21-July-08
India's tech industry running out of talent
Superior talent is the strength of all organisations and a key driver for India’s growth in the technology sector. more...
18-July-08
India's eInfochip rolls two design IP cores
Design services provider eInfochips Ltd. has launched two design IP cores designed to reduce networking interfaces and video surveillance chip development time and cost. more...
16-July-08
Solar energy sizzles worldwide
Energy crunch has begun to stare India Inc in the face. Admittedly, energy is a critical input that fuels growth. more...

16-July-08
Nu Horizons Electronics and OSRAM Opto Semiconductors Expand Distribution Agreement into India
Nu Horizons Electronics Corp. (NASDAQ: NUHC), a leading global distributor of advanced technology semiconductor, displays, illumination, power and system solutions, today announced expansion into India with OSRAM Opto Semiconductors, a specialist in semiconductor technology for lighting, sensor and visualization applications. more...

16-July-08
Cavium Networks to Acquire Taiwan-Based Star Semiconductor
Cavium Network, a leading provider of semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing for networking, communications, security and wireless applications, today announced that it is has signed a definitive agreement to acquire certain assets and business of Star Semiconductor Corporation. more...
16-July-08
US slowdown is definitely hurting the fab sector
Semiconductor fab (or chip-making units) spends are down globally by 30% and chip design and manufacturing companies in India are facing the heat due to slowdown in the US. more...

15-July-08
A Big Upgrade for Applied Materials
Every day, the sun rises on Wall Street, and a plethora of professional analysts wake to issue new opinions on stocks. more...
15-July-08
Solar/PV practical route to enter manufacturing: Dr. Atre
Solar/PV is perhaps, a practical route for India to enter manufacturing, contends Dr. Madhusudan V. Atre, president, Applied Materials India. Alternatively, another way to enter this field could be by having solar farms. more...

15-July-08
Demand for enggineering talent to double
The semiconductor industry in India is growing at a scorching pace of 25% against the global average of around 5% every year. more...

15-July-08
Healthcare, next frontier for semiconductors
Freescale Semiconductor, a prominent face in the silicon world, is a $6-billion company based in Austin, Texas. more...

14-July-08
ISA Excite in Bangalore on July 25
The India Semiconductor Association (ISA), today announced the ISA ExCITE Exhibition on July 25, 2008 at The Leela Palace, Bangalore. more...

14-July-08
Solar, Semiconductor Project Proposals Worth Rs.80,000 Cr. Await Indian Govt. Nod
The Special Incentive Package Scheme or SIPS, notified last year by the Indian Government to encourage investments in semiconductor fabrication and other micro and nano technology manufacturing industries, has attracted nearly a dozen proposals together worth Rs.80,000 crores that include corporate giants like Reliance Industries, Videocon and Tata BP Solar, the media reported. more...
13-July-08
Corporates line up Rs 80,000-cr solar, semiconductor projects
Flooded by nearly a dozen proposals together worth Rs 80,000 crore from corporate majors such as Reliance Industries, Videocon and Tata BP Solar under the policy for semiconductor fabs and eco-system units, the Government is setting in motion an appraisal mechanism to evaluate the projects. more...
11-July-08
Commentary: This time around, tech's weathering the storm
The global economy is caught in a perfect storm as the greatest financial crisis since the Depression continues to unfold, accompanied by sky-high crude oil and commodity prices--a one-two punch that is resculpting the world's economic landscape. more...
10-July-08
Freescale Picks Finalists For FTF Design Challenge India
Freescale Semiconductor has announced 10 finalists in its first green FTF Design Challenge. more...

10-July-08
Freescale Announces Finalists in its FTF Design Challenge - India
Freescale Semiconductor has announced the ten finalists invited to compete in its first green engineering design contest. more...

08-July-08
Free VLSI seminar in Pune on July 11
Accel IT Academy, Pune is conducting a free VLSI seminar on 'Verification Engineering' on 11 July 2008 at its FC Road office. more...
08-July-08
Applied funding arm to build more Indian IC firms
The investment arm of IC tool vendor Applied Materials Inc. has invested in two Indian companies and is considering two additional investments this year. more...

07-July-08
Indian tech firms eye semi IP business
Indian technology companies facing cost pressures from a global economic slump and domestic competition are seeking a way out by boosting R&D investments to develop semiconductor intellectual property. more...
07-July-08
Reduced time to market: Key to winning innovation
Winning in the market place requires system development teams to put better products on the market ahead of the competition. more...

05-July-08
UL labs to set up facility for PV plates testing
With the increasing focus on harnessing the potential of solar energy in the country, US-based Underwriters Laboratories (UL), a product testing and certification firm, has decided to set up a state of art solar photovoltaic (PV) plates testing lab in the country. PV plate converts light directly into electricity. more...
04-July-08
Applied Materials to expand in India
Applied Materials, a US-based nano-manufacturing technology solutions provider, on Thursday said it has commenced a second round of dialogue with Moser Baer Photo Voltaic Ltd (MBPV) for supplying critical production equipment to the latter's thin film photo voltaics modules manufacturing facility at Greater Noida. more...

04-July-08
Moser Baer to roll out largest solar panels
The Noida-based Moser Baer, makers of optical storage products, will soon roll out the largest solar photo voltaic (SPV) panels ever fabricated in India — 5.7 sq. metres — making it the biggest customer in the country for the U.S.-based Applied Materials. more...

03-July-08
Applied Materials funding arm invests in 2 Indian firms
The investment arm of IC tool vendor Applied Materials Inc. has invested in two Indian companies and is considering two additional investments here this year.
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03-July-08
India to have another thin film assembly line facility
After collaborating with Moser Baer Photo Voltaic Ltd to set up India’s largest thin film solar module manufacturing facility in 2007, Santa Clara-based Applied Materials Inc., is now helping set up another thin film assembly line for solar modules in India.
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03-July-08
India reveals its first climate change plan
In the wake of next week's G8 meeting in Japan, India released its first action plan for climate change (PDF) earlier this week.
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02-July-08
Semicon no longer business as usual!
UK: The Global Semiconductor Monthly Report June 2008 from Future Horizons, states: Let the market beware; it is no longer business as usual!
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01-July-08
Entegris Expands Presence to India
Entegris, Inc. (Nasdaq:ENTG), a leading provider of products and systems that purify, protect and transport critical materials used in manufacturing of semiconductors and other microelectronics, announced the opening of a wholly owned subsidiary in Bangalore, India.
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01-July-08
Report: SemIndia looks for new partner after AMD deal ends
SemIndia Fab, one of India's first major chip manufacturing projects, is reportedly looking for a new technology partner after a three-year technology partnership with Advanced Micro Devices Inc. lapsed.
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01-July-08
Solar Semiconductor Announces Strategic Supplier Relationship With SolarWorld AG
Solar Semiconductor strengthened its position as a rapidly growing international manufacturer of high-quality solar photovoltaic (PV) modules today by concluding a comprehensive delivery agreement with SolarWorld AG subsidiary Deutsche Solar AG, which operates one of the largest factories worldwide for the production of multi-crystalline solar silicon wafers.
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01-July-08
Cavium Networks Schedules Second Quarter 2008 Conference Call for July 16th, 2008
Cavium Networks (NASDAQ: CAVM), a leading provider of highly integrated semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing for networking, communications, storage and security applications, has scheduled its second quarter 2008 financial results conference call for Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at 2 p.m. Pacific time.
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01-July-08
Solar Semiconductor inks 10-year delivery pact with Deutsche Solar AG
Solar Semiconductor Private Limited (SSPL) has entered into a 10-year delivery agreement with Deutsche Solar AG, a subsidiary of SolarWorld AG of Germany.
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01-July-08
India expands solar energy initiatives
In a country where millions of people worship the sun, the government has launched a "National Mission on Solar Energy" that seeks to tie India's economic development to energy efficiency.
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30-June-08
Pointers for Karnataka semicon policy
A very interesting question was recently thrown at me: what sort of semiconductor policy should Karnataka adopt as a state!
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28-June-08
Velankani in Rs 14,000 cr Vizag silicon complex plan
The Bangalore-based Velankani Group will invest Rs 14,000 crore over the next seven years to set up an integrated stone-to-wafer silicon complex in Visakhapatnam, the first of its kind in India.
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27-June-08
India leads world in semicon: S. Janakiraman
Irrespective of the debate raging within the semicon community regarding wafer fabs in India, the strength of and the talent within the Indian semiconductor industry has never been in doubt.
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26-June-08
Getting the apps right on 45nm chips
This would mean 65 nm processors, the most powerful processors available in the market currently, will gradually give way for 45 nm chips, allowing for smaller form-factor, greater compute power and lower energy consumption.
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24-June-08
Too premature to write off fab story: Pradip Dutta, Synopsys
According to Dr. Pradip K. Dutta, Corporate Vice President & Managing Director, Synopsys (India) Pvt Ltd: "Building wafer fabs in India involves an element of national pride and should also make business sense.
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24-June-08
Indian fab story not disappearing: SemIndia/ISA
B.V. Naidu, managing director, SemIndia Systems, and Vice Chairman - India Semiconductor Association (ISA), comments on the FabCity, status of fabs in India and SemIndia's initiatives in an exclusive with CIOL.
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24-June-08
Has Indian silicon wafer fab story gone astray?
The recent news of the Hyderabad Fab City giants -- SemIndia Fab Pvt Ltd and Nano-Tech Silicon India Pvt Ltd -- being served notice by the local state government and to explain the reasons for their delay in setting up the Fab City on the outskirts of Hyderabad, does not come as a surprise at all!
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24-June-08
Solarworld wins 10-year contract worth more than 750 million euros from India
Solarworld AG. said it won a 10-year contract worth more than 750 million euros from Indian company Solar Semiconductor Pvt. Ltd. to supply silicon wafers.
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24-June-08
Silicon Valley venture firm to fund Indian start-ups
India-born investors from Silicon Valley have joined hands to fund Indian start-ups in the technology sector with seed capital and mentoring.
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23-June-08
SPEL Semiconductor drops SEZ plan
SPEL Semiconductor Ltd today said that it has decided to ask the Government to cancel the approval for the company’s SEZ, “as the company is not in a position to execute the SEZ project.”
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23-June-08
SPEL Semiconductor drops plans for SEZ proj
Chennia-based SPEL Semiconductor Ltd has dropped plans for setting up Special Economic Zone (SEZs) due to its inability to execute such projects.
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22-June-08
Notices issued to Sem India, Nano
With Sem India and Nano Tech Silicon - two major companies which were to set shop in Hyderabad’s ‘prestigious’ Fab City - taking their own sweet time, the State Government has slapped notices on them for being behind schedule in construction.
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22-June-08
Notices served on Fab City ‘giants’
With no significant progress achieved in Fab City, the much-hyped hub for semi-conductor and electronics manufacture on a 1,000-acre site on the city outskirts, the government has served notices on its co-promoters SemIndia Fab Private Limited and Nano-Tech Silicon India Private Limited.
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21-June-08
India's TF Solar Power sets up solar plant
India's private firm T.F. Solar Power is planning to set up a solar PV unit in the country and has sought government incentives.
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20-June-08
India's VLSI industry focused on 1-10 million-gate designs
VLSI design services provided by companies in India brought in $760 million last year, rising to $927 million in 2008, according to a study released last week by the India Semiconductor Association.
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19-June-08
Solar Semiconductor ties up with TUV Rheinland
Solar Semiconductor (SS), a Hyderabad-based manufacturer of photovoltaic (PV) modules, on Wednesday entered into a strategic partnership with TUV Rheinland India Limited for certifying safety and quality of the former's products, systems and services.
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18-June-08
Cyan secures deals in India and China
The Indian developer has already accepted small initial orders but the latest order and forecast from the distributor is indicative of the project moving to full deployment.
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17-June-08
Medical devices, the next big step for semiconductor makers
Semiconductors, silicon chips that run mobile phones, game consoles, photo copiers, television sets and almost all other electronic devices are in search of a saviour—a killer application that can maintain its magic run that began with the personal computer and consumer electronics booms in the 1990s.
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16-June-08
EDA healthy and growing in India
EDA plays a major role as far as chip designing is concerned.
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16-June-08
More IBM Nanotechnology Action Out Of India
Small is getting big at IBM. The nanotechnology stream at IBM India is working on a slew of next-generation electronic devices.
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13-June-08
Indian semicon industry creating its niche
In the last couple of decades, the semiconductor industry has witnessed some rapid changes along with an impressive growth.
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12-June-08
Farnell eyes Rs 100 cr turnover
Premier Farnell, the multi-channel distributor of electronic components and services, is all set to invest Rs 25 crore in India over the next three years as part of its business expansion plan.
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11-June-08
India seeks to extend high-tech boom beyond Bengaluru
Buoyed by this regional capital's success in attracting semiconductor and embedded design companies, the regional government of Karnataka will develop its own semiconductor and electronics manufacturing blueprint.
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11-June-08
Engineers' pay in India growing fast; China, not so much
In a discussion here Tuesday (June 10) at the Design Automation Conference (DAC), representatives from the world's two most talked-about--and feared--economies, India and China, painted a portrait of high-tech growth that is proceeding piecemeal in both countries, and at different speeds, toward parity with the West.
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