11-Oct-07
Chip makers begin griping about policy
A month after the Indian government provided details of its much-awaited semiconductor policy aimed at providing special incentives for companies to set up chip-making units in India, chip makers such as SemIndia Inc. and Hindustan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. are expressing serious concerns about key clauses in the policy.
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10-Oct-07
Texas Instruments focuses on startups to sell analog tech
Texas Instruments (TI), the $13.84 billion technology giant, will increasingly focus on the smaller enterprises and startups in India especially for its analog technologies.
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10-Oct-07
March to programmability inexorable, says Tensilica CEO
The infinite appetite for live multimedia-based devices, especially for handhelds and devices for the living room, is driving the development of new silicon platforms.
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10-Oct-07
SemIndia to apply for govt incentives within month
SemIndia, a consortium of non-resident Indian entrepreneurs and venture capitalists, today said it will apply for government incentives within a month to set up a chip-making facility in Hyderabad.
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10-Oct-07
SemIndia eyes Rs 600cr by 2010
SemIndia, a leading Indian semiconductor player, is poised to cross the Rs 100 crore mark by the end of the financial year 2007-08.
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10-Oct-07
SemIndia to apply for incentives for new chip unit
Indian semiconductor consortium SemIndia will apply within a month for government incentives to set up a chip-making facility in India, its chief executive said on Wednesday.
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09-Oct-07
Cost, performance key topics at India semi summit
Configurability is key to the viability of the semiconductor industry, while platform development helps cut costs, speakers said here the final day of the Vision Summit of the India Semiconductor Association.
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09-Oct-07
Systems meet highlights India’s design capabilities
Bangalore should be renamed the Silicon Design City of India, after placing the sub-continent onto the global map of embedded design.
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09-Oct-07
Cadence Inaugurates New R&D In Noida
Cadence Design Systems, Inc., a design automation technology company, has launched its new R&D facility in Noida.
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07-Oct-07
Zeroing in on branchless rural banking
Hundreds of villagers in Warangal district in Andhra Pradesh will, for the first time this week, receive payments under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) through a cutting-edge disbursement method that would be deemed “tomorrow’s technology” in many developed nations.
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04-Oct-07
First ESC in India gets off to robust start
The first-Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) to be held in India opened its doors here Thursday (Oct. 4) just as the semiconductor landscape in the country is changing dramatically.
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03-Oct-07
Intel launches programs for Indian embedded-design houses
Intel Corp. today launched two programs aimed at leveraging its embedded-architecture portfolio.
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03-Oct-07
Chip designing: a new career
Chip design promises to be the next chapter in the unfolding saga of India’s global ascendance.
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01-Oct-07
“We are the top supplier of PLDs to India”
How long has Actel been active in India?
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28-Sept-07
Wipro to acquire Oki Techno, Singapore
Bangalore-based IT major Wipro has entered into a definitive agreement with Oki Electric Industry, singapore to acquire Oki Techno Centre-Singapore (OTCS).
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26-Sept-07
Solar Semiconductor ties up with Ersol
Solar Semiconductor on Wednesday said it has signed a multi-year agreement with Ersol Solar Energy AG of Germany for supply of 156 mm mono and multi-crystalline cells worth about Rs 68 crore.
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26-Sept-07
Indian institute gets $12 million to push III-Vs
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Kharagpur has received $12 million in government funds to set up a semiconductor nano-growth facility.
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26-Sept-07
Tower in talks with SemIndia, HSMC
Pure play fab Tower Semiconductor Ltd. (Migdal Haemek, Israel) is currently in talks with SemIndia Inc. and Hindustan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (HSMC), two leading proponents of Indian chip manufacturing.
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21-Sept-07
India Releases Incentive Program Guidelines to Attract Nanotechnology Manufacturing
The government of India’s Ministry of Communications & Information Technology released the "Special Incentive Package Scheme" (SIPS) (pdf download, 260 KB) aimed at encouraging investments for setting up semiconductor fabrication facilities and other micro and nanotechnology manufacturing industries in India.
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21-Sept-07
Semiconductor makers in a flux over fab guidelines
The fledgling Indian semiconductor industry has raised concerns over ambiguity in the guidelines issued by the government last week for setting up chip manufacturing and allied units in India.
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20-Sept-07
Wipro Strengthens its High-Tech Presence by Joining SEMI
Wipro Technologies, the global IT services division of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT), today announced that it has joined SEMI, the global industry association serving the advanced high-tech manufacturing supply chain.
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19-Sept-07
Xilinx says India to be centre for chip design
Xilinx intends to develop its existing India-based design centre into a global R&D hub signficantly expanding its presence in the Asia Pacific region.
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19-Sept-07
Moser's decisions appear strategic
Moser Baer has taken two key decisions last week and both of them appear strategic in nature.
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19-Sept-07
Companies warm up to fab guidelines
With the Centre issuing the guidelines of the new semiconductor policy, companies are firming up their investment plans in India to set up plants.
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19-Sept-07
Once first fab is ready, rest will follow: Janakiraman
The guidelines issued last week to set up semiconductor fabrication (chip) units in India will encourage companies to finalise their investment plans.
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18-Sept-07
Indian center to be Xilinx global R&D hub
Xilinx Inc.'s center in Hyderbad will serve as its global R&D hub.
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18-Sept-07
Moser Baer to set up Rs 2000 cr Chennai unit
Just a few days after the Centre announced its investment guidelines for the Indian semiconductor industry, New Delhi-based leading optical storage media manufacturer Moser Baer (India) has chosen Chennai to set up a Rs 2,000 crore solar photovoltaic fabrication facility.
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18-Sept-07
Moser Baer to set up Rs 2K cr fab unit in Tamil Nadu
In one of the big-ticket investments in Tamil Nadu, Moser Baer, India’s largest optical storage media maker, has announced an investment of Rs 2,000 crore to set up a solar photo-voltaic fab unit near Chennai.
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18-Sept-07
‘Intel was never in talks with Govt for fab facility’
The Government’s semiconductor policy, or the delay in announcing it, had nothing to do with Intel’s decision to not set up a manufacturing plant in India, according to a senior Government official.
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17-Sept-07
A new milestone in electronic design education in India?
This was announced late last week but I felt it was worthy of noting:
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17-Sept-07
Minister denies discussion on Intel fab facility in India
Intel Corporation, the world's largest chipmaker, was not setting up a fab manufacturing facility, but was holding talks with the government on establishing an Assembly-Test-Mark-and-Pack facility in India, Secretary, Union Ministry for Communication and IT Jainder Singh said today.
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17-Sept-07
Intel not setting up fab plant in India
Denying reports that the world's largest chipmaker, Intel Corporation was setting up a fab manufacturing plant in the country, a top government official today said that it was only proposing setting up of an Assembly-Test-Mark-and-Pack facility.
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17-Sept-07
Guidelines released for Indian chip, solar manufacturing
Six months after announcing a framework for semiconductor, LCD, solar cell and other electronics manufacturing here, potential manufacturers can now start applying under the guidelines dubbed the "Special Incentive Package Scheme" (SIPS).
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17-Sept-07
Avnet Electronics eyes acquisitions in India to spur growth
Avnet Inc the $16 billion global electronics marketing and technology major, is scouting for design and product firms in India for strategic acquisitions and expanding its presence in the subcontinent.
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17-Sept-07
Auto sector chips in
The semiconductor and microprocessor consumption in the automotive industry is growing significantly, says Sanjeev Keskar, Country Manager-Sales, Freescale Semiconductor.
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17-Sept-07
Small guys show the way
Mergers and acquisitions, particularly the purchase of overseas companies by Indian firms, has gotten much ink these last few months.
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15-Sept-07
Centre rolls out fab policy norms
The government on Friday issued guidelines for the semiconductor manufacturing policy, which will enable companies to roll out their investment plans.
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15-Sept-07
Norms for semiconductor policy issued
The Government on Friday issued guidelines for the operation of semiconductor manufacturing policy, paving the way for companies such as Hindustan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (HSMC) and SemIndia to formally apply for incentives under the scheme.
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15-Sept-07
Centre lays down norms for chip policy
In a bid to attract investments worth billions of dollars and put India on the global semiconductor map, the government today issued guidelines for firms in the segment.
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14-Sept-07
Semiconductor policy guidelines soon: Raja
The government will soon issue guidelines on semiconductor manufacturing policy, a move that is likely to attract global chip makers to the Indian shores.
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14-Sept-07
Chip firms seek talent in small towns
The IT industry is witnessing a second and more sophisticated round of migration to tier II cities.
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13-Sept-07
Startup fields universal mobile TV chip
MediaPhy Corp., a 25-employee fabless chip company has launched on Sept. 12 what the company calls an "all CMOS single-die worldwide mobile TV chip," EE Times has learned.
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11-Sept-07
Guidelines soon on semiconductor policy
In a move that could open floodgates of investment and secure India’s position on the global semiconductor map, the Government is all set to issue guidelines for semiconductor manufacturing policy this week.
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11-Sept-07
Report: Intel wasn't serious about Indian manufacturing
The Indian government, reacting to Intel Corp. chairman Craig Barrett's statement that policy delays forced the chip maker to look elsewhere, countered that Intel was never serious about chip manufacturing in India.
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10-Sept-07
India fast emerging as a solar hub
After IT and pharma, India is on course to emerge as a solar hub.
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09-Sept-07
'Slow decision making cost India Intel plant'
The world's largest chip maker Intel has said India lost the race for Asia's first chip set plant to China because of slow decision making process in the country.
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06-Sept-07
India still high on Intel's fab list
Intel, the world’s largest chipmaker, is in talks with the government for spectrum allocation for broadband wireless technology WiMax (worldwide interoperability for microwave access).
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05-Sept-07
Foundries in India: The design industry’s future?
With the Indian government finalizing incentives for foundries and related manufacturing units, there is renewed interest in manufacturing in the country.
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05-Sept-07
Kept waiting in India, Intel moves to China
Intel, the world's largest chip maker, on Wednesday said its decision to bypass India for setting up a semiconductor manufacturing unit was on account of the government's delay in announcing a policy for the sector.
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05-Sept-07
Delay in chip policy decision cost India an Intel plant
World’s largest chip maker Intel on 5 September deferred its decision to make India as a destination for semiconductor manufacturing as the government was slow to announce policy.
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05-Sept-07
Israel's Tower eyes tech transfer deals with SemIndia, HSMC
Tower Semiconductor, the second largest fab company in Israel, has zoomed in on India to transfer technology in chip making and provide specialised services to design companies.
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05-Sept-07
Intel to respond shortly on STMicro deal
Intel Corp, the world's largest chip maker, will quickly provide information sought by US regulators over its plans to merge its chip unit with STMicroelectronics, and expects a prompt response, its chairman said.
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05-Sept-07
Applied Materials bullish on semiconductor projects
Nanotechnology company and equipment supplier for semiconductor fabs, Applied Materials, is upbeat on the potential role it can play in this emerging sector in India.
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05-Sept-07
Intel to quickly reply to regulators on STMicro deal
Intel Corp (INTC.O: Quote, Profile, Research), the world's largest chip maker, will quickly provide information sought by U.S. regulators over its plans to merge its chip unit with STMicroelectronics (STM.PA: Quote, Profile, Research), and expects a prompt response, its chairman said.
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04-Sept-07
India, Taiwan Team on Chip Development
Industry associations from India and Taiwan have signed an agreement to work more closely in the future on semiconductor technology, including building better business ties and finding further areas for collaboration.
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04-Sept-07
Indian semiconductor body in pact with Taiwan association
The India Semiconductor Association (ISA) has signed a memorandum of understanding in Taipei with the Taiwan Semiconductor Industry Association (TSIA) aimed at improving business links between semiconductor companies in the two nations.
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04-Sept-07
No plans to set up fab unit: Barrett
While Intel will continue to focus on telemedicine, education and other efforts to bring computing and internet to people in the most remote areas, it has no plans to set up a semiconductor (fab) manufacturing unit in the country for now.
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04-Sept-07
Towards a made in India chip?
The much-awaited guidelines on the semiconductor policy, expected to bring in investments worth billions of dollars, is likely to be announced by the end of the week.
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04-Sept-07
Wrong Policy Costs India Dear, Intel Goes To China, Vietnam
Intel, the world’s top computer chip maker will set up its chip fabrication units in China and Vietnam bypassing India following delays in India announcing its semiconductor policy, Intel chief Craig Barrett said.
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04-Sept-07
Intel shifts focus on China, Vietnam due Indian policy delay
Intel Corp chairman Craig R Barrett said it will set up manufacturing plants in China and Vietnam following delays in India announcing its semiconductor policy, the Business Line reported.
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04-Sept-07
Policy delay cost India chip plant, says Intel's Barrett
Delays in formulating a government policy to encourage chip manufacturing prompted Intel Corp. to look elsewhere, including China and Vietnam.
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04-Sept-07
India manufacturing plans not now, says Intel
Intel Corporation has decided to set up its manufacturing plants in China and Vietnam following delays in India announcing its semiconductor policy, according to Craig R. Barrett, Chairman of the Board, Intel Corporation.
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04-Sept-07
‘Fab city’ proposed to be built in Kochi
The State Government is planning to set up ‘fab city’ in Kochi for the semiconductor industry, Special Secretary, Information Technology, K.R. Jyothilal said.
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03-Sept-07
India `high' on Intel's list for setting up facility
Intel Corporation chairman Craig R Barrett today said India continues to be "high on the list of sites" the world's largest chipmaker could consider for setting up a manufacturing facility, if it requires additional capacity.
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03-Sept-07
CII team in Taiwan to explore investment in Indian special economic zones
Coinciding with the 'Invest India Mission' to Taiwan, a Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) business delegation led by Gopal Srinivasan, Director, TVS Electronics Limited, is currently in Taiwan on a three-day visit to project India as an attractive investment destination.
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01-Sept-07
MindTree scouts for buys in banking, analog design space
Bangalore-based MindTree Consulting is scouting for acquisitions in the banking, analog design and DFT (Design For Testability) space.
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31-Aug-07
Falling prices sink Indian chip market
While an industry survey predicted the Indian chip market would reach $3.8 billion in revenues in 2006, an update released Friday (Aug. 31) found that actual revenues were about one-third less than that at $2.69 billion.
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31-Aug-07
KarMic celebrates its anniversary
The Karnataka Microelectronic Design Centre (KarMic) organised Srishti to commemorate its eighth anniversary celebrations recently, said a press release from the KarMic.
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31-Aug-07
Fab companies now drive PC designs
The PC market in India has taken the unconventional route with major chipmakers like Intel and AMD coming out with new designs for computers that appeal to masses both in terms of price and value.
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31-Aug-07
Kolkata to have a Rs 100 crore ‘India Design Centre’
Kolkata will soon have a dedicated semiconductor facility conforming to international standards.
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31-Aug-07
NXP bringing global back-end design to India
NXP, the E5-billion semiconductor giant, is expanding the scope of its activity in India, which includes alliances with leading academic institutes.
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31-Aug-07
Semiconductor mkt to touch $5.49 bn in 2009
Global chip majors may not be rushing to India but the Indian semiconductor segment is showing potential with the total market revenues expected to reach $5.49 billion in 2009 driven by telecom, IT, power and broadcasting equipment.
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30-Aug-07
NXP Works with Indian Academia to Foster Research, to Invest $1.5mln
NXP Semiconductors announced that it has signed an agreement with IIT Delhi to fund research activities in India.
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28-Aug-07
Synopsys Lowers the Cost of Semiconductor Testing at Tessolve
Synopsys, Inc. , a world leader in semiconductor design software, today announced that Tessolve has adopted Synopsys' DFT MAX scan compression solution to reduce the costs of semiconductor testing and diagnostics.
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27-Aug-07
Q-Cells wins $170 million order from India
Solar Semiconductor Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.) has said it has signed a supply contract with Q-Cells AG (Thalheim, Germany) worth $170 million.
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24-Aug-07
Chip design testing lab delayed by a year
Semiconductor chip designers may have to wait for some more time to get exclusive rights for their new chip designs.
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23-Aug-07
Hindustan Semiconductor plans $2 bn fab in Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh is on course to become the fab capital of India.
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21-Aug-07
TI bets big on Indian electronics
Almost two decades after Texas Instruments (TI) set up its R&D base in Bangalore, it is eyeing the Indian market in a big way, thanks to the buoyancy in the local electronics products market, notably cellular handsets.
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21-Aug-07
‘Blank optical discs have huge potential'
The semiconductor policy gave a boost to chip making in India.
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19-Aug-07
InSilica Steps Up High-End R&D in Bangalore Center
Fabless US semiconductor company InSilica Inc is positioning itself to grab a slice of the ASIC and mobile imaging ASSP market by ramping up its largest design center, in Bangalore, India.
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16-Aug-07
Chip Design Services Set Sail Offshore
After years of working for tech companies like California Micro Devices and Motorola, Gerald Smith wanted to spend the rest of his analog engineering career involved in independent, hands-on tinkering.
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16-Aug-07
India facing hurdles in luring chip investment
The semiconductor policy that sought to boost chip making in India was announced with much delay and lot of fanfare in March this year.
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13-Aug-07
SoftJin Adopts Hybrid Business Model – Announces New Offerings And Customer Wins
SoftJin Technologies, a customized EDA (Electronic Design Automation) tool development company, announced that it is adopting a hybrid model composed of outsourced R&D services and EDA Products.
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10-Aug-07
Freescale opens MCU contest for designers in India
Freescale Semiconductor is offering engineering students and embedded developers in India the opportunity to enter their 8-bit microcontroller-based projects in a design contest.
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09-Aug-07
ISA spots six states to push investments
India Semiconductor Association (ISA), the apex body representing semiconductor firms in the country, has identified six markets as potential destinations.
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09-Aug-07
4 October: Embedded Systems Conference India
Supported by Indian Semiconductor Association (ISA), CMP Technology has launched Embedded Systems Conference India (ESC India) that will be held at NIMHANS Convention Centre in Bengaluru, from 4 to 6 October 2007.
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09-Aug-07
CMP Technology to organise embedded systems conference
US-based marketing solutions provider CMP Technology will organise the Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) India in collaboration with the Indian Semiconductor Association in Bangalore.
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07-Aug-07
Virage Logic acquires Ingot Systems
Virage Logic Corp. has acquired Ingot Systems Inc., a provider of intellectual-property (IP) and design services to the semiconductor industry.
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07-Aug-07
Chip design automation - the next big thing
The Indian product market, worth $110 million in 2004, is expected to be $1 billion by 2015.
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07-Aug-07
Freescale Launches Embedded Design Contest in India
Freescale Semiconductor has launched its embedded design contest in India that offers engineering students and embedded developers the opportunity to turn great designs into 8-bit innovations.
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03-Aug-07
Wipro makes a quality pitch
“In just five years, Wipro has gone from millions to billions, rewriting the rules of global competition and becoming one of the world’s leading IT service companies,” writes Steve Hamm in his 2006 book “Bangalore Tiger”, which chronicles the growth of the company.
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03-Aug-07
TCS rides high on innovation
With operations in 50 countries, global revenues of US$4.3 billion and almost 89,000 employees of 67 nationalities on its payroll, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has come a long way from its modest beginnings in 1968.
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03-Aug-07
HCL soars
When you need software for mission critical applications like controlling airplanes or computer networks, HCL Technologies is a sound bet. At least, Cisco and Airbus seem to think so.
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01-Aug-07
Govt proposes Rs 1,000cr polysilicon facility
In an effort to boost solar cell and semiconductor manufacturing in the country, a proposal to set up a 2,500 tonne polysilicon facility, has been proposed under the 11th Five Year Plan by the office of the principal scientific advisor to the government.
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01-Aug-07
ISA, VSI Announce Winners Of Technovation Awards 2007
The India Semiconductor Association (ISA) and the VLSI Society of India (VSI) recently announced the first Technovation Awards 2007.
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01-Aug-07
India-born Stanford academic wins top ISA award
Krishna C Saraswat, an India-born engineering professor at the Stanford University in the US, has become the first recipient of the Techno Visionary award of the Indian Semiconductor Association (ISA) for lifetime achievement in the field of electronics.
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01-Aug-07
Nvidia to expand in India
Nvidia, a fabless semiconductor and graphics solutions company, has commissioned its Hyderabad development centre and plans to significantly step up its India presence.
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01-Aug-07
‘Time for thrust on chip design, manufacture’
“India is already leading in high-level chip design. Now what we need is manufacturing,” said Prof Krishna Saraswat, Stanford University, who was in the city to receive a lifetime award by trade bodies – India Semiconductor Association and VLSI Society of India – on Tuesday.
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31-July-07
India Semiconductor Association creates first honors list
A joint initiative of the India Semiconductor Association (ISA), & the VLSI Society of India (VSI) have created the first ‘Technovation Awards' in India to boost awareness of the semiconductor and related tech industries developing in the country and to encourage the academic fraternity to participate in its development.
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