10-Aug-06
ArchPro expands R&D Center in Bangalore, India
ArchPro Design Automation, in the development of EDA products for solving power management design challenges in IC/SoC designs, announced an expansion with the opening of its new R&D Center in Bangalore, India.
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10-Aug-06
Sasken to set up SEZ in Bangalore
Sasken Communications Technologies Ltd is likely to set up a special economic zone (SEZ) in Sarjapur Road on the outskirts of Bangalore spanning 25-50 acres.
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09-Aug-06
RFID to make Pharma industry more efficient
Nearly 8 percent of the world's prescriptions proving counterfeit each year.
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09-Aug-06
“We want to be the next Texas Instruments”
Marvell CEO Sehat Sutardja is upbeat about the company’s rapid strides in the market
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09-Aug-06
`Desi' semiconductor biz is `all chip shape'
An interesting fact emerged, when half a dozen leading international silicon chip manufacturers banded together last month, in a `Power Forward' initiative, to `lower the heat' and produce semiconductors to a common format thatwould make them cooler, less power hungry.
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08-Aug-06
Sasken seeks to use IPO funds for buys
Sasken Communication Technologies Ltd is seeking the shareholders' approval to revise the terms of the section `Objects of the Issue' of the company's prospectus and utilise the IPO proceeds to fund the acquisition of Botnia Hightech Oy. more...
07-Aug-06
Chip makers to get equity prop
In a move that will boost the fledgling semiconductor and nano technology sector, the government is finalising plans to provide equity support of up to 15 per cent of the total project equity, and subordinate loans amounting to 5 per cent of the project cost at government securities rates to companies that set up manufacturing facilities in the country.
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07-Aug-06
Outsourcing in engg $40 bn opportunity: Nasscom report
Offshoring of engineering services is estimated to be a $40 billion opportunity for the Indian software services sector by 2020.
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07-Aug-06
e-Infochips plans tie-ups with academia
The industry-academia relationship has strengthened in recent times with a large number of companies introducing academic initiatives or associating with academics in some way.
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05-Aug-06
India wants to compete better with China
India is keen to "grab opportunities" from China in the booming offshore engineering services space, Chairman of NASSCOM R Ramalinga Raju said on Friday.
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05-Aug-06
After IT, Indian cos eye a piece of growing engg offshoring pie
Indian IT companies have a $40 bn opportunity in engineering services by ’20. more...

05-Aug-06
Wipro plans 2nd hardware unit
Wipro, which is mulling a second hardware manufacturing plant, is most likely to locate it in the northern part of the country. more...

05-Aug-06
KPIT Cummins to beef up financial services space
KPIT Cummins Infosystems, a global software solutions provider focused on the automotive and semiconductor sectors, is exploring opportunities to acquire a company in diversified financial services (DFS) space.
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04-Aug-06
GDA Tech plans $5-m expansion
GDA Technologies, a US-based electronic product development design company with development centres in Chennai, will invest $5 million in the next 18 months on expansion.
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04-Aug-06
Offshore engineering revenue to exceed $40 b
Nasscom on Thursday urged the IT industry to tap into the fast-growing engineering services market that is expected to offer $40-billion opportunity over the next 15 years.
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04-Aug-06
‘Engineering services outsourcing can be a $40 bn business’
IEngineering services (ES) outsourcing will create $40 billion opportunity for the Indian IT industry by 2020, a Nasscom report said.
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04-Aug-06
India targets $225bn offshore engineering market
Indian IT companies are targeting a $225bn market in engineering services as the next big driver of growth for the offshore outsourcing industry.
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04-Aug-06
Engg services tops Satyam's China expansion
The expansion plans of Satyam Computer Services in China is likely to see engineering services becoming the main line of activity.
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03-Aug-06
India Engineering Demand Grows
Software services companies in India will have a $40-billion market opportunity in engineering services by 2020, according to a study released Thursday.
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03-Aug-06
India sitting on engg services offshoring goldmine
Offshoring of engineering services can be $40 billion opportunity for the Indian IT industry by 2020. more...

03-Aug-06
NASSCOM Bats For Outsourcing Of Engineering Services
NASSCOM and Booz Allen Hamilton, a management consulting firm, have released the key findings of a study titled `Globalization of Engineering Services -- the Next Frontier for India’. more...

03-Aug-06
2.5 lakh jobs for Indian engineers
The potential offshored engineering market in India could exceed $40 billion by 2020, which will catapult India's market share in the same category to 30 per cent from the current 12 per cent.
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03-Aug-06
Infineon appoints new MD
Semiconductor firm Infineon Technologies on Thursday announced the appointment of Mr Albert Stritter as the new Managing Director in charge of strategy and direction to further develop its software development centre. more...

03-Aug-06
Mistral to offer Curtiss Wright product
Embedded firm Mistral Solutions announced the availability of Curtiss Wright Controls Embedded Computing's S/DCP3-1201, the industry's first 3U CompactPCI Single Board Computer (SBC) for benign and rugged applications. more...
01-Aug-06
"Development tools, reliability, and scalability are more crucial to developers than real-time capabilities"
Jane Gilson, Director, Mobile and Embedded Devices Division, Microsoft Corporation, recently gave EDN Asia some insight into embedded operating systems (EOSs), and their continued relevance in the near future. Excerpts. more...
31-July-06
Traze to open RFID manufacturing facility
Gemini Traze RFID Pvt Ltd will set up India's first RFID tag manufacturing facility at Sriperumbudur Electronic Park in Chennai, with an investment of $2.5 million.
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31-July-06
SPEL Semiconductors net down
SPEL Semiconductor Ltd, a Chennai-based semiconductor integrated circuit assembly and test company, reported a reduced net profit of Rs 68.7 lakh for the quarter ended June 30, compared to a net profit of Rs 99.1 lakh for the corresponding quarter previous year.
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31-July-06
You win, from either end
Indian outsourced product development (OPD) companies are headed for good times. more...

31-July-06
Flextronics lines up India foray
Singapore-based contract manufacturing company Flextronics Corporation plans to test waters in India. more...
28-July-06
Chipping up India
For an industry body that has been in existence for a year, the Indian Semiconductor Association (ISA) has achieved quite a lot.
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28-July-06
RFID to become $25 bn segment by 2025
“Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) market will grow by 800 per cent at $25 billion by 2025 from $3 billion in 2005,” said KS Raghunandan, director, ASEAN-SA, industrial sector, IBM Corporation. more...
27-July-06
STMicroelectronics adopts Magma solution
Magma Design Automation Inc., a provider of semiconductor design software, today announced that STMicroelectronics has successfully implemented a via-programmable embedded structured ASIC platform using Magma’s Blast Create SA. more...

27-July-06
New range of dual core chips from Intel
Intel has begun the `desktop' war for processors with its new range of dual core chips. more...

27-July-06
Intel unveils new Core 2 Duo processors
Intel on Thursday unveiled its new generation high power and energy-efficient processors for desktop and laptop computers as part of a global launch.
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27-July-06
Mistral launches hands-free car kit
The increased penetration of Bluetooth on mobile phones and stringent laws banning talking over cell-phone while driving have spurred vehicle manufacturers to provide hands-free mobile usage features.
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27-July-06
Sasken buys Botnia for Rs 210 cr
Sasken Communication Technologies, a software and support services provider for communications industry, has acquired 100 per cent stake in Finland-based Botnia Hightech for Rs 210 crore (Euro 35.5 million), in an all cash deal.
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27-July-06
Sasken buys Finland co for Rs 210 cr
Making its first overseas acquisitions, Sasken Communication Technologies, the Bangalore-headquartered provider of software services and products for telecom sector on Wednesday announced that it has acquired 100% of Finland-based Botnia Hightech for E35.5m (Rs 210.3 crore) in an all cash deal.
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27-July-06
Sasken buys Finnish firm
Sasken Communication Technologies has acquired the Finnish wireless R&D and testing services firm Botnia Hightech Oy in an all cash deal worth about Rs. 209 crore (Euro 35.5 million).
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26-July-06
Sasken buys Finnish firm for €35.5-m
Sasken Communication Technologies Ltd has acquired Botnia Hightech Oy (Botnia), a provider of wireless R&D and testing services for € 35.5 million in an all cash deal.
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26-July-06
Sasken Acquires Botnia Hightech Oy
Sasken Communication Technologies Ltd, a telecom R&D and support company, has acquired the Finland-based Botnia Hightech Oy, a provider of wireless R&D and testing services, in an all-cash deal worth €35.5 million.
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26-July-06
India's Sasken buys Finnish wireless firm
Sasken Communication Technologies Ltd., a telecom R&D and support services firm based here, has bought Finland's Botnia Hightech Oy, a provider of wireless R&D and testing services, in an all-cash deal worth about $45 million.
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26-July-06
Sasken buys out Finnish firm for $45
Sasken Communication Technologies Ltd, a leading software services and products firm, Wednesday announced the acquisition of Botnia Highteh Oy, a Finland-based leading provider of wireless services, for $45 mn (Euro 35.5 mn) in an all cash deal.
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26-July-06
Sasken to buy Botnia, two arms in all-cash deal
Sasken Communication Technologies said on Wednesday that it was acquiring the Finland-based Botnia Hightech Oy and its two subsidiaries for € 35.5 million (about Rs 200 crore) in an all cash deal.
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25-July-06
AMD'S Ramaratnam gets global responsibilities
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) India today announced that Mukund Ramaratnam, who was leading the marketing team for AMD India, will be moving to the AMD, Inc. headquarters in Sunnyvale, California to take on responsibilities in AMD's worldwide consumer sales and marketing team.
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25-July-06
Indian ASIC market to grow, but FPGAs gain traction
The domestic ASIC market could grow by more than 35 percent to $443 million in 2006, but growth will likely be slowed by rising use of FPGAs.
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25-July-06
AMD's Mukund moves to US
AMD India announced that Mr Mukund Ramaratnam, who was leading the marketing team for AMD India, will be moving to the AMD Inc headquarters in Sunnyvale, California to take on responsibilities in AMD's worldwide consumer sales & marketing team.
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23-July-06
Semiconductor industry trying new approach to development
The global semiconductor industry is poised for a shift in terms of its development.
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21-July-06
India boosts IP rights enforcement
The Ministry of Information Technology has amended its IP rights program to curtail patent infringement and adhere to international trade rules on intellectual property.
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21-July-06
Intel to focus on tier-four, five markets
Some economists would have us believe there are two Indias: the under-tapped, rural Bharat, and the urban and modern India.
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21-July-06
Rangu Salgame leaves Cisco India Operations
Cisco Systems today announced that Rangu Salgame will leave his position of president – Cisco Systems, India and SAARC.
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21-July-06
Rangu Salgame leaves Cisco India
Rangu Salgame, the president of Cisco India has left the company. more...

21-July-06
ISA unveils membership directory
India Semiconductor Association (ISA), the national body for the Indian semiconductor industry, has released its first Member Directory.
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21-July-06
Cisco's India head Rangu Salgame quits
Cisco Systems' head of India and SAARC operations, Mr Rangu Salgame, has put in his papers. more...

21-July-06
eInfochips plans campuses in Ahmedabad, Pune
Electronic design services major eInfochips, based in Ahmedabad and Santa Clara, California (the US), is planning to set up two bigger corporate campuses simultaneously in Ahmedabad and Pune with an investment of $10 million over the next four years. more...
20-July-06
Infineon Tech designs UWB chip
Infineon Technologies has successfully designed an ultra-wide band (UWB) wireless chip. more...
19-July-06
India's MindTree expands design staff again
Seeing strong demand for design services, India's MindTree Consulting is expanding its 160-person IC design team to 300 by next April, after doubling in size from a year ago. more...
18-July-06
India's Mistral plans U.S. design center
After a seemingly unending list of U.S. companies announced design centers here, embedded software provider Mistral Software said it will open a design center in the U.S. this year and in the Asia-Pacific region in 2007.
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18-July-06
India design firms as product innovators
This spring ATI Technologies announced that it would invest an additional $50 million and increase the number of employees from 175 to 400 at its research facility in Hyderabad, India.
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18-July-06
TI's entry may push Chennai as global mobile phone hub
The announcement by Dallas (U.S.)-based semiconductor leader, Texas Instruments (TI), in Delhi last week, that it had decided to open its second Indian research and development centre in Chennai, merely confirms what analysts have been anticipating for some months now: The emergence of the Tamil Nadu capital as the next big international manufacturing hub — with a strong slant on the consumer communications industry.
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18-July-06
MosChip ships 2mn controller family PCI chips
Hyderabad-based MosChip Semiconductor Technology Ltd has announced that it has shipped over two million units of the MCS9800 family PCI (peripheral component interconnect) controller chips.
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17-July-06
MosChip ships over 2 m MCS9800 units
MosChip Semiconductor Technology Ltd, a Hyderabad-based fabless semiconductor company, has announced it has achieved a significant milestone of shipping over 2 million units of MCS9800 family of chips.
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15-July-06
Intel India downsizes managerial jobs
Intel, the world’s largest chip maker, has announced that it would cut 1,000 jobs worldwide at the managerial level.
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14-July-06
Cadence to host 'Technology on Tour'
Cadence Design Systems will be organizing "Technology on Tour," the annual developer conference in Bangalore, New Delhi and Hyderabad from July 18 to 21.
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13-July-06
Report: India analog IC market to grow rapidly
The Indian market for analog ICs, worth $221 million in 2005, is set to grow 35 percent to nearly $300 million this year, more than half of this being accounted for by the communications industry.
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