| ISA-IDC report 2008 on Indian semiconductor and embedded design service industry
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This report provides details on design workforce; analysis of the main design services segments-
VLSI, hardware/board design and embedded software; revenue, market drivers and trends. It
offers a review of the Indian semiconductor and embedded design services market for 2007 and
projections up to 2010. It identifies future opportunities and strengthens the existing design
ecosystem in India. The report is an exhaustive depth field work and carries current data. |
For details, please contact research@isaonline.org
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| Freescale launches training programme in India |
Source: EETimes, July 31 2008 |
| http://www.eetindia.co.in |
Freescale Semiconductor India today launched 'Design With Freescale' (DWF), part of a global
training programme created to inspire and equip design engineers with the latest
semiconductor technologies. Freescale announced a series of training sessions and workshops
across Pune, New Delhi and Bangalore. The programmes are scheduled for August 12-13 in
Pune, August 19-20 in New Delhi and August 28 in Bangalore. Registrations are open from July
20, 2008 for interested individuals and companies. |
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| Growing Opportunities in Photovoltaics |
| Source: Adeline Ong, Nikkei Electronics Asia, August 2008 |
| http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp |
The semiconductor industry is global, and the trends which influence this industry are seldom
regional; and semiconductor firms, including those in Singapore, must be ready to
accommodate the rapid changes driven by an end-market where consumer products reign," said
Paul Davies, president of SEMI Singapore, and executive vice president of SEMI, in his keynote
speech at SEMI Singapore. For firms to remain competitive, he added, they need to be aware of
the latest trend: a growing interest in building clean and sustainable energy sources. And this is
where photovoltaics (PV) has been attracting interest. |
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| Case for Fabs in India More Valid than Ever |
| Source: Pradeep Chakraborty, Nikkei Electronics Asia, August 2008 |
| http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp |
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Late in June, it was reported that the Hyderabad Fab City companies SemIndia Fab Pvt Ltd and
Nano-Tech Silicon India Pvt Ltd had been served notice by the local state government to
explain their delay in setting up the Fab City on the outskirts of Hyderabad. Since the
announcement of India's semiconductor policy, there has been considerable expectation
regarding the setting up of wafer fabs in the country. |
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| Embedded Design: India's New Horizons |
| Source: Kishan Chand Lohiya,Nikkei Electronics Asia, August 2008 |
| http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp |
The design services industry in India was worth US$6.08 billion in 2007, according to India
Semiconductor Association, with embedded software development services contributing 81% at
US$4.93 billion, as against VLSI's contribution of US$0.77 billion and hardware/board's
contribution of US$0.39 billion. In 2010, when India's design services, growing at a CAGR of
21.7%, are projected to reach US$10.96 billion, the embedded services industry will contribute
82%, or US$8.91 billion in revenue. |
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| Domestic Equipment Suppliers in China Seek Both Semiconductor and Solar Industry Growth |
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Source: Lily Feng and Dan Tracy, SEMI- Global Update, August 2008 |
| http://wps2a.semi.org |
About 80 domestic companies (including joint ventures) in China are devoted to semiconductor
equipment research and manufacturing. Many of these domestic equipment manufacturers are
research institutes rooted in and/or transformed from military industrial entities with sales
limited to colleges and research institutions. With the emergence of the semiconductor
industry, however, a strong and viable equipment industry in China is desired to support and
supply the fabs based there. |
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| Portugal to sell 5 lakh Classmate PCs |
| Source: The Hindu, August 1 2008 |
| http://www.hindu.com |
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Intel’s low-cost laptop initiative is set to get a boost Wednesday from Portugal’s government,
which is pledging to provide elementary school students with 500,000 computers based on the
chipmaker’s Classmate PC design. |
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| A laptop for the classroom |
| Source: Rahul Sharma, livemint.com, August 1 2008 |
| http://www.livemint.com |
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The second generation of Intel’s Classmate laptop is still in the pilot stage but the company is
forging alliances to capture a larger share of the huge student laptop market. It has teamed up
with education software providers such as Educomp and Heymath.com in order to tap this
segment of the market. |
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| Toyota to invest US$ 659.40 million in India |
| Source: IBEF, August 1 2008 |
| http://www.ibef.org |
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Toyota Motor's Senior Managing Director, Akira Okabe announced on 31 July, 2008, that the
company would be investing US$ 659.40 million as part of its plan to introduce a 'strategic
small car' in India by 2010. "We will double the investment in the future, which will go up to
US$ 659.40 million from US$ 330.10 million," said Okabe at the foundation stone laying
ceremony of its second plant in Bangalore. |
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| India revs up for a dozen new small cars by 2010 |
| Source: The Times of India, August 1 2008 |
| http://www.ibef.org |
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Come 2010 and the Indian small car market is all set to hit fourth gear. Close to a dozen new
small cars from big names, including Maruti-Suzuki, Honda, Volkswagen, Fiat, Ford and Toyota,
are expected to hit the road, rejuvenating a market that accounts for as much as 75% of car
sales. |
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| China’s Ambition Soars to High-Tech Industry |
| Source: David Barboza, The New York Times, August 1 2008 |
| http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/01/business |
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Few people have heard of the BYD Corporation — BYD for Build Your Dream — but this littleknown
company has grown into the world’s second-largest battery producer in less than a
decade of existence. Now it plans to make a great leap forward: “We’d like to make a green
energy car, a plug-in,” said Paul Lin, a BYD marketing executive. “We think we can do that.”
Even in go-go China, such lofty aspirations may sound far-fetched. But BYD has built a 16-
million-square-foot auto assembly plant here and hired a team of Italian-trained car designers;
it plans to build a green hybrid by the end of the year. |
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| Farnell India plans tier II expansion |
| Source: Anke Schröter, evertiq, August 1 2008 |
| http://www.evertiq.com/news |
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Farnell Electronics India - a wholly owned subsidiary of Farnell UK - plans to expand into the
Indian EDE and Maintenance and the MRO market. Managing Director, Ravi Pagar, is quoted in
saying that Farnell India will have 8 branches by the end of the year. |
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| Growth slows down, consolidation continues in contract manufacturing |
| Source: Colin Holland, EETimes, August 1 2008 |
| http://www.eetimes.com |
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The global electronics Contract Manufacturing (CM) industry is undergoing a period of
deceleration and consolidation, phenomena that will transform the market by 2013 according
to iSuppli Corp. Revenue for the global CM industry, consisting of electronics manufacturing
services (EMS) and original design manufacturing (ODM) providers, is set to expand to $432.3
billion by 2012, rising at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.2 percent from $305.5
billion in 2007. |
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| Rs 30K-cr Fab City plan for Prantij Rajiv Shah |
| Source: The Economic Times, August 2 2008 |
| http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Ahmedabad/ |
| Gujarat could well give Andhra Pradesh a run for its money as India's fab capital with Hindustan
Semiconductor & Manufacturing Company (HSMC), a consortium of NRIs based out of Silicon
Valley, eyeing a Rs 30,000-crore Fab City project spread over 700 acres for manufacturing
semi-conductors in the state. |
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| Solar power: Valley tech giants seek their place in the sun |
| Source: Matt Nauman, Mercury News, August 3 2008 |
| http://www.mercurynews.com |
| As some of Silicon Valley's biggest tech companies - especially chip makers - have recognized
the enormous potential in the solar industry, the battle for supremacy is taking on David vs.
Goliath proportions. So far, dozens of small, venture-backed solar start-ups - many based in the
valley - have been in the spotlight. But companies such as Intel, Applied Materials and National
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Semiconductor intend to capture their share of the lucrative market. After all, these large
players aren't content to let start-ups control a photovoltaic solar industry projected to grow
from $20 billion in 2007 to $74 billion by 2017. |
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| Indian chip industry shows how to do IT in a connected world |
| Source: Anand Parthasarathy, The Hindu Business Line, August 4 2008 |
| http://www.thehindubusinessline.com |
| The 130-odd members of the Indian Semiconductor Association (ISA) between them provide an
accurate snapshot the country's silicon edge: representing various niches of the semiconductor
business: desi development centres of the global chip `biggies'; Indian developers who thrive
along the `fabless' road; a plethora of electronic design and development hardware and
software providers. Last week's technology show organised here by ISA was called EXCITE --
Exhibition of a Complete Integrated Technology Ecosystem -- and it was arguably the biggest,
most wide ranging showcase of Indian intellectual property ( IP) fuelling the global hunger for
`connected' consumer and corporate solutions. |
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| Chip vendors in June enforce higher ASPs |
| Source: Christoph Hammerschmidt, EETimes, August 4 2008 |
| http://www.eetimes.eu |
| Driven by an increase of the Average Selling Price (ASP), worldwide semiconductor sales were
8% higher than in the past year. In Europe the price hike was somewhat more moderate,
leading to an overall growth of 5%, reports the European Semiconductor Industry Association
(ESIA). |
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| Qualcomm Announces Leadership Changes and Promotions |
| Source: IT News Online, August 4 2008 |
| http://www.itnewsonline.com |
| Qualcomm Incorporated announced today that Dr. Sanjay Jha, chief operating officer and
president of Qualcomm CDMA Technologies (QCT), is leaving Qualcomm and will become co-
CEO of Motorola, Inc. and CEO of Motorola Mobile Devices. Len Lauer, executive vice president
of Qualcomm and group president, is promoted to chief operating officer and Steve Mollenkopf,
executive vice president of QCT, is promoted to president of QCT. In addition, Jim Lederer was
recently promoted to executive vice president of business planning and finance for QCT. |
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| Russia's high-tech dream hits roadblocks |
| Source: Drew Wilson, EE Times, August 5 2008 |
| http://www.eetasia.com |
| Russia has been unable to turn big R&D investments into commercialized technology, according
to a report from The Economist. The report cites the national flagship project in
nanotechnology, Rosnanotech. In 2007, the state-run Rosnanotech received 130 billion rubles
($5.5 billion) and has so far found only one investment project, which is registered in the
Netherlands. |
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| India plots 3G, WiMAX road map |
| Source: K.C. Krishnadas, EE Times, August 5 2008 |
| http://www.eetasia.com |
| Foreign companies will be allowed to bid for 3G and WiMAX licenses in India, according to the
spectrum guidelines released Aug. 1. Wireless licenses will be auctioned and the process is
expected to be completed in several months, officials said. Up to five operators will be
selected to provide wireless services in each coverage area. Five additional operators may be
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allowed to operate in each region, according to A. Raja, federal minister for
telecommunications and information technology. |
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| Cypress acquires Simtek |
| Source: EETimes, August 5 2008 |
| http://www.eetindia.co.in |
| Cypress Semiconductor Corp. and Simtek Corp. announced that they have reached an
agreement whereby Cypress will acquire Simtek in an all cash transaction for Rs.111.33 ($2.60)
per share of Simtek common stock, or an aggregate value of approximately Rs.196.97 crore
($46 million) (including the value of Simtek shares held by Cypress). |
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| Motorola Names Leader for Mobile Phone Unit |
| Source: Laura M. Holson, The New York Times, August 5 2008 |
| http://www.nytimes.com |
| MOTOROLA, struggling to design a popular line of cellphones, tapped a semiconductor industry
executive, Sanjay K. Jha of Qualcomm, to head its troubled mobile phone division and share
chief executive duties for the entire company in an unusual power-sharing arrangement.
Motorola said Monday that it named Mr. Jha chief executive of the mobile phone division
because of his operational experience and talent for managing change. He will also share the
title of co-chief executive for all of Motorola with the current chief executive, Gregory Q.
Brown. |
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| India figures in global list of top 15 automakers |
| Source: IBEF, August 5 2008 |
| http://www.ibef.org |
| India features in the global list of top 15 automakers, according to the UNIDO International
Yearbook of Industrial Statistics 2008. The report states that India ranks 12th in the list of the
world's top 15 automakers, and fourth in the leading developing countries category. |
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| Emerging markets become major factor in global semiconductor growth, SIA says |
| Source: Drew Wilson, EETimes, August 5 2008 |
| http://www.eetimes.eu |
| China, India, Eastern Europe and Latin America drove a 5.4% rise in global chip sales in the first
half of 2008, helping to overcome stagnant demand in the weak US economy, according to the
Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA). Global sales of semiconductors for the first half of
2008 grew to $127.5B, an increase of 5.4% over the first half of 2007.; |
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| The Philippines: Competing with China and Vietnam |
| Source: Dennis Posadas, BusinessWeek, August 5 2008 |
| http://www.businessweek.com |
| The Philippines, like many countries in Asia, relies significantly on electronics and
semiconductors for job growth and export earnings. According to the Semiconductor &
Electronics Industries of the Philippines, the local industry advocacy group, the sector currently
earns around $31 billion annually in exports and employs around 460,000 people. |
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| Semiconductor sales defy energy price rises |
| Source: David Meyer, ZDNet.co.uk, August 5 2008 |
| http://news.zdnet.co.uk |
| Healthy PC and handset sales led to 5.4 percent year-on-year growth in worldwide
semiconductor sales in the first half of this year, according to the Semiconductor Industry
Association. Sales in the first half of this year amounted to $127.5bn (£65.2bn), up from $121bn
in the same half of 2007. According to a statement from the Semiconductor Industry
Association (SIA) on Monday, the growth indicates there has been "little impact" from increasing
energy costs on demand for electronic products. |
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| Auto sector gears up for global buys |
| Source: Yogima Seth, The Financial Express, August 6 2008 |
| http://www.financialexpress.com |
| The slowdown in the global economy has turned into an opportunity for the country’s auto
sector, especially the components segment, to go for big-ticket buyouts. While exact figures
are hard to come by, industry experts confirmed that leading Indian manufacturers are
developing war chests for overseas acquisitions. |
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| Gainers, losers in IC rankings |
| Source: Mark LaPedus, EE Times, August 6 2008 |
| http://www.eetasia.com |
| In terms of worldwide IC sales in 1H 08, Intel Corp. was in first place, followed by Samsung,
Texas Instruments Inc., Toshiba, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., STMicroelectronics,
Renesas Technology, Hynix Semiconductor, Sony and Qualcomm, according to IC Insights Inc., a
market research firm. |
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| Report forecasts steady growth of ICs in cars |
| Source: Christoph Hammerschmidt, EE Times Europe, August 6 2008 |
| http://www.eetasia.com |
| Despite the recent dent in automotive OEM's market expectations, semiconductor content in
light road vehicles is expected to enjoy a steady market growth through 2015, a Semicast study
finds. The global market for automotive semiconductors is forecast to grow from $20 billion in
2007 to just over $30 billion in 2015. This suggests the automotive sector accounts for 7 to 8
percent of the total available market. Continued semiconductor demand is expected in each of
the main areas of the vehicle such as powertrain, body electronics, comfort electronics and
infotainment. Since electronic components and electronically controlled subsystems
increasingly pervade the vehicles, the average semiconductor content per new light vehicle
will grow from around $295 in 2007 to $375 in 2015. |
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| Solar projects top Indian IC prospects |
| Source: K.C. Krishnadas, EE Times, August 6 2008 |
| http://www.eetasia.com |
| The Indian government is reviewing a dozen proposals worth $23 billion under its IC and
electronics manufacturing policy to determine which are eligible for an incentive package
announced last year. Most of the proposed investments are for manufacturing solar
photovoltaic panels. |
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| Sasken telecom lab gets ISO/IEC 17025:2005 |
| Source: The Financial Express, August 6 2008 |
| http://www.financialexpress.com |
| Sasken Communication Technologies Limited announced that Sasken Test Lab capabilities have
been formally assessed and accredited by National Accreditation Board For Testing and
Calibration Laboratories (NABL), India, against the stringent criteria of ISO/IEC 17025:2005 and
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NABL Lab Accreditation requirements, for Handset Protocol Testing Services scope - 2G/2.5G
(GSM/GPRS/E-GPRS and SIM STK). This breakthrough achievement makes Sasken the first, and
currently the only organization in India, to provide ISO/IEC 17025:2005 accredited Test Lab for
Handset Protocol Testing Services. Sasken Test Lab offerings include assessment and services to
terminal manufacturers, cellular platform providers and design houses to ensure conformity of
the terminal device with the Global Certification Forum’s certification programme. |
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| Poland can accommodate more tech companies, says IBM |
| Source: Drew Wilson, EETimes, August 6 2008 |
| http://www.eetimes.eu |
| Poland has room for more technology companies despite the migration of skilled labor and
influx of large foreign companies hiring generously from the available talent pool, said Pawel
Molenda, the head of IBM's software lab in Krakow. |
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| NI holds contest for students, researchers in India |
| Source: EETimes, August 7 2008 |
| http://www.eetindia.co.in |
| National Instruments India has announced VI Mantra 2008, an annual technical paper contest to
nurture innovation and creativity in engineering education. VI Mantra is a national level
competition for students and researchers in India to present their innovative applications in the
field of graphical system-based design, control and test. |
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| Videocon to set up semiconductor FAB |
| Source: Financial Chronicle, August 7 2008 |
| Consumer durables major Videocon Industries announced it will set up a semiconductor fab to
manufacture thin-film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) in Maharashtra at an estimated
project cost of Rs 8,000 crore in a tieup with IBM. The company has applied to the central
government for a subsidy of Rs 2,000 crore for the project under the recently announced Semi
Conductor Policy, Videocon said in a statement.; |
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| SPEL lines up Rs 430 cr for capacity expansion |
| Source: T E Narasimhan, Business Standard, August 7 2008 |
| http://www.business-standard.com |
| SPEL Semiconductor Ltd, originally promoted by the Chennai-based Spic Group, is planning to
invest over $100 million (Rs 430 crore) over the next five years in capacity expansion at its
Maraimalai Nagar plant, 45 km from Chennai. |
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| Wi-Max chip unit may come up in Mohali |
| Source: Vijay C Roy, Business Standard, August 8 2008 |
| http://www.business-standard.com |
| Mohali may soon be on the world map for Wi-Max chips, as San Diego (US)-based Next Wave
Wireless is carrying out a feasibility study to set up a software development unit for the chips.
The company, listed on the Nasdaq, has shortlisted Mohali and looking for space in the area. |
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