29-Sept-09
MindTree buys Kyocera Wireless India
MindTree Ltd said on Tuesday it agreed to buy Bangalore-based Kyocera Wireless India Pvt Ltd and make an upfront payment of $6 million, while further payments will be linked to revenue in FY11 and FY12.
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24-Sept-09
Workshop Wipro May Be Trimming Its IP Licensing Business
Indian outsourcer Wipro is considering exiting its business of creation and licensing of intellectual property (IP) in the area of connectivity, a company executive said on Thursday.
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24-Sept-09
Workshop on Chip Design conducted at DTU
Freescale Semiconductor, a global leading company in microchip and VLSI design conducted a day long workshop on Wednesday at the Delhi Technological University (DTU), formerly Delhi College of Engineering (DCE), as a part of its 'Campus-Connect' initiative.
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24-Sept-09
PSoC aides Indian designers to become efficient
Rajeev Mehtani, senior vice president, Cypress Semiconductor, India Operations in conversation with Abhigna of CIOL, reveals about how Programmable System-on-Chip (PSoC) could help designers to future-proof their design as well as save costs and get to market quickly.
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24-Sept-09
Wipro weighing options on design centre in France
Wipro Technologies said it would decide on the future of the Sophia Antipolis design centre in France only after the ongoing talks with Works Council and the employee representatives are concluded.
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24-Sept-09
Wipro looks to sell French unit as employee protests mount
Wipro plans to explore options to sell its development centre at Sophia Antipolis, France, because of extensive employee protests against shutting it down.
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23-Sept-09
'Replicate software success in hardware too'
After seeing slowdown weather, Union IT Secretary R Chandrashekhar is optimistic that it is time when there can be room for increase in hardware manufacturing in India.
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23-Sept-09
ISA Delegation to Visit UK to Further Ties in the Semicon Industry
India Semiconductor Association (ISA) the premier trade body representing the semiconductor industry in the country, is organizing a business delegation visit to the UK from September 28 to October 2, 2009.
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17-Sept-09
Wipro ranked as number-one semiconductor global R&D service provider
Consultancy company Zinnov has done the ranking of global R&D service providers based in India, China and Eastern Europe.
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16-Sept-09
Cypress embed ARM cores in new version of PSoC devices
In recent times Embedded System design engineers showing more interest towards Cypress Semiconductor's Programmable System on Chip (PsoC) devices. PSoC is gearing up to become another long living EE keyword.
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16-Sept-09
Firms logging into networking sites to connect with customers
Diwakar Kaushik, 25, is an active tweeter, putting out short messages on everything from the weather in Gurgaon, where he resides, to cricket on the microblogging site Twitter.
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16-Sept-09
SOLARCON® India 2009 to be held in Hyderabad on November 9 to 11, 2009
Dr Farooq Abdullah, Honorable Minister for New and Renewable Energy, today launched SOLARCON India 2009 the global exhibition-cum-conference which is to be held in Hyderabad from November 9-11 2009.
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15-Sept-09
India technology centre gets Synopsys grant
Synopsys Inc. has identified IIT-Kharagpur as the recipient of the company's Charles Babbage Grant.
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15-Sept-09
Wipro may shut France unit
Wipro may shut its unit in France which does semiconductor design work.
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14-Sept-09
EDA embrace software, chip designing to go cheap
There is a general perception in the semiconductor industry that as the industry attains new growth, the cost of chip designing will also go up.
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14-Sept-09
Indian R&D centres design power chip of global standard
A demand slump in the global semiconductor industry notwithstanding, Indian R&D centres of global chip majors are playing an
increasingly crucial role in designing products for global rollouts.
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11-Sept-09
Mentor CEO sees full fab capacity by year end
Based on recent market data, leading edge fabs may have little or no excess capacity by the end of 2009, a sign that the semiconductor industry is recovering, according to the CEO of Mentor Graphics.
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10-Sept-09
India becomes second largest R&D hub for Synopsys Inc
India is now the second largest R&D hub for $1.3-billion Synopsys Inc, the California-based global leader in software and IP for
semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing.
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09-Sept-09
Freescale's Beyer: Recession is over
Freescale Semiconductor CEO Rich Beyer declared the recession over and said the global semiconductor industry has reached the upside of its cycle entering 2H 09.
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03-Sept-09
Moser Baer to develop one mega watt solar project
Moser Baer India Ltd, the global technology company, is developing a one megawatt solar project in Chandrapur, Maharashtra.
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03-Sept-09
Cadence keeps faith in instalment payments
Electronic design automation (EDA) company Cadence Design Systems is looking to realise a greater portion of revenue in instalments rather than clients having to make an upfront investment.
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03-Sept-09
'We see an uptick in auto demand'
Freescale Semiconductor, the world’s biggest supplier of computer chips to the auto industry, is undergoing a massive transformation after deciding to sell off its mobile phone processor business and renew its focus on existing customers, such as GM and Ford, apart from the communication sector clients.
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03-Sept-09
Freescale unveils smartbook developed by India’s Smartlink
Adding one more device to the cornucopia of low-cost computing and communication gadgets, Freescale Semiconductor Inc. on Wednesday unveiled a smartbook powered by its microprocessor and developed by Mumbai-based networking company Smartlink Networks Systems Ltd. more...

02-Sept-09
Indian semi agency links up with U.K. body
The India Semiconductor Association (ISA), representing the country’s semiconductor, systems and solar photovoltaic industries, has signed an agreement with UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) to encourage business ties between companies in these sectors in the two nations. more...

02-Sept-09
Freescale sees great potential in Indian market
The Freescale Technology forum is really about the excitement associated with the future we are seeing globally as well as in Freescale. more...

02-Sept-09
Intersolar Expands Into India
Intersolar, the world's largest trade show for solar technology, is expanding into India. more...