| 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
Members: INR 7500 / USD 195.
Others: INR 9000/ USD 235
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| Few changes seen as Meyer named CEO at AMD |
Source: Bolaji Ojo, EETimes, July 17 2008 |
| http://www.eetimes.com |
The applause may become deafening later but for now the investment market is giving the cold
treatment to the top executive change at Advanced Micro Devices Inc., perhaps in recognition
of the fact that Dirk Meyer's replacement of Hector Ruiz as CEO probably won't result in any
radical changes at the microprocessor vendor. |
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| iSuppli acquires automotive electronics analysis Firm |
| Source: Jesper Olsson, evertiq, July 18 2008 |
| http://www.evertiq.com |
iSuppli Corp announces it is driving automotive market research to the next level by acquiring
Telematics Research Group Inc. (TRG). Established in 2000 and based in Minnetonka,
Minnesota, TRG is a worldwide research firm that analyzes and forecasts global and regional
demand trends for a multitude of automotive and mobile electronics technologies. The
company tracks, analyzes and forecasts the markets for automotive telematics, navigation,
digital entertainment, and advanced driver assistance systems. |
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| Cypress Semiconductor rides the sales power of SunPower |
| Source: Scott Duke Harris, Mercury News, July 18 2008 |
| http://www.mercurynews.com |
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Like a dog being happily wagged by its tail, Cypress Semiconductor announced record quarterly
earnings Thursday, with its SunPower solar division again leading the way. Cypress reported
$592.3 million in revenue for the quarter ending June 29, with 64.6 percent of that sum coming
from its SunPower business, the solar cell division that has established itself as a leader in the
booming clean-technology industry. The previous quarter, SunPower delivered 61.9 percent of
Cypress' $442.1 million in revenue. |
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| Viewpoint: A potential 'jobs boom' in solar technology |
| Source: EETimes, July 18 2008 |
| http://www.eetimes.eu |
The recently published EE Times Venture Capital Scoreboard showed in quantitative terms the
rising investments in cleantech and photo-voltaic startups. Henryk Schoder, a director at a
MRL-Technology, a specialist recruitment consultancy focused on roles in the
semiconductor/solar technology field in key markets around the globe looks the potential for
employment. The global market for energy is, quite simply, enormous. We currently work our
way through 15,000 gigawatts a year (a gigawatt being the output of the largest of the current
coal-fired power stations) spending about a staggering $6 trillion in the process. But the fossil
fuels we depend upon to satisfy so much of this demand are either running out or threaten to
engulf us in uncontrolled climate change. Which is why the renewable energy sector has been
attracting so much interest and investment in recent years and is now predicted by the United
Nations’ environment programme to be worth as much as $600 billion by 2020. |
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| India's eInfochip rolls two design IP cores |
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Source: K.C. Krishnadas, EETimes, July 18 2008 |
| http://www.eetimes.com |
Design services provider eInfochips Ltd. has launched two design IP cores designed to reduce
networking interfaces and video surveillance chip development time and cost. The new IP cores
emerged a month after the company announced verification cores. They will supplement an
increasing portfolio of high-speed bus protocol and video processor cores. |
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| Venture Financing Drops for Youngest Companies as Older Ones Suck Up More Cash |
| Source: Abha Bhattarai, The New York Times, July 19 2008 |
| http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/ |
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In an ominous sign for Silicon Valley’s entrepreneurial machine, venture capital firms are
cutting back on their investments in companies at their earliest stage of development and
being forced to provide extra financing for later-stage companies that can’t leave the nest and
go public. |
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| M'sia Launches Latest Semiconductor Package |
| Source: Berita Wilaya, July 20 2008 |
| http://www.bernama.com |
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Malaysia today unveiled a state- of-the-art semiconductor package which is smaller in size yet
capable of having a higher capacity. The "QFN 3-D Stacked Die" product was the result of joint
research by scientists from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia as the leader, Universiti Malaya,
Sirim Bhd and AIC Semiconductor Sdn Bhd. |
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| India's tech industry running out of talent |
| Source: Joe Lazar, The Economic Times, July 21 2008 |
| http://economictimes.indiatimes.com |
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Superior talent is the strength of all organisations and a key driver for India’s growth in the
technology sector. Unfortunately, almost two decades into India’s phenomenal growth as an
international centre for high technology, the industry has a problem. It’s running out of talent.
According to a recent McKinsey report, Indian universities churn out 400,000 new engineers
every year, but only 100,000 are ready to join the IT industry. For the semiconductor industry
in India, availability of ‘employable’ talent is even worse, especially for high-end technology
areas such as VLSI and embedded design. Companies in this domain need people with specific
skills. With India’s rising talent crunch, it will be a challenge to maintain the same competitive
edge that it offered in the past.
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| Global chip market up 9.2% |
| Source: Peter Clarke, EE Times Europe, July 23 2008 |
| http://www.eetindia.co |
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According to data from World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS), the global market for
semiconductors grew 9.2 per cent reaching Rs.87,910.79 crore ($20.53 billion) in May 2008.
This is considerably more than the three-month moving average for May published by the U.S.
Semiconductor Industry Association on June 30. |
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| India telecom cos now focus on the world |
| Source: The Economic Times, July 23 2008 |
| http://www.ibef.org |
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If the first 13 years of mobile telephony in India has been about a stupendous growth story, the
next 13 could be about telcos having a major global footprint. It’s not as if Indian telcos have
not looked at overseas markets in the past. It’s just that Wireless India is now in top gear as far
as overseas forays are concerned. |
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| Handsets on track for growth despite declining prices |
| Source: Dylan McGrath, EETimes, July 23 2008 |
| http://www.eetimes.com |
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After jumping 16 percent in 2007, global mobile handset sales growth could top 10 percent in
2008, reaching nearly 1.3 billion units, according to projections from analysts and vendors. But
projected unit growth is being partially offset by declining average selling prices (ASPs).
Price declines stem from factors like the weak U.S. dollar and the popularity of lower-priced
handsets in emerging markets, where most of the unit growth is occurring. |
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| India board design services to hit $458M this year |
| Source: K.C. Krishnadas, EE Times, July 24 2008 |
| http://www.eetasia.com |
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Board design services in India are expected to grow to $458 million this year, driven by OEMs
handling multiple designs here for both the local market and overseas customers. Indian design
services companies said they have more overseas clients while the number of reference designs
for captive design centers operated by foreign chipmakers is also rising. According to the India
Semiconductor Association (ISA), of the 1,794 board designs completed in 2007, only 628 were
new, and the rest are modifications to existing designs. Of the estimated 2,274 designs
expected here in 2008, 805 will be new, said ISA president Poornima Shenoy. |
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| Expect 10% chip market growth, says Penn |
| Posted: Peter Clarke, EE Times Europe, July 24 2008 |
| http://www.eetindia.co.in |
| Malcolm Penn, founder and principal analyst with Future Horizons Ltd, believes the market
forces are at last moving into place to deliver a couple of years of booming growth for the
semiconductor industry. Penn offers three possible results for annual chip market growth in
2008, ranging from 7 per cent at the low side up to 10 per cent growth at the top end.
He is convinced that, because of a lack of investment in semiconductor manufacturing capacity
at present, prices will continue to rise, alongside units in 2009, giving rise to a market growth
in the "high-teens" of per cent. |
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