30-Oct-07
Synplicity India Expands Its R&D Operations in Bangalore
Synplicity, Inc., (Nasdaq: SYNP) a leading supplier of innovative IC design and verification solutions, today announced the inauguration of its new development facility in Bangalore.
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29-Oct-07
India hinges hope on embedded design
From the perspective of technology development and manufacturing, India can be a tough read—especially compared with its booming neighbor China, the world's factory.
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26-Oct-07
ESC India seen as watershed for its embedded industry
India's embedded design industry emerged here earlier this month during the first Embedded Systems Conference (ISA) here.
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25-Oct-07
Global chipmakers find India not so fab, after all
Whilst the government recently doled out huge financial incentives to encourage global chipmakers to set up fab units in India, leading global IT research firm Gartner in a recent report titled ‘Roadblocks Ahead for Indian Fabs’ has given the India’s much-debated chip policy a thumbs down.
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22-Oct-07
India hitches its star to embedded design model
From the perspective of technology development and manufacturing, India can be a tough read--especially compared with its booming neighbor China, the world's factory.
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20-Oct-07
India To Play Key Role In Microchip’s Future: Sanghi
The global green movement is resulting in greater demand for better energy management which is expected to increase adoption of digitally programmable microcontroller solutions in motor, lighting and power-related applications, said Steve Sanghi, president, CEO and chairman of the board, Microchip Technology Inc., while on his Bengaluru visit.
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18-Oct-07
Chip design centre to go live by 2008
An exclusive VLSI chip design, testing and prototype manufacturing centre that is proposed to be set up here in Kolkata is expected to be operational by the end of 2008.
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17-Oct-07
Microchip bets on design centres
Microchip Technology, headquartered in the U.S., with FY 2007 global revenues of $1.040 billion, is viewing India as a potentially growing market for the company’s micro controllers built on 8-bit and more recently, 16-bit architecture.
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16-Oct-07
Automotives, power, telecom to drive semiconductor growth
Automotive, telecom and power sectors will drive the growth rate of the semiconductor industry in the country, despite the decline in the global growth rate.
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16-Oct-07
‘Indian semiconductor industry remains bullish’
India’s impact in the global semiconductor business is larger than its rank as a market.
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15-Oct-07
Driven by design
Dr Biswadip (Bobby) Mitra, Managing Director of Texas Instruments India, dwells on how the semiconductor scene is shaping up.
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13-Oct-07
'Rivals will join hands in emerging world of tech'
From the days when the world produced semiconductor products for India, we have now reached a stage where in future products are made in the country and exported globally, whether it is mobile handsets, computing or consumer products.
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12-Oct-07
Centre may announce hardware policy soon
The Union Government is in the process of fine-tuning the new hardware policy which is likely to be announced within two-three weeks.
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12-Oct-07
Embedded keen to start Hyd operations
Canada-based Embedded Solutions has approached the Andhra Pradesh government for 50-70 acres of land at the upcoming Fab City for setting up a facility to outsource some of its operations to India, according to government sources.
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11-Oct-07
Cadence Opens R&D Facility in Noida, India
Cadence Design Systems Inc has announced the opening of a third R&D facility in Noida, India.
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11-Oct-07
Semi industry faces manufacturability, complexity and scale issues: Cadence CEO
As semiconductor geometries continue to shrink, the people who have to deal with that trend face confounding challenges of manufacturability, complexity and scale.
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11-Oct-07
CEO mum on private equity interest in Cadence Design
Refusing to comment on a New York Times report that he is taking the company private, Michael J. Fister, president and CEO of Cadence Design Systems Inc., said, "I can never confirm or deny any speculation about what anyone does."
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11-Oct-07
SemIndia to export hardware to China
So you thought India was for software and China was for hardware in making smart electronic devices?
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11-Oct-07
Cookson to Open Larger India R&D Center
Cookson Electronics will open a state-of-the-art research center here later this month.
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11-Oct-07
Nokia Siemens Transferring R&D Group to Wipro
Nokia Siemens Networks BV will transfer its research and development (R&D) team, working on radio access technologies, to Indian outsourcer Wipro Ltd.
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11-Oct-07
Chip makers begin griping about policy
A month after the Indian government provided details of its much-awaited semiconductor policy aimed at providing special incentives for companies to set up chip-making units in India, chip makers such as SemIndia Inc. and Hindustan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. are expressing serious concerns about key clauses in the policy.
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10-Oct-07
Texas Instruments focuses on startups to sell analog tech
Texas Instruments (TI), the $13.84 billion technology giant, will increasingly focus on the smaller enterprises and startups in India especially for its analog technologies.
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10-Oct-07
March to programmability inexorable, says Tensilica CEO
The infinite appetite for live multimedia-based devices, especially for handhelds and devices for the living room, is driving the development of new silicon platforms.
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10-Oct-07
SemIndia to apply for govt incentives within month
SemIndia, a consortium of non-resident Indian entrepreneurs and venture capitalists, today said it will apply for government incentives within a month to set up a chip-making facility in Hyderabad.
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10-Oct-07
SemIndia eyes Rs 600cr by 2010
SemIndia, a leading Indian semiconductor player, is poised to cross the Rs 100 crore mark by the end of the financial year 2007-08.
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10-Oct-07
SemIndia to apply for incentives for new chip unit
Indian semiconductor consortium SemIndia will apply within a month for government incentives to set up a chip-making facility in India, its chief executive said on Wednesday.
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09-Oct-07
Cost, performance key topics at India semi summit
Configurability is key to the viability of the semiconductor industry, while platform development helps cut costs, speakers said here the final day of the Vision Summit of the India Semiconductor Association.
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09-Oct-07
Systems meet highlights India’s design capabilities
Bangalore should be renamed the Silicon Design City of India, after placing the sub-continent onto the global map of embedded design.
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09-Oct-07
Cadence Inaugurates New R&D In Noida
Cadence Design Systems, Inc., a design automation technology company, has launched its new R&D facility in Noida.
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07-Oct-07
Zeroing in on branchless rural banking
Hundreds of villagers in Warangal district in Andhra Pradesh will, for the first time this week, receive payments under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) through a cutting-edge disbursement method that would be deemed “tomorrow’s technology” in many developed nations.
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04-Oct-07
First ESC in India gets off to robust start
The first-Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) to be held in India opened its doors here Thursday (Oct. 4) just as the semiconductor landscape in the country is changing dramatically.
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03-Oct-07
Intel launches programs for Indian embedded-design houses
Intel Corp. today launched two programs aimed at leveraging its embedded-architecture portfolio.
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03-Oct-07
Chip designing: a new career
Chip design promises to be the next chapter in the unfolding saga of India’s global ascendance.
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01-Oct-07
“We are the top supplier of PLDs to India”
How long has Actel been active in India?
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28-Sept-07
Wipro to acquire Oki Techno, Singapore
Bangalore-based IT major Wipro has entered into a definitive agreement with Oki Electric Industry, singapore to acquire Oki Techno Centre-Singapore (OTCS).
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