29-Jan-08
Magma Congratulates Winners of MUSIC India 'Best Paper' Awards -- Design for Manufacturability, Automation and Physical Verification Among Popular Topics
Magma(r) Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq:LAVA), a provider of chip design software, today announced the "Best Paper" winners for MUSIC (Magma Users Summit on Integrated Circuits) India, held in Bangalore Jan. 22-23.
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23-Jan-08
Intel CTO: Software delivery must keep pace with hardware
Compared to the advances in computer hardware, Justin Rattner, Intel Corp. chief technology officer, believes software development and delivery have failed to keep pace.
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22-Jan-08
Korean company drops India fab plan, report says
Plans for India's first semiconductor fabrication facility have reportedly been scrapped, with the plant now expected to manufacture solar cells.
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22-Jan-08
DIT will market semiconductor policy aggressively post-Budget
The much-touted semiconductor policy has received a lukewarm response so far.
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21-Jan-08
India inside?
Do Indian software companies targeting the semiconductor industry now have better opportunities to do high value work?
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18-Jan-08
22 Jan: MUSIC India
Magma Design Automation, a provider of chip design software, will organise MUSIC India (Magma Users Summit on Integrated Circuits) in Bengaluru on 22 January and 23 January 2008 at The Leela Palace.
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17-Jan-08
Intel India ups contribution to global products
The Intel India Research Centre (IIRC) -- part of the global chip maker's Corporate Technology Group (CTG) labs -- has increased its level of contribution towards evolution of global products.
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16-Jan-08
Intel CTO outlines 2008 strategy
Intel Corp. researchers have identified five focus areas for 2008, including "platform-on-a-chip" development.
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16-Jan-08
Intel CTO Touts Wireless Chips
Chipmaker Intel is developing next-generation microprocessors for mobile computing devices used in health care, Intel CTO Justin Rattner said.
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16-Jan-08
Intel developing next-generation chips
Global computer chipmaker Intel is developing next-generation microprocessors for diverse mobile computing devices that are energy efficient, scalable and high-performing, a top company official said here Wednesday.
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14-Jan-08
SiRF impulse? No way
Up the ladder is how one moves to reach the corporate world peak, but the ladder may have sharp bends, with some rungs missing too.
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11-Jan-08
Axiom to invest over $3 m, opens Bangalore unit
Axiom Design Automation, a semiconductor design solutions company, has expanded its Indian operations with a new facility in Bangalore. Its other R&D facility in India was set up in Mangalore last month.
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10-Jan-08
Cadence sees lack of talent hitting semiconductor industry
India, it seems, has an advantage in the systems design part of the semiconductor value chain.
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10-Jan-08
India becoming magnet for chip manufacturing investment
According to a recent report from Livemint, the sub-continent is starting to attract significant investments for building new chip making assembly, testing and packing facilities.
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10-Jan-08
Axiom Design launches second Indian R&D center
Functional verification products and services specialist Axiom Design Automation has opened a second Indian R&D center here.
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09-Jan-08
Chip makers line up $600 mn for assembly units
India’s efforts to become a chip manufacturing hub may still be restricted to plans and blueprints but the country is attracting significant investments directed at setting up facilities to assemble, test, mark and package chips, with companies such as SPEL Semiconductor Ltd, SemIndia Inc., and Tessolve Inc. looking to invest $600 million (Rs2,358 crore) over the next three years in such so-called ATMP facilities.
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07-Jan-08
Mentor's Rhines sees semis as hope for 2008
The semiconductor industry is coming off a relatively weak year, and the landscape could be even bleaker.
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05-Jan-08
VEDA IIT Newest In-Sequence Partner: Tech Institute to Collaborate on Low-Power Research
Sequence Design today announced that VEDA IIT has joined its In-Sequence Technology Partner Program, promoting EDA interoperability and advanced design methodologies.
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05-Jan-08
VLSI conference begins in Hyderabad
The 21st International Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) conference and the 7th international embedded systems conference began here Saturday with researchers and scientists debating 'Challenges in the New Nano Technology Era'.
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05-Jan-08
AMD expands its R&D in India
Opens fourth facility in the country at Hyderabad to develop cutting-edge tech.
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05-Jan-08
AMD opens second R&D centre in Hyderabad
Dirk Meyer, President and Chief Operating Officer of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), inaugurated the company’s second research and development centre here on Friday.
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04-Jan-08
AMD opens fourth R&D center in India
Months after it announced the expansion of its existing R&D center here, AMD Inc. has announced the opening of a fourth R&D center in Hyderabad.
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04-Jan-08
AMD opens new R&D centre in Hyderabad
Semiconductor maker Advanced Micro Devices today announced the expansion of its R&D centre in Hyderabad and aims to focus on intellectual property creation in the areas of next generation consumer electronics, graphics capabilities and microprocessors.
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03-Jan-08
Synopsis to develop low-cost solutions
The Indian operations of electronic design automation (EDA) major Synopsis Inc of the US will focus on developing software tools that will enable chip designers to meet the price expectations of customers in the region.
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02-Jan-08
'We will focus more on consumer electronics'
The $9.85-billion chipmaker STMicroelectronics (ST) is trying to become a 'lighter' company by outsourcing chip manufacturing and concentrating on design of complex and high-end chips for the industry.
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28-Dec-07
Global VLSI meet to focus on multicore processor design
An international conference on VLSI (very large scale integration) design with focus on the latest technological developments would be held in Hyderabad during January 4-8, 2008.
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27-Dec-07
California Micro Devices Opens India Design Center
California Micro Devices announced that it has established a design center in Chennai, India in a continuing collaboration with GDA Technologies, a strategic ASIC design partner.
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27-Dec-07
Chip cos need to look at emerging areas: ISA
The design services market in India must look beyond just IC (integrated chip) design and focus on other areas such as product engineering and application support.
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27-Dec-07
IBM to increase research in semiconductors space
Global technology giant IBM, which is rapidly expanding in India, plans to increase research at its Semiconductor Research & Development centre in Bangalore in the coming years.
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26-Dec-07
Hardware meet in Feb
Webel and the Bengal IT department will host an interactive breakfast session with representatives of global semiconductor firms at a summit in Bangalore in February.
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26-Dec-07
Indian chip designers adding skills, engineers
Top Indian chip designers are now tackling 45-nm designs while adding new capabilities to extend their design services and prepare for an expected surge in business.
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26-Dec-07
Circa 2007: Semiconductor ‘chips’ into India’s hardware dream
When the Indian IT industry toasts its highs of 2007, semiconductor manufacturing will most certainly be cheered as the new ‘chip’ on the block.
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