25-Jan-07
Intel working on WiMAX standards
Intel, in 2007, will work on making WiMAX a global standard and reducing cost of usage, declared Mr Sean Maloney, Intel's Chief of Sales and Marketing, speaking at MAIT's Wireless World 2007.
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25-Jan-07
SPEL ties up with CMD
SPEL Semiconductor has tied up with California Micro Devices (CMD) to install a couple of fresh lines to bolster its recently launched IC (integrated circuit) package known as LMP (leadless moulded package).
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24-Jan-07
Ittiam rated `most preferred'
The Bangalore-based Ittiam Systems has been rated as the world's most preferred provider of digital signal processing (DSP)-based intellectual property (IP) in the DSP Professionals Survey 2006, conducted by Forward Concepts of the US.
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23-Jan-07
SIA urges India to play more active role
The Semiconductor Industry Association is trying to cajole India's IC community into joining global industry bodies like the World Semiconductor Council (WSC) in order to speed its development and increase its influence on key industry initiatives, such as the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors.
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23-Jan-07
`Manufacturing, fabs will face a tough climb'
The US-based chip design firm Analog Devices Inc (AD) has been one of the behind-the-scenes operators, watching as the semiconductor industry underwent transformations — both globally and locally.
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18-Jan-07
Mayfield MD on Tejas board
Tejas Networks announced that Mayfield Fund has joined its existing set of investors.
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18-Jan-07
Govt working on incentive package for chips sector
The Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, is expected to announce incentives for boosting the semiconductor industry in his Budget speech this year.
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17-Jan-07
NeST sets up ODC for Fujitsu VLSI
Network Systems and Technologies (Private) Limited (NeST), global engineering software services wing of the NeST group of companies, has set up an Offshore Development Centre (ODC) for Fujitsu VLSI Limited, Japan, for rendering dedicated VLSI design services.
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16-Jan-07
Semi design services explode in India; startups face increased costs and competition
With the $3.25 billion semiconductor design services market in India forecast to reach $14.4 billion by 2010, according to a recent ISA-Frost & Sullivan report, it's no wonder that startups are sprouting up all over.
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16-Jan-07
NeST sets up design centre
Network Systems and Technologies Pvt Ltd (NeST), part of the Kerala-based NeST Group, has set up a VLSI design centre at the Technopark Thiruvananathapuram.
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16-Jan-07
Home-grown chip design
Several home-grown Indian start-up design companies are making a mark by evolving products for the world market.
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16-Jan-07
Chips are up for India
Is the Indian semiconductor space hotting up?
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13-Jan-07
New semiconductor policy to electrify hardware sector
The Union Cabinet’s in-principle nod to the much-awaited semiconductor policy on Thursday brought cheer to the IT hardware industry.
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12-Jan-07
Silicon Hive, AllGo partner on VSP demo system
Silicon Hive Netherlands, which commenced its India operations here, has entered into a strategic partnership with AllGo Embedded Systems to jointly develop a video signal processing (VSP) demonstration system.
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12-Jan-07
B.V. Naidu, MD, SemIndia Systems
The former Director of Software Technology Parks of India in Bangalore and Hyderabad, Mr B.V. Naidu, announced his new role as Managing Director, SemIndia Systems, a systems and technology development company and also as Managing Director, SemIndia Fabcity.
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12-Jan-07
IIIT-B integrates VLSI curriculum with software engineering
Presently, educational institutions largely adopt linear thinking while designing educational programmes in VLSI design, shared Ranjan Acharya, corporate VP of Human Resources, Wipro, during the start of Wednesday's HR Leadership Forum, which is part of the VLSI Conference 2007.
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12-Jan-07
India's engineer catchment shifts to smaller areas
There is a shift in the Indian semiconductor industry's catchment for electronic design engineers, from India's tier I to tier II and III cities.
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11-Jan-07
Cerebrus CEO forecasts shortage of IT engineers
Semiconductor companies looking to expand design operations in India will be severely tested during the next two years, by the widening gap between supply and demand of engineers.
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11-Jan-07
Power efficiency impacts chip design
A compelling force that affects chip design today, power consumption is the primary limiter of a chip's performance.
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11-Jan-07
Xilinx to focus on Hyd centre
US-based chip design company, Xilinx, is planning to scale up operations at its India development centre here at Hyderabad with product-specific orientation while increasing the strength of R&D manpower to 300 from the present 90 in due course.
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11-Jan-07
Fab policy to hasten cos' India investment plans
The semiconductor policy is expected to give a boost to the investment plans of a number of companies for setting up a base in India.
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11-Jan-07
Cabinet may take up semi-conductor policy
The Union Cabinet is likely to take up on Thursday the much-awaited semi-conductor policy that would include fiscal incentives for chip manufacturers, PTI reports quoting official sources.
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11-Jan-07
Cabinet nods semi-conductor policy
The Union Cabinet on Thursday gave its in-principle approval to the semi-conductor policy.
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10-Jan-07
India poised to be a big market for semiconductor industry
India, which was a great centre for R&D and semiconductor design, is emerging to be a huge market with respect to semiconductor consumption.
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10-Jan-07
India to become a huge semiconductor manufacturing player
India, with growing semiconductor consumption and acceleration in electronics manufacturing activities, and with the setting up of EMS shops, is destined to emerge as an important semiconductor manufacturing location, reports In-Stat.
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09-Jan-07
VLSI Conference brings together industry stakeholders
VLSI Conference 2007 is being held in Bangalore and will run until Jan. 10.
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09-Jan-07
“Experiential learning will help make better engineers”
In India, there has always been a huge chasm between the industry requirements and University Learning.
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08-Jan-07
VLSI meet to focus on chip design challenges
Our digital lifestyle will drive the need for chip designers in the country.
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06-Jan-07
India chips in to make the world richer
India may emerge as the global chip design capital, but it is the world that will make the capital.
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04-Jan-07
Powering SOCs with integrated approaches
A typical portable electronic device, such as a mobile phone or an MP3 player, comprises a variety of chips—many of which need different power-supply voltages.
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04-Jan-07
nVidia augments headcount
Graphic processor maker nVidia has plans to increase its headcount here, to 1000 from the existing 300 by 2009.
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03-Jan-07
Bartronics to set up smart card, RFID tag unit
Bartronics India Ltd, a barcode and radio frequency identification (RFID) solutions provider, plans to establish an Rs 262-crore facility to manufacture smart cards and RFID tags.
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03-Jan-07
Govt may cut sops to chip units
The Central government is likely to rule out upfront equity participation of 26 per cent in upcoming semiconductor units and other general incentives, including zero interest loans of up to Rs 400 crore and an interest subsidy of 50 per cent for 10 years, in the final draft of the semiconductor policy to be announced in February this year.
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02-Jan-07
India headed for hardware boom
The country is waking up to a hardware manufacturing boom.
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28-Dec-06
Study: Despite growth, Indian embedded industry faces threats
India's $2.53 billion embedded software industry, while enjoying rapid growth, faces a number of challenges related to a shortage of relevant skills.
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26-Dec-06
India scores highly versus other SoC destinations
The emergence of rival design locations and the seemingly inevitable increase in offshoring and outsourcing is causing global companies to pay more serious attention to the immediate and future prospects of locating development activity, causing some to make individual assessments among three of the most likely destinations: China, India and Taiwan.
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25-Dec-06
Picture perfect for your pocket
If high price tags have deterred you from buying a LCD (liquid crystal display) TV, you could be a proud owner in 2007.
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22-Dec-06
“Location is a killer enabler”
Started in 1995, the company has over the last one decade, specialized in providing GPS chips and is a leader in the space.
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20-Dec-06
Indian design industry in transition mode, report finds
India has become a hub for VLSI design but cannot remain competitive solely on the bassis of cost and current engineering skill sets, a report warns.
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20-Dec-06
SemIndia may shift ATMP from India
The proposed $3.5-billion SemIndia chip fab project may not even start an ATMP (Assembly Test Mark Plant).
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20-Dec-06
In-Stat reports India expected to become semiconductor manufacturing player
India, with growing semiconductor consumption and acceleration in electronics manufacturing activities, and with the setting up of EMS shops, is destined to emerge as an important semiconductor manufacturing location, reports In-Stat.
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15-Dec-06
Rambus' Bangalore, India, design center releases PHY high-speed interface design
Rambus Inc., premier technology licensing companies specializing in high-speed chip interfaces, has released the first physical layer (PHY) high-speed interface design from its Bangalore India Design Center.
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15-Dec-06
Translating thoughts into products
Rene Descartes’ philosophy is distilled in a single famous Latin phrase: Cogito ergo sum.
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15-Dec-06
PC likely to chip in for high-tech goods
The government is planning to revise the draft Fab policy to extend fiscal incentives to other hi-tech products such as LCDs, organic light-emitting diodes (OLED), plasma panel displays, storage devices and solar cells.
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12-Dec-06
No major fab investments for India in 2007, Gartner says
Despite the recent hype about India’s being a hot destination for semiconductor manufacturing, global fab majors will stay away from India in 2007, predicts Gartner Group.
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08-Dec-06
ST Microelectronics to invest $20-30 mn
Semiconductor company; ST Microelectronics on Friday said it will invest 20-30 million dollars in India for expansion and will increase the headcount in the country by about 1300.
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07-Dec-06
Cisco to ship 20% top execs to India
In a move to make India one of its global strategic centres, US-based computer network equipment major Cisco Systems today said it would shift 20 per cent of its top executives to India.
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05-Dec-06
LSI Logic snaps up Agere Systems for $4 bn
Semiconductor solutions provider LSI Logic, headed by Intel veteran Abhi Talwalkar, has announced that it would acquire Agere Systems, the former chip division of Lucent Technologies for $4 billion in stock.
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04-Dec-06
All forms of communications shifting to network: Cisco chief
For the $30-billion Cisco Inc, which makes networks work seamlessly, these continue to be exciting times.
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04-Dec-06
VLSI design conference in Bangalore
In an effort to promote very large scale integration (VLSI – process of creating integrated circuits by combining multiple transistor-based circuits into a single chip) and to create awareness about its employment potential, the 20th international conference on VLSI design will be held in Bangalore between January 6 and 7.
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04-Dec-06
Chipmakers set to get fiscal catalyst
The wait for semiconductor players eyeing manufacturing in India may finally be over.
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03-Dec-06
New Analog test facility
Semiconductor firm Analog Devices inaugurated a new integrated circuit (IC) test development facility in the city.
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02-Dec-06
Cisco all set to woo the end users
The world’s largest network equipment maker, $30-billion Cisco, is now increasingly looking at the consumer market as the new growth engine.
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01-Dec-06
Indian designers focusing on Rapid I/O
Interest in Rapid I/O specifications is growing in India as more designers sign up for conferences focusing on how to implement the spec.
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30-Nov-06
Ittiam launches IP video phone
Ittiam Systems has launched an IP video phone solution on Windows Embedded CE 6.0 and based on DaVinci technology from Texas Instruments.
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30-Nov-06
Texas Instruments to ride e-ecosystem wave
"The Indian semiconductor ecosystem is ready; we now dream of an electronic ecosystem,'' declared chipmaker Texas Instruments, while showcasing electronic products based on its chips at a developer conference in the city.
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29-Nov-06
CEO calls for mind-set shift in analog/mixed-signal
The future of the analog and mixed-signal business lies in a judicious mix of geographical diversification and product family development, rather than customization for specific customers.
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29-Nov-06
`Semiconductor industry needs leg-up from Govt'
The biggest impediment to the growth of the semiconductor industry in India is probably the slackness of the Government in announcing a firm package of incentives on par with the rest of the world.
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28-Nov-06
EInfochips announces DaVinci prototyping board
The DaVinci rapid prototyping board announced today (Nov. 28) by EInfochips Ltd. has all the commonly used video system peripheral interfaces, enabling OEMs and ODMs to reduce their hardware design-cycle time.
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28-Nov-06
Ittiam eyes larger chunk of DSP IP market
Ittiam Systems that focuses on digital signal processing (DSP) applications for the digital media processing space, is looking for a larger chunk of the addressable market for DSP IP, which is currently estimated at $1-2 billion.
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28-Nov-06
Ericsson opens R&D facility in Chennai
Swedish telecom major Ericsson has expanded its research and development (R&D) activities in Chennai by opening a new facility.
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28-Nov-06
India takes lead in chip design
As many as 18 out of the top 25 chip companies are setting up chip design centres in India, making the country – which missed the semiconductor manufacturing bus – a clearly emerging worldwide leader in Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) design.
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27-Nov-06
Wipro charts high growth trajectory in semiconductor design services
A common thread that connects technology majors such as Nortel, Cisco Systems, Lucent and Sun Microsystems is that they all use outsourced product development services.
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27-Nov-06
Ericsson opens R&D facility in Chennai
Ericsson today announced the launch of its new R&D facility in Chennai.
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27-Nov-06
Texas Instruments gearing up to tap chip market
Twenty-one years after it set up its overseas research and development base in Bangalore, Texas Instruments is now gearing up to tap the Indian semiconductor market.
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27-Nov-06
Ericsson R&D centre in Chennai
Swedish telecommunication company Ericsson today inaugurated its research and development facility in Chennai.
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27-Nov-06
Dell to design hardware systems in India
The research and development centre of Dell in Bangalore is witnessing increasing complexity in its activities, and the aim now is to come out with an end-to-end hardware system design from India.
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25-Nov-06
Cisco chief to visit India
John T. Chambers, Chairman and CEO of Cisco, a leader in networking for the Internet, will visit India on December 6 and 7.
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24-Nov-06
TI to showcase Bionic Arm
Texas Instruments Inc. (TI) will showcase the world’s first thought controlled ‘Bionic Arm’ at the Texas Instruments Developers Conference India to be held from Nov 30 to Dec 1, 2006 at Bangalore.
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24-Nov-06
Gemini surges on TN e-governance deal
Gemini Communication surged north on the back of reports that the company bagged project for computerisation of gram panchayats.
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23-Nov-06
Gemini Comm plans RFID unit near Chennai
The Chennai-based Gemini Communication Ltd plans to set up a manufacturing facility at an SEZ at Sriperumbudur near here instead of Himachal Pradesh.
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23-Nov-06
LSI Logic acquires Metta Technology
LSI Logic Corporation has acquired Metta Technology Inc. for $7 million in cash.
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23-Nov-06
LSI Logic acquires Metta Tech for $7m
LSI Logic Corporation, a silicon-to-systems solutions for the storage and consumer markets based in the US, has announced its acquisition of Metta Technology for $7m in cash on November 21.
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22-Nov-06
Cisco CEO coming here next month
The Chairman and CEO of networking major Cisco Inc, Mr John T. Chambers, will visit India on December 6 and 7.
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22-Nov-06
LSI Logic buys Metta Tech
LSI Logic Corporation today announced it has acquired Metta Technology, Inc for $7 million in cash.
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22-Nov-06
LSI Logic Acquires India Company in CE Push
LSI Logic Corp. has spent $7 million in cash on its latest consumer electronics (CE) push, a move to acquire Metta Technology Inc.
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22-Nov-06
LSI Logic acquires Metta Technology
LSI Logic Corporation today announced that it has acquired Metta Technology Inc. for approximately $7 million in cash.
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22-Nov-06
Cisco chairman to visit India in Dec.
John T. Chambers, chairman and CEO of Cisco Inc. will visit India in December, according to a Cisco statement.
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21-Nov-06
LSI Logic buys Indian design firm
LSI Logic Corp. has acquired Metta Technology Inc. for approximately $7 million in cash.
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21-Nov-06
Keynoter suggests changes in Indian policy
The Indian semiconductor story will not be complete with the Indian government merely giving some land and financial incentives for a wafer fabrication facility, assuming the country's imminent semiconductor manufacturing policy actually does so.
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21-Nov-06
NeST inks pact with Microvision
The Kerala-based Network Systems and Technologies (NeST), a subsidiary of the $200 million NeST group, has inked an agreement with Nasdaq-listed Microvision, a global leader in light scanning technologies for display and imaging products, for establishing an offshore development centre.
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20-Nov-06
DiBcom looks to India for mobile TV developments
Mobile TV chip specialist DiBcom is to open a software development centre in Bangalore, India, its first foray away from R&D at its home base in France.
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20-Nov-06
NeST enters pact with Microvision Inc.
Network Systems and Technologies Private Limited (NeST), a subsidiary of the US$200-million NeST group, has entered into an agreement with Microvision Inc., a global player in light scanning technologies for display and imaging products, for establishing offshore development centre initially for the engineering and design and development of the company's laser bar code scanner product.
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19-Nov-06
Afraid of fraud? Go for chip-based card
If you are not using a credit card for fear of fraud, you can now go in for a chip - based card.
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19-Nov-06
Microvision signs up NeST for engg designs
Network Systems and Technologies, a subsidiary of the $200-million NeST Group, has entered into a tie up with the US-based Microvision for establishing an offshore development centre for engineering design and development of the latter's laser barcode scanner product.
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17-Nov-06
Indian semi industry creating more IP, report says
India's semiconductor and embedded design industries have not to date created a significant amount of intellectual property (IP).
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17-Nov-06
Freescale launches low-cost device
Freescale Semiconductor launched its low-cost device for digital media servers deployed in the small-office / home-office (SOHO) segment on Wednesday.
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17-Nov-06
Freescale eyes India
With India’s electronic equipment consumption expected to reach $126.7 billion by 2010 from the present $28.2 billion, Freescale Semiconductor, which specialises in designing embedded semiconductors, has India on its radar for growth.
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16-Nov-06
FreeScale unveils new processor
Chipmaker Freescale Semiconductor's Indian engineers are engaged in building products that will run digital homes of the future.
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16-Nov-06
HCL, Celestica forms JV
HCL Technologies Ltd (HCL), a global engineering, R&D, IT services and business process outsourcing firm, and Celestica Inc., electronics manufacturing services (EMS) company, has formed a joint venture to provide complete concept-to-manufacturing (C2M) solutions for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).
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16-Nov-06
Tata Elxsi setting up campus in Thiruvananthapuram
Leading technology and design services company Tata Elxsi has firmed up its plans to increase its Kerala presence by setting up its own campus in Thiruvananthapuram.
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16-Nov-06
SemIndia sees AMD equity in Fab project
SemIndia Private Limited chairman Vinod K Agarwal is hopeful of taking the relationship with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) forward once the semiconductor policy is announced.
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16-Nov-06
Tata Elxsi for bigger presence in Thiruvananthapuram
The technology arm of the Tata Group, Tata Elxsi, is expanding its operations here by setting up its own campus at the Technopark, the company's chief for worldwide marketing Nitin Pai said here on Wednesday.
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15-Nov-06
Freescale engages Indian developers
Coinciding with the major announcement of the buy-out of Freescale by a consortium of private equity companies, the Freescale Technology Forum (FTF) got off to a start here today.
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15-Nov-06
Tata Elxsi to expand in Kerala
Tata Elxsi is ramping up its presence in Thiruvananthapuram by setting up its own campus here. Mr Nitin Pai, Head - Worldwide Marketing, and Mr R. Natarajan, Head - Thiruvananthapuram Centre, told newspersons here that the foundation stone for the company's three-acre campus has been laid.
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15-Nov-06
Intel launches new chips
Intel Corporation launched globally on Tuesday its new quad core chips for both server and desktop platforms.
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15-Nov-06
MosChip sees riding boom to profit in Q3
Chip-design company MosChip Semiconductor Technology Ltd expects to make a net profit in the current quarter to December 2006 riding a boom in the industry, a top official said.
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15-Nov-06
Freescale bets on Indian market to expand operations
Freescale Semiconductor Inc., the $5.8 billion global leader in design and manufacture of embedded systems for wireless, networking, consumer and industrial products, is scaling up its operations in India for increasing its market share in the subcontinent.
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15-Nov-06
HCL joins hands with Canada’s Celestica to tap OEM demand
HCL Technologies is planning to form a joint venture (JV) with Canada’s Celestica, a $4-bn electronics and manufacturing services player, to provide concept-to-manufacturing solutions for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).
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14-Nov-06
India's HCL in joint venture with EMS Celestica
HCL Technologies Ltd. is forming a joint venture with EMS firm Celestica Inc. of Canada to provide complete concept-to-manufacturing solutions for OEMs.
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14-Nov-06
HCL Tech inks pact with Canadian co Celestica
HCL Technologies Ltd has entered into an agreement with Canada based electronics manufacturing services company Celestica Inc to jointly design and manufacture electronic products for global original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).
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14-Nov-06
Intel unveils microprocessors with 4 chips
Intel today launched a family of microprocessors with four chips inside each - chips that will be the heart of technologies used in digital media creation and high-end gaming.
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14-Nov-06
HCL Tech sees JV sales at 100 mn dlrs
HCL Technologies Ltd , India's fifth-largest software services firm, said on Tuesday that its new partnership with Canadian firm Celestica could bring in cumulative revenue of more than $100 mn over five years. HCL Technologies said it will set up a design centre in the southern port city of Chennai.
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14-Nov-06
HCL inks pact with Canada's Celestica
HCL Technologies said on Tuesday that it has formed a partnership with Canada-based Celestica to design, make and sell electronic components in a deal that would generate $100 million in revenues in the next five years for the country's fifth largest software exporter.
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13-Nov-06
RFID tags - an eye on how you buy
In the first two parts of this article, we looked at some areas where radio frequency identification (RFID) technology can be applied, including logistics, travel and the retail space.
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12-Nov-06
Midsized firms eye engg service outsourcing pie
The opportunity in engineering service outsourcing (ESO) is no longer the sole preserve of the larger companies and captive centres set up by MNCs.
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11-Nov-06
Tata Elxsi becomes ARM's first design centre
Tata Elxsi Ltd, the product design services firm of the $22-billion Tata group, has been appointed as the first approved design centre of Britain-based ARM Embedded Technologies Ltd to develop software and embedded applications for silicon vendors.
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11-Nov-06
Bartronics to manufacture its own smart card chips
Bartronics India is planning to set up a chip manufacturing base in Hyderabad at an investment of Rs 160 crore.
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10-Nov-06
Bartronics India plans chip plant in Hyderabad
Bartonics India Ltd. is to set up a manufacturing plant in Hyderabad in southern India to make chips for smart cards in a pact with Watchdata Technologies Ltd., Singapore, a subsidiary of Beijing-based Watchdata, one of China's first developers of a proprietary smart card operating system.
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10-Nov-06
TI to hold developer conference in Bangalore
Texas Instruments, whose R&D center has been in India for the last 21 years, is happy at the way its partner network of technology solutions providers is growing in the country.
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09-Nov-06
Salaam Bangalore!
In an annual event that is showing increasing signs of `middle age spread' and mediocrity, the Bangalore IT. in event which ended last week, had one saving grace: A small corner of the pavilion hosted by the Software Technology Parks of India, brought together a dozen information technology players.
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09-Nov-06
Analog Devices unveils energy meter ICs for India
Analog Devices unveiled two families of single-chip energy meter ICs here with intelligent battery management for energy meters.
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08-Nov-06
Celestica opens mfg facility in Hyd
Celestica, a Canadian electronics manufacturing services company, today formally inaugurated its manufacturing facility, built with an investment of Rs 30 crore, in Hyderabad.
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08-Nov-06
Tejas aims to expand overseas reach
Tejas Networks, a provider of next-generation optical networking products, is planning to expand its international business and productlines armed with the fourth round of equity fundings from venture capitalists led by Sandstone Capital, an India-focused fund based out of Boston.
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07-Nov-06
Tejas Networks gets $20-m equity funding
Tejas Networks has received $20 million equity funding from Sandstone Capital, which the optical networking products company plans to deploy for expanding its international business and invest in research and development to emerge a strong global player.
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07-Nov-06
EDA's hope is enabling cheaper design, Madhavan says
The future of the EDA industry is not too bright, unless it enables chip design of even greater complexity with fewer engineers, thus helping the semiconductor industry deal with the problem of lower profitability as it moves into designs of 65-nm and below, according to Rajeev Madhavan, chairman and CEO of Magma Design Automation Inc.
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07-Nov-06
India tests RFID waters
Sabare International, a home furnishings textiles exporter headquartered in the small South-Indian town of Karur is using RFID tags to reduce its operating costs.
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07-Nov-06
Tejas to expand global footprint
Optical networking firm Tejas Networks India Ltd. today announced its plans to expand its global footprint.
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06-Nov-06
Flextronics plans $200 million unit
Singapore-based Flextronics, a leading contract electronics manufacturer, has planned to invest $200 million in the first phase to set up its manufacturing facility in Sriperumbudur (45 km from Chennai), where the company would be consolidating its Indian manufacturing operations.
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06-Nov-06
SemIndia, IMEC ink partnership on R&D
Belgium-based IMEC, an independent nanoelectronics and nanotechnology research institution, today signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with SemIndia to take up research on next-generation semiconductor process technologies at the proposed “Fab City” in Hyderabad.
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06-Nov-06
India expediting semi policy announcement: minister
Seeking to mollify a frustrated chip industry, the Indian government says it is expediting its efforts to announce a national semiconductor policy as soon as possible.
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06-Nov-06
Semiconductor policy before Cabinet soon
A draft version of the much-delayed semiconductor policy will be placed before the Union Cabinet for approval soon.
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05-Nov-06
Semiconductor policy soon: Maran
The Union Government would soon announce its policy on the semiconductor industry, said the Union Minister for Communication and IT, Mr Dayanidhi Maran, on Sunday.
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04-Nov-06
Intel hasn't given up on India plans
Intel, the world’s largest chipmaker, has not given up on setting up an ATMP (assembly test mark and pack—a chip assembly and testing unit) facility for chips in India.
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03-Nov-06
Intel's Barrett presses India to release IC policy
Intel Corp. will delay a decision on whether to locate test, assembly and manufacturing facilities in India until the government announces a semiconductor manufacturing policy, according to Intel chairman Craig Barrett.
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02-Nov-06
Intel eyes Govt carrot for India manufacturing facility
Microprocessor major Intel is waiting for Indian government to formulate its policy on semiconductors before it can take a decision on whether it would set up its next chip fabrication facility in the country, according to Intel president Craig Barrett.
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01-Nov-06
India struggles to fill talent void
Sujeeth Joseph had a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Bombay University and three years of experience when he joined Wipro's fledgling IC design service in Bangalore in 1994.
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01-Nov-06
SemIndia Project: Investors Threaten Pull-Out
Investors are mulling pulling out of the $3-billion Semindia fab project in the face of uncertainties surrounding the proposed semiconductor policy.
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01-Nov-06
Nokia Opens R&D Facility In 'Bengaluru'
Nokia has expanded its R&D facility in Bengaluru with the inauguration of a 2,10,000-sq ft development centre at the Prestige Tech Park in the IT corridor.
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31-Oct-06
India's Ittiam rolls multiformat high-definition video decoder engine
Ittiam Systems has developed a video decoder engine for high-definition DVD and set-top ASIC solutions.
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SemIndia Project: Investors Threaten Pull-Out
Investors are mulling pulling out of the $3-billion Semindia fab project in the face of uncertainties surrounding the proposed semiconductor policy.
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01-Nov-06
Nokia Opens R&D Facility In 'Bengaluru'
Nokia has expanded its R&D facility in Bengaluru with the inauguration of a 2,10,000-sq ft development centre at the Prestige Tech Park in the IT corridor.
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31-Oct-06
India's Ittiam rolls multiformat high-definition video decoder engine
Ittiam Systems has developed a video decoder engine for high-definition DVD and set-top ASIC solutions.
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30-Oct-06
Alok Ohrie is new MD of AMD India
AMD today announced the appointment of Alok Ohrie as the managing director of AMD’s India operations.
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30-Oct-06
Semiconductor industry faces talent crunch
Semi Conductor industry in India is finding it difficult to rope in quality talent to meet the demands for this burgeoning industry.
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30-Oct-06
Alok Ohrie to head AMD India
AMD has announced the appointment of Mr Alok Ohrie as the managing director of AMD's India operations.
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30-Oct-06
Motorola opens R&D centre in Hyderabad
Motorola today announced the establishment of an R&D centre in Hyderabad that would help the company consolidate its intellectual property development and research operations out of India.
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Alok Ohrie is new MD of AMD India
AMD today announced the appointment of Alok Ohrie as the managing director of AMD’s India operations.
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30-Oct-06
Semiconductor industry faces talent crunch
Semi Conductor industry in India is finding it difficult to rope in quality talent to meet the demands for this burgeoning industry.
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30-Oct-06
Alok Ohrie to head AMD India
AMD has announced the appointment of Mr Alok Ohrie as the managing director of AMD's India operations.
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30-Oct-06
Motorola opens R&D centre in Hyderabad
Motorola today announced the establishment of an R&D centre in Hyderabad that would help the company consolidate its intellectual property development and research operations out of India.
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29-Oct-06
Gadgets galore in BangaloreIT.in
The much-advertised Intellectual Property Zone at BangaloreIT.in showcased a mix of old and new products.
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Gadgets galore in BangaloreIT.in
The much-advertised Intellectual Property Zone at BangaloreIT.in showcased a mix of old and new products.
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26-Oct-06
Flextronics to invest $100 million in India
Global communications software company Flextronics Software Systems said it would invest $100 million in India over the next three years. more...
26-Oct-06
Developers' meet
Texas Instruments Developer Conference India would be held from November 30 to December 1, the company has said.
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26-Oct-06
14 cos to showcase IP capabilities
Fourteen technology companies showcasing their intellectual property (IP) development capabilities would be the highlight of this year's edition of BangaloreIT.in 2006, which will be inaugurated on Friday.
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Flextronics to invest $100 million in India
Global communications software company Flextronics Software Systems said it would invest $100 million in India over the next three years. more...
26-Oct-06
Developers' meet
Texas Instruments Developer Conference India would be held from November 30 to December 1, the company has said.
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26-Oct-06
14 cos to showcase IP capabilities
Fourteen technology companies showcasing their intellectual property (IP) development capabilities would be the highlight of this year's edition of BangaloreIT.in 2006, which will be inaugurated on Friday.
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25-Oct-06
ATI set to open gaming centers in Mumbai, Delhi
ATI Technologies, a graphics processor unit and PC performance solutions provider, has scheduled to open gaming centers in Mumbai and Delhi by the first half of November.
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24-Oct-06
India’s niche: semiconductor design services
If China is the factory to the world, then India aspires to be the design capital.
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ATI set to open gaming centers in Mumbai, Delhi
ATI Technologies, a graphics processor unit and PC performance solutions provider, has scheduled to open gaming centers in Mumbai and Delhi by the first half of November.
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24-Oct-06
India’s niche: semiconductor design services
If China is the factory to the world, then India aspires to be the design capital.
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24-Oct-06
Semiconductor fab units to get SEZ benefits
In a bid to boost the semiconductor and nano technology sectors in the country, the government is planning to extend a host of fiscal incentives including benefits at par with special economic zones (SEZ) units and application of lower Cenvat rate of 4%.
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23-Oct-06
Craig Barrett To Visit India
Dr Craig R. Barrett, chairman of the United Nations' Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies, and chairman of the board, Intel Corporation, will visit India on 2 and November 2006.
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23-Oct-06
Intel chief coming
Mr Craig R. Barrett, Chairman of the United Nations' Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies and Chairman of the Board, Intel Corporation, will visit India from November 2 to 3.
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Semiconductor fab units to get SEZ benefits
In a bid to boost the semiconductor and nano technology sectors in the country, the government is planning to extend a host of fiscal incentives including benefits at par with special economic zones (SEZ) units and application of lower Cenvat rate of 4%.
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23-Oct-06
Craig Barrett To Visit India
Dr Craig R. Barrett, chairman of the United Nations' Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies, and chairman of the board, Intel Corporation, will visit India on 2 and November 2006.
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23-Oct-06
Intel chief coming
Mr Craig R. Barrett, Chairman of the United Nations' Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies and Chairman of the Board, Intel Corporation, will visit India from November 2 to 3.
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20-Oct-06
Agilent mulls manufacturing site in India
Agilent Technologies, currently undertaking a $30 million expansion of its R&D, support and customer care operations in India, plans a new center in Chennai in southern India and is seriously considering setting up a manufacturing location in this country.
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Agilent mulls manufacturing site in India
Agilent Technologies, currently undertaking a $30 million expansion of its R&D, support and customer care operations in India, plans a new center in Chennai in southern India and is seriously considering setting up a manufacturing location in this country.
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19-Oct-06
Maran favours extension of incentives under STPI
Union Communications and Information and Technology Minister Dayanidhi Maran, on Wednesday, said his ministry will soon forward a note to the Cabinet recommending extension of incentives under the STPI (Software Technology Parks of India) scheme beyond 2009.
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19-Oct-06
Robert Bosch's investment plans
Robert Bosch India plans to invest 325 million euro (Rs. 1,800 crore) between 2005 and 2008, Chairman, Robert Bosch Gmbh, Germany, Franz Fehrenbech, said here on Wednesday.
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19-Oct-06
Sandisk collaborates with Ingram and Rashi to sell products in India
SanDisk Corp., supplier of Flash data storage card products, announced distribution relationships with Ingram micro, the wholesaler of technology goods, and Rashi Peripherals, an IT distributor, to sell a wide range of SanDisk products in India.
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18-Oct-06
Made in India chips from June 2007
SemIndia, a consortium with investments from strategic partners, will roll out its first batch of chips by June 2007 from its Hyderabad facility and has already procured orders to the tune of $400 million.
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18-Oct-06
Chennai, a key hub for MindTree
MindTree Consulting, a Bangalore-based IT and research and development services company, plans to make Chennai as its "strategic hub," according to its Chairman and Managing Director, Mr Ashok Soota.
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Maran favours extension of incentives under STPI
Union Communications and Information and Technology Minister Dayanidhi Maran, on Wednesday, said his ministry will soon forward a note to the Cabinet recommending extension of incentives under the STPI (Software Technology Parks of India) scheme beyond 2009.
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19-Oct-06
Robert Bosch's investment plans
Robert Bosch India plans to invest 325 million euro (Rs. 1,800 crore) between 2005 and 2008, Chairman, Robert Bosch Gmbh, Germany, Franz Fehrenbech, said here on Wednesday.
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19-Oct-06
Sandisk collaborates with Ingram and Rashi to sell products in India
SanDisk Corp., supplier of Flash data storage card products, announced distribution relationships with Ingram micro, the wholesaler of technology goods, and Rashi Peripherals, an IT distributor, to sell a wide range of SanDisk products in India.
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18-Oct-06
Made in India chips from June 2007
SemIndia, a consortium with investments from strategic partners, will roll out its first batch of chips by June 2007 from its Hyderabad facility and has already procured orders to the tune of $400 million.
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18-Oct-06
Chennai, a key hub for MindTree
MindTree Consulting, a Bangalore-based IT and research and development services company, plans to make Chennai as its "strategic hub," according to its Chairman and Managing Director, Mr Ashok Soota.
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18-Oct-06
Apache announces expansion of India operations
Apache Design Solutions, in full-chip power and noise solutions for system-on-chip (SoC) designs, announced expansion plans for its Indian operations as part of a significant move in the company’s overall global expansion strategy.
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17-Oct-06
Most Indian design houses compete on cost, study finds
The majority of India's VLSI design firms compete on cost, while relatively few are mature companies involved in end-to-end projects and even fewer are considered co-innovators, according to a new report by Frost & Sullivan.
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Apache announces expansion of India operations
Apache Design Solutions, in full-chip power and noise solutions for system-on-chip (SoC) designs, announced expansion plans for its Indian operations as part of a significant move in the company’s overall global expansion strategy.
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17-Oct-06
Most Indian design houses compete on cost, study finds
The majority of India's VLSI design firms compete on cost, while relatively few are mature companies involved in end-to-end projects and even fewer are considered co-innovators, according to a new report by Frost & Sullivan.
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16-Oct-06
Chipmakers turning to software support
Abstraction and automation was the theme of Cadence's President and CEO, Mr Mike Fister's speech addressing designers and developers at the CDN Live! seminar in the city.
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13-Oct-06
India's Wipro launches post-GDS services
Wipro, one of India's largest technology services companies, has extended its portfolio of IC design services include post-GDS services to both fabless semiconductor and IDMs.
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Chipmakers turning to software support
Abstraction and automation was the theme of Cadence's President and CEO, Mr Mike Fister's speech addressing designers and developers at the CDN Live! seminar in the city.
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13-Oct-06
India's Wipro launches post-GDS services
Wipro, one of India's largest technology services companies, has extended its portfolio of IC design services include post-GDS services to both fabless semiconductor and IDMs.
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13-Oct-06
Renesas establishes ODC at KPIT Cummins in India
KPIT Cummins Infosystems Ltd, in technology consulting & engineering, and Renesas Technology Corp., in semiconductor system solutions providers for mobile, jointly announced that Renesas has established a dedicated offshore development center (ODC1) at KPIT Cummins in India to strengthen its development and design capabilities.
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12-Oct-06
Semiconductor policy likely this month
The semiconductor industry in India has been waiting with anticipation for the announcement of the semiconductor policy since February, when finance minister P Chidambaran mentioned it in his budget speech.
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12-Oct-06
SiRF India joins ISA as a member
SiRF India, a wholly owned subsidiary of US-based GPS chipmaker SiRF Technology Holdings, has joined the India Semiconductor Association (ISA) as a member.
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Renesas establishes ODC at KPIT Cummins in India
KPIT Cummins Infosystems Ltd, in technology consulting & engineering, and Renesas Technology Corp., in semiconductor system solutions providers for mobile, jointly announced that Renesas has established a dedicated offshore development center (ODC1) at KPIT Cummins in India to strengthen its development and design capabilities.
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12-Oct-06
Semiconductor policy likely this month
The semiconductor industry in India has been waiting with anticipation for the announcement of the semiconductor policy since February, when finance minister P Chidambaran mentioned it in his budget speech.
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12-Oct-06
SiRF India joins ISA as a member
SiRF India, a wholly owned subsidiary of US-based GPS chipmaker SiRF Technology Holdings, has joined the India Semiconductor Association (ISA) as a member.
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12-Oct-06
Nortel plans to test IPTV set-top boxes
Nortel Networks, the $10.5 billion global networking equipment provider, is planning to run IPTV set-top boxes on a trial basis in India.
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12-Oct-06
Nortel to conduct trials in IP
Nortel, a Canada-based telecom equipment manufacturer, plans to run trials in Internet Protocol (IP) television set-top box in India.
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11-Oct-06
Apache expands India operations
Apache Design Solutions, an EDA software supplier of next generation silicon integrity platforms for low-power, high-performance system–on–a-chip (SoC) designs, today announced expansion plans for its Indian operations as part of the company’s overall global expansion strategy.
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11-Oct-06
Intel developing new chip designs in India
Intel Corporation, the $39-billion largest chip maker in the world, is developing new chip designs and processors at its India development centre to roll out the next generation of notebooks and servers, says a top company official.
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11-Oct-06
Intel: India weak on parallel programming
With an estimated 1.22 million strong software developer community, India is a key software development destination and an emerging hotbed for software products.
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11-Oct-06
Intel India to chip in for GeNext notebooks
The development centre of Intel in India will be making significant contribution to the new projects of the chip major.
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Nortel plans to test IPTV set-top boxes
Nortel Networks, the $10.5 billion global networking equipment provider, is planning to run IPTV set-top boxes on a trial basis in India.
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12-Oct-06
Nortel to conduct trials in IP
Nortel, a Canada-based telecom equipment manufacturer, plans to run trials in Internet Protocol (IP) television set-top box in India.
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11-Oct-06
Apache expands India operations
Apache Design Solutions, an EDA software supplier of next generation silicon integrity platforms for low-power, high-performance system–on–a-chip (SoC) designs, today announced expansion plans for its Indian operations as part of the company’s overall global expansion strategy.
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11-Oct-06
Intel developing new chip designs in India
Intel Corporation, the $39-billion largest chip maker in the world, is developing new chip designs and processors at its India development centre to roll out the next generation of notebooks and servers, says a top company official.
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11-Oct-06
Intel: India weak on parallel programming
With an estimated 1.22 million strong software developer community, India is a key software development destination and an emerging hotbed for software products.
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11-Oct-06
Intel India to chip in for GeNext notebooks
The development centre of Intel in India will be making significant contribution to the new projects of the chip major.
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11-Oct-06
Apache Design announces expansion plans
Apache Design Solutions, the technology leader in full-chip dynamic power and noise solutions for system-on-chip (SoC) designs, on Tuesday announced expansion plans for its Indian operations as part of a significant move in the company's overall global expansion strategy.
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10-Oct-06
Intel India developing server processors
Intel India’s Development Center (IIDC) is working on the development of the company’s next-generation server processors.
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10-Oct-06
Apache expanding Indian operations
Apache Design Solutions Inc. said Tuesday (Oct. 10) it plans to expand its recently-started operations in India to play a more major role in the company's global plans.
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10-Oct-06
Bangalore is happening centre for Intel
Chipmaker Intel took the opportunity to laud the contribution of Indian engineers at its two-day developer forum held in the city.
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Apache Design announces expansion plans
Apache Design Solutions, the technology leader in full-chip dynamic power and noise solutions for system-on-chip (SoC) designs, on Tuesday announced expansion plans for its Indian operations as part of a significant move in the company's overall global expansion strategy.
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10-Oct-06
Intel India developing server processors
Intel India’s Development Center (IIDC) is working on the development of the company’s next-generation server processors.
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10-Oct-06
Apache expanding Indian operations
Apache Design Solutions Inc. said Tuesday (Oct. 10) it plans to expand its recently-started operations in India to play a more major role in the company's global plans.
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10-Oct-06
Bangalore is happening centre for Intel
Chipmaker Intel took the opportunity to laud the contribution of Indian engineers at its two-day developer forum held in the city.
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10-Oct-06
SoftJin tool claims up to 15X compression of Mebes files
Among the numerous challenges created by the rising complexity of IC designs is the explosion in file data volume.
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10-Oct-06
Tata Elxsi ties up with DiBcom
Tata Elxsi, the embedded product design arm of the Tata Group and DiBcom, a fabless semiconductor firm that specialises in mobile TV chipsets, have forged a partnership to help customers realise innovative mobile TV products with faster time-to-market, according to an official statement here on Monday.
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SoftJin tool claims up to 15X compression of Mebes files
Among the numerous challenges created by the rising complexity of IC designs is the explosion in file data volume.
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10-Oct-06
Tata Elxsi ties up with DiBcom
Tata Elxsi, the embedded product design arm of the Tata Group and DiBcom, a fabless semiconductor firm that specialises in mobile TV chipsets, have forged a partnership to help customers realise innovative mobile TV products with faster time-to-market, according to an official statement here on Monday.
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09-Oct-06
Are you ready for the Multi-Core paradigm?
Historically, the conventional means of boosting processor performance has been to increase clock speed.
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08-Oct-06
Design software vendors see big market in India
Design software vendors see a big market emerging in India as outsourcing of engineering services gains momentum.
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Are you ready for the Multi-Core paradigm?
Historically, the conventional means of boosting processor performance has been to increase clock speed.
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08-Oct-06
Design software vendors see big market in India
Design software vendors see a big market emerging in India as outsourcing of engineering services gains momentum.
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06-Oct-06
Xilinx opens development centre in H''bad
Xilinx Inc. has strengthened its research and development activity with the launch of its India Development Centre here.
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06-Oct-06
Nortel Woos Indian SMBs With New Products
Nortel has launched a range of new products for the Indian SMB segment.
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Xilinx opens development centre in H''bad
Xilinx Inc. has strengthened its research and development activity with the launch of its India Development Centre here.
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06-Oct-06
Nortel Woos Indian SMBs With New Products
Nortel has launched a range of new products for the Indian SMB segment.
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06-Oct-06
Nortel bets big on SMB segment
Telecom equipment manufacturer Nortel has launched a slew of products including switches, routers and access points specifically for the SMB segment.
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Nortel bets big on SMB segment
Telecom equipment manufacturer Nortel has launched a slew of products including switches, routers and access points specifically for the SMB segment.
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06-Oct-06
Xilinx opens development centre in india to strengthen global R&D ecosystem
Xilinx Inc., supplier of programmable logic solutions, announced the opening of its own development centre in India, located in a 33,000 sq ft facility in CyberPearl, Hyderabad.
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06-Oct-06
ARM to scale up India operations
UK-based ARM Embedded Technologies, a leading supplier of intellectual patents (IPs) to the semiconductor industry, is set to ramp up operations in the country, especially at its Bangalore design centre and develop a broad partner network to focus on the automotive, consumer and wireless segments.
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05-Oct-06
Qualcomm chair established at IIT Madras
Qualcomm, developer and innovator of CDMA2000, WCDMA and other advanced wireless technologies, today announced the establishment of a Qualcomm chair at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras.
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05-Oct-06
Renesas to Establish Dedicated ODC in India
KPIT Cummins Infosystems Limited and Renesas Technology Corp. today announced Renesas has established a dedicated offshore development center at KPIT Cummins to strengthen its development and design capabilities.
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Xilinx opens development centre in india to strengthen global R&D ecosystem
Xilinx Inc., supplier of programmable logic solutions, announced the opening of its own development centre in India, located in a 33,000 sq ft facility in CyberPearl, Hyderabad.
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06-Oct-06
ARM to scale up India operations
UK-based ARM Embedded Technologies, a leading supplier of intellectual patents (IPs) to the semiconductor industry, is set to ramp up operations in the country, especially at its Bangalore design centre and develop a broad partner network to focus on the automotive, consumer and wireless segments.
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05-Oct-06
Qualcomm chair established at IIT Madras
Qualcomm, developer and innovator of CDMA2000, WCDMA and other advanced wireless technologies, today announced the establishment of a Qualcomm chair at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras.
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05-Oct-06
Renesas to Establish Dedicated ODC in India
KPIT Cummins Infosystems Limited and Renesas Technology Corp. today announced Renesas has established a dedicated offshore development center at KPIT Cummins to strengthen its development and design capabilities.
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05-Oct-06
Aspocomp Lines Up PCB Plant In Nokia SEZ
Aspocomp, a Finland-based manufacturer of high-density interconnection printed circuit boards (HDI-PCB), is planning to set up an HDI-PCB plant in the Nokia Telecom Park, Sriperumbudur, Chennai.
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05-Oct-06
Qualcomm ties up with IIT-M
Qualcomm, wireless chip developer, has established a chair in wireless technology at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.
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04-Oct-06
SanDisk Expands Channel Network In India
SanDisk Corporation has announced distribution relationships with Ingram Micro and Rashi Peripherals to sell SanDisk products throughout the country.
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04-Oct-06
Xilinx Opens Development Centre In India
Xilinx, Inc. has opened of its own development centre in India. Located in a 33,000-sq ft facility in CyberPearl, Hyderabad, the facility will work on full product development lifecycle of intellectual property (IP) cores in the high-growth areas of automotive electronics, embedded processing and high-speed serial I/O connectivity.
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04-Oct-06
INTERVIEW - SanDisk plans to double retail presence
SanDisk Corp., the world's top maker of flash memory storage cards, plans to more than double its global retail presence through distribution agreements as demand for its products rises, its co-founder said on Wednesday.
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04-Oct-06
High-end board design seen growing in India
The failure of many Indian pc-board makers has deterred new entrants, according to the India Semiconductor Association (ISA), but the establishment of several new board design centers and the prospect of new government incentives for volume manufacturing could spur an Indian board industry.
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04-Oct-06
Xilinx opens Indian development center
Market-leading programmable logic supplier Xilinx Inc. has opened a development center at Hyderabad, in southern India.
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04-Oct-06
SanDisk to up R&D headcount
US based data storage cards manufacturer SanDisk plans to strengthen its flash memory design centre in Bangalore by increasing its headcount.
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04-Oct-06
Qualcomm Chair at IIT-Madras
Qualcomm, a US-based provider of wireless technologies, has established a Qualcomm Chair at IIT, Madras.
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04-Oct-06
Xilinx sets up R&D centre; to develop IP cores
Fabless semiconductor company Xilinx Inc on Wednesday announced the setting up of its research and development (R&D) centre here that would focus on developing intellectual property (IP) cores for global clients and more specifically the region.
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04-Oct-06
SanDisk to expand in India
SanDisk Corp, the world's leading maker of flash memory data storage cards, plans to distribute its products through 2,000 stores in India in coming weeks, a company statement said on Wednesday.
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Aspocomp Lines Up PCB Plant In Nokia SEZ
Aspocomp, a Finland-based manufacturer of high-density interconnection printed circuit boards (HDI-PCB), is planning to set up an HDI-PCB plant in the Nokia Telecom Park, Sriperumbudur, Chennai.
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05-Oct-06
Qualcomm ties up with IIT-M
Qualcomm, wireless chip developer, has established a chair in wireless technology at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.
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04-Oct-06
SanDisk Expands Channel Network In India
SanDisk Corporation has announced distribution relationships with Ingram Micro and Rashi Peripherals to sell SanDisk products throughout the country.
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04-Oct-06
Xilinx Opens Development Centre In India
Xilinx, Inc. has opened of its own development centre in India. Located in a 33,000-sq ft facility in CyberPearl, Hyderabad, the facility will work on full product development lifecycle of intellectual property (IP) cores in the high-growth areas of automotive electronics, embedded processing and high-speed serial I/O connectivity.
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04-Oct-06
INTERVIEW - SanDisk plans to double retail presence
SanDisk Corp., the world's top maker of flash memory storage cards, plans to more than double its global retail presence through distribution agreements as demand for its products rises, its co-founder said on Wednesday.
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04-Oct-06
High-end board design seen growing in India
The failure of many Indian pc-board makers has deterred new entrants, according to the India Semiconductor Association (ISA), but the establishment of several new board design centers and the prospect of new government incentives for volume manufacturing could spur an Indian board industry.
more...
04-Oct-06
Xilinx opens Indian development center
Market-leading programmable logic supplier Xilinx Inc. has opened a development center at Hyderabad, in southern India.
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04-Oct-06
SanDisk to up R&D headcount
US based data storage cards manufacturer SanDisk plans to strengthen its flash memory design centre in Bangalore by increasing its headcount.
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04-Oct-06
Qualcomm Chair at IIT-Madras
Qualcomm, a US-based provider of wireless technologies, has established a Qualcomm Chair at IIT, Madras.
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04-Oct-06
Xilinx sets up R&D centre; to develop IP cores
Fabless semiconductor company Xilinx Inc on Wednesday announced the setting up of its research and development (R&D) centre here that would focus on developing intellectual property (IP) cores for global clients and more specifically the region.
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04-Oct-06
SanDisk to expand in India
SanDisk Corp, the world's leading maker of flash memory data storage cards, plans to distribute its products through 2,000 stores in India in coming weeks, a company statement said on Wednesday.
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04-Oct-06
Renesas sets up ODC at KPIT Cummins
Renesas, a leader in the manufacture of mobile, automotive and digital AV semiconductors, on Tuesday announced the setting up of a dedicated off-shore development centre (ODC) at KPIT Cummins in Bangalore and Pune to expand and enhance its global development and design operations.
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03-Oct-06
Renesas To Open ODC At KPIT Cummins India
Renesas is opening a dedicated off-shore development centre (ODC) at KPIT Cummins to strengthen its development and design capabilities.
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03-Oct-06
India's KPIT sets up R&D center for Renesas
India's KPIT Cummins Infosystems Ltd. has set up a dedicated offshore development center (ODC) for Japan's Renesas Technology Corp. and will increase staff from 100 engineers to as many as 600 in the next three years.
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03-Oct-06
`Engg services promise $750-b opportunity'
Mr B. Ramalinga Raju, Chairman of Satyam Computer Services, has said that the engineering services promised an opportunity of $750 billion globally for Indian IT solutions and services companies.
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03-Oct-06
KPIT Cummins sets up centre for Renesas
KPIT Cummins Infosystems Ltd has set up a dedicated offshore development centre (ODC) to offer design and development services for Japanese semiconductor systems solutions firm, Renesas Technology Corp.
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Renesas sets up ODC at KPIT Cummins
Renesas, a leader in the manufacture of mobile, automotive and digital AV semiconductors, on Tuesday announced the setting up of a dedicated off-shore development centre (ODC) at KPIT Cummins in Bangalore and Pune to expand and enhance its global development and design operations.
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03-Oct-06
Renesas To Open ODC At KPIT Cummins India
Renesas is opening a dedicated off-shore development centre (ODC) at KPIT Cummins to strengthen its development and design capabilities.
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03-Oct-06
India's KPIT sets up R&D center for Renesas
India's KPIT Cummins Infosystems Ltd. has set up a dedicated offshore development center (ODC) for Japan's Renesas Technology Corp. and will increase staff from 100 engineers to as many as 600 in the next three years.
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03-Oct-06
`Engg services promise $750-b opportunity'
Mr B. Ramalinga Raju, Chairman of Satyam Computer Services, has said that the engineering services promised an opportunity of $750 billion globally for Indian IT solutions and services companies.
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03-Oct-06
KPIT Cummins sets up centre for Renesas
KPIT Cummins Infosystems Ltd has set up a dedicated offshore development centre (ODC) to offer design and development services for Japanese semiconductor systems solutions firm, Renesas Technology Corp.
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03-Oct-06
Radio route to care for the aged
Imagine this scenario: You have to go work, leaving an aged parent at home.
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02-Oct-06
LSI Logic to boost Indian investment
LSI Logic will invest hundreds of millions of dollars over the next decade in design centers here, in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata.
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01-Oct-06
India rides the innovation wave
Design engineering services in India have come a long way from coding and testing, to creating leading-edge chip designs, comprehensive product engineering and sophisticated IP development.
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01-Oct-06
Challenges and solutions for next-gen processor based system designs
Some challenges designers face during processor based system designs are design complexity, inadequate processor performance to meet increasing functional demands, choosing optimum memory hierarchy and system architecture, increasing power consumption and design scalability.
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01-Oct-06
Configurable silicon intellectual property
The electronic product design market has undergone deverticalization over the last decade with each activity�such as silicon intellectual property (SIP), VLSI design, hardware design, and embedded software development�being addressed by specialists in each area.
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01-Oct-06
System architecture for network media player
Today, the pc is the commonly used repository of multimedia content, while the entertainment center is the preferred location for enjoying this content.
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01-Oct-06
Post layout EDA platform addresses sub-100nm manufacturing challenge
In the era of sub-100nm, the manufacturing handoff challenge is emerging as one of the key aspects of silicon complexity, responsible for the increasing NRE cost of ICs.
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01-Oct-06
Empowering electronics design innovation
The evolution of India�s semiconductor industry has made the country one of the choice destinations for the design and manufacture of semiconductors.
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01-Oct-06
Cost-effective FPGAbased SDH multiplexers
Today�s carrier backbone networks are supported by synchronous optical network (SONET), and synchronous digital hierarchy (SDH) transmission technologies, which will continue to play a key role in the next generation of networks for many carriers.
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01-Oct-06
Full life cycle IP development
Controller area network (CAN) is one of the most important communications building blocks for today�s automotive networks.
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01-Oct-06
Traversing the scope of design innovation
Freescale�s India Design Center (IDC) is a center of excellence for IP development and SoC design, playing a key role in critical new product introduction (NPI) projects.
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01-Oct-06
Accelerated product development cycle with GSD
Design engineers use a variety of software design tools and hardware to test prototypes.
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01-Oct-06
SoC platforms: New drivers for the electronics industry
The global electronics market is witnessing continued accelerated growth fuelled by strong demand of converging applications on one side, and increasing consumption in emerging economies on the other.
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01-Oct-06
New opportunities opening up
Of the $3.25 billion design market in India in 2005, embedded software contributed 78 percent at $2.53 billion; VLSI, 18 percent at $0.58 billion; and hardware/board design, 4 percent at $0.14 billion. (Figures from Frost & Sullivan.)
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28-Sept-06
India's CDAC develops digital hearing aid
The hardware-design group at India's government-funded CDAC (Center for Development of Advanced Computing), in Thiruvananthapuram has developed a low-cost DPHA (digital programmable hearing aid) that a user wears on his body.
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25-Sept-06
ESO : A $50 billion opportunity
It sounds like the proverbial pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
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Radio route to care for the aged
Imagine this scenario: You have to go work, leaving an aged parent at home.
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02-Oct-06
LSI Logic to boost Indian investment
LSI Logic will invest hundreds of millions of dollars over the next decade in design centers here, in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata.
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01-Oct-06
India rides the innovation wave
Design engineering services in India have come a long way from coding and testing, to creating leading-edge chip designs, comprehensive product engineering and sophisticated IP development.
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01-Oct-06
Challenges and solutions for next-gen processor based system designs
Some challenges designers face during processor based system designs are design complexity, inadequate processor performance to meet increasing functional demands, choosing optimum memory hierarchy and system architecture, increasing power consumption and design scalability.
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01-Oct-06
Configurable silicon intellectual property
The electronic product design market has undergone deverticalization over the last decade with each activity�such as silicon intellectual property (SIP), VLSI design, hardware design, and embedded software development�being addressed by specialists in each area.
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01-Oct-06
System architecture for network media player
Today, the pc is the commonly used repository of multimedia content, while the entertainment center is the preferred location for enjoying this content.
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01-Oct-06
Post layout EDA platform addresses sub-100nm manufacturing challenge
In the era of sub-100nm, the manufacturing handoff challenge is emerging as one of the key aspects of silicon complexity, responsible for the increasing NRE cost of ICs.
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01-Oct-06
Empowering electronics design innovation
The evolution of India�s semiconductor industry has made the country one of the choice destinations for the design and manufacture of semiconductors.
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01-Oct-06
Cost-effective FPGAbased SDH multiplexers
Today�s carrier backbone networks are supported by synchronous optical network (SONET), and synchronous digital hierarchy (SDH) transmission technologies, which will continue to play a key role in the next generation of networks for many carriers.
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01-Oct-06
Full life cycle IP development
Controller area network (CAN) is one of the most important communications building blocks for today�s automotive networks.
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01-Oct-06
Traversing the scope of design innovation
Freescale�s India Design Center (IDC) is a center of excellence for IP development and SoC design, playing a key role in critical new product introduction (NPI) projects.
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01-Oct-06
Accelerated product development cycle with GSD
Design engineers use a variety of software design tools and hardware to test prototypes.
more...
01-Oct-06
SoC platforms: New drivers for the electronics industry
The global electronics market is witnessing continued accelerated growth fuelled by strong demand of converging applications on one side, and increasing consumption in emerging economies on the other.
more...
01-Oct-06
New opportunities opening up
Of the $3.25 billion design market in India in 2005, embedded software contributed 78 percent at $2.53 billion; VLSI, 18 percent at $0.58 billion; and hardware/board design, 4 percent at $0.14 billion. (Figures from Frost & Sullivan.)
more...
28-Sept-06
India's CDAC develops digital hearing aid
The hardware-design group at India's government-funded CDAC (Center for Development of Advanced Computing), in Thiruvananthapuram has developed a low-cost DPHA (digital programmable hearing aid) that a user wears on his body.
more...
25-Sept-06
ESO : A $50 billion opportunity
It sounds like the proverbial pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
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25-Sept-06
China, India poised to dominate semiconductors, analysts say
The Asia-Pacific region will cement its status as the epicenter of the global semiconductor industry during the next five years, as manufacturing, consumption and intellectual property will be increasingly concentrated in China and India, analysts said Monday (Sept. 25).
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China, India poised to dominate semiconductors, analysts say
The Asia-Pacific region will cement its status as the epicenter of the global semiconductor industry during the next five years, as manufacturing, consumption and intellectual property will be increasingly concentrated in China and India, analysts said Monday (Sept. 25).
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24-Sept-06
Panelists debate financial viability of fab units here
Providing historic data of the semiconductor companies globally, JP Morgan expert, Mr Bhavin Shah, today questioned the wisdom and feasibility of setting up the semiconductor facility in India.
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22-Sept-06
Study: Indian design firms prefer time and material model
Most independent semiconductor design firms in India have adopted the time and material-based model allocating specific tasks to be carried out within set time lines, according to a study by the India Semiconductor Association (ISA). more...
Panelists debate financial viability of fab units here
Providing historic data of the semiconductor companies globally, JP Morgan expert, Mr Bhavin Shah, today questioned the wisdom and feasibility of setting up the semiconductor facility in India.
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22-Sept-06
Study: Indian design firms prefer time and material model
Most independent semiconductor design firms in India have adopted the time and material-based model allocating specific tasks to be carried out within set time lines, according to a study by the India Semiconductor Association (ISA). more...
22-Sept-06
Freescale partners with Indian design houses
nstead of waiting for the Indian semiconductor market to grow, Freescale Semiconductor is partnering with Indian design houses to create solutions around Freescale products for the regional and even global market.
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22-Sept-06
Nortel to up sourcing from India
Nortel Networks, the $10.5 billion global networking equipment provider, is in the process of increasing its sourcing from India.
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22-Sept-06
Wind River showcases safety critical solution
Wind River Systems, a leader in device software optimisation (DSO), showcased its safety critical solution, VxWorks 653, for the aerospace and defence sectors at a seminar here on Thursday.
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21-Sept-06
Report: Huawei reconsiders India plans
China's Huawei Technologies will abandon its application to India's Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) to implement local manufacturing of CDMA-based terminals, according to a report from New Delhi in The Business Standard Thursday (Sept. 21).
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21-Sept-06
Analog Devices India MD
Analog Devices Inc announced that it has promoted Dr Reddy Penumalli to the new position of Managing Director, Analog Devices India.
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21-Sept-06
Synopsys, Nikon to collaborate
Synopsys Inc, leading semiconductor design software company, and Nikon Corporation, a supplier of lithography equipment for microelectronics manufacturing announced on Thursday that they would be collaborating on development and delivery of advanced lithography software models and DFM enabled lithography manufacturing solutions for 45 nanometer and below.
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Freescale partners with Indian design houses
nstead of waiting for the Indian semiconductor market to grow, Freescale Semiconductor is partnering with Indian design houses to create solutions around Freescale products for the regional and even global market.
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22-Sept-06
Nortel to up sourcing from India
Nortel Networks, the $10.5 billion global networking equipment provider, is in the process of increasing its sourcing from India.
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22-Sept-06
Wind River showcases safety critical solution
Wind River Systems, a leader in device software optimisation (DSO), showcased its safety critical solution, VxWorks 653, for the aerospace and defence sectors at a seminar here on Thursday.
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21-Sept-06
Report: Huawei reconsiders India plans
China's Huawei Technologies will abandon its application to India's Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) to implement local manufacturing of CDMA-based terminals, according to a report from New Delhi in The Business Standard Thursday (Sept. 21).
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21-Sept-06
Analog Devices India MD
Analog Devices Inc announced that it has promoted Dr Reddy Penumalli to the new position of Managing Director, Analog Devices India.
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21-Sept-06
Synopsys, Nikon to collaborate
Synopsys Inc, leading semiconductor design software company, and Nikon Corporation, a supplier of lithography equipment for microelectronics manufacturing announced on Thursday that they would be collaborating on development and delivery of advanced lithography software models and DFM enabled lithography manufacturing solutions for 45 nanometer and below.
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20-Sept-06
Einfochips joins Tensilica program
Einfochips, provider of cutting edge ASIC design and verification services, embedded systems solutions and IP cores, announced that it has joined the Tensilica Xtensions Design Center Partner Program to offer system-on-chip (SOC) design services for customers using Tensilica's Xtensa configurable processors or Diamond Standard processor cores.
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Einfochips joins Tensilica program
Einfochips, provider of cutting edge ASIC design and verification services, embedded systems solutions and IP cores, announced that it has joined the Tensilica Xtensions Design Center Partner Program to offer system-on-chip (SOC) design services for customers using Tensilica's Xtensa configurable processors or Diamond Standard processor cores.
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19-Sept-06
India's eInfochips joins Tensilica partner program
Design/verification services and intellectual property provider eInfochips Inc. has joined the Tensilica Xtensions Design Partner program and will offer SoC design services using Tensilica's Xtensa configurable processors or Diamond Standard processor cores, the company said Tuesday (Sept. 19).
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19-Sept-06
India reportedly delaying Huawei expansion plans
China's Huawei Technologies is reportedly nervous about delays in gaining government approval of its investments here.
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19-Sept-06
Now, multiple lasers on a silicon slab
They have shrunk the light-amplifying laser and squeezed over two dozen of them on a stamp-sized slab of silicon!
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India's eInfochips joins Tensilica partner program
Design/verification services and intellectual property provider eInfochips Inc. has joined the Tensilica Xtensions Design Partner program and will offer SoC design services using Tensilica's Xtensa configurable processors or Diamond Standard processor cores, the company said Tuesday (Sept. 19).
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19-Sept-06
India reportedly delaying Huawei expansion plans
China's Huawei Technologies is reportedly nervous about delays in gaining government approval of its investments here.
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19-Sept-06
Now, multiple lasers on a silicon slab
They have shrunk the light-amplifying laser and squeezed over two dozen of them on a stamp-sized slab of silicon!
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19-Sept-06
Huawei's concern over pending FDIs
Huawei Technologies is "concerned'' over the time taken by the Indian Government to clear two of its applications for foreign direct investment (FDI).
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18-Sept-06
Vignani gets $4 million funding
Value engineering services provider Vignani Technologies Pvt Ltd, will receive venture funding to the tune of $4 million from a group of VCs including Intel Capital, Jaffco, Nomura group and KT Ventures.
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18-Sept-06
Jabil's New Chennai Unit Coming Soon
Jabil, a global provider of electronic product solutions, has started the construction of a new manufacturing facility in Chennai which will come up at a total investment of more than $70 million.
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18-Sept-06
Jabil Circuit to set up facility in Sriperumbudur
Jabil Circuit Inc, a global leader in electronic product solutions, plans to invest more than $70 million in a new facility in Sriperumbudur, near Chennai.
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Huawei's concern over pending FDIs
Huawei Technologies is "concerned'' over the time taken by the Indian Government to clear two of its applications for foreign direct investment (FDI).
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18-Sept-06
Vignani gets $4 million funding
Value engineering services provider Vignani Technologies Pvt Ltd, will receive venture funding to the tune of $4 million from a group of VCs including Intel Capital, Jaffco, Nomura group and KT Ventures.
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18-Sept-06
Jabil's New Chennai Unit Coming Soon
Jabil, a global provider of electronic product solutions, has started the construction of a new manufacturing facility in Chennai which will come up at a total investment of more than $70 million.
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18-Sept-06
Jabil Circuit to set up facility in Sriperumbudur
Jabil Circuit Inc, a global leader in electronic product solutions, plans to invest more than $70 million in a new facility in Sriperumbudur, near Chennai.
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15-Sept-06
Study: Indian design takes off
Design starts in India are growing in both number and complexity, according to a study by the India Semiconductor Association (ISA).
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15-Sept-06
SEMI surveys India manufacturing
Executives from global semiconductor association SEMI visited India recently to survey and analyze the growth of semiconductor manufacturing here.
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Study: Indian design takes off
Design starts in India are growing in both number and complexity, according to a study by the India Semiconductor Association (ISA).
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15-Sept-06
SEMI surveys India manufacturing
Executives from global semiconductor association SEMI visited India recently to survey and analyze the growth of semiconductor manufacturing here.
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14-Sept-06
India seeks bids to upgrade government fab
IBM and Atmel Corp. figure to be the main bidders for upgrading Semiconductor Complex Ltd.'s fab that produces chips for India's space program and military, according to reports here.
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14-Sept-06
`Good scope for silicon materials industry foray'
India has an opportunity to enter the silicon materials industry. "India may get into the materials process, especially with the rise of the solar cell industry here," said Mr Vinod K. Agarwal, Chairman of SemIndia, speaking to Business Line at the sidelines of a round table discussion on `Changes in Semiconductor: Industrial Landscape and implications for India' organised in the city recently.
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India seeks bids to upgrade government fab
IBM and Atmel Corp. figure to be the main bidders for upgrading Semiconductor Complex Ltd.'s fab that produces chips for India's space program and military, according to reports here.
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14-Sept-06
`Good scope for silicon materials industry foray'
India has an opportunity to enter the silicon materials industry. "India may get into the materials process, especially with the rise of the solar cell industry here," said Mr Vinod K. Agarwal, Chairman of SemIndia, speaking to Business Line at the sidelines of a round table discussion on `Changes in Semiconductor: Industrial Landscape and implications for India' organised in the city recently.
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13-Sept-06
UWB, Zigbee chipsets revolutionize WPANs
The unprecedented increase in consumer demand for wireless connectivity is the prime driver of growth in the ultrawideband (UWB) and ZigBee chipset market.
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13-Sept-06
IBM, Atmel bid for SCL fab upgrade
IBM and Atmel Corporation figure among key bidders for upgrading the fab facility of Semiconductor Labs, it is reliably learnt.
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UWB, Zigbee chipsets revolutionize WPANs
The unprecedented increase in consumer demand for wireless connectivity is the prime driver of growth in the ultrawideband (UWB) and ZigBee chipset market.
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13-Sept-06
IBM, Atmel bid for SCL fab upgrade
IBM and Atmel Corporation figure among key bidders for upgrading the fab facility of Semiconductor Labs, it is reliably learnt.
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13-Sept-06
Solidworks plans to expand VAR network in India
Solidworks Corp., a 3D design software company, announced its plan to increase its value-added reseller (VAR) network strength into B class cities in India.
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12-Sept-06
Fight over Fab City project
The Fab city project of Hyderabad faces a hurdle as the Finance Ministry and Department of Information Technology (DIT) battle over standard operating procedures (sops) for the semiconductor industry and chip making facilities.
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Solidworks plans to expand VAR network in India
Solidworks Corp., a 3D design software company, announced its plan to increase its value-added reseller (VAR) network strength into B class cities in India.
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12-Sept-06
Fight over Fab City project
The Fab city project of Hyderabad faces a hurdle as the Finance Ministry and Department of Information Technology (DIT) battle over standard operating procedures (sops) for the semiconductor industry and chip making facilities.
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12-Sept-06
Fab City faces hurdle
The tussle between finance ministry and information technology department over sops for the semiconductor industry and chip making facilities is upsetting calculations of the likes of Intel and AMD which is a partnering a group of NRIs promoting SemIndia.
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12-Sept-06
Spel to invest $250 mn
Spel Semiconductor, integrated chip (IC) assembly and testing company, has chalked out an investment budget of $250 million (about Rs 1,150 crore), spread over five years to increase its advance packaging capabilities, its existing capacities and to fund acquisition from 2-3 years from now.
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12-Sept-06
Cadence eyes India advantage for chip development
Global chip design major Cadence is joining hands with domestic educational institutions to create opportunities for the growth of the semiconductor industry.
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11-Sept-06
India's SPEL expands packaging capacity
IC assembly and tester SPEL Semiconductor Ltd. has opened a $5 million leadless molded package facility as part of a $250 million expansion plan.
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11-Sept-06
Cisco, IIT-Roorkee tie-up
Cisco Systems, has partnered with Indian Institute of Technology - Roorkee, for advanced research on mobile agent technology.
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Fab City faces hurdle
The tussle between finance ministry and information technology department over sops for the semiconductor industry and chip making facilities is upsetting calculations of the likes of Intel and AMD which is a partnering a group of NRIs promoting SemIndia.
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12-Sept-06
Spel to invest $250 mn
Spel Semiconductor, integrated chip (IC) assembly and testing company, has chalked out an investment budget of $250 million (about Rs 1,150 crore), spread over five years to increase its advance packaging capabilities, its existing capacities and to fund acquisition from 2-3 years from now.
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12-Sept-06
Cadence eyes India advantage for chip development
Global chip design major Cadence is joining hands with domestic educational institutions to create opportunities for the growth of the semiconductor industry.
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11-Sept-06
India's SPEL expands packaging capacity
IC assembly and tester SPEL Semiconductor Ltd. has opened a $5 million leadless molded package facility as part of a $250 million expansion plan.
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11-Sept-06
Cisco, IIT-Roorkee tie-up
Cisco Systems, has partnered with Indian Institute of Technology - Roorkee, for advanced research on mobile agent technology.
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11-Sept-06
Centre to announce hardware policy soon
Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram has said that the Central Government would soon announce a policy for the hardware industry.
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11-Sept-06
ISA, NXP Take Stock Of Semiconductors
India Semiconductor Association (ISA), the national body for the Indian semiconductor industry, organised a round table discussion on 'Changes in Semiconductor: Industrial Landscape and implications for India'.
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11-Sept-06
Huawei opens new facility in Bangalore
Huawei Technologies India, in next-generation telecommunications network solutions for operators, has opened a new facility in Bangalore to develop optical network products and WLAN solutions for its worldwide customers.
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09-Sept-06
Indian researchers unveil processor test framework
Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology in Chennai and Intel's validation and test solutions center at Austin have teamed to unveil a unified framework for generating functional tests for processors, at the recent VLSI Design and Test 2006 conference in Goa in western India.
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Centre to announce hardware policy soon
Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram has said that the Central Government would soon announce a policy for the hardware industry.
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11-Sept-06
ISA, NXP Take Stock Of Semiconductors
India Semiconductor Association (ISA), the national body for the Indian semiconductor industry, organised a round table discussion on 'Changes in Semiconductor: Industrial Landscape and implications for India'.
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11-Sept-06
Huawei opens new facility in Bangalore
Huawei Technologies India, in next-generation telecommunications network solutions for operators, has opened a new facility in Bangalore to develop optical network products and WLAN solutions for its worldwide customers.
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09-Sept-06
Indian researchers unveil processor test framework
Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology in Chennai and Intel's validation and test solutions center at Austin have teamed to unveil a unified framework for generating functional tests for processors, at the recent VLSI Design and Test 2006 conference in Goa in western India.
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09-Sept-06
Nortel to source more from India
Nortel has said that it will significantly enhance its procurement from India and China to serve the booming telecom market in Asia.
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08-Sept-06
Nortel to procure more from India, China
Telecom giant Nortel said Friday that it would increase its procurement from India and China with the Asian telecom market growing big.
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08-Sept-06
NVIDIA's products now in India
NVIDIA announced the availability of its latest seven series products in Indian markets.
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Nortel to source more from India
Nortel has said that it will significantly enhance its procurement from India and China to serve the booming telecom market in Asia.
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08-Sept-06
Nortel to procure more from India, China
Telecom giant Nortel said Friday that it would increase its procurement from India and China with the Asian telecom market growing big.
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08-Sept-06
NVIDIA's products now in India
NVIDIA announced the availability of its latest seven series products in Indian markets.
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07-Sept-06
Chaos reigns at Intel India
A cloud of uncertainty seems to be over Intel India, two days after the world’s leading chipmaker announced its plans to restructure the organization, implying layoffs of about 10,500 employees globally at a managerial level by the end of this year.
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06-Sept-06
Electronics Design Industry Needs A `Spark Of Energy'
Saugat Sen, engineering group director, Cadence Design Systems India Ltd, has called upon electronics design industry players to come up with the `spark of energy' to connect various levels of ecosystems which would stand the domestic industry in good stead in the global scenario.
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06-Sept-06
Electronics Industry: India To Call The Shots
Pradeep Kumar, president, ST Microelectronics, predicted that the electronics industry is slated to grow above global GDP due to new Indian geographical markets.
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Chaos reigns at Intel India
A cloud of uncertainty seems to be over Intel India, two days after the world’s leading chipmaker announced its plans to restructure the organization, implying layoffs of about 10,500 employees globally at a managerial level by the end of this year.
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06-Sept-06
Electronics Design Industry Needs A `Spark Of Energy'
Saugat Sen, engineering group director, Cadence Design Systems India Ltd, has called upon electronics design industry players to come up with the `spark of energy' to connect various levels of ecosystems which would stand the domestic industry in good stead in the global scenario.
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06-Sept-06
Electronics Industry: India To Call The Shots
Pradeep Kumar, president, ST Microelectronics, predicted that the electronics industry is slated to grow above global GDP due to new Indian geographical markets.
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06-Sept-06
Intel plans entrepreneur program in India
Intel Corp. will build on its academic program here with a technology entrepreneurship initiative in partnership with the University of California at Berkeley.
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06-Sept-06
Intel remains committed to India
World's largest PC chipmaker Intel, which has announced layoff of 10,500 employees worldwide, on Wednesday said it remains committed to India and plans to invest over 1 billion dollars in the country.
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Intel plans entrepreneur program in India
Intel Corp. will build on its academic program here with a technology entrepreneurship initiative in partnership with the University of California at Berkeley.
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06-Sept-06
Intel remains committed to India
World's largest PC chipmaker Intel, which has announced layoff of 10,500 employees worldwide, on Wednesday said it remains committed to India and plans to invest over 1 billion dollars in the country.
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05-Sept-06
Sequence Holds Low-Power Design Seminar
Sequence has recently organized a low-power design seminar in Bangalore.
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Sequence Holds Low-Power Design Seminar
Sequence has recently organized a low-power design seminar in Bangalore.
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05-Sept-06
Philips Semiconductors India Rechristened
Philips Semiconductors has unveiled the India chapter and introduced the new company -- NXP Semiconductors India – where the acronym `NXP’ stands for `Next Experience’.
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05-Sept-06
New opportunities opening up
Of the $3.25 billion design market in India in 2005, embedded software contributed 78 percent at $2.53 billion; VLSI, 18 percent at $0.58 billion; and hardware/board design, 4 percent at $0.14 billion.
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05-Sept-06
R&D outsourcing in the semiconductor industry
As the pressure increases for companies to ensure better returns on their R&D investment in order to remain competitive in a market that is getting extremely feature driven, many see outsourcing their R&D as a strategic move.
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05-Sept-06
NXP India plans $328 m R&D push
NXP Semiconductors India, earlier known as Philips Semiconductors India, announced it will invest close to $328 million in R&D over the next five years to capture a pie of the local semiconductor market — considered one of the fastest growing in the world.
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05-Sept-06
Lattice targets 15% market share
US-based Lattice Semiconductor Corporation, which launched its sales operations in India last week, is targeting a 15 per cent market share in the programmable logic devices (PLD) segment over the next five years.
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05-Sept-06
NXP Semiconductors' investment plans
NXP Semiconductors (India) Pvt. Ltd., formerly Philips Semiconductors (India) Pvt. Ltd., will invest Euro 255 million as it starts functioning as a new company, after moving out of the fold of Philips on being acquired globally by five private equity investors in August.
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04-Sept-06
Philips hives off Indian semiconductor biz to new entity
Following the move to sell-off its global semiconductor business, Philips said on Monday that it has hived off its semiconductor business and research in India into a new entity.
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04-Sept-06
Philips Semiconductors to be renamed NXP
Philips Electronics’ chip unit that was hived off from the parent company earlier this year would be christened NXP Semiconductors India.
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Philips Semiconductors India Rechristened
Philips Semiconductors has unveiled the India chapter and introduced the new company -- NXP Semiconductors India – where the acronym `NXP’ stands for `Next Experience’.
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05-Sept-06
New opportunities opening up
Of the $3.25 billion design market in India in 2005, embedded software contributed 78 percent at $2.53 billion; VLSI, 18 percent at $0.58 billion; and hardware/board design, 4 percent at $0.14 billion.
more...
05-Sept-06
R&D outsourcing in the semiconductor industry
As the pressure increases for companies to ensure better returns on their R&D investment in order to remain competitive in a market that is getting extremely feature driven, many see outsourcing their R&D as a strategic move.
more...
05-Sept-06
NXP India plans $328 m R&D push
NXP Semiconductors India, earlier known as Philips Semiconductors India, announced it will invest close to $328 million in R&D over the next five years to capture a pie of the local semiconductor market — considered one of the fastest growing in the world.
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05-Sept-06
Lattice targets 15% market share
US-based Lattice Semiconductor Corporation, which launched its sales operations in India last week, is targeting a 15 per cent market share in the programmable logic devices (PLD) segment over the next five years.
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05-Sept-06
NXP Semiconductors' investment plans
NXP Semiconductors (India) Pvt. Ltd., formerly Philips Semiconductors (India) Pvt. Ltd., will invest Euro 255 million as it starts functioning as a new company, after moving out of the fold of Philips on being acquired globally by five private equity investors in August.
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04-Sept-06
Philips hives off Indian semiconductor biz to new entity
Following the move to sell-off its global semiconductor business, Philips said on Monday that it has hived off its semiconductor business and research in India into a new entity.
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04-Sept-06
Philips Semiconductors to be renamed NXP
Philips Electronics’ chip unit that was hived off from the parent company earlier this year would be christened NXP Semiconductors India.
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04-Sept-06
Big scope seen for offshoring engg services
A Booz Allen Hamilton study has estimated an additional $40 billion opportunity for the Indian IT industry by 2020 from offshoring of engineering services alone.
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04-Sept-06
Taiwan chipmakers turn to Chennai, Hyderabad
Bangalore too expensive for setting up manufacturing units.
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Big scope seen for offshoring engg services
A Booz Allen Hamilton study has estimated an additional $40 billion opportunity for the Indian IT industry by 2020 from offshoring of engineering services alone.
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04-Sept-06
Taiwan chipmakers turn to Chennai, Hyderabad
Bangalore too expensive for setting up manufacturing units.
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02-Sept-06
3000+; Flextronics to go on a hiring spree
Close on the heels of private-equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co (KKR) acquiring 85% stake in the company, Flextronics Software Systems on Wednesday outlined its expansion plans.
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01-Sept-06
Huawei Opens New Facility In India
Huawei Technologies India has opened a new facility in Bangalore to develop optical network products and wireless LAN solutions.
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01-Sept-06
Bosch Expands Bangalore Operations
In a bid to expand its operations in India, Robert Bosch India has launched its ‘Clean room’ at their headquarter in Bangalore.
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01-Sept-06
India, Taiwan meet to explore chip partnerships
A 19-member team from the Taiwan Semiconductor Industry Association (TSIA) visited India's silicon hub Bangalore to explore partnerships in chip design and embedded software with its counterparts in the sub-continent. more...
01-Sept-06
Huawei Tech opens new facility
Huawei Technologies India has opened a new facility in Bangalore to develop optical network products and wireless LAN solutions.
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01-Sept-06
SemIndia firms up funds for phase I
The promoters of SemIndia project, a $3 billion multi-phase semiconductor complex, slated to come up near Hyderabad, have got into the execution mode for the first part of the $1 billion project - a test and assembly line that would see an initial investment of $100 million.
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01-Sept-06
Consumer electronics fueling EMS industry growth in India
The growing Indian economy is fueling a massive consumer boom.
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3000+; Flextronics to go on a hiring spree
Close on the heels of private-equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co (KKR) acquiring 85% stake in the company, Flextronics Software Systems on Wednesday outlined its expansion plans.
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01-Sept-06
Huawei Opens New Facility In India
Huawei Technologies India has opened a new facility in Bangalore to develop optical network products and wireless LAN solutions.
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01-Sept-06
Bosch Expands Bangalore Operations
In a bid to expand its operations in India, Robert Bosch India has launched its ‘Clean room’ at their headquarter in Bangalore.
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01-Sept-06
India, Taiwan meet to explore chip partnerships
A 19-member team from the Taiwan Semiconductor Industry Association (TSIA) visited India's silicon hub Bangalore to explore partnerships in chip design and embedded software with its counterparts in the sub-continent. more...
01-Sept-06
Huawei Tech opens new facility
Huawei Technologies India has opened a new facility in Bangalore to develop optical network products and wireless LAN solutions.
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01-Sept-06
SemIndia firms up funds for phase I
The promoters of SemIndia project, a $3 billion multi-phase semiconductor complex, slated to come up near Hyderabad, have got into the execution mode for the first part of the $1 billion project - a test and assembly line that would see an initial investment of $100 million.
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01-Sept-06
Consumer electronics fueling EMS industry growth in India
The growing Indian economy is fueling a massive consumer boom.
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31-Aug-06
ISA, TSIA Talk Collaboration
India Semiconductor Association (ISA) and Taiwan Semiconductor Industry Association (TSIA) recently organised a panel discussion in Bangalore on 'Opportunities and areas of cooperation between Taiwan and India'.
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31-Aug-06
MosChip approves warrants issue
MosChip Semiconductor Technology Ltd has informed the BSE that its board of directors on Thursday approved issue of 16.5 lakh convertible warrants on a preferential basis.
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ISA, TSIA Talk Collaboration
India Semiconductor Association (ISA) and Taiwan Semiconductor Industry Association (TSIA) recently organised a panel discussion in Bangalore on 'Opportunities and areas of cooperation between Taiwan and India'.
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31-Aug-06
MosChip approves warrants issue
MosChip Semiconductor Technology Ltd has informed the BSE that its board of directors on Thursday approved issue of 16.5 lakh convertible warrants on a preferential basis.
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31-Aug-06
Huawei Technologies to invest $100 m
Chinese telecom major Huawei Technologies Co Ltd. will invest $100 million to scale up its India operations by building its own facility and increasing the engineering workforce to 2,000 from the existing 1,200, a company official said here on Wednesday.
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Huawei Technologies to invest $100 m
Chinese telecom major Huawei Technologies Co Ltd. will invest $100 million to scale up its India operations by building its own facility and increasing the engineering workforce to 2,000 from the existing 1,200, a company official said here on Wednesday.
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29-Aug-06
Taiwan Chi Cheng on fact-finding trip to India
The Taiwan Chi Cheng Enterprise Co Ltd is on a fact-finding trip to India towards setting up a manufacturing base here.
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29-Aug-06
Taiwan semiconductor industry eyeing India
The members of a delegation headed by the Taiwan Semiconductor Industry Association (TSIA) seemed enthusiastic about investing opportunities in India.
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Taiwan Chi Cheng on fact-finding trip to India
The Taiwan Chi Cheng Enterprise Co Ltd is on a fact-finding trip to India towards setting up a manufacturing base here.
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29-Aug-06
Taiwan semiconductor industry eyeing India
The members of a delegation headed by the Taiwan Semiconductor Industry Association (TSIA) seemed enthusiastic about investing opportunities in India.
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29-Aug-06
AMD plans $500 mn in SemIndia SEZ
World’s second largest computer chip maker Advanced Micro Devices is planning to invest about $500 million in SemIndia’s proposed chip manufacturing facility near Hyderabad.
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29-Aug-06
Single-chip solution from Qualcomm
Qualcomm on Monday introduced its new single-chip solution to enable CDMA2000 handsets to double its talk time compared to the currently available cell phones.
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AMD plans $500 mn in SemIndia SEZ
World’s second largest computer chip maker Advanced Micro Devices is planning to invest about $500 million in SemIndia’s proposed chip manufacturing facility near Hyderabad.
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29-Aug-06
Single-chip solution from Qualcomm
Qualcomm on Monday introduced its new single-chip solution to enable CDMA2000 handsets to double its talk time compared to the currently available cell phones.
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26-Aug-06
Bosch to develop ECUs
Robert Bosch plans to develop special electronic control units (ECUs) for the domestic automobile sector, Walter Grote, Managing Director of its Indian unit, said here on Thursday.
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Bosch to develop ECUs
Robert Bosch plans to develop special electronic control units (ECUs) for the domestic automobile sector, Walter Grote, Managing Director of its Indian unit, said here on Thursday.
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25-Aug-06
Robert Bosch India On Expansion Mode
Robert Bosch India has inaugurated a 'Clean-Room' in their headquarters at Koramangala.
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25-Aug-06
G & D sets up SIM card production in India
Smart card chip and security chip specialist Giesecke & Devrient is readying a production facility in India to support the country s booming market with SIM cards for mobile communications and with payment cards.
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24-Aug-06
Bosch India plans to add 1,000 employees every year
Robert Bosch India plans to add 1,000 employees per annum to its workforce.
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Robert Bosch India On Expansion Mode
Robert Bosch India has inaugurated a 'Clean-Room' in their headquarters at Koramangala.
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25-Aug-06
G & D sets up SIM card production in India
Smart card chip and security chip specialist Giesecke & Devrient is readying a production facility in India to support the country s booming market with SIM cards for mobile communications and with payment cards.
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24-Aug-06
Bosch India plans to add 1,000 employees every year
Robert Bosch India plans to add 1,000 employees per annum to its workforce.
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23-Aug-06
Chandrakasan to lead MIT microsystems lab
The Massachusetts Institue of Technology has named Anantha Chandrakasan as director of its Microsystems Technology Laboratories (MTL), effective Sept. 1.
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Chandrakasan to lead MIT microsystems lab
The Massachusetts Institue of Technology has named Anantha Chandrakasan as director of its Microsystems Technology Laboratories (MTL), effective Sept. 1.
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23-Aug-06
Nortel opens tech centre
Nortel Networks on Tuesday announced the opening of Nortel Technology Excellence Centre (NTEC) in Bangalore. more...
23-Aug-06
Nortel to open R&D arm in Bangalore
Telecom major Nortel has announced that it will set up a research and development centre in Bangalore to focus on new product design, development and testing to deliver greater cost benefits to customers worldwide.
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23-Aug-06
Qualcomm chipset to cut handset cost
In a move that would help lower handset prices below the present $40-45 range, CDMA technology developer Qualcomm is working towards rolling out a chipset that would soon be available for commercial use.
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23-Aug-06
eInfochips plans drug research application
eInfochips, Ahmedabad-based application software solutions provider, is planning to develop an application to help the scientists managing laboratory experiments and building models for drug research.
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22-Aug-06
Intel talent competitions
Intel, in alliance with the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the Government of India, has announced the start of the `India Innovation Pioneers Challenge 2006'. more...
22-Aug-06
Nortel opens centre to focus on product design
Nortel on Tuesday announced the opening of first Technology Excellence Centre in India that would focus on new product design, development and testing to deliver greater cost benefits to its global customers.
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22-Aug-06
India Innovation Pioneers Challenge launched
Department of Science and Technology( DST), Government of India and Intel , today announced the start of the 'India Innovation Pioneers Challenge 2006', to encourage students, scientists in R&D labs, faculty and technologists to think innovatively, come up with an idea based on technology and convert them into businesses.
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22-Aug-06
InSilica surpasses 2 million units shipped
InSilica Corp. has surpassed the two millionth customer unit shipped and continues to ramp high volume shipments and expand its growing customer base, the company said here today.
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22-Aug-06
Nortel sets up R&D center in Bangalore
Nortel today announced the setting up of Nortel Technology Excellence Centre (NTEC) in Bangalore, which will focus on new product design, development and testing to deliver cost benefits to customers worldwide.
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22-Aug-06
InSilica Ships Two Million Custom Silicon Solutions
InSilica Corp. has shipped more than two million customer units of high-value custom silicon solutions to a variety of high-volume segments which require custom ASIC and SOC solutions.
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22-Aug-06
India Innovation Pioneers Challenge 2006
The department of science and technology (DST), the Government of India and Intel have announced the 'India Innovation Pioneers Challenge 2006'.
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22-Aug-06
Qualcomm programme
Qualcomm will be holding the Wireless Reach programme in alliance with the Nasscom Foundation.
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22-Aug-06
Nortel's new R&D centre
Nortel India is setting up a new R&D centre in Bangalore.
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22-Aug-06
Qualcomm in talks to transfer CDMA licence
In a bid to address the need for cheaper CDMA handsets, Qualcomm Inc has begun negotiations with Indian companies to transfer licence for manufacturing handsets in the country.
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Nortel opens tech centre
Nortel Networks on Tuesday announced the opening of Nortel Technology Excellence Centre (NTEC) in Bangalore. more...
23-Aug-06
Nortel to open R&D arm in Bangalore
Telecom major Nortel has announced that it will set up a research and development centre in Bangalore to focus on new product design, development and testing to deliver greater cost benefits to customers worldwide.
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23-Aug-06
Qualcomm chipset to cut handset cost
In a move that would help lower handset prices below the present $40-45 range, CDMA technology developer Qualcomm is working towards rolling out a chipset that would soon be available for commercial use.
more...
23-Aug-06
eInfochips plans drug research application
eInfochips, Ahmedabad-based application software solutions provider, is planning to develop an application to help the scientists managing laboratory experiments and building models for drug research.
more...
22-Aug-06
Intel talent competitions
Intel, in alliance with the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the Government of India, has announced the start of the `India Innovation Pioneers Challenge 2006'. more...
22-Aug-06
Nortel opens centre to focus on product design
Nortel on Tuesday announced the opening of first Technology Excellence Centre in India that would focus on new product design, development and testing to deliver greater cost benefits to its global customers.
more...
22-Aug-06
India Innovation Pioneers Challenge launched
Department of Science and Technology( DST), Government of India and Intel , today announced the start of the 'India Innovation Pioneers Challenge 2006', to encourage students, scientists in R&D labs, faculty and technologists to think innovatively, come up with an idea based on technology and convert them into businesses.
more...
22-Aug-06
InSilica surpasses 2 million units shipped
InSilica Corp. has surpassed the two millionth customer unit shipped and continues to ramp high volume shipments and expand its growing customer base, the company said here today.
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22-Aug-06
Nortel sets up R&D center in Bangalore
Nortel today announced the setting up of Nortel Technology Excellence Centre (NTEC) in Bangalore, which will focus on new product design, development and testing to deliver cost benefits to customers worldwide.
more...
22-Aug-06
InSilica Ships Two Million Custom Silicon Solutions
InSilica Corp. has shipped more than two million customer units of high-value custom silicon solutions to a variety of high-volume segments which require custom ASIC and SOC solutions.
more...
22-Aug-06
India Innovation Pioneers Challenge 2006
The department of science and technology (DST), the Government of India and Intel have announced the 'India Innovation Pioneers Challenge 2006'.
more...
22-Aug-06
Qualcomm programme
Qualcomm will be holding the Wireless Reach programme in alliance with the Nasscom Foundation.
more...
22-Aug-06
Nortel's new R&D centre
Nortel India is setting up a new R&D centre in Bangalore.
more...
22-Aug-06
Qualcomm in talks to transfer CDMA licence
In a bid to address the need for cheaper CDMA handsets, Qualcomm Inc has begun negotiations with Indian companies to transfer licence for manufacturing handsets in the country.
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21-Aug-06
Kyocera Sets Up R&D Facility In Bangalore
Kyocera Wireless India Pvt Ltd (KWI) has opened an R&D facility in the Global Village Campus at Mylasandra Village in Bangalore.
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21-Aug-06
Kyocera launches new facility
Kyocera Wireless India Private Ltd (KWI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Kyocera Wireless Corp (KWC), inaugurated its new facility in the Global Village Campus at Mylasandra Village in Bangalore.
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Kyocera Sets Up R&D Facility In Bangalore
Kyocera Wireless India Pvt Ltd (KWI) has opened an R&D facility in the Global Village Campus at Mylasandra Village in Bangalore.
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21-Aug-06
Kyocera launches new facility
Kyocera Wireless India Private Ltd (KWI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Kyocera Wireless Corp (KWC), inaugurated its new facility in the Global Village Campus at Mylasandra Village in Bangalore.
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