31-Mar-08
`India is not yet ready'
Sir, This is with reference to the article, `To fab or not to fab.' written by M. Ramesh, which appeared in eWorld dated March 10, 2008.
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28-Mar-08
India's people power is also its problem
One of India's biggest challenges is managing its biggest strength: its deep well of young and talented people.
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26-Mar-08
Bhagyanagar India JV allotted 25 acres land in Fab City
Bhagyanagar India Ltd has announced that M/s. Fab city SPV (India) Pvt Ltd, a subsidiary of APIIC has made an allotment of 25 Acers of land (initially 10 Acres and has reserved 15 Acres for future use) on lease in the Fab City, Hyderabad to the Joint Venture Company "M/s. Surana Ventures Ltd", jointly promoted by the Company & M/s. Surana Telecom and Power Ltd for setting up the Solar Photo Voltaic Cell and Module Project.
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26-Mar-08
Innovative Semi CEO hatches incubator fund for Asia, eastern Europe
Nabil Takla, founder and chief executive of Innovative Semiconductor Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.), is teaming with a few like-minded semiconductor industry executives to start a tech incubator fund that will assist companies in Asia and eastern Europe.
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24-Mar-08
Plenty of companies vie for design services in India
Electronics companies are embracing the philosophy that they must find partners to help conceive and design new products as quickly as possible.
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19-Mar-08
Kolkata to have chip design facility by mid-2009
West Bengal will have an India Design Centre (IDC), the first-of-its kind in the country, at the Salt Lake Sector V.
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19-Mar-08
Kolkata IT hardware design arm flagged off
The dream project of the West Bengal information technology (IT) department, The Indian Design Centre (IDC) to house semiconductor design and fabrication units and relevant infrastructure, was flagged off today at Salt Lake Sector V.
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19-Mar-08
Semiconductor research centre soon in Kolkata
India’s first semiconductor research and chip designing hub is being set up in public private partnership mode in Kolkata at an estimated investment of Rs 100 crore.
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18-Mar-08
TI high-performance analog team meets in India
The core growth engine for Texas Instruments could be high-performance analog, in the opinion of its president and CEO, Rich Templeton.
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18-Mar-08
Indian researchers propose hybrid approach to embedded software evaluation
Simulation-based performance evaluation of software on a customized processor is accurate but can be very slow, according to researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (IITK), who have instead proposed a new hybrid approach for software performance evaluation.
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18-Mar-08
One-stop VLSI shop in WB soon
West Bengal will soon have a one-stop VLSI (very large-scale integration) shop in the form of India Design Centre, the first of its kind in India.
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18-Mar-08
Signet Solar to invest Rs 2,000 cr to make photovoltaic modules
The US-based Signet Solar today signed a memorandum of understanding with the Government of Tamil Nadu to put up a Rs 2,000-crore project to manufacture ‘thin film photovoltaic modules’ at Sriperumbudur, near Chennai.
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18-Mar-08
Signet to set up Rs 2K cr photovoltaic unit in India
It will be the California-based firm's largest global facility.
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18-Mar-08
NRIs setting up manufacturing unit
U.S.-based firm Signet Solar Inc. on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the State government to set up a Rs.2000-crore manufacturing facility near Chennai.
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18-Mar-08
SSI to invest Rs 2,000 cr for solar PV facility near Chennai
US-based manufacturer of silicon thin film photovoltaic (PV) modules, Signet Solar Inc (SSI), will be setting up its first manufacturing facility in India at Sriperumbudur near Chennai.
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18-Mar-08
ARM fortifies design operations in India
ARM has opened larger offices in India to house expanded operations.
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17-Mar-08
Signet Solar to invest Rs 2,000 cr to make photovoltaic modules

The US-based Signet Solar today signed a memorandum of understanding with the Government of Tamil Nadu to put up a Rs 2,000-crore project to manufacture ‘thin film photovoltaic modules’ at Sriperumbudur, near Chennai.
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17-Mar-08
Signet signs MOU with TN to set up manufacturing unit
Signet Solar Inc, manufacturers of silicon thin film photovoltaic (PV) modules, will set up its first manufacturing plant at Sriperumbudur at an investment of Rs 2,000 crore and has signed an MoU with the Tamil Nadu government in this regard on Monday.
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17-Mar-08
Signet signs MoU with TN for Rs 2k cr project
Signet Solar Inc, manufacturer of silicon thin film photovoltaic (PV) modules, signed a memorandum of understanding with the Tamil Nadu government on Monday to set up a Rs 2,000-crore facility at the Sriperumbudur special economic zone.
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16-Mar-08
Hynix Plans Business Expansion in India
Hynix Semiconductor, the world’s second-biggest computer chipmaker after Samsung Electronics, is expanding its business in India, apart from China and Taiwan.
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14-Mar-08
Indian designers seek to ride out U.S. downturn
Indian designer companies maintain they are better prepared than earlier in the decade to ride out a U.S. economic downturn, saying they have spread their risks.
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13-Mar-08
Chip makers may curb hiring on US slump
With recessionary trends in the US economy appearing imminent, semiconductor firms – particularly the global companies operating captive design centres in India – are expected to hire fewer engineers in the next financial year.
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13-Mar-08
ARM Extends Design Center In India
ARM today announced the opening of larger offices in India to house expanded operations that will lead to its becoming the second largest design center for the company outside its Cambridge, UK headquarters.
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13-Mar-08
India may soon house ARM's largest chip design center
Chip designer ARM has extended its design center in Bangalore, India, adding room to double the number of staff there to 700 from the 350 it currently employs.
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13-Mar-08
ARM's India design centre to be world's second largest
World's leading chip designer firm ARM is expanding its India design centre to make it the largest outside Britain, a top company official said here Thursday.
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13-Mar-08
India study recommends more university chip R&D
A study by the India Semiconductor Association (ISA) concludes that India needs a network of dedicated research centers focusing on chip technology research.
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13-Mar-08
Study moots public-private partnership for chip R&D
Semiconductor-related research activities in technical institutions are still largely supported by the Government (contributing 85-90 per cent to overall funding), and the top seven institutes in India account for bulk of the semiconductor research work undertaken in the academic institutes.
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13-Mar-08
B`lore-based chip makers tailoring products for local market
From designed in India to designed for India.
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11-Mar-08
Study On Semiconductor-Related Research In India!
The India Semiconductor Association (ISA) has released 'A study on the status of semiconductor related research in Indian universities'.
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10-Mar-08
Three sub-segments
For the uninitiated, semiconductors is all about etching infinitesimally thin lines of circuits on extremely thin wafers of silicon and packing layers of such wafers into tiny, black cuboids — chips.
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10-Mar-08
Domestic market will drive future growth
Product engineering industry in India is growing fast and expanding beyond the telecom and computing domains to automotive, medical devices, industrial electronics, consumer electronics and of course, mobile devices.
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10-Mar-08
To fab or not to fab...
The debate splits the industry right down the middle.
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10-Mar-08
Fewer captive R&D projects coming to India
In offshore software product development, India has been on the radar of tech firms aiming to trim costs and gain efficiency of operations for nearly a decade.
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03-Mar-08
Fabless group, India chip body to co-support initiatives
The Global Semiconductor Alliance (nee Fabless Semiconductor Association) has signed a deal to form an alliance with the India Semiconductor Association, to support each other's activities and tighten ties among their membership rosters.
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03-Mar-08
US, Indian semiconductor associations form alliance
GSA and ISA said they will support each other's initiatives and activities in the semiconductor industry and will focus on fostering business relationships among member companies while promoting international exhibitions, conferences and seminars.
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27-Feb-08
How to mould great 'intrapreneurs'
Texas Instruments has proved that there is no substitute for innovation.
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03-Mar-08
Fabless group, India chip body to co-support initiatives
The Global Semiconductor Alliance (nee Fabless Semiconductor Association) has signed a deal to form an alliance with the India Semiconductor Association, to support each other's activities and tighten ties among their membership rosters.
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03-Mar-08
US, Indian semiconductor associations form alliance
GSA and ISA said they will support each other's initiatives and activities in the semiconductor industry and will focus on fostering business relationships among member companies while promoting international exhibitions, conferences and seminars.
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27-Feb-08
How to mould great 'intrapreneurs'
Texas Instruments has proved that there is no substitute for innovation.
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