12-Nov-09
Solar cos out to tap $42 billion bounty
Several multinationals and scores of Indian companies, many of them start-ups, are following the sun in India for an opportunity the World Bank estimates at over $42 billion over the next 10 years.
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12-Nov-09
Technovation awards declared

India Semiconductor Association (ISA), the trade body representing the Indian semiconductor and electronics systems, announced the winners of Technovation Awards 2009.
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11-Nov-09
Indian startup tips SDR-based TV demodulation

Saankhya Labs, a fabless chip startup based here, has announced its Universal TV demodulator IC based on Software Defined Radio (SDR) architecture, and targeted at World TV and PC-TV receiver markets.
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11-Nov-09
Marvell's semiconductor innovations in India targets broadband connected smart gadgets

Fables semiconductor device maker Marvell has started its operations in India on May 2006 with corporate office in Bangalore and additional offices in Pune and Hyderabad.
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09-Nov-09
SOLARCON India 2009 gets going in Hyderabad

The India Semiconductor Association (ISA) the premier trade body representing the semiconductor industry in the country, in collaboration with SEMI and Fabcity commenced the three-day solar PV conference today at International Convention Centre, Hyderabad.
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09-Nov-09
BV Naidu to quit Matrix Enport

BV Naidu, vice chairman, Matrix Enport, an infrastructure company promoted by former Matrix Labs founder N Prasad, is set to quit the company.
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05-Nov-09
Indian, British entities sign semiconductor deal

The India Semiconductor Association (ISA) and Britain's UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) signed an agreement for promoting business ties and technology exchange in the semiconductor sector.
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04-Nov-09
On Semi buys EMI firm, enters India design front

Continuing on its buying spree, On Semiconductor Corp. has completed the acquisition of PulseCore Holdings (Cayman) Inc. in an all cash transaction for initial consideration of approximately $17 million.
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03-Nov-09
Aldec opens new office in Bangalore, India

Aldec has announced that it has opened a new Aldec-South Asia regional office at Bangalore, India. The new India-office to provide better service to its design and verification-engineering customers in India and South Asia.
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02-Nov-09
The Alchemy of Semiconductors

There was a time when handsets were used only for saving phone numbers and receiving messages.
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01-Nov-09
Intel looks to India for greater growth push

Paul S Otellini, the fifth chief executive of Intel, is not a chip off the old block. The 59-year-old describes his immediate predecessor Craig
Barrett as the ‘‘manufacturing guru’’ of the tech bellwether, while Andy Grove before him was the ‘‘management guru’’.
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28-Oct-09
Intel, HCL join hands for WiMax devices
Intel, the world's largest computer chip maker, has tied up with HCL Infosystems to announce the launch of the first of WiMax-enabled net tops and laptops in the country.
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28-Oct-09
India to be test-bed for Qualcomm PC
Last November, US-headquartered Qualcomm announced it was working on a low-cost personal computer (PC) alternative project, codenamed ‘Kayak’ — a sleek, simple yet very fast boat used by American Indians.
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27-Oct-09
India is great place for chip design, says Intel
“We have a chip design centre in Bangalore. Our server microprocessors are designed here... India is an important design centre and we hope to expand here over time... But we do not need any capacity addition.
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23-Oct-09
India Chip Dreams Replaced by PV Solar
Unlike the hyped goals a couple of years ago about establishing frontend semiconductor fabrication, India's PV plans are ramping up noticeably and seem likely to prosper.
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12-Oct-09
Premier Farnell ups focus on India electronics design
At a recent media briefing in Singapore, Harriet Green, the Premier Farnell CEO, along with David Shen, senior VP of Global eCommerce and Technical Marketing, presented market trends and their company's focus on the web, including a new community web site called "element14."
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12-Oct-09
New geographies open for the Indian chip design industry
The India Semiconductor Association (ISA) the premier trade body representing the semiconductor industry in the country, recently led a delegation to the United Kingdom in association with the UK Trade & Investment (UKTI).
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10-Oct-09
Incap plans to extend its design unit in India
Incap plans to extend its design operations in India, where it is currently designing customer products such as UPS products, inverters and power supplies.
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05-Oct-09
Innovating through tough times
The semiconductor industry has been battling through the economic downturn, and EDA vendors large and small are adjusting to a world where customers' design-tool budgets face greater scrutiny.
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01-Oct-09
Vivek Tyagi is Freescale's new country manager
Freescale Semiconductor today announced the appointment of Vivek Tyagi as country manager - Sales for its India operations.
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29-Sept-09
Kyocera is strategically investing in sales and divesting its Indian R&D resources
Japan based Kyocera, a typical electronics company with its presence in passive-components and semiconductors to telecom and wireless is looking at India in little different prospect than the other similar companies.
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29-Sept-09
MindTree buys Kyocera Wireless India
MindTree Ltd said on Tuesday it agreed to buy Bangalore-based Kyocera Wireless India Pvt Ltd and make an upfront payment of $6 million, while further payments will be linked to revenue in FY11 and FY12.
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24-Sept-09
Workshop Wipro May Be Trimming Its IP Licensing Business
Indian outsourcer Wipro is considering exiting its business of creation and licensing of intellectual property (IP) in the area of connectivity, a company executive said on Thursday.
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24-Sept-09
Workshop on Chip Design conducted at DTU
Freescale Semiconductor, a global leading company in microchip and VLSI design conducted a day long workshop on Wednesday at the Delhi Technological University (DTU), formerly Delhi College of Engineering (DCE), as a part of its 'Campus-Connect' initiative.
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24-Sept-09
PSoC aides Indian designers to become efficient
Rajeev Mehtani, senior vice president, Cypress Semiconductor, India Operations in conversation with Abhigna of CIOL, reveals about how Programmable System-on-Chip (PSoC) could help designers to future-proof their design as well as save costs and get to market quickly.
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24-Sept-09
Wipro weighing options on design centre in France
Wipro Technologies said it would decide on the future of the Sophia Antipolis design centre in France only after the ongoing talks with Works Council and the employee representatives are concluded.
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24-Sept-09
Wipro looks to sell French unit as employee protests mount
Wipro plans to explore options to sell its development centre at Sophia Antipolis, France, because of extensive employee protests against shutting it down.
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23-Sept-09
'Replicate software success in hardware too'
After seeing slowdown weather, Union IT Secretary R Chandrashekhar is optimistic that it is time when there can be room for increase in hardware manufacturing in India.
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23-Sept-09
ISA Delegation to Visit UK to Further Ties in the Semicon Industry
India Semiconductor Association (ISA) the premier trade body representing the semiconductor industry in the country, is organizing a business delegation visit to the UK from September 28 to October 2, 2009.
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17-Sept-09
Wipro ranked as number-one semiconductor global R&D service provider
Consultancy company Zinnov has done the ranking of global R&D service providers based in India, China and Eastern Europe.
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16-Sept-09
Cypress embed ARM cores in new version of PSoC devices
In recent times Embedded System design engineers showing more interest towards Cypress Semiconductor's Programmable System on Chip (PsoC) devices. PSoC is gearing up to become another long living EE keyword.
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16-Sept-09
Firms logging into networking sites to connect with customers
Diwakar Kaushik, 25, is an active tweeter, putting out short messages on everything from the weather in Gurgaon, where he resides, to cricket on the microblogging site Twitter.
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16-Sept-09
SOLARCON® India 2009 to be held in Hyderabad on November 9 to 11, 2009
Dr Farooq Abdullah, Honorable Minister for New and Renewable Energy, today launched SOLARCON India 2009 the global exhibition-cum-conference which is to be held in Hyderabad from November 9-11 2009.
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15-Sept-09
India technology centre gets Synopsys grant
Synopsys Inc. has identified IIT-Kharagpur as the recipient of the company's Charles Babbage Grant.
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15-Sept-09
Wipro may shut France unit
Wipro may shut its unit in France which does semiconductor design work.
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14-Sept-09
EDA embrace software, chip designing to go cheap
There is a general perception in the semiconductor industry that as the industry attains new growth, the cost of chip designing will also go up.
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14-Sept-09
Indian R&D centres design power chip of global standard
A demand slump in the global semiconductor industry notwithstanding, Indian R&D centres of global chip majors are playing an
increasingly crucial role in designing products for global rollouts.
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11-Sept-09
Mentor CEO sees full fab capacity by year end
Based on recent market data, leading edge fabs may have little or no excess capacity by the end of 2009, a sign that the semiconductor industry is recovering, according to the CEO of Mentor Graphics.
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10-Sept-09
India becomes second largest R&D hub for Synopsys Inc
India is now the second largest R&D hub for $1.3-billion Synopsys Inc, the California-based global leader in software and IP for
semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing.
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09-Sept-09
Freescale's Beyer: Recession is over
Freescale Semiconductor CEO Rich Beyer declared the recession over and said the global semiconductor industry has reached the upside of its cycle entering 2H 09.
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03-Sept-09
Moser Baer to develop one mega watt solar project
Moser Baer India Ltd, the global technology company, is developing a one megawatt solar project in Chandrapur, Maharashtra.
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03-Sept-09
Cadence keeps faith in instalment payments
Electronic design automation (EDA) company Cadence Design Systems is looking to realise a greater portion of revenue in instalments rather than clients having to make an upfront investment.
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03-Sept-09
'We see an uptick in auto demand'
Freescale Semiconductor, the world’s biggest supplier of computer chips to the auto industry, is undergoing a massive transformation after deciding to sell off its mobile phone processor business and renew its focus on existing customers, such as GM and Ford, apart from the communication sector clients.
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03-Sept-09
Freescale unveils smartbook developed by India’s Smartlink
Adding one more device to the cornucopia of low-cost computing and communication gadgets, Freescale Semiconductor Inc. on Wednesday unveiled a smartbook powered by its microprocessor and developed by Mumbai-based networking company Smartlink Networks Systems Ltd. more...

02-Sept-09
Indian semi agency links up with U.K. body
The India Semiconductor Association (ISA), representing the country’s semiconductor, systems and solar photovoltaic industries, has signed an agreement with UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) to encourage business ties between companies in these sectors in the two nations. more...

02-Sept-09
Freescale sees great potential in Indian market
The Freescale Technology forum is really about the excitement associated with the future we are seeing globally as well as in Freescale. more...

02-Sept-09
Intersolar Expands Into India
Intersolar, the world's largest trade show for solar technology, is expanding into India. more...

18-August-09
Kyocera opens sales office in Gurgaon, India
Kyocera has opened a new Indian branch company named KYOCERA Asia Pacific India Private Limited at Gurgaon to handle the growing Indian semiconductors and components market. more...

15-August-09
Texas Instruments increases India focus, eyes smaller cities
With the Indian market poised to grow despite a slump in the global semiconductor industry, Texas Instruments (TI) has redoubled its
India marketing moves, becoming one of the first chip majors to mark direct sales presence in tier II cities. more...

14-August-09
Solar Semiconductor To Raise $30 Mn; Eyes PE Route
Solar Semiconductor, a Hyderabad-based photovoltaic (PV) modules manufacturer, plans to raise $30 million by the end of this year. more...

13-August-09
NXP joins hands with Tata BP Solar
NXP Semiconductors, an independent company founded by Philips, on Wednesday announced a development partnership with Tata BP Solar India, under which Tata BP would use various electronic solutions for solar applications developed by NXP. more...

11-August-09
Magma announces MUSIC India winners
Magma Design Automation, a chip design software provider has announced the 'Best Paper' winners list for Magma Users Summit on Integrated Circuits (MUSIC) India, which was held on April 16, 2009. more...

10-August-09
Centre banks on volumes to bring down solar power costs
Driven by volume production, solar power generation costs could break the viability barrier. more...

10-August-09
Spire Solar Establishes Spire Solar India
Spire Corporation (Nasdaq: SPIR), a global solar company providing capital equipment to manufacture photovoltaic (PV) modules, turnkey manufacturing lines and solar PV systems today announced the expansion of its international presence by establishing a wholly-owned subsidiary, Spire Solar India, LLC (Spire Solar India), a Delaware limited liability company formed to take advantage of the growing market for the Company and it’s distribution of products in India. more...

08-August-09
'India, a consumer of its own designs'
How has recession added to the woes of the semiconductor industry? more...

07-August-09
India's solar plan inches forward
A top government agency has given conditional approval for billions of dollars in proposed investments in India's National Solar Mission. more...

07-August-09
First project under semicon policy in 2010?
R.Chandrashekhar, Secretary, Department of Information Technology, has hinted that the first project under Semiconductor Policy 2007 may be commissioned before the end of 2010. more...

04-August-09
2 Sep: Freescale Technology Forum India 2009
Freescale is going to host its annual 'Freescale Technology Forum (FTF) India' at Hotel Leela Palace, Bengaluru, on 2 and 3 September 2009. more...

04-August-09
Institute to develop unique chip
US-Based Cypress Semiconductor Corp and Bhubaneswar Institute of Technology (BIT) will soon set up a programmable system on chip (PSoC) laboratory here. more...

29-July-09
India needs to define smartcard standards
Soon India is expected to go the smartcard way and many semiconductor companies are trying to grab the sea of opportunities in this emerging segment. more...

23-July-09
Execs examine keys to Indian embedded systems growth
Industry executives told the Embedded Systems Conference Bangalore 2009 here on Thursday (July 23) that significant opportunities exist in the Indian embedded market. more...

23-July-09
ESC India 2009 kicks off in Bangalore
Ashok Kumar C. Manoli, Principal Secretary Information Technology, Biotechnology, S&T - Govt. of Karnataka said Bangalore is the global hub of semiconductor industry in the country. more...

23-July-09
Embedded Systems Conference India 2009' in Bangalore
Embedded Systems Conference India 2009 being held in Bangalore, is one of the largest conference and exhibition on embedded technology. more...

22-July-09
Indian Semiconductor Industry to Defy Recession
The semiconductor market in India was estimated at $5.9 billion in 2008 and growing at about 25% in the recent years. more...

22-July-09
State offical: Bangalore semi policy due in August
A semiconductor policy for the southern Indian state of Karnataka is expected to be announced by the government next month. more...

22-July-09
Intel, AMD in race for $300 mn Indian graphics card market
ntel and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), traditional rivals in the global chipset space, are now set to take each other on in the $300-million Indian graphics card market. more...

21-July-09
Intel, AMD poise to grow subtly in Indian graphics card market
Intel and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), the cut throat rivals in chip segment are now pulling up their socks to compete with each other in the $300-million Indian graphics card market. more...

20-July-09
India to Create New Chip: Guess Which OS it's Using?
A natural concern of major powers around the world is technological dependence on the US. more...

17-July-09
Solar Govt. to aid chip designing in India
Since India is yet to make its mark in the microprocessor market, the government is trying to change this scenario through its new initiative. more...

16-July-09
Report: India to pursue homegrown microprocessor design
The Indian government will reportedly bring together top engineers to design what is tentatively being called the "India microprocessor." more...

16-July-09
Solar Semi setting up solar cell plant at Fab City
Solar Semiconductor, a Hyderabad-based manufacturer of photovoltaic (PV) modules, is setting up a solar cell plant at its Fab City campus with an investment of about $100 million (about Rs 490 crore). more...

16-July-09
Mathworks brings 'model-based design' to India
India is rapidly emerging as an affordable R&D offshoring centre. This is taking place amid challenges brought about by increasing globalisation where design teams are dispersed across the world. more...

14-July-09
Govt to chip in with India Microprocessor
The chips may have been down at India’s computer hardware sector for some time now, but an ambitious government programme is looking to change that. more...

13-July-09
“Our Indian Design Center contributes around 20% of our worldwide R&D”
Vivek Sharma, VP – Emerging Markets Region and Director – India Design Center, STMicroelectronics, spoke to Nivedan Prakash about the company’s R&D center in India and the product designs that the Indian team has created in the recent past more...

12-July-09
Solar PV projects: Govt wants financial closure by Aug 31
Solar Photo Voltaic (PV) projects in the country have taken another step forward. The Department of Information Technology has asked the 12 applicants who recently received in-principle nod for PV projects filed under special incentive package scheme (SIPS) to complete their financial closure by August 31. more...

09-July-09
India; the blooming garden for semiconductor industry
Small cars and electric cars (Nano, Reva and many similar but undisclosed projects), Chandrayan-2 mission, power plants, LCD TVs, low cost medical devices, PV Solar/LED lighting and now the latest UID projects are some of the most visible immediate opportunities in the Indian Semiconductor market. more...

03-July-09
Cadence for STPI Extension Beyond 2010
At a time when off-shoring to cost-effective geographies has become the norm, extension of the STPI (Software Technology Parks of India) scheme beyond 2010 would mitigate the concerns of the design industry, said Jaswinder Ahuja, corporate vice president and managing director, Cadence Design Systems. more...

12-May-09
Cypress setting up a PSoC lab at an engineering college in Bangalore
Microcontroller-embedded programmable analog and mixed signal IC called Programmable System-on-Chip (PSoC) is creating it's own market in India by entering through engineering institutes/colleges. more...

12-May-09
Applied Micro opens design centre, focus on chip and system development
Applied Micro, a global leader in energy conscious computing and communications solutions, today announced a new design centre in Pune, to expand its development resources in IC design, system engineering and software development. more...

08-May-09
ISA, East of England International to Foster Alliance in Semiconductor Sector
The India Semiconductor Association (ISA) has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the East of England International (EEI) to identify and foster business alliances in the semiconductor sectors between India and the East of England region. more...

07-May-09
BV Naidu is new ISA chairman
The India Semiconductor Association (ISA), the premier trade body representing Indian semiconductor, systems and solar photovoltaicindustry, announced the appointment of its new Executive Council for the year 2009-10. more...

07-May-09
Open-Silicon expands operations, appoints Gokhale as COO
Open-Silicon, the open market semiconductor manufacturer and provider of spec-to-silicon ASIC design services, has appointed Shrikrishna Gokhale as COO of the company and Managing Director for its expanding India operations. more...

07-May-09
Freescale to lay off 250 at Bangalore centre
In a bid to lower the operation cost, Texas-based computer chip-maker Freescale Semiconductor is laying off over 250 professionals at its Bangalore centre. more...

07-May-09
Cadence to host Technology on Tour
Technology on Tour, the annual conference from Cadence Design Systems Inc. that showcases the company's latest technology offerings, will be held in four Indian cities: Bangalore, New Delhi, Hyderabad, and Pune from Wednesday, May 6 through Friday, May 29, 2009. more...

07-May-09
Wipro sets up product testing center in Bangalore
Wipro Technologies has opened a product qualification and compliance center here, saying the facility will further enable Wipro to provide fully integrated product development solutions for its customers. more...

04-May-09
IIT Mumbai and Infineon together deliver high voltage functionality in CMOS devices
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mumbai and Infineon are working together in CMOS VLSI design from 2007 onwards. more...

01-May-09
Freescale to lay off 250 at Bangalore centre
Freescale Semiconductor, Texas-based computer chipmaker, has decided to retrench around 250 professionals at its Bangalore centre, as
the company seeks to lower its operational costs by shutting down several manufacturing units across the globe and trim its payroll. more...

30-April-09
Magma Congratulates Winners Of MUSIC India “Best Paper” Awards
Magma® Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq: LAVA), a provider of chip design software, today announced the “Best Paper” winners for MUSIC (Magma Users Summit on Integrated Circuits) India, held April 16. more...

24-April-09
Axiom amps strategy with tool-centric services
Early this year, predictions have been made about how the economic downturn will affect EDA vendors, with many smaller start-ups expected to collapse as a result of the impact. more...

20-April-09
New routing tool likely in 45nm/32nm space
According to Hanns Windele, VP Europe and India, Mentor Graphics, it is quite likely that a new routing tool will be available as the global semiconductor industry enters the 45nm and 32nm spaces. more...

21-April-09
Wipro buys enterprise mobile TV unit of Nokia
Wipro Technologies gets better to call it as an Indian Multi National Company (MNC) by acquiring business unit from Finland based world's number 1 mobile phone maker Nokia. more...

21-April-09
India Bets Big on Solar Power
In a report on India's solar energy state, SEMI India said that the country has a great opportunity to get on the global solar photovoltaic (PV) map due to its chronic energy shortage, huge employment potential solar energy harnessing can create, huge import bill on oil and coal and the fact that India is among the few countries in the world to have about 300 days of sunshine yearly. more...