| 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. |
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| Qualcomm and IMEC collaborate on 3D Integration Research |
Source: EDN, July 25 20088 |
| http://www.ednasia.com |
IMEC and Qualcomm Incorporated have announced that Qualcomm is the first fabless
integrated circuit company to participate in IMEC's industrial affiliation program (IIAP) on
three-dimensional (3D) integration. Qualcomm and IMEC researchers in the program will
collaborate to understand and develop solutions for the use of 3D technologies in future
wireless products. |
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| Opinion: A high price for lack of alertness |
| Source: Christoph Hammerschmidt, EETimes, July 25 2008 |
| http://www.eetimes.com |
No question, the European chip industry already has seen better times. All suffer under the
same poor macroeconomic conditions and the adverse currency exchange rate. But some
perform better than others — and do not need to cut jobs by the thousands. |
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| Chips provide a leg-up to revolutionise healthcare |
| Source: Neenu Abraham, The Ecoomic Times, July 25 2008 |
| http://economictimes.indiatimes.com |
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How would semiconductor chips help restore partial vision in a person born blind, you would
ask. Talk to Sham Banerjee, director, corporate business development, Texas Instruments (TI),
India, and he’ll tell you that TI is at present working with the University of California in this
regard . Research is on to implant semicon chips in the retinas of people suffering from total
blindness. A fair degree of success has been attained, as 7-8 implants have already been done
in patients and partial vision restored. The chip industry, which till now considered the
telecom and PC markets their biggest growth drivers are now taking the healthcare equipment
segment seriously. “The healthcare segment is the fourth biggest growth driver for the
semiconductor industry,” says Poornima Shenoy, president of India Semiconductor Association
(ISA). Infact, the ISA is hosting an ExCITE exhibition in Bangalore today which will showcase the
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complete integrated technology system growth drivers for the Indian electronics industry.
The healthcare vertical will find special focus here as countries spend more and more on
healthcare equipment . US, for instance, spends about 16% of its GDP on healthcare, where
costs are expected to go up from $2 trillion in 2007 to $3.1 trillion in 2012. Chip makers are
fascinated by the growth in emerging countries like China where healthcare expenditure has
increased 227% during 2006-07 alone. |
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| Karnataka to have semicon policy very soon |
| Source: CIOL, July 26 2008 |
| http://www.ciol.com |
The government of Karnataka will be announcing a semiconductor policy very soon, according
to Katta Subramanya Naidu, the minister for Excise, Information, BWWB, IT and BT,
government of Karnataka, while delivering the opening address at the ISA Excite organized by
the India Semiconductor Association. Over the last several years, India has been a destination
favoured by almost all leading global semiconductor companies for setting up their
development centers for semiconductors and embedded designs. |
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| Tele-density in India cross 28 p.c |
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Source: CIOL, July 26 2008 |
| http://www.ciol.com |
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has said that a the country has added 8.81 million
telephone connections (Wireline and Wireless) during June 2008 as compared to 8.46 million
connections added in May 2008. The total number of telephone connections reaches 325.78
million at the end of June 2008 as compared to 316.97 million in May 2008. The overall teledensity
is 28.33 per cent at the end of June 2008 as against 27.59 per cent in May 2008.
The total wireless subscribers (GSM, CDMA & WLL) base stood at 286.86 million at the end of
June 2008. |
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| Electronics rivals joining forces in Japan |
| Source: Martin Foster, International Herald Tribune, July 27 2008 |
| http://www.iht.com |
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Sprawling electronics empires like Sony, Matsushita, Hitachi and Toshiba have long been the
pride of industrial Japan, competing with each other to make everything from computer chips
to televisions. But now, facing increased competition from manufacturers in places like South
Korea, Taiwan and China, they are doing something that was previously unthinkable: working
together. |
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| Indian economy to overtake UK in 10 yrs |
| Source: The Times of India, July 28 2008 |
| http://www.ibef.org |
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Economic forecasts predict that India will overtake the UK and become the world's fifth largest
economy within the next 10 years, the third largest behind China and the US by 2025 and the
second largest economy after China by 2050. The number of Indian companies in the West
Midlands in UK has doubled since 2006. This year saw the biggest deal of all-Tata's acquisition
of Jaguar and Land Rover, which made it the largest foreign investor in the region, employing
over 13,000 staff. In a bid to forge more ties, an action plan has been put in place to seal new
business and academic ties between the West Midlands and India. |
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| Where is the semiconductor industry going? A panel discusses |
| Source: EDN, July 28 2008 |
| http://www.edn.com |
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A panel discussion sponsored by a global technology interest group, Monte Jade, explored the
future of the semiconductor industry last week, by looking into the question of industry
maturity. Panelists addressed three aspects of the maturity of the semiconductor industry:
technology, structure, and finance. |
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| Intersil acquires D2Audio |
| Source: Mark LaPedus, EETimes, July 28 2008 |
| http://www.eetimes.com |
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Analog-chip maker Intersil Corp. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire D2Audio Corp., a
supplier of digital audio power amplifiers. The move expands Intersil's product portfolio.
Founded in 2002, D2Audio (Austin, Texas) develops intelligent digital amplifiers, of which it
calls the Digital Audio Engine. The D2Audio technology monitors, perfects, and enhances audio
quality with real-time digital feedback. |
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| Recession-proof engineering jobs |
| Source: Jack Ganssle, EETimes, July 28 2008 |
| http://www.eetimes.com/ |
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Are we in a recession? Various analysts have different answers, but I'm not sure the question
really matters since these downturns are usually identified ex post facto. Calamity always
makes for good press, and nothing is more personal than the economy, so every downturn gets
examined like an oncologist studying a smoker's X-rays. Yet the unemployment rate in the US is
a relatively low 5.5%. |
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| Intel invests in solar materials supplier |
| Source: Mark LaPedus, EETimes, July 29 2008 |
| http://www.eetimes.com |
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In a move to boost its solar and IC efforts, materials supplier Voltaix Inc. said that it has
received $12.5 million in financing from Intel Capital, the investment arm of Intel Corp.
The investment will accelerate Voltaix' manufacturing capacity expansion. The company is a
manufacturer of specialty chemicals, with expertise in silicon, germanium and boron
technologies. Its products include germane, silicon tetrafluoride, trimethylsilane and Silcore.
Voltaix (Branchburg, N.J.) manufactures electronic chemicals and gases for chip applications. It
also makes CVD precursors for production of advanced photovoltaic cells. |
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| Global chip sales seen up 7% in June |
| Source: Peter Clarke, EETimes, July 29 2008 |
| http://www.eetimes.eu |
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The three-month moving average of global chip sales for June is estimated to have come in at
$21.4 billion up 7 percent from $20.0 billion in June 2007, according to Bruce Diesen, analyst
at Carnegie Research. However June's three-month average is set to be down from the $21.8
billion achieved in May 2008. Actual June chip sales probably rose 7.3 percent year-on-year in
dollar terms, Diesen said, compared to a 9.2 percent jump in May. |
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| KLA buys Vistec's inspection unit |
| Source: Mark LaPedus, EETimes, July 30 2008 |
| http://www.eetimes.eu |
| Continuing on its acquisition spree, KLA-Tencor Corp. has entered into an agreement to acquire
the inspection business unit of Vistec Semiconductor Systems Inc. The unit is wholly owned by
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Golden Gate Capital, a San Francisco-based private equity firm. The inspection business unit of
Vistec is headquartered in Weilburg, Germany. It provides advanced semiconductor mask and
wafer manufacturing systems. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. |
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| Taiwan signals big review of China semicon investment rules |
| Source: Martyn Williams, IDG News Service, July 30 2008 |
| http://www.thestandard.com |
| Taiwan is moving towards a major revision of the restrictions placed on local semiconductor
companies with regard to their investments in mainland China and is likely to remove many of
the hurdles they currently face, a senior government official said in an interview. The revision,
which is due in September, comes hot on the heels of the March election of Ma Ying-jeou as
president of Taiwan and mirrors his philosophy of freeing up restrictions on trade between the
two countries, said Chen Chao-yih, director general of Taiwan's Industrial Development Bureau,
in an interview in Tokyo on Tuesday. |
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| Local designers drive Chinese IC market growth; |
| Source: Bolaji Ojo, EETimes, July 30 2008 |
| http://www.eetimes.com |
| Sales of semiconductor chips designed in China are surging at a double-digit clip helping to
offset slower growth in the country's previously red-hot IC market as OEMs focus on customizing
products for the local market, according to iSuppli Corp. Led by demand from the wireless
communications equipment sector, China's consumption of semiconductors designed in the
country is forecast to rise more than 60 percent by 2012 to $42.1 billion from $25.8 billion in
2007 while the entire IC market for the country will grow at a slower 7.7 percent rate, the
research firm said. |
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| India to develop $10 laptops |
| Source: K.C. Krishnadas, EE Times, July 31 2008 |
| http://www.eetasia.com |
| The India Ministry of Human Resources Development plans to develop a very low-cost access,
low-power device designed to link Indian technology and other institutes. The ministry said it
wants to continue pushing the limits of computer technology to develop laptops that cost as
little as $10. The devices would be distributed to students as a way of improving education in
the country, said D. Purandeswari, federal minister of state for human resources development
for higher education. |
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