17-May-06
France's TES to expand Bangalore center
Electronic design and manufacturing services company TES Electronic Solutions said it would invest $5 to $10 million to expand its Bangalore center, acquired last year.
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17-May-06
Synplicity unveils visibility enhancement technology
EDA tool vendor Synplicity Inc. will launch a visibility enhancement technology code-named "TotalRecall" by the end of the year.
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17-May-06
Cisco deploys integrated communication network
Cisco Systems on Wednesday said Capgemini India, a leading provider of Consulting, Technology and Outsourcing services has deployed an integrated communication network comprising Cisco's switching and routing solutions and advanced technologies like IP Telephony.
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17-May-06
Capgemini to deploy Cisco's solutions
Communications and network infrastructure provider Cisco Systems announced that Capgemini India, an outsourcing services firm, would deploy Cisco's switching and routing solutions, IP telephony and security in its integrated communication network.
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16-May-06
Infineon preparing 65-nm chips
Semiconductor firm Infineon Technologies has successfully brought out 65- nm chips for cell phones. more...

15-May-06
Intel CEO to visit India this month
Paul Otellini, Intel Corporation's president and chief executive officer is visiting India on May 23rd and 24th this year. more...

15-May-06
Taiwan IT body opens offshore centre
The Taiwan-based Institute for Information Industry today opened its offshore development centre in Chennai, stated to be the first Taiwanese software venture in India. more...

15-May-06
Balancing act
Lee Chung looks like an unlikely candidate for vice-president at UMC, one of the top semiconductor foundries globally. more...

15-May-06
When the icon speaks...
What's common between Taipei 101 and Dr Morris Chang? more...

15-May-06
Creative drive
The SemiTech Taipei 2006 conference turned out just fine for the Indian delegation. more...

15-May-06
The stick for India
The Indian delegation that visited a few dedicated foundry manufacturers and fabless design companies in Taipei recently did not have it all smooth.
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13-May-06
Intel CEO to visit India on May 23
Intel's Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Paul Otellini will arrive in India on a two-day visit on May 23.
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12-May-06
Intel CEO to visit India
World's largest chip maker Intel's Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Paul Otellini will arrive in India on a two-day visit on May 23.
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12-May-06
Seminar series on embedded systems
Embedded solutions providers Freescale Semiconductor and Ammos Software Technologies will conduct a series of seminars on integrated solutions for PowerPC embedded systems.
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12-May-06
Taiwan sees synergy in working with Indian cos
"We have overlooked India for far too long. It is time to remedy our mistake," is the candid response from Dr G.J. Huang, Executive Vice-President, Institute for Information Industry (III), Taiwan, asked why Taiwan has recently increased its focus on India. more...

11-May-06
HP forms Asia-Pacific tech center in Bangalore
Hewlett-Packard has formed an advanced technology center here, which it claims is the first of its kind in the Asia-Pacific region.
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11-May-06
AMD takes its battle to India
AMD, which is pulling out all stops to snatch away marketshare from Intel, has decided to engage its arch rival in a new way in India.
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11-May-06
Infinera to double headcount
Infinera India is doubling the headcount to 200 at its facility here, as part of its expansion plan to meet the growing demand for the Infinera DTN digital optical networking solution.
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11-May-06
New Altera products
Altera Corporation has announced two new products: Version 6.0 of the Nios II embedded processor and the Nios II Embedded Design Suite.
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11-May-06
AMD conducts first developer conference
Chip-maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD) on Wednesday held its first developer conference in India with the aim of empowering developers, IT managers, techno-marketers and architects in organisations with the knowhow and tools needed to develop effective software solutions.
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10-May-06
Infineon demos 65-nm chip for mobile handsets
Infineon Technologies has demonstrated a 65-nm chip that targets the mobile handset market to provide GSM functionality. more...

10-May-06
Mistral to raise $10mn
Mistral Software Private Limited, a Rs 48-crore product realisation company operating in the embedded space, is planning to raise funds to the tune of $10 million.
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10-May-06
Huawei Tech changes logo
Huawei Technologies announced a change in its corporate logo, effective May 8, 2006.
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10-May-06
Chip demand gaining critical mass: AMD
Semiconductor company Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has said that multi-core processors, which have superior processing capabilities, are poised to make rapid inroads.
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10-May-06
Mistral Software opens design centre
Mistral Software, a CMMi level 3 appraised product realisation company, inaugurated its new design centre in Hyderabad on Tuesday and announced plans for an investment of about Rs. 8-10 crore in the new centre.
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09-May-06
Mistral sets up design centre in Hyderabad
Mistral Software, providers of embedded designs and development, launched its Hyderabad development centre on Tuesday.
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09-May-06
U.S. posts patent attorney in India
A U.S. Patent and Trademark Office attorney will reportedly be posted to the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi as an intellectual property rights attaché.
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09-May-06
Mistral to invest Rs 10 cr in Hyderabad centre
Mistral Software has inaugurated a new design centre in Hyderabad where it expects to invest about Rs 8-10 crore.
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09-May-06
Sasken to raise $50 m
Embedded telecom solutions firm Sasken Communication Technologies will raise $50 million through the issue of securities in the domestic or international markets to help fund acquisitions and other strategic initiatives.
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09-May-06
Mistral opens Hyderabad development center
Mistral Software Pvte. Ltd., a real-time software specialist with dual headquarters in Dallas and Bangalore has opened a new development center in Hyderabad, India.
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08-May-06
Sequence design India expands operations
Sequence Design, a Silicon Valley in EDA software used by chip designers to reduce power in portable and wireless devices, has added two executives and expanded its technical advisory board while broadening the scope of its research and product development activities in India.
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08-May-06
EDA startup sets up shop in India
EDA startup Sierra Design Automation Inc. Monday (May 8) said it has established offices in India to support what it termed the growing adoption of its products.
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08-May-06
India's Tata Group plans supercomputer venture
The Tata Group reportedly will invest about $140 million to float a company that will design and develop supercomputers.
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08-May-06
India's KPIT picks Cadence analog/mixed-signal methodology
Cadence Design Systems Inc. said KPIT Cummins Infosystems Ltd. (Pune, India) has tapped the Cadence AMS Methodology Kit to help KPIT’s analog/mixed-signal (AMS) designers apply Cadence tools.
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06-May-06
Cranes Acquires Analytix Systems
Cranes Software, a global scientific and engineering software solutions provider, has announced the acquisition of the Bangalore-based analytical business solutions provider, Analytix Systems, for close to $2.5 million.
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06-May-06
Cranes buys Analytix for $2.5-m
Cranes Software International Ltd has announced the acquisition of the Bangalore-based analytical business solutions provider, Analytix Systems in a cash and stock deal.
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05-May-06
Sensor Market Getting Hotter: Frost & Sullivan
According to Frost & Sullivan, sensors and related technologies is an exploding market with developments occurring at a phenomenal rate.
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05-May-06
ATI, Nokia partner for mobile multimedia
ATI Technologies, the $2.2-billion 3D graphics and digital media silicon solutions provider, and Nokia, the mobile communications major, have announced a strategic relationship to bring enhanced mobile multimedia experiences to Nokia customers. more...

05-May-06
India's Mindtree joins WiMAX forum
IT and R & D services company Mindtree Consulting has joined the WiMAX Forum.
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04-May-06
MindTree joins WiMAX Forum
MindTree Consulting said on Thursday that it has joined the WiMAX Forum.
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04-May-06
VIA Tech unveils ultra mobile PC
VIA Technologies, a chipset company, unveiled details of its new Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC) on Tuesday.
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04-May-06
Apache opens branch office in India
Apache Design Solutions, in power integrity solutions for system-on-chip (SoC), announced their branch office in India to provide direct sales, engineering and additional applications for support personnel in India.
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03-May-06
Huawei plans to invest $100 M in India
Privately owned Chinese telecom equipment giant Huawei Technologies will invest $100 million in India on its R&D center in Bangalore.
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03-May-06
Khare re-elected ISA Chairperson
India Semiconductor Association (ISA), the industry representative body, announced that Mr Rajendra Khare, Managing Director, Broadcom India, has been re-elected Chairperson of ISA in the organisation's Executive Council elections 2006.
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02-May-06
VIA opens innovation centre in India
Developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions VIA Technologies on Tuesday said it has opened a new innovation centre in Mumbai and plans to set up a team in India to give a push to sub Rs 10,000 personal computer.
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02-May-06
eInfochips to design components for US firm
Ahmedabad-based, eInfochips tied up with US-based advanced verification specialist Eve to accelerate the functions of verification or testing of the design of the hardware.
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01-May-06
ATI to double Indian R&D facility
Canada-based ATI Technologies has expanded its research and development centre in Hyderabad, India.
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30-Apr-06
STPI plans incubation centres for small units
The Software Technology Parks of India (STPI), which has 49 centres, has breached the magical Rs 1,00,000-crore IT exports mark this year recording Rs 1,00,809 crore, wherein Bangalore and Hyderabad account for about 50 per cent of overall exports. more...

29-Apr-06
Hyderabad aims Rs 18,000 cr software export
Hyderabad has set an ambitious target of Rs 18,000 crore (Rs 180 billion) software exports in the current financial year 2006-07. more...

28-Apr-06
Dell to set up hardware design center in Bangalore
Computing major Dell plans to set up hardware design center at its Bangalore R&D center and plans to double its engineering team from the current 300.
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28-Apr-06
eInfochips Is EVE's Design Services Partner
EVE has selected eInfochips, Inc. to expand and complement the internally-developed synthesisable transactor library for EVE's ZeBu emulation platform.
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28-Apr-06
Mistral tool
Mistral Solutions has announced the availability of a solution for the radar, software radio and signal intelligence markets.
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28-Apr-06
ATI expanding operations in India
The $2.2-billion communications and graphics chip solutions provider, ATI Technologies Inc, has embarked on an India expansion drive that would see it shifting to a new R&D centre and setting up a Digital TV Lab and an audio/acoustics lab.
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28-Apr-06
ATI Tech to go in for major expansion
ATI Technologies India, a leading 3D graphics and digital media solutions provider, has announced major expansion plans for its Indian operations involving investments in excess of $50 million in the next five years.
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27-Apr-06
KKR Buys FSS in India
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR), a US private equity firm, has agreed to buy Flextronics software solutions (FSS), in software business in India, for $900 million.
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27-Apr-06
ATI set to double Indian R&D staff size
Graphics chip firm ATI Technologies Inc. has readied a new center in Hyderabad in southern India, where it first set up shop less than a year ago.
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27-Apr-06
Taking staff along, Flextronics way
The name is the game.
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27-Apr-06
HP opens IP licensing centre
Hewlett-Packard announced the opening of an intellectual property (IP) licensing centre to serve the fast-growing Asia Pacific market.
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27-Apr-06
Chip firms opt for ARM's debug tool
Chip design firm ARM announced that more than 10 industry-leading semiconductor companies including Broadcom Corporation, Royal Philips Electronics and Samsung are integrating ARM CoreSight debug and trace capabilities into their future chip designs.
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27-Apr-06
ATI Tech to invest $50 m in India
ATI Technologies, designer and manufacturer of 3D graphics and digital media silicon solutions, plans to invest $50 million in research and development facility in India in the next five years.
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27-Apr-06
Next-generation Bluetooth finds a niche
Is Bluetooth dead in the water?
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27-Apr-06
EDN Asia's Seminar in Bangalore Provides Insight into India's Embedded Space
EDN Asia recently held in Bangalore the Embedded Systems & Software Seminar 2006 with the aim of providing insights into the Indian embedded industry.
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27-Apr-06
Cadence Partners for VLSI Training
The Indian arm of Cadence Design Systems Inc. has partnered with TTM Institute of Information Technology (TIIT) and the University of California, Santa Cruz to offer a certified program in VLSI design engineering to Indian engineers.
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26-Apr-06
HP to open IP licensing centre
HP has announced the opening of an Intellectual Property (IP) licensing centre to serve the fast-growing Asia Pacific market. more...

25-Apr-06
Indian firm sets up solar module plant
Spire Corp. said that it has completed installation and commissioning of a turnkey photovoltaic (PV) module assembly line for Emmvee Solar Systems Pte. Ltd., one of India’s leading manufacturers of solar energy products. more...