| ISA-IDC report 2008 on Indian semiconductor and embedded design service industry
(2007-2010) |
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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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| Moser Baer highlights PV success |
Source: Klaus Gerle, EuroAsia Semiconductor, August 6 2008 |
| http://www.euroasiasemiconductor.com |
The company's growth continues at a steady pace, both in photovoltaics as well as
entertainment in India. After the company's release of its first quarter financial results, Ratul
Puri, executive director of Moser Baer,commented: “The global economic environment in
which we operated was challenging and we had to deal with a number of one time costs during
the quarter. Pricing for optical media after falling for a number of quarters has finally
bottomed out. We stand to benefit from our lead technology positioning in Blu-ray, which is
emerging as a dominant optical format. Our photovoltaic and entertainment businesses are
poised to deliver significant growth during the current year and our goal is to emerge as a
leading global player in both industries.” |
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| India emerges as second-largest wireless market globally |
| Source: IBEF, August 8 2008 |
| http://www.ibef.org |
According to a World Bank study- 'The Role of Mobile Phones in Sustainable Rural Poverty
Reduction'- India has emerged as the second-largest wireless market in the world with the
number of wireless subscribers in the country reaching 250 million. |
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| Gartner Warns of "widespread Slowdown" in Electronics Sector |
| Source: Dan Nystedt, PC World, August 10 2008 |
| http://www.pcworld.com |
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A weakening global economy will soon cause consumers worldwide to slow spending on
electronics products, a Gartner analyst warned on Monday. "In coming months we expect to see
signs of a widespread slowdown in the electronics sector, which would directly impact
semiconductor sales," said Richard Gordon, analyst at Gartner, in the market researcher's
Semiconductor Monday DQ Report. The chip industry likely won't start to recover until the
second half of next year. |
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| Report: India's outsourced R&D business growing at 23%- Bangalore talent pool seen as
second only to Silicon Valley |
| Source: Rick Merritt, EETimes, August 11 2008 |
| http://www.eetimes.com |
India is the top choice for companies looking to outsource R&D with an offshoring business
there expected to grow 23 percent to $21 billion by 2012 and a talent pool in its largest hub—
Bangalore--second only to Silicon Valley, according to a study by a management consulting
firm. |
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| Applied Materials Advances Semiconductor Research at UC Berkeley With Significant
Equipment Donation |
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Source: BusinessWire, August 11 2008 |
| http://www.businesswire.com |
Applied Materials (Nasdaq:AMAT) is advancing semiconductor research with an equipment and
service donation to the University of California, Berkeley’s Nanofabrication Laboratory in the
Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS). CITRIS is a
center of excellence for graduate students, faculty and industrial researchers to create
nanotechnology solutions for many of the world’s most pressing social, environmental and
health care issues. |
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| Report: India seeks to build world's largest solar plant |
| Source: K.C. Krishnadas, EE Times, August 12 2008 |
| http://www.eetasia.com |
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The world's largest solar power project is under negotiations for the state of Gujarat in western
India at a cost of about $5 billion. Total power generation capacity is expected to reach 5GW.
The U.S.-based Clinton Foundation is already in talks with the state government to create an
"Integrated Solar City" that will be producing the raw materials for solar-based power
generation, like glass and solar panels. |
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| Brand India engineering is making a headway, says Frost & Sullivan |
| Source: The Financial Express, August 12 2008 |
| http://www.ibef.org |
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With some part of each vehicle of the world having some touch of India, the 'India as a brand in
engineering' is making headway, thanks to global original equipment manufactures (OEMs), who
in a catch 22 situation are looking at low cost destinations like India as outsourcing hubs. The
Indian automotive engineering services outsourcing industry is expected to grow at a
compounded annual growth rate of 32% (CAGR) by 2012-13. "The industry has generated
revenues to the tune of $500-600 million last year and there is $2.2 billion potential
outsourcing opportunity in the next two years," said VG Ramakrishnan, director, automotive &
transportation practice, Frost & Sullivan talking at the "Opportunities in the Automotive
Engineering Services Market" seminar here. |
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| Japan's industrial production down 2.2% in June |
| Source: China View, August 12 2008 |
| http://news.xinhuanet.com |
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Industrial output in Japan went down 2.2 percent in June from May on a seasonally adjusted
basis, compared with a preliminary 2.0 percent decline, said the Ministry of Economy, Trade
and Industry Tuesday. The index of production in mines and factories read 106.9, against the
2005 base of 100, said the ministry in a revised report. |
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| Japan's chip industry seeks ties with Indian designers |
| Source: K.C. Krishnadas, EETimes, August 12 2008 |
| http://www.eetimes.com |
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Trade officials from Japan's Kyushu Island, the site of 650 semiconductor-related companies,
are looking for software design partners in southern India. Hajime Tomokage, president of the
Asia Semiconductor Trading Support Association, said Tuesday (Aug. 12) the Japanese team
visited a half dozen Indian companies here and in Chennai. He said Indian partners would also
benefit from the Japanese chip makers' manufacturing capabilities. |
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| NXP acquires Conexant's BMP business |
| Source: EETimes, August 13 2008 |
| http://www.eetindia.co.in |
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NXP Semiconductors has completed the acquisition of the Broadband Media Processing (BMP)
business of Conexant Systems Inc. With this transaction, the first for its Home Business Unit,
NXP's existing set-top box (STB) and digital TV (DTV) operations will be combined with
Conexant's BMP business. NXP's Home business unit adds high-performance STB system solutions
for satellite, cable and IP STB, expanding its existing portfolio in terrestrial STB, IP STB and
DTV. |
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| Cypress, Nuva to establish design facility |
| Source: EETimes, August 13 2008 |
| http://www.eetindia.co.in |
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Cypress Semiconductor Corp. announced that the Cypress University Alliance is partnering with
Nuva College of Engineering and Technology in Nagpur, India to establish a next-generation
academic design facility. Through this partnership, students and faculty will have access to
Cypress's full suite of PSoC (programmable SoC) and EZ-USB FX2LP USB2.0 controller software
tools and development kits for teaching and research. |
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| Solar power boosts Applied but casts industry shadow |
| Source: David Manners, ElectronicsWeekly.com, August 13 2008 |
| http://www.electronicsweekly.com |
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A warning omen for the semiconductor industry is that the world's largest supplier of
semiconductor production equipment, Applied Materials, saw orders for its solar generating
equipment grow by six times in calendar Q2, while orders for its semiconductor production
equipment shrank by 57 per cent. The semiconductor industry has an uneasy relationship with
the production equipment industry, with the semiconductor companies pressing for investment
in new generations of equipment, and the equipment companies charging ever-increasing sums
for tools to squeeze a profit from that investment. |
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