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Vision
Summit 2008 has participation from Business
Leaders, Technology Leaders, Venture Capitalists, Analysts,
Academia, Policy makers and Global Media.
For more details and registration,
log on to www.isaonline.org/visionsummit/08
Special discounted rates for members of TSIA, SEMI,
GSA, MIDAS, CEHA and TiE. |
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| TSIG
marches ahead |
The semicon industry is strongly
rooted in technology. The Technology Special Interest
(TSIG) was created with a representation of leaders
from across the country.
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The Group
is headed by Dr. Madhu Atre, Vice President &
Managing Director, LSI India. This SIG will soon
share its plans and activities. |
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| ISA
interactive (i2) |
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i2
is a platform for ISA members to share and debate upon
areas of special relevance to the industry.
The first i2
was held on November 16, 2007 at the TranSwitch facilityNew
Delhi. The second i2 was at the ARM office at Bangalore
on December 12, 2007.
Talent is a
key area of focus for the industry and both discussions
were on the need for industry and the academic world
(including finishing schools) to interact, develop skills
and meet talent needs. |
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| Thought
Leadership Forum |
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The
Thought Leadership Forum (TLF) is a unique platform
for senior executives of ISA member companies to access
global business leaders. It is the ideal networking
forum for business partners, the media and bureaucrats. |
Since
inception, ISA has hosted over fifteen sessions with
leaders from the US to Europe and the Far East. We present
below a brief overview of three recent sessions of the
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| Key
challenges facing semiconductor manufacturing |
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Michael R. Splinter
President & CEO, Applied
Materials, Inc.
October 31, 2007
Michael
Splinter chose to deliberate on the issue of sustainability
in semiconductor manufacturing. Mr. Splinter said
that the trend was towards consumerisation of
electronics. Modern electronics devices incorporate
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proliferation of devices has resulted in a quantum
increase in power consumption, which, in turn
has had a cascading environmental impact.
He urged
the industry to take big steps-alter chip architecture,
increase energy efficiency and adopt clean energy
in all facilities, among other measures. |
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Fundamental
changes in chip design: Riding the multimedia wave |
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Dr. Chris Rowen
President & CEO, Tensilica,
Inc.
October 10, 2007
Dr. Chris
Rowen warmed the audience by elaborating on Tensilica’s
market position and how its microprocessors were
at the heart of high-value video and audio processing
equipment. |
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the domain of chip design, Dr. Rowen chose to
dwell on the essential challenges in performance,
media-standards-evolution, energy efficiency and
time-to-market.
Dr. Rowen’s
insights were unique because of his strong roots
in the academia as well as the business world. |
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| Technology
& market trends in the automotive segment |
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Peter Bauer
Member of the Management
Board
Infineon Technologies AG
September 26, 2007
Peter
Bauer elaborated on how semiconductors are playing
a crucial role in the increasing miniaturization
of automotive electronics and their impact on
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emphasized Infineon’s strong reputation
among automobile manufacturers, thanks to its
intense focus on system/application competence,
long-term availability, standardization and innovation.
Talking
of the Indian market, Peter said that the semiconductor
content per car in India is just 50% of what is
available in foreign cars. He was optimistic about
the potential of semiconductor-based automotive
electronics in India. |
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| Dr.
Morris Chang in India |
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Dr
Morris Chang, Chairman & Chief Executive
Officer, TSMC, addressed ISA leaders at a partnership
event with CII at New Delhi in November 2007. |
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| ISA
interviews Manav Subodh |
Intrinsic
meets with Manav Subodh for an update on the Intel Scholar
program |
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Manav
Subodh
Manager - University Programs
Corporate Affairs, South Asia, Intel India |
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Give
a brief background of the Intel Scholar program and
its objectives.
This contest is a part of
Intel India’s higher education program under
the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility
charter. The idea is to develop faculty and students,
enhance research capabilities in academia and, address
key gaps in curriculum so that the final output is
aligned to the industry’s needs.
What kind of research work comprises the Intel
Scholar program? How does Intel go about identifying
the requirements?
The technology areas are
identified based on the key skills that the industry
requires at present. A lot of these skills are also
very specific to the semiconductor industry. The idea
is to excite the students in key areas of expertise
that the Indian semiconductor industry would need
in the next few years. The objective is to give bright
students an early exposure to exciting research problems
in areas relevant to the industry, through mentoring
sessions.
Does Intel invite the institutions?
Can any institution can take part in the Intel scholar
program?
Entry to the program is by
invitation only. Last year 51 selected institutions
were invited, this year we invited entries from 67
select institutes.
Before launching the program,
our team did an assessment of the major technology
institutes in India. The approach is based on various
published public media like rankings done by the Dataquest
magazine, institutes affiliated to the TEQIP (World
Bank and MHRD project), Ministry of Communication
and IT (MOCIT), industry reports and other sources.
Is there a synergy between Intel Scholar program
and the NGOs who work in the area of child education?
No. The Intel Scholar program
is geared more towards higher education and promoting
research in key technology areas.
Intel has a separate program
(titled IRIS) targeted towards school kids to promote
interest in Math and Science. IRIS gives school kids
the right tools and exposure to become next generation
innovators.
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| Delegation
Japan |
| Fukuoka-Japan
Business Mission to India with FKCCI |
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From Lto R:
S Janakiraman, Chairman ISA,
Masamitsu Watanabe, Chief Executive,
Economic
Promotion Bureau, Fukuoka City Government and
S S Patil, President FKCCI |
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ISA
and the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) along
with FKCCI organised a business delegation from Fukouka,
Japan to explore business opportunities in the embedded
software and semiconductor sector. The meeting was held
at Hotel Chancery Pavilion, Bangalore on November 22,
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| ISA
Panel on Low Power Design |
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ISA Power Panel December 13,
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This panel
discussion focused on the pertinent topic that concerns
every high-technology manufacturer power usage. The
panelists included Toshiyuki Saito (NEC Electronics,
Japan), Arijit Dutta (Freescale Semiconductor), Pankaj
Mayor (Cadence Design Systems, Inc) and S N Padmanabhan
(Mindtree Consulting) who debated on the many alternatives
to conventional semiconductor design with Dr. Madhu
Atre of LSI as the moderator.
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| 14th
International Workshop on the Physics of Semiconductor
Devices (IWPSD) |
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Audience at IWPSD,
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IWPSD
2007 was held between December 17 - 20 at IIT Mumbai.
Applied Materials and ISA partnered for two industry
sessions.
The topics were “Semiconductor
manufacturing India’s role” and “Catalyzing
the demand for Solar PV in India”.
The first panel discussed
the role of India on the semiconductor manufacturing
front and what it would take to catalyze this high
technology manufacturing sector in India.
The second panel discussed the advances made in making
solar PV electric supply competitive or less expensive
compared to the grid supply in international quarters
and opportunities to achieving the same in India.
Both sessions saw international
speakers and a participative audience. For presentations
on either topic, write to events@isaonline.org
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editor@isaonline.org |
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Dear friends,
A Happy New Year to you! As we come to the close of
2007, I would like to thank you for the support and
encouragement ISA has received over the past year. ISA
has grown and we see much activity going forward.
The coming year will see increased activity in the semicon
related manufacturing arena .Applications have commenced
with relation to the Semicon Policy 2007. The design
industry is seeing a growth with an increasing number
of design starts and complex work being done out of
India.
ISA continues to focus on getting more industry related
data and partnering with Government on activities to
build the sector. The coming few months are to see the
release of reports on the status of semicon research
at universities and the status of semicon design in
the country.
Talent is the backbone for the industry ‘s growth
.ISA is committed to industry - academia partnerships
that will foster joint research and create a larger
awareness of the sector and career prospects at campuses
with in the country.
ISA events are being benchmarked for great opportunities
to create visibility, share knowledge and quality networking.
The ISA website will carry our calendar of events for
2008 to help you plan your participation.
We look forward to working with you in 2008.
I look forward to your feedback. Write to editor@isaonline.org
Poornima Shenoy
India Semiconductor Association |
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 The
Government of India announced the much awaited guidelines
for special incentive package scheme to encourage investments
for setting up semiconductor fabrication and other micro
and nano technology manufacturing industries in India.
For more details click
here |
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