27-February-09
Power-Efficient Design Critical to EDA Industry
In terms of trends in the EDA industry, the power-efficient design will become increasingly critical to semiconductor companies, and EDA companies will have to sharpen their focus to deliver 'green' technologies, according to Jaswinder Ahuja, corporate vice president and managing director, Cadence Design Systems (India) Pvt Ltd - and chairman of the India Semiconductor Association (ISA). more...

27-February-09
Silicon power
Today, semiconductors are used in virtually every piece of modern electronics, from mobile phones (the SIM card is a semiconductor) and telecom equipment to consumer electronics, infrastructural equipment and automotive systems. more...

26-February-09
Dr. Biswadip (Bobby) Mitra is named as president and managing director of TI India
Texas Instruments has announced that Dr. Biswadip (Bobby) Mitra has been elected president and managing director of TI India. In his new role, Dr. Mitra will lead all of TI's research and development, sales and marketing activities in India. more...

26-February-09
Bridging boundaries between hardware and software product design
Vayavya Labs Pvt. Ltd, a company that aims to speed the process of programming semiconductor chips, could be a classic Silicon Valley start-up: using tech to ease pain in a high-tech industry process. more...

24-February-09
Now, IT cos move from offshoring to advising strategy
From doing bits and pieces of design and testing on the electronics inside, a few Indian software firms are now partnering with their overseas clients to help them launch medical equipment and other devices for the Indian market. more...

24-February-09
Semicon players unhappy with Government's solar stance
The Government of India has identified Nagpur in the state of Maharashtra to be developed as the first 'solar city' in India. It doesn’t stop there, the ministry of New and Renewable Energy proposed to develop 60 such cities during the 11th Plan Period. more...

19-February-09
Importance of semiconductor fab for India
Somewhere in late 80s or early 90s, India's BEL (Bharath Electronics Limited) was making quite a few most used semiconductor devices; some of the devices include telephone speech IC, audio amplifier, and basic operational amplifiers. more...

19-February-09
Dreams of Indian fabs fading away
Major investment plans for a fabrication facility put off due to the slowdown. more...
16-February-09
India will recover fast from downturn, says Nilekani
Infosys co-chairman Nandan Nilekani has expressed optimism that India will come out of recession much faster than the rest of the world, especially the developed economies. more...

16-February-09
Nilekani lists three key domains for semicon
The Indian Semiconductor Association (ISA), the trade body representing the Indian semiconductor driven industry, today kicked off the ISA Vision Summit 2009 at The Leela Palace, Bangalore. Vision Summit 2009 will take place on February 16 and 17, 2009. more...
13-February-09
Is Indian fab story really dead and buried?
ARM was one among the very few global semiconductor companies that beat the recession!
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10-February-09
Should an Indian investor buy Qimonda?
As I was about to call it a day (or evening), I happened to glance at my own article: India needs to rethink its semiconductor strategy? more...

09-February-09
When the chips are down…
The topic for this year’s round-table discussion that the Indian Semiconductor Association (ISA) arranged exclusively for eWorld at Hyderabad was apt, given the macroeconomic times we live in today. more...

05-February-09
Astonfield to pump in Rs 3600 crore for solar project in Gujarat
Kolkatta-based Astonfield Renewable Resources Limited (ARRL) is all set to foray into green energy. more...

02-February-09
Moser Baer to set up solar PV installations in Surat
Moser Baer Photovoltaic (MBPV), a subsidiary of Moser Baer India Limited, today announced that it has won a contract from Roads and Buildings Department of Gujarat to set up one of India’s largest roof-top solar photovoltaic (SPV) installations in Surat. more...

02-February-09
VLSI 2009: Pushing India's design potential
A greater role in R&D and education, as well as more innovations targeting the Indian market-these are some of the things that India's semiconductor industry should focus on, according to top EDA and embedded executives at the 22nd International Conference on VLSI Design and the concurrent 8th International Conference on Embedded Systems. more...