| 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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| Group reports weakness in EDA |
Source:Gabe Moretti, EETimes, July 3 2008 |
| http://www.eetimes.com |
The EDA Consortium (EDAC) Market Statistics Service (MSS) announced that the electronic
design automation (EDA) industry revenue for Q1 2008 declined 1.2 percent to $1350.7 million
compared to $1366.8 million in Q1 2007. The four-quarter average growth rate, which
compares the most recent four quarters to the same four quarters in the prior year, was up 5.9
percent. |
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| Wireless customers' base rises by 11.75 per cent in March 2008 quarter |
| Source:IBEF, July 4 2008 |
| http://www.ibef.org |
Wireless market in India expanded by 11.75 per cent with 27.45 million new subscribers for the
Jan-March 2008 period. The total wireless subscriber base hit 261.07 million in the mentioned
quarter, taking the total telecom customer base to 300.48 million. |
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| Indian firms bet big on UK |
| Source: Business Standard, July 4 2008 |
| http://www.ibef.org |
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Indian companies have invested in 75 projects in the United Kingdom during 2007-08, creating
3,846 jobs, a British High Commission release today said. This is higher than investments by
Swedish, Chinese and Italian companies. A report by UK Trade and Investment, a UK
government organisation that helps overseas firms bring in investments, said Indian firms
accounted for one of the fastest growing sources of investment to the country, in sectors like
infotech and life sciences. |
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| CK Prahlad, Nilekani in PM’s council on skill development |
| Source: The Financial Express, July 6 2008 |
| http://www.financialexpress.com |
Management guru CK Prahlad and Infosys’ Nandan Nilekani have been included in the newly
reconstituted Prime Minister’s national council on skill development, the apex body to guide
activities in the field. Chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the council will have
ministers of HRD, finance, heavy Industry and public enterprises, rural development, housing
and urban poverty alleviation, labour and employment and the chairperson of the national
manufacturing competitiveness council as its members. |
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| Funding strategies boost Hungary's startup environment |
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Source: Drew Wilson, EETimes, July 6 2008 |
| http://www.eetimes.eu |
Hungary's environment for growing R&D-focused ventures has significantly improved over the
last few years and the country expects a pickup in startup activity, according to Csaba Zoltan,
head of Start Tokegarancia, an equity guarantee organization in Budapest. Hungary produces
each year 50-100 startups that would be of interest to VCs, he estimates. |
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| IIT-Bombay works with SRC, Applied for NAND flash |
| Source: EETimes, July 7 2008 |
| http://www.eetindia.co.in |
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IIT-Bombay has recently entered into a collaborative research program with Semiconductor
Research Corp. and Applied Materials, Inc. to advance NAND flash memory technology. NAND
flash is one of the most rapidly evolving technologies today, enabling a large variety of
portable electronic devices from media players to navigation systems to solid-state drives for
laptop computers. This international research effort is focused on providing breakthrough
technology that can lead to a broad range of significantly smaller and more powerful portable
electronic devices in the next five years. |
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| Fab Projects Yet To Get Subsidy Clearances |
| Source: Financial Chronicle, July 7 2008 |
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India's much-hyped fab story seems to be dragging its feet. While about 10 investment
proposals worth over $7.8 billion have been submitted to the centre for approval, the threeman
appraisal committee set up to review the semiconductor fab projects is yet to clear any of
them. The clearances may in fact be put off till mid-2009. According to sources, the committee
headed by M Madhavan Nambiar, special secretary of department of information technology
and set up in September, 2007, was supposed to evaluate the proposals and decide on who
would get subsidies from the government by April, 2008. |
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| Freescale Receives Five Distinguished Awards for Technology Leadership |
| Source: BusinessWire, July 7 2008 |
| http://www.businesswire.com |
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Freescale Semiconductor recently received global recognition for technology leadership,
innovation and environmental sustainability across a broad spectrum of product categories,
from telematics processors to general-purpose microcontrollers (MCUs) to analog batterycharger
integrated circuits. Freescale’s MPC5121e microprocessor was highlighted at
Telematics Detroit 2008 in May for significant contributions to the advancement of the
telematics industry. The Freescale Flexis™ MCU family was recognized by three publications –
Electronic Products-China, Electronique International and Portable Design – for its exceptional
compatibility and innovation. In addition, the Freescale battery charger IC family
(MC34671/3/4/5 devices) was identified by SemiApps.com as one of the greenest
semiconductor designs in 2008. |
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| For industry giants VC means business |
| Source: Valerie Thompson, EETimes, July 7 2008 |
| http://www.eetimes.com |
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Startups PicoChip, Arteris, ip.access, Tiempo and Zensys are just a few European startups to
tap corporate venture capital investors in recent months. Despite changing returns and
priorities in venture capital investment, money is continuing to flow from a whos who list of
industry giants, including Intel, Schneider, Panasonic, Docomo, Dow Chemical, Siemens, and
Qualcomm. |
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| Indian tech firms eye semi IP business |
| Source: K.C. Krishnadas, EETimes, July 7 2008 |
| http://www.eetimes.com |
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Indian technology companies facing cost pressures from a global economic slump and domestic
competition are seeking a way out by boosting R&D investments to develop semiconductor
intellectual property. Ittiam Systems and Cosmic Circuits are pursuing the pure IP route, having
rejected the services business; service providers Wipro and Mindtree are now developing chip
IP and are using it to attract new services around their IP products. |
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| Top 100 OEMs said to take 76% of semis shipped |
| Source: John Walko, EETimes, July 7 2008 |
| http://www.eetimes.com |
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The top 100 branded electronics firms consumed semiconductors worth $209 billion in 2007, or
76 percent of all chips sold last year, according to market research group Gartner. The top
application areas remain data processing (37 percent) and communications electronics (28
percent), which between them represented almost three-quarters of the semiconductors
consumed by the top 100 OEM firms. |
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| Taiwan reaches for larger slice of notebooks |
| Source: Rick Merritt, EETimes, July 7 2008 |
| http://www.eetimes.com |
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Taiwan's share of the growing notebook market is expected to continue slowly rising. But
systems makers on the island nation face challenges such as the transition to LED backlights
and the need to expand their overseas markets. At least 15 companies in Taiwan currently
design and make notebooks for major brand name companies. Two of those former no-name
manufacturers—Acer Inc. and Asustek Computer--have established significant notebook
businesses under their own brands, thanks in part to their close ties to the many key
component suppliers in Taiwan. |
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| PC-makers plan big on models made for India |
| Source: The Economic Times, July 8 2008 |
| http://www.ibef.org |
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Made-for-India models with unconventional designs and attractive prices are increasingly
becoming a focal point for leading computer-makers, who see growing demand for such
products among business users. The latest to join the bandwagon with a low-cost model is
Hewlett Packard (HP) with its Dx2009 or Mini DT business desktop. The Mini DT has been priced
at Rs 12,500 sans the monitor and is 92% smaller than a conventional desktop. |
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| Dreamworks to use Intel technology for 3-D movies |
| Source: The Economic Times, July 8 2008 |
| http://economictimes.indiatimes.com |
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DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc plans to use chips from Intel Corp for the creation of 3-D
movies, the companies said on Tuesday. DreamWorks will use Intel's visual computing products
for 3-D animated feature films starting with its "Monsters vs. Aliens" movie, set for domestic
release on March 27, 2009, it said. |
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| Conexant acquires SigmaTel lines |
| Source: Mark LaPedus, EETimes, July 8 2008 |
| http://www.eetimes.eu |
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Conexant Systems Inc. has acquired SigmaTel Inc.'s multi-function printer (MFP) imaging
product lines from Freescale Semiconductor Inc. Conexant (Newport Beach, Calif.) will also
acquire SigmaTel's digital photo frame product lines, which allow users to view and share
photos from traditional digital cameras, camera phones, and photo-sharing Web sites on highresolution
LCD displays. |
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| Technopark initiative in Kasaragod |
| Source: CIOL, July 8 2008 |
| http://www.ciol.com |
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Giving shape to its first regional incubation centre, the Thiruvananthapuram Technopark has
formed an Entrepreneurship Development Cell (EDC) and a Virtual Technology Business
Incubator at the LBS College of Engineering in Kasaragod. The IT park’s Technopark Business
Incubation (TBI) centre would be offering support to the engineering college for coordinating
the effective conduct of the Entrepreneurship Development Activities thus maintaining the
status of a Regional TBI in the state, a Technopark official said. |
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| Intel to invest US$ 40 billion in partnership with Indian IT companies |
| Source: IBEF, July 9 2008 |
| http://www.ibef.org |
| Intel Corp will invest US$ 40 billion in partnership with Indian IT companies to create an endto-
end IT solution for the health sector in the country. Intel will join hands with Hyderabadbased
Karishma Software Ltd for Jeeva - its integrated healthcare information system for
hospitals with bed capacities between 40 and 240. Jeeva will cost between US$ 57,921-150,568
with Intel providing the hardware along with the Chinese PC maker Lenovo, while Karishma will
provide the software. |
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| Singapore: Applied Materials Plant |
| Source: Reuters, The New York Times, July 9 2008 |
| http://www.nytimes.com |
| The microchip equipment maker Applied Materials said it would spend $60 million to $70
million building a plant in Singapore to make semiconductor equipment, part of a plan to
expand its Asian manufacturing. The plant will be ready in late 2009, the chief executive,
Michael R. Splinter, left, told reporters in Singapore. |
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| Intel invests in thin film solar manufacturer Sulfurcell |
| Source: Christoph Hammerschmidt, EETimes, July 9 2008 |
| http://www.eetimes.eu |
| Intel has invested €24 million (about $37.5 million) into Berlin-based solar module
manufacturer Sulfurcell GmbH. The company produces monolithic solar modules that feature a
high efficiency. The move is part of Intel's clean tech investment strategy. Intel's investment
that is executed via the company's VC unit Intel Capital. The microprocessor vendor is the
largest single investor in Sulfurcell. The current financing round allocates a total sum of €85
million. |
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| Update: TranSwitch buys Centillium for $42M |
| Source: Rick Merritt, EEtimes, July 9 2008 |
| http://www.eetimes.eu |
| TranSwitch Corp. (Shelton, Conn.) stuck an agreement to acquire Centillium Communications,
Inc. for an estimated $42.8 million in stock and cash. TranSwitch is betting the deal can make
the two small and somewhat struggling telecom chip makers into one larger company with
stronger prospects. |
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| Italian group enters PV module market |
| Source: John Walko, EETimes, July 9 2008 |
| http://www.eetimes.eu/uk/ |
| Italian alternative energy group Moncada s.r.l. (Aragona, Sicily) has become the latest to order
Applied Materials' SunFab Thin Film Line, and will use the gear to establish its first photovoltaic
(PV) module production facility. The line ordered by privately held Moncada will produce large
5.7m2 single junction PV modules at a facility in Campofranco, Sicily, and is expected to have
an annual rated capacity of 40MW. |
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| Elcoteq appoints first female General Manager in China |
| Source: evertiq, July 10 2008 |
| http://www.evertiq.com |
| At a time when men still dominate as leaders in the manufacturing field, Elcoteq’s Cecilia Liu
is breaking ground as general manager of Elcoteq’s Dongguan, China plant. Ms. Liu’s role as
general manager of the China plant is significant as she is the first female member of Elcoteq’s
local management team to head a plant in China, one of the emerging markets in the mobile
phone industry. She joined Elcoteq in 1999 and worked as product line manager for the mobile
phone business for more than 6 years, then served as operations manager for 2 years. |
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| Semiconductor R&D expenditures rising faster than revenues, says IC Insights |
| Source: Fabtech Newsletter, July 10 2008 |
| http://www.fabtech.org |
| Semiconductor R&D and engineering costs are rising at a faster rate than IC sales, according to
a new report from IC Insights. R&D and engineering expenditures increased at a compound
average growth rate (CAGR) of 12.7 percent between 1990 and 2007, while semiconductor sales
grew at a CAGR of 9.9 percent in the 17-year period. In 2007, IDMs, fabless and pure-play wafer
foundries spent a total of $45.7 billion on R&D and related engineering activities, up 8 percent
compared to $42.5 billion spent in 2006, according to IC Insights. |
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| Gartner lowers capex forecast |
| Source: Mark LaPedus, EETimes, July 10 2008 |
| http://www.eetimes.com |
| It's official: The IC-equipment market is in a downturn right now. But will the fab-tool market
recover in 2009? Amid a slump in the IC industry, Gartner Inc. has once again lowered its
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capital spending forecasts for 2008. Capital spending--and the fab equipment markets--are
expected to decline even more than originally thought in 2008. |
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| China consumer IC market to continue growing, says CCID |
| Source: EETimes, July 11 2008 |
| http://www.eetasia.com |
| The market of China's main electronic products grew steadily in 2007 with a market value of
$21.9 billion (150 billion yuan). Over the next five years, China's consumer IC market will
develop smoothly and maintain an upward momentum with a compound growth rate of 16.9
percent, forecast CCID Consulting. However, the growth rate will decrease due to lack of
emerging applications. |
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| Tech firms start to pull back on hires |
| Source: Poornima Mohandas, livemint.com, July 11 2008 |
| http://www.livemint.com |
| The market of China's main electronic products grew steadily in 2007 with a market value of
$21.9 billion (150 billion yuan). Over the next five years, China's consumer IC market will
develop smoothly and maintain an upward momentum with a compound growth rate of 16.9
percent, forecast CCID Consulting. However, the growth rate will decrease due to lack of
emerging applications. |
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