30-Nov-07
AMD launches `learning lab` for children
Semiconductor company AMD and the American India Foundation launched ‘50x15 Learning Lab’ initiative at the Government HighSchool, Doddanakundi in Bangalore on Thursday.
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30-Nov-07
TI showcases thought-controlled wheelchair
Semiconductor firm Texas Instruments (TI), which provides processing solutions to various industries, today showcased the 'thought-controlled’ motorised wheelchair for the physically-challenged, at the Texas Instruments Developers Conference (TIDC) India 2007 here.
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30-Nov-07
AMD chief hails leading role of Indian researchers
Key contributions in the recent creation of the world’s first true quad processor — a chip with four separate number-crunching cores — came from India-based engineers of AMD, the U.S.-based semiconductor leader’s Chief Executive Hector Ruiz, said here on Thursday.
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30-Nov-07
AMD exploring alliances to set up chip plant
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), supplier of chips and integrated circuits, is exploring alliances to set up a chip-manufacturing plant in India.
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29-Nov-07
AMD expands R&D presence in India
AMD, provider of innovative processing solutions in the computing, graphics and consumer electronics market, on Thursday launched the new silicon design and platform research and development centre in the city.
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29-Nov-07
Return to profitability is first priority, says AMD's Ruiz
Advanced Micro Devices is focusing its efforts on a return to profitability, AMD CEO Hector Ruiz said Thursday (Nov. 29) during a visit here.
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29-Nov-07
ISA sets date for Vision Summit 2008
The Indian Semiconductor Association (ISA) has announced the dates for the upcoming Vision Summit 2008, which will focus on evolving the Indian domestic market.
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28-Nov-07
SemIndia reportedly in talks to raise funds
SemIndia Inc., the semiconductor manufacturing startup based in Hyderabad, plans to raise about $100 million within the next 180 days to help launch operations.
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27-Nov-07
California Micro Devices Establishes India Design Center
California Micro Devices today announced that it has established a design center in Chennai, India in a continuing collaboration with GDA Technologies, a strategic ASIC design partner with a presence there.
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26-Nov-07
TCS bets on Embedded Systems in Japan
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Sunday announced a series of investments in the field of Embedded Systems to help Japanese corporations innovate and remain globally competitive.
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25-Nov-07
Arrow to distribute mathstar semiconductor products in india
Arrow Asia Pac Ltd., a business unit of Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: ARW), announced today that it has signed a distribution agreement for the India market with MathStar (Nasdaq: MATH), a leading fabless semiconductor company offering high-performance programmable logic solutions.
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25-Nov-07
TCS bets on embedded systems to spur growth in Japan
Country's largest software company Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Sunday announced a series of investments in the field of embedded systems to help Japanese corporations innovate and remain globally competitive.
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22-Nov-07
Premji on what enables innovation
The India information technology industry, including exports and domestic market and semiconductor industry, is gaining traction despite challenges, said Azim H Premji, chairman, Wipro [Get Quote], at the third Freescale Technology Forum in Bangalore on Monday.
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21-Nov-07
MindTree R&D services eye growth via ODCs
Bangalore-based MindTree Consulting, which provides Information Technology (IT) and Research and Development (R&D) services, is eyeing offshore development centre (ODC) model to drive business in the R&D services division.
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20-Nov-07
Freescale establishes innovation center in India
Freescale Semiconductor, which has been designing chips and developing software in India since 1998, will next establish here an International Center of Excellence for Innovation.
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20-Nov-07
Intel’s India-made chip to be out early next year
Dunnington, the exclusively India-designed-and-developed multiprocessor (MP) Xeon server from Intel will be out in the second half of 2008.
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16-Nov-07
Fab India land cut by 150 acres
The Fab City project will come up in 1,050 acres at Raviryal and Srinagar villages in Ranga Reddy district and not in 1200 acres as announced by the state government earlier.
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15-Nov-07
MindTree Consulting acquires Purple Vision
Leading ASIC and IC design Service provider, MindTree Consulting today announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of the equity in TES-PV Electronic Solutions (Purple Vision), the India-based, fully-owned subsidiary of TES Electronic Solutions SA.
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15-Nov-07
MindTree buys Purple Vision for $6.5m
Bangalore-based MindTree Consulting has acquired the Indian subsidiary of French company TES Electronic Solutions SA in an all-cash deal of $6.55 million.
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14-Nov-07
MindTree to buy 100% equity stake in TES-PV Electronic
MindTree Consulting announced that on Nov. 14, 2007 it inked a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of the equity in TES-PV Electronic Solutions (`Purple Vision`), the India-based fully-owned subsidiary of TES Electronic Solutions SA, the global electronic design and manufacturing services company based in France.
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14-Nov-07
Mindtree buys French firm's Indian IC design arm
Mindtree Consulting Ltd., a software and services company based here, has bought TES-PV Electronic Solutions Pvt. Ltd. (Purple Vision), an IC design services subsidiary of French electronics design and manufacturing services company TES Electronic Solutions SA.
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14-Nov-07
MindTree Consulting acquires TES-Purple Vision for $6.55 m
MindTree Consulting Ltd on November 14 announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 100 per cent of the equity in TES-PV Electronic Solutions Pvt Ltd, the fully-owned subsidiary of TES Electronic Solutions SA, a global electron ic design and manufacturing services company based in France.
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14-Nov-07
KPIT to build two more offshore units
KPIT Cummins Infosystems, a mid-tier company, which provides information technology (IT) and engineering services, plans to set up two offshore development centres (ODC) for Japanese semiconductor companies in India next financial year.
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13-Nov-07
India is most wireless-focused design location, says Synopsys
For all of those that thought Europe was the hotbed of wireless IC design EDA company Synopsys Inc. (Mountain View, Calif.) has some evidence that my force a change of mind.
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10-Nov-07
Magma Design to up R&D output from India
US-based Magma Design Automation, which provides software for electronic design automation (EDA) tools in the semiconductor sector, plans to increase its research and development output from India.
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10-Nov-07
Potential for solar energy large in India
In India, the prospect of solar energy is sunny but without being too hot.
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08-Nov-07
PMC-Sierra in talks with DoT for WiMax chip unit
Nasdaq-listed global WiMax chip manufacturer PMC-Sierra is keen to expand its base in the country.
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08-Nov-07
19 Nov: Freescale Technology Forum 2007
Freescale Semiconductor is going to organise the third Freescale Technology Forum (FTF) at the Grand Ashok Hotel in Bengaluru on 19 and 20 November 2007.
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08-Nov-07
Freescale announces 3rd Technology Forum in Bangalore
Freescale Semiconductor is hosting its third annual technology conference in India at Hotel Grand Ashok, Bangalore on Nov 19 and 20, 2007.
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08-Nov-07
Putting India on the semiconductor map
It is always a motivating factor for any developing economy like India, when some new area of growth springs up.
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07-Nov-07
Wipro eyes IP markets in Japan, APAC region
Wipro Technologies, which runs the global IT business of the IT-to-soaps conglomerate, is looking to increase its business from Japan and the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region.
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06-Nov-07
IP Infusion and Wipro Technologies Announce Strategic Partnership
Wipro Technologies, the global IT services division of Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT), and IP Infusion, a leader in intelligent software platforms for converged IP communications equipment, today announced a strategic partnership to offer Layer 2 and Layer 3 solutions to telecom equipment and semiconductor vendors.
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05-Nov-07
Tower Semiconductor Seeks Partnerships in India
Israel-based chipmaker Tower Semiconductor Ltd recently held discussions with Indian chip fabrication and design companies.
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02-Nov-07
India planning new IT manufacturing units
The Indian government is planning to set up several IT incubators around the country to attract investment and boost electronics manufacturing.
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01-Nov-07
Kolkata IT design centre partner choice soon
West Bengal, which is planning a Rs 300 crore India Design Centre (IDC) in Kolkata to promote the semiconductor sector, intends to finalise its partner for the project in a fortnight.
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01-Nov-07
Applied CEO: Electronics doing little for sustainability
The electronics industry is doing very little to achieve ecologically sustainable growth, a goal that must start with semiconductor manufacturing, a U.S. executive said.
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31-Oct-07
Better '08 for chip industry if glut ends early, predicts Applied's Splinter
A strong holiday season in the U.S. and Europe and strong sales around the Chinese New Year will go a long way toward determining whether oversupplies of DRAM and logic chips are reduced and the global chip industry has a better 2008, a company executive said.
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