of IC (integrated circuit) design services and training, and University of California, Santa Cruz, Extension (UCSC Extension), US, to launch the Cadence-TTM-UCSC Extension Finishing School Program (FSP). more...
24-Apr-06
MatrixOne, D'GIPRO Partner to Deliver Semiconductor Design Data Management Solutions to Indian Market
MatrixOne Inc., provider of collaborative product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions for the value chain, announced that it has entered into a reseller agreement with D'GIPRO Design Automation Marketing Pvt. Ltd., an EDA (electronic design automation) distributor services company based in India. more...

21-Apr-06
Report: Thermal design optimization for ICs needed
Despite the existence of several heat dissipation technologies, the need still persists for an economical thermal management technology, according to a report by market research firm Frost and Sullivan.
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21-Apr-06
Sequence expects to turn profit
Privately-held EDA company Sequence Design said it expects to become profitable this year as it jockeys to create a larger global footprint in design solutions.
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21-Apr-06
Philips launches digital satellite TV
Philips Electronics India on Thursday announced the test launch of its digital satellite television, Philips Satellite Varadaan. more...

21-Apr-06
HelloSoft among five top most promising companies HelloSoft Inc has announced that participants at the Semiconductor Venture Fair V held on March 1-2, 2006, named HelloSoft as one of the top five most promising emerging companies for the year, a media statement said. more...

20-Apr-06
Austria Microsystems sets up design center in India Analog IC design and manufacturing company Austria Microsystems AG has set up a development center at Hyderabad in southern India and plans to invest between $40 million and $50 million into this effort. more...

20-Apr-06
Freescale Semiconductor tools
Freescale Semiconductor has introduced two 32-bit microcontrollers for industrial control applications such as remote data collection, security enhancements, home automation and environmental monitoring. more...

20-Apr-06
Hellosoft among `promising cos'
HelloSoft Inc, a convergence technology solutions provider for mobile networks, on Thursday announced that participants at the Semiconductor Venture Fair V named HelloSoft as one of the top five most promising emerging companies for the year. more...
17-Apr-06
New India semi association forms
The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), a Silicon Valley-based not-for-profit global organization, has launched a Semiconductor Special Interest Group (Semi SIG) in Hyderabad. more...

17-Apr-06
Semiconductor group formed
To promote the semiconductor industry and address the issues affecting it, The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) semiconductor special interest group (SIG) was formally launched here today. more...

15-Apr-06
eInfochips plans Japanese tie-up
Setting up its third design unit, city-based chip and design firm eInfochips said on Friday it was planning to tie up with a Japanese firm. more...
13-Apr-06
Agilent to invest $ 25 mn in India campus Agilent Technologies Inc. has laid the foundation for its first campus near Manesar, Haryana. more...

13-Apr-06
Agilent to invest $25 million in India
Agilent Technologies opened a new campus in Meanesar in Haryana in northern India Thursday (April 13), to house global research and development and engineering support. more...
07-Apr-06
eInfochips launches 2nd centre in Pune
Embedded software and chip design developer eInfochips announced the opening of its second centre in Pune on Wednesday. more...

06-Apr-06
eInfochips sets up 2nd design centre in Pune
Ahmedabad headquartered eInfochips, a player in the electronic design services sector, on Thursday announced the setting up of its second design centre in Pune. more...

05-Apr-06
EMS firm plans Indian memory foundry
Network Systems and Technologies Group (NeST), an R&D and EMS-oriented group based in Kerala, India, has launched work on a VLSI design centre in association with an undisclosed Japanese chipmaker, as part of its plan to set up a manufacturing foundry for memory chips. more...
05-Apr-06
SemIndia Signs MoU With Flextronics
SemIndia and Flextronics have signed an MoU, under which SemIndia will manufacture semiconductor chips for the products that Flextronics manufactures in India and, in turn, Flextronics will manufacture electronic products for SemIndia. more...

05-Apr-06
HelloSoft strikes deal with 5V
HelloSoft, a technology solutions provider, today announced that 5V Technologies Ltd, a VoIP chip developer, has licensed its VoIP software solution for multiple applications. more...
05-Apr-06
NeST begins work on VLSI design centre in Kerala
Network Systems and Technologies Group (NeST), an R&D and EMS-oriented group based in Kerala, has launched work on a VLSI design centre in association with an undisclosed Japanese chipmaker, as part of its plan to set up a manufacturing foundry for memory chips. more...

05-Apr-06
Flextronics picks stake in SemIndia
Singapore-based original equipment manufacturer Flextronics has picked up a minority stake in the $3 billion semiconductor project, SemIndia, promoted by an NRI consortium. more...

05-Apr-06
Flextronics takes stake in SemIndia
Singapore-based Flextronics has taken a stake in the country's first major chip manufacturing facility being promoted by SemIndia, a consortium of non-resident Indians. more...

05-Apr-06
Flextronics to partner SemIndia in AP project
A month after signing the MoU with Andhra Pradesh to set up a $3bn semiconductor project, SemIndia on Tuesday roped in Flextronics as the preferred manufacturing partner. more...

04-Apr-06
Flextronics to invest in SemIndia project
Betting big on India's semiconductor potential, Singapore-based Flextronics on Tuesday announced it would pick up minority stake in SemIndia, which is embarking on an ambitious $3-billion chip manufacturing project in Hyderabad. more...

04-Apr-06
Flextronics to invest in SemIndia fab, say reports
Electronic manufacturing services provider Flextronics Corp. has agreed to take a minority stake in a $3 billion Indian wafer fab being planned by a group of expatriate Indian semiconductor executives under the banner of SemIndia Inc. more...

04-Apr-06
Flextronics to pick up stake in SemIndia
Flextronics, a provider of contract manufacturing services to electronics indusry, has decided to pick up minority stake in SemIndia's three billion dollar project to set up a chip manufacturing facility in Hyderabad. more...

04-Apr-06
Flextronics picks stake in SemIndia's chip project Global equipment manufacturer Flextronics has picked up a minority stake in SemIndia's $3 billion project to set up a chip manufacturing facility in Hyderabad. more...

04-Apr-06
Flextronics to Invest in Indian Fab Project
Contract manufacturer Flextronics will invest in a large semiconductor manufacturing facility being set up in India by SemIndia, giving a significant boost to the fledgling project, Flextronics announced Tuesday. more...

04-Apr-06
SemIndia to ‘chip in’ for Flextronics
Telecom equipment major Flextronics on Tuesday announced it will source microchips for PCs, mobiles and other equipment from the $3 billion AMD-SemIndia venture to be setup at Hyderabad. more...

04-Apr-06
Flextronics Stakes SemIndia
SemIndia, the proposed $3-billion semiconductor manufacturing plant in India, has a new investor in Flextronics, the global contract manufacturer of high-tech products, the companies said Tuesday. more...

04-Apr-06
Singapore's Flextronics to set up $3 bn chip unit
Singapore-based Flextronics, a contract manufacturing services major in the electronics industry, Tuesday announced it would set up a chip manufacturing facility in Hyderabad with SemIndia for $3 billion. more...

04-Apr-06
A SemIndia chip for Flextronics
SemIndia is well on track to putting in place the $3-billion chip manufacturing facility in Hyderabad. more...
03-Apr-06
Intel To Join Hyderabad Fab Unit
Good news is pouring in for Hyderabad. more...
03-Apr-06
The India advantage
The Indian semiconductor industry is in a very exciting phase today, poised to witness enormous growth. more...

03-Apr-06
India is at the front line in silicon designs
During the last decade, Indians at Silicon Valley demonstrated their abilities in silicon designs impressively. more...

03-Apr-06
Three mega trends of India’s semiconductor design industry
In the semiconductor design industry there exist three industry mega trends that will, to a great extent, determine who will emerge as “winners” in the future. more...

03-Apr-06
Architecture innovation: Next step in India’s design roadmap
During the early 1990s, Indian semiconductor design companies strived hard just to convince customers that they could
be entrusted with making fairly basic changes to a module design, let alone creating a new design. more...

03-Apr-06
Rethinking design: Mobile extreme convergence The dramatic growth hoped for in the mobile device industry can only happen if the creativity of both device designers and
applications developers can be freed from oppressive demands of outdated architectures that are based on attempts to further miniaturize already overly complex systems or to retrofit power-hungry PC architectures to a pocket-sized, untethered, 24/7 world. more...


03-Apr-06
More tax sops likely for semiconductor units
Govt mulls linking tax benefits to value addition, investments and employment generated. more...

02-Apr-06
Intel coming to Hyderabad?
If Nano Tech Silicon India (NTSI) manages to woo chip major Intel Corporation to invest in its semiconductor Fab project, Hyderabad will be twicelucky. more...
01-Apr-06
Mega sops for chip-makers on anvil
The government is set to roll out the red carpet for chip manufacturers to attract investment from the likes of Intel and Advanced Micro Devices. more...

31-Mar-06
Intel to hold $32m stake in AP fab JV
Moving closer to signing a deal with June Min-promoted Nano-Tech Silicon India (NTSI) Ltd for the proposed fab facility in Hyderabad, both as a technology partner and an equity-holder, Intel Corporation Senior Vice-President and Intel Capital President Arvind Sodhani on Wednesday met Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, along with the promoters of NTSI, to discuss the final agreement including the issue of equity participation by the Andhra Pradesh government. more...

31-Mar-06
Indian design consolidation coming, say execs With about 125 captive and non-captive integrated circuit, board, and embedded design companies in India at present, a wave of mergers and acquisitions is being predicted by Indian semiconductor executives. more...

31-Mar-06
Imagine any chip, and India's IT wizards can design it! Michael Fister has come to India not to save money but to make money. more...