28-Apr-08
Tax exemption expiry worries Indian IT firms
The uncertainty about extending the 10-year tax holiday for IT companies have left Indian chip design houses in a quandary.
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28-Apr-08
Indian semiconductor industry to face heat of US recession
It is the turn of Indian semiconductor industry to feel the heat of US recession and dollar depreciation after its big brother - the software industry was jolted by the tightening of IT spending by US-based firms.
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24-Apr-08
Silence on tax exemptions hurting Indian startups
Uncertainty about extending a 10-year tax holiday for IT companies have left Indian chip design houses in a quandary.
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24-Apr-08
Embedded green design contest
The challenge is for engineering students and professional developers to ‘go green’ using a range of advanced Freescale technologies to build environmentally beneficial embedded systems.
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23-Apr-08
Chip design services market seen at $7.4 b
The Indian semiconductor and embedded design services industry is expected to cross $7.37 billion in 2008, said a report published by the Indian Semiconductor Association and IDC (India) Ltd.
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23-Apr-08
Chip design services to grow at 22%
The Indian semiconductor design services industry is projected to grow at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 21.7 per cent, to $10.96 billion by 2010, from the present level of $6 billion.
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23-Apr-08
India semicon design industry to grow 21.7 %
Indian semiconductor and embedded design service industry is estimated to grow at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of around 21.7 per cent between 2007-2010, according to a report unveiled by The India Semiconductor Association (ISA) and IDC (India) today.
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22-Apr-08
Indian design services clock US$ 6bn in 2007
The India Semiconductor Association (ISA), the trade body representing the Indian semiconductor driven industry and IDC (India) Ltd, launched the "India semiconductor and embedded design service industry (2007-2010): Market, technology and ecosystem analysis".
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22-Apr-08
Indian design market to cross $7.37-bn in 2008
The Indian design market is expected to cross $7.37 billion in 2008, according to a joint report by India Semiconductor Association (ISA) and IDC India.
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21-Apr-08
RIL, Ballard Power in fuel-cell parleys
Reliance Industries and Ballard Power Systems, a Vancouver-headquartered pioneer in fuel cell technology, are in talks for a partnership in India.
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17-Apr-08
Fab City: Solar units rule the roost
The much-hyped Fab City has run out of land, without any other fab unit save one.
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16-Apr-08
Qualcomm to invest in Indian start-up cos
San Diego-based, global patent holder for CDMA chip, Qualcomm Inc said on Tuesday that it would be investing in Indian start-up Companies offering innovative technologies and services that enhance wireless communications and semiconductor ecosystems.
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16-Apr-08
The coming of age of India's embedded industry
The electronics industry in India is undergoing a gradual—but inexorable—transition from a software-driven outsourcing model to one increasingly focused on the growth and development of the domestic market.
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15-Apr-08
Freescale opens embedded green design contest
Elevating the environmental potential of embedded systems design, Freescale Semiconductor announced that it is accepting entries for the company's green design contest.
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15-Apr-08
Investments Come to Growing Indian Tech Companies
Indian companies, which offer innovative technologies and services to enhance the wireless communications and semiconductor ecosystems, may benefit from the investment offer from Qualcomm.
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15-Apr-08
Qualcomm ups VC stake in India
Qualcomm Incorporated has said it would invest in Indian wireless and semiconductor start-up firms.
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12-Apr-08
Hyderabad's Fab City bags $4 bn investment
The much-hyped Fab City in Hyderabad got the boot as the semiconductor hub of India, but now it's been reenergised attracting almost USD 4 billion in investments.
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09-Apr-08
TI, India in pact to develop medical electronics
Texas Instruments has signed an agreement with the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur's School of Medical Science and Technology to develop semiconductor technologies for cheaper medical electronics.
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09-Apr-08
Global semiconductor industry: India to buck the trend
A sharp drop in US consumer spending, driven by high energy prices and the subprime turmoil, has started hitting the global semiconductor industry.
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09-Apr-08
Tandberg opens R&D centre
Norwegian company, Tandberg, a provider of telepresence and high-definition video conferencing solutions has set up its R&D centre in Bangalore, with an aim of tapping the engineering talents available in the country.
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08-Apr-08
Analog design alive and growing in India
A decade ago, Anand Valavi had an idea for starting an analog design group at his company, Wipro Technologies, where he worked as an ASIC engineer.
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08-Apr-08
AMD says no job cut in India operations
Global chip manufacturer Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), which has decided to lay off about 1,600 employees worldwide due to business slowdown and losses, said it would not lead to any job loss in its India operations.
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08-Apr-08
TI ready to shift gear
Semiconductor maker Texas Instruments (TI) will shift its focus from research and development (R&D) to new business opportunities in India.
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08-Apr-08
Tandberg Inaugurates First R&D Facility In India
Tandberg, a global provider of telepresence, high-definition videoconferencing and mobile video solutions, has built its first research and development (R&D) technology centre in India.
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08-Apr-08
Telepresence Firm Opens R&D Center in Bangalore
The recently inaugurated first Indian R&D center of Tandberg in Bangalore will create new intellectual properties for the company.
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08-Apr-08
Bangalore to house TANDBERG's R&D Technology Centre
TANDBERG has inaugurated its research and development (R&D) technology centre in Bangalore, India.
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05-Apr-08
SanDisk aims at booming memory chip mkt
Riding high in number of electronic devices using extended memory cards, SanDisk Corp. a $3.9 billion company announced to extend its operations in India.
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05-Apr-08
Climbing the Offshoring Value Chain
The Indian brand in outsourced offshore services has become a scooping up 70% of the global business, and now it may be time to move beyond brawn to brain clambering up the value chain by offering not just business process services but knowledge-based research and development.
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05-Apr-08
Chipset makers join local cos for cheaper mobiles
In a bid to drive down mobile handset price to under $20 (approximately Rs 800), chipset manufacturers are now partnering with companies other than the top 5 vendors.
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04-Apr-08
Reliance, 5 others commit Rs 65,000 cr for fab units
Six companies, including Reliance Industries (RIL), Videocon, Moser Baer and Signet Solar, have committed investments worth Rs 65,000 crore to set up semiconductor and other micro-technology units in the country.
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04-Apr-08
Indian chip policy nets $16 billion in manufacturing proposals
Electronics and semiconductor manufacturers here are looking to work with the Indian government to pull together proposals for establishing a chip fab, an LCD plant and solar manufacturing facilities.
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04-Apr-08
RIL to invest Rs 30K cr in fab plants
Govt's incentives for the semi-conductor industry draw seven proposals worth Rs 65,000 crore.
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03-Apr-08
Indian government gets proposals worth 650 bln rupees for semiconductor plants
The Indian government said it has received seven proposals envisaging an investment of 650 billion rupees in response to its special incentive scheme for semiconductor fabrication and other micro and nano technology manufacturing industries.
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03-Apr-08
Reliance to enter semiconductor business
Mukesh Ambani has decided to take his company into cutting edge manufacturing. He is venturing into the complex and capital-intensive business of making semiconductors, the chip that run computers.
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03-Apr-08
RIL to set up semiconductor fab, solar photovoltaic units
Marking the largest-ever project under the new semiconductor policy, Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has approached the Government with plans to set up a semiconductor wafer fabrication plant and solar PV module unit, at a total outlay of over Rs 30,000 crore.
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03-Apr-08
Reliance mulls $7.55 bln chips projects
Indian petrochemical maker and oil refiner Reliance Industries Ltd has submitted two proposals totalling $7.55 billion to build semiconductor and micro-processor making units, the government said on Thursday.
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02-Apr-08
TI, IIT-Kgp in medical tech pact
Texas Instruments (TI), the global information technology company, has signed a four-year collaborative agreement with the School of Medical Science and Technology of Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT-KGP), to develop semiconductor technologies that will help improve the quality, comfort and accessibility of healthcare in India.
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02-Apr-08
Texas Instruments eyes Indian entertainment industry
With hundreds of theatre screens coming up across India in 2009, Texas Instruments (TI) — a leading semiconductor technology company — is eyeing the Indian cinema market with its digital light processing (DLP) technology.
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02-Apr-08
IIT foray in medical device research
Research in medical technology in the country has received a boost, with IIT Kharagpur joining hands with Texas Instruments for a four-year programme.
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01-Apr-08
Texas Instruments pact with IIT
Texas Instruments Inc (TI) has signed a first of its kind collaborative agreement with IIT Kharagpur's School of Medical Science and Technology, to develop research projects devoted to medical electronics innovation.
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01-Apr-08
Pricing Optimism Boosts SanDisk
Investors are betting that stabilizing chip prices and expansion in India will improve fortunes for SanDisk.
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01-Apr-08
Texas Instrument, IIT Kharagpur Ink Collaborative Research Agreement [TXN]
Texas Instruments Inc. (TXN) signed a collaborative agreement with the School of Medical Science and Technology or SMST, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur or IIT KGP, to develop semiconductor technologies for quality healthcare, according to an announcement made by Biswadip Mitra, managing director of Texas Instruments India, and Ajoy Ray, head of SMST, IIT KGP.
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01-Apr-08
Texas Instruments and IIT Kharagpur to collaborate on breakthrough medical technology research
Texas Instruments Incorporated has signed a collaborative agreement with the School of Medical Science and Technology (SMST), Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, to develop semiconductor technologies that will help improve the quality, comfort and accessibility of health care.
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31-Mar-08
India unveils more incentives for solar power
India's renewable energy ministry has announced a new program designed to expand solar power generating projects up to a maximum capacity of 50 megawatts.
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