30-June-08
Pointers for Karnataka semicon policy
A very interesting question was recently thrown at me: what sort of semiconductor policy should Karnataka adopt as a state!
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28-June-08
Velankani in Rs 14,000 cr Vizag silicon complex plan
The Bangalore-based Velankani Group will invest Rs 14,000 crore over the next seven years to set up an integrated stone-to-wafer silicon complex in Visakhapatnam, the first of its kind in India.
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27-June-08
India leads world in semicon: S. Janakiraman
Irrespective of the debate raging within the semicon community regarding wafer fabs in India, the strength of and the talent within the Indian semiconductor industry has never been in doubt.
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Velankani in Rs 14,000 cr Vizag silicon complex plan
The Bangalore-based Velankani Group will invest Rs 14,000 crore over the next seven years to set up an integrated stone-to-wafer silicon complex in Visakhapatnam, the first of its kind in India.
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27-June-08
India leads world in semicon: S. Janakiraman
Irrespective of the debate raging within the semicon community regarding wafer fabs in India, the strength of and the talent within the Indian semiconductor industry has never been in doubt.
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26-June-08
Getting the apps right on 45nm chips
This would mean 65 nm processors, the most powerful processors available in the market currently, will gradually give way for 45 nm chips, allowing for smaller form-factor, greater compute power and lower energy consumption.
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Getting the apps right on 45nm chips
This would mean 65 nm processors, the most powerful processors available in the market currently, will gradually give way for 45 nm chips, allowing for smaller form-factor, greater compute power and lower energy consumption.
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24-June-08
Too premature to write off fab story: Pradip Dutta, Synopsys
According to Dr. Pradip K. Dutta, Corporate Vice President & Managing Director, Synopsys (India) Pvt Ltd: "Building wafer fabs in India involves an element of national pride and should also make business sense.
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24-June-08
Indian fab story not disappearing: SemIndia/ISA
B.V. Naidu, managing director, SemIndia Systems, and Vice Chairman - India Semiconductor Association (ISA), comments on the FabCity, status of fabs in India and SemIndia's initiatives in an exclusive with CIOL.
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24-June-08
Has Indian silicon wafer fab story gone astray?
The recent news of the Hyderabad Fab City giants -- SemIndia Fab Pvt Ltd and Nano-Tech Silicon India Pvt Ltd -- being served notice by the local state government and to explain the reasons for their delay in setting up the Fab City on the outskirts of Hyderabad, does not come as a surprise at all!
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24-June-08
Solarworld wins 10-year contract worth more than 750 million euros from India
Solarworld AG. said it won a 10-year contract worth more than 750 million euros from Indian company Solar Semiconductor Pvt. Ltd. to supply silicon wafers.
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24-June-08
Silicon Valley venture firm to fund Indian start-ups
India-born investors from Silicon Valley have joined hands to fund Indian start-ups in the technology sector with seed capital and mentoring.
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23-June-08
SPEL Semiconductor drops SEZ plan
SPEL Semiconductor Ltd today said that it has decided to ask the Government to cancel the approval for the company’s SEZ, “as the company is not in a position to execute the SEZ project.”
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23-June-08
SPEL Semiconductor drops plans for SEZ proj
Chennia-based SPEL Semiconductor Ltd has dropped plans for setting up Special Economic Zone (SEZs) due to its inability to execute such projects.
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Too premature to write off fab story: Pradip Dutta, Synopsys
According to Dr. Pradip K. Dutta, Corporate Vice President & Managing Director, Synopsys (India) Pvt Ltd: "Building wafer fabs in India involves an element of national pride and should also make business sense.
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24-June-08
Indian fab story not disappearing: SemIndia/ISA
B.V. Naidu, managing director, SemIndia Systems, and Vice Chairman - India Semiconductor Association (ISA), comments on the FabCity, status of fabs in India and SemIndia's initiatives in an exclusive with CIOL.
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24-June-08
Has Indian silicon wafer fab story gone astray?
The recent news of the Hyderabad Fab City giants -- SemIndia Fab Pvt Ltd and Nano-Tech Silicon India Pvt Ltd -- being served notice by the local state government and to explain the reasons for their delay in setting up the Fab City on the outskirts of Hyderabad, does not come as a surprise at all!
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24-June-08
Solarworld wins 10-year contract worth more than 750 million euros from India
Solarworld AG. said it won a 10-year contract worth more than 750 million euros from Indian company Solar Semiconductor Pvt. Ltd. to supply silicon wafers.
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24-June-08
Silicon Valley venture firm to fund Indian start-ups
India-born investors from Silicon Valley have joined hands to fund Indian start-ups in the technology sector with seed capital and mentoring.
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23-June-08
SPEL Semiconductor drops SEZ plan
SPEL Semiconductor Ltd today said that it has decided to ask the Government to cancel the approval for the company’s SEZ, “as the company is not in a position to execute the SEZ project.”
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23-June-08
SPEL Semiconductor drops plans for SEZ proj
Chennia-based SPEL Semiconductor Ltd has dropped plans for setting up Special Economic Zone (SEZs) due to its inability to execute such projects.
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22-June-08
Notices issued to Sem India, Nano
With Sem India and Nano Tech Silicon - two major companies which were to set shop in Hyderabad’s ‘prestigious’ Fab City - taking their own sweet time, the State Government has slapped notices on them for being behind schedule in construction.
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22-June-08
Notices served on Fab City ‘giants’
With no significant progress achieved in Fab City, the much-hyped hub for semi-conductor and electronics manufacture on a 1,000-acre site on the city outskirts, the government has served notices on its co-promoters SemIndia Fab Private Limited and Nano-Tech Silicon India Private Limited.
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21-June-08
India's TF Solar Power sets up solar plant
India's private firm T.F. Solar Power is planning to set up a solar PV unit in the country and has sought government incentives.
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20-June-08
India's VLSI industry focused on 1-10 million-gate designs
VLSI design services provided by companies in India brought in $760 million last year, rising to $927 million in 2008, according to a study released last week by the India Semiconductor Association.
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Notices issued to Sem India, Nano
With Sem India and Nano Tech Silicon - two major companies which were to set shop in Hyderabad’s ‘prestigious’ Fab City - taking their own sweet time, the State Government has slapped notices on them for being behind schedule in construction.
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22-June-08
Notices served on Fab City ‘giants’
With no significant progress achieved in Fab City, the much-hyped hub for semi-conductor and electronics manufacture on a 1,000-acre site on the city outskirts, the government has served notices on its co-promoters SemIndia Fab Private Limited and Nano-Tech Silicon India Private Limited.
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21-June-08
India's TF Solar Power sets up solar plant
India's private firm T.F. Solar Power is planning to set up a solar PV unit in the country and has sought government incentives.
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20-June-08
India's VLSI industry focused on 1-10 million-gate designs
VLSI design services provided by companies in India brought in $760 million last year, rising to $927 million in 2008, according to a study released last week by the India Semiconductor Association.
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19-June-08
Solar Semiconductor ties up with TUV Rheinland
Solar Semiconductor (SS), a Hyderabad-based manufacturer of photovoltaic (PV) modules, on Wednesday entered into a strategic partnership with TUV Rheinland India Limited for certifying safety and quality of the former's products, systems and services.
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18-June-08
Cyan secures deals in India and China
The Indian developer has already accepted small initial orders but the latest order and forecast from the distributor is indicative of the project moving to full deployment.
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17-June-08
Medical devices, the next big step for semiconductor makers
Semiconductors, silicon chips that run mobile phones, game consoles, photo copiers, television sets and almost all other electronic devices are in search of a saviour—a killer application that can maintain its magic run that began with the personal computer and consumer electronics booms in the 1990s.
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16-June-08
EDA healthy and growing in India
EDA plays a major role as far as chip designing is concerned.
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16-June-08
More IBM Nanotechnology Action Out Of India
Small is getting big at IBM. The nanotechnology stream at IBM India is working on a slew of next-generation electronic devices.
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Solar Semiconductor ties up with TUV Rheinland
Solar Semiconductor (SS), a Hyderabad-based manufacturer of photovoltaic (PV) modules, on Wednesday entered into a strategic partnership with TUV Rheinland India Limited for certifying safety and quality of the former's products, systems and services.
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18-June-08
Cyan secures deals in India and China
The Indian developer has already accepted small initial orders but the latest order and forecast from the distributor is indicative of the project moving to full deployment.
more...
17-June-08
Medical devices, the next big step for semiconductor makers
Semiconductors, silicon chips that run mobile phones, game consoles, photo copiers, television sets and almost all other electronic devices are in search of a saviour—a killer application that can maintain its magic run that began with the personal computer and consumer electronics booms in the 1990s.
more...
16-June-08
EDA healthy and growing in India
EDA plays a major role as far as chip designing is concerned.
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16-June-08
More IBM Nanotechnology Action Out Of India
Small is getting big at IBM. The nanotechnology stream at IBM India is working on a slew of next-generation electronic devices.
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13-June-08
Indian semicon industry creating its niche
In the last couple of decades, the semiconductor industry has witnessed some rapid changes along with an impressive growth.
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Indian semicon industry creating its niche
In the last couple of decades, the semiconductor industry has witnessed some rapid changes along with an impressive growth.
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12-June-08
Farnell eyes Rs 100 cr turnover
Premier Farnell, the multi-channel distributor of electronic components and services, is all set to invest Rs 25 crore in India over the next three years as part of its business expansion plan.
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11-June-08
India seeks to extend high-tech boom beyond Bengaluru
Buoyed by this regional capital's success in attracting semiconductor and embedded design companies, the regional government of Karnataka will develop its own semiconductor and electronics manufacturing blueprint.
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11-June-08
Engineers' pay in India growing fast; China, not so much
In a discussion here Tuesday (June 10) at the Design Automation Conference (DAC), representatives from the world's two most talked-about--and feared--economies, India and China, painted a portrait of high-tech growth that is proceeding piecemeal in both countries, and at different speeds, toward parity with the West.
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Farnell eyes Rs 100 cr turnover
Premier Farnell, the multi-channel distributor of electronic components and services, is all set to invest Rs 25 crore in India over the next three years as part of its business expansion plan.
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11-June-08
India seeks to extend high-tech boom beyond Bengaluru
Buoyed by this regional capital's success in attracting semiconductor and embedded design companies, the regional government of Karnataka will develop its own semiconductor and electronics manufacturing blueprint.
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11-June-08
Engineers' pay in India growing fast; China, not so much
In a discussion here Tuesday (June 10) at the Design Automation Conference (DAC), representatives from the world's two most talked-about--and feared--economies, India and China, painted a portrait of high-tech growth that is proceeding piecemeal in both countries, and at different speeds, toward parity with the West.
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11-June-08
Indian semicon needs concrete planning
The Indian semiconductor market is still in a nascent stage. In the Indian context, we are among the world's best in design services.
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09-June-08
Emerging trends in embedded market
In 1976, the basic building block of an embedded system was a microcontroller such as the 8748.
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Indian semicon needs concrete planning
The Indian semiconductor market is still in a nascent stage. In the Indian context, we are among the world's best in design services.
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09-June-08
Emerging trends in embedded market
In 1976, the basic building block of an embedded system was a microcontroller such as the 8748.
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09-June-08
Indian R&D of US giant achieves micro-chip breakthrough
The Indian research arm of global semi-conductor manufacturing leader Texas Instruments has achieved a breakthrough: enhancing the processing and memory power of ultra-low power micro-controllers.
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09-June-08
Success in bits & bytes
Being the president of Intel India is no tough task. It takes both domain expertise and people management skills.
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08-June-08
We want to strengthen our base in India: Grant Kuo
MediaTek Inc, a leading fabless semiconductor company for wireless communications and digital media solutions, is playing a key role in bringing various MediaTek's original design manufacturer partners to India and works with them closely to promote their products in the Indian market.
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06-June-08
Softjin unveils EDA building blocks for FPGA tools
Softjin Technologies unveiled EDA building blocks for FPGA routing, static timing analysis and EDA software quality assurance.
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04-June-08
Synopsys chief stresses 'age of collaboration'
The economics of technology have changed drastically over the last decade, making it impossible for individual companies to raise the vast amount of investment capital needed for high-tech manufacturing, much less to dominate the global semiconductor market.
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Indian R&D of US giant achieves micro-chip breakthrough
The Indian research arm of global semi-conductor manufacturing leader Texas Instruments has achieved a breakthrough: enhancing the processing and memory power of ultra-low power micro-controllers.
more...
09-June-08
Success in bits & bytes
Being the president of Intel India is no tough task. It takes both domain expertise and people management skills.
more...
08-June-08
We want to strengthen our base in India: Grant Kuo
MediaTek Inc, a leading fabless semiconductor company for wireless communications and digital media solutions, is playing a key role in bringing various MediaTek's original design manufacturer partners to India and works with them closely to promote their products in the Indian market.
more...
06-June-08
Softjin unveils EDA building blocks for FPGA tools
Softjin Technologies unveiled EDA building blocks for FPGA routing, static timing analysis and EDA software quality assurance.
more...
04-June-08
Synopsys chief stresses 'age of collaboration'
The economics of technology have changed drastically over the last decade, making it impossible for individual companies to raise the vast amount of investment capital needed for high-tech manufacturing, much less to dominate the global semiconductor market.
more...
03-June-08
India's eInfochips unveils verification IP
EInfochips Ltd. has announced what is claims is first SystemVerilog verification IP that complies with the Open Verification Methodology and Advanced Verification Methodology (AVM) 3.0.
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02-June-08
Cyan announces major Indian order
Cyan Holdings Plc, a fabless semiconductor company, is delighted to announce it has received an order of 5,000 units, together with an indicative forecast for 40,000 microcontroller chips to be delivered in the next 12 months.
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India's eInfochips unveils verification IP
EInfochips Ltd. has announced what is claims is first SystemVerilog verification IP that complies with the Open Verification Methodology and Advanced Verification Methodology (AVM) 3.0.
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02-June-08
Cyan announces major Indian order
Cyan Holdings Plc, a fabless semiconductor company, is delighted to announce it has received an order of 5,000 units, together with an indicative forecast for 40,000 microcontroller chips to be delivered in the next 12 months.
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02-June-08
NXP collaborates with Orpat
NXP Semiconductors, the independent semiconductor company founded by Philips, and Orpat Group, the clock maker, announced a collaboration that enables Orpat to enter the mobile phone segment in India.
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02-June-08
Working on India's analog dream
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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NXP collaborates with Orpat
NXP Semiconductors, the independent semiconductor company founded by Philips, and Orpat Group, the clock maker, announced a collaboration that enables Orpat to enter the mobile phone segment in India.
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02-June-08
Working on India's analog dream
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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01-June-08
Simple ideas foster innovative designs
What makes a great design?
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31-May-08
Fab city project attracts 3 more companies for $2 b investment
Having gained traction in attracting over 16 solar manufacturing Companies, the much-hyped fab city project in Hyderabad, located on over 1,200 acres, will soon be adding three more Companies in the next few months.
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31-May-08
Edutech Expo 2008: Industry Speaks On Indian IT Industry
There is an immense need for the manufacturers to make PCs that consumes less power, said Jaijit Bhattacharya, country director, government strategy, Sun Microsystems, while attending Edutech Expo 2008 which is being held in the capital.
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31-May-08
India, UK Share Potential Synergies On Chip IP Design
UK and Indian semiconductor industries can collaborate to boost India’s IP creation and build next-generation products for the world, says a study conducted by the India Semiconductor Association (ISA), UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) and Science & Innovation Network UK.
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30-May-08
Aart De Geus devising chips that conserve energy
Aart De Geus, Chairman and CEO of Synopsys, has a way to work.
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29-May-08
Former AMD head joins Reliance’s Semiconductor business as CEO
The former head of chip maker AMD’s business in India, Ajay Marathe has reportedly joined as the CEO of Mukesh Ambani led Reliance Group’s semiconductor business a month ago when the company was preparing for its fab business.
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29-May-08
India Getting Ready to Churn out Electronic Devices
India is now well recognized as an LSI design center in the area of electronic devices and finally began to move in earnest toward the manufacturing of electronic devices.
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29-May-08
ADAG hires former AMD head for semiconductor business
The Reliance Mukesh Ambani group has hired the former head of chipmaker AMD’s business in India, Ajay Marathe, for its semiconductor foray.
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28-May-08
India, UK make a neat fit in hardware design, applications
The semiconductor industries in India and the United Kingdom are ideally positioned to collaborate to boost India’s IP creation and build next-generation products for the world market, according to a study by Bangalore-based Feedback Consulting.
more...
28-May-08
Orpat, NXP in tie-up to launch mobile handsets in India
NXP Semiconductors and Orpat Group, the world's largest clock-maker, today announced a collaboration whereby the latter would enter the mobile phone segment in the country.
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27-May-08
TCS bags NXP`s Rs 400-cr contract
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), the IT services, business solutions and outsourcing company of the Tata Group, has announced a $100 million (Rs 400 crore) , five-year contract to deliver end-to-end global IT application services to NXP Semiconductors, a semiconductor company founded by Philips more than 50 years ago.
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27-May-08
TCS bags $100 mn deal from NXP
India’s largest IT services company, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), has won a $100 million five-year contract with NXP Semiconductors.
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26-May-08
TCS among top firms selected for corporate responsibility
India's largest software exporter Tata Consultancy Services was on Sunday named as one of the top 100 companies chosen for helping people globally through its corporate responsibility programme.
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26-May-08
TCS bags $100-m contract from NXP Semiconductors of Europe
Tata Consultancy Services, India’s top IT services company today announced that it has bagged a $100-million, five-year contract to deliver global IT application services to NXP Semiconductors.
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23-May-08
Texas Instruments to widen reach in India
Increasing design activity in areas such as industrial and medical electronics and energy has led to a rise in demand for products made by the Indian arm of Dallas, Texas-based semiconductor chip maker Texas Instruments Inc., or TI, from customers such as GE Medical Systems Ltd and Conzerv Systems Pvt Ltd.
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21-May-08
Indian embedded software seen moving up the value chain
Embedded software development, which netted exports worth $4.9 billion last year and employs 106,000 engineers in India, remains fragmented and stuck at the lower end of the value chain.
more...
Simple ideas foster innovative designs
What makes a great design?
more...
31-May-08
Fab city project attracts 3 more companies for $2 b investment
Having gained traction in attracting over 16 solar manufacturing Companies, the much-hyped fab city project in Hyderabad, located on over 1,200 acres, will soon be adding three more Companies in the next few months.
more...
31-May-08
Edutech Expo 2008: Industry Speaks On Indian IT Industry
There is an immense need for the manufacturers to make PCs that consumes less power, said Jaijit Bhattacharya, country director, government strategy, Sun Microsystems, while attending Edutech Expo 2008 which is being held in the capital.
more...
31-May-08
India, UK Share Potential Synergies On Chip IP Design
UK and Indian semiconductor industries can collaborate to boost India’s IP creation and build next-generation products for the world, says a study conducted by the India Semiconductor Association (ISA), UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) and Science & Innovation Network UK.
more...
30-May-08
Aart De Geus devising chips that conserve energy
Aart De Geus, Chairman and CEO of Synopsys, has a way to work.
more...
29-May-08
Former AMD head joins Reliance’s Semiconductor business as CEO
The former head of chip maker AMD’s business in India, Ajay Marathe has reportedly joined as the CEO of Mukesh Ambani led Reliance Group’s semiconductor business a month ago when the company was preparing for its fab business.
more...
29-May-08
India Getting Ready to Churn out Electronic Devices
India is now well recognized as an LSI design center in the area of electronic devices and finally began to move in earnest toward the manufacturing of electronic devices.
more...
29-May-08
ADAG hires former AMD head for semiconductor business
The Reliance Mukesh Ambani group has hired the former head of chipmaker AMD’s business in India, Ajay Marathe, for its semiconductor foray.
more...
28-May-08
India, UK make a neat fit in hardware design, applications
The semiconductor industries in India and the United Kingdom are ideally positioned to collaborate to boost India’s IP creation and build next-generation products for the world market, according to a study by Bangalore-based Feedback Consulting.
more...
28-May-08
Orpat, NXP in tie-up to launch mobile handsets in India
NXP Semiconductors and Orpat Group, the world's largest clock-maker, today announced a collaboration whereby the latter would enter the mobile phone segment in the country.
more...
27-May-08
TCS bags NXP`s Rs 400-cr contract
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), the IT services, business solutions and outsourcing company of the Tata Group, has announced a $100 million (Rs 400 crore) , five-year contract to deliver end-to-end global IT application services to NXP Semiconductors, a semiconductor company founded by Philips more than 50 years ago.
more...
27-May-08
TCS bags $100 mn deal from NXP
India’s largest IT services company, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), has won a $100 million five-year contract with NXP Semiconductors.
more...
26-May-08
TCS among top firms selected for corporate responsibility
India's largest software exporter Tata Consultancy Services was on Sunday named as one of the top 100 companies chosen for helping people globally through its corporate responsibility programme.
more...
26-May-08
TCS bags $100-m contract from NXP Semiconductors of Europe
Tata Consultancy Services, India’s top IT services company today announced that it has bagged a $100-million, five-year contract to deliver global IT application services to NXP Semiconductors.
more...
23-May-08
Texas Instruments to widen reach in India
Increasing design activity in areas such as industrial and medical electronics and energy has led to a rise in demand for products made by the Indian arm of Dallas, Texas-based semiconductor chip maker Texas Instruments Inc., or TI, from customers such as GE Medical Systems Ltd and Conzerv Systems Pvt Ltd.
more...
21-May-08
Indian embedded software seen moving up the value chain
Embedded software development, which netted exports worth $4.9 billion last year and employs 106,000 engineers in India, remains fragmented and stuck at the lower end of the value chain.
more...
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