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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