| Big two disties go head-to-head for embedded designs |
Source:Colin Holland, EETimes, February 21 2008 |
| http://www.eetimes.eu/germany/206801076 |
The two top electronic component distributors are both addressing the importance of the
embedded systems sector by launching specialist divisions. Arrow is to increase its European
focus on integrated system-level technologies with launch of Advanced Embedded Solutions
(AES). |
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| NXP to help operators cut down on middlemen, process brands |
| Source:M. Ramesh, The Hindu Business Line, February 22 2008 |
| http://www.thehindubusinessline.com |
NXP Semiconductors India Pvt Ltd, which does semiconductor software and design work from
India, has hit upon a novel idea to get business. It intends to interface between Indian telecom
service providers with Chinese and Taiwanese manufacturers. This will help Indian telecom
companies cut costs of their services and in the process NXP will get business from the
manufacturers.
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| Trying to Put New Zip Into Moore’s Law |
| Source:Michael Fitzgerald, The New York Times, February 24 2008 |
| http://www.nytimes.com |
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F innovation has a heart, it’s probably a semiconductor, beating to the pace of Moore’s Law.
Under this principle, named for the Intel co-founder Gordon Moore, the chip industry in the last
four decades has doubled the number of transistors it crams onto a chip about every 18
months. |
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| Buzz at Barcelona |
| Source:Anand Parthasarathy, The Hindu Business Line, February 25 2008 |
| http://www.thehindubusinessline.com |
Kallasvuo is President and CEO of Nokia, the Finnish player whose products straddle the world
of portable communications: four out of every 10 phones sold worldwide is a Nokia (this is more
than the combined sales of the next three top-selling brands). It is, therefore, inevitable that
Nokia’s corporate vision of the mobile world’s direction, in some ways, sets the agenda for the
entire industry. |
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| Cummins is making cars smarter across the world |
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Source:Anirvan Ghosh, The Economic Times, February 25 2008 |
| http://economictimes.indiatimes.com |
A Mercedes on the German autobahn suddenly encounters a storm. The rains lash at it, and the
road is slippery. The car switches on the wipers, locks all the windows shut, reduces the car
speed, and changes the mode from Sport to Normal. All this without any interference of the
driver, while the child sleeping in the rear seat does not miss a beat. Chances are, the car is
using software made by KPIT Cummins, an Indian company. |
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| Freescale sees growth as hybrid sales take off |
| Source:The Economic Times, February 25 2008 |
| http://economictimes.indiatimes.com |
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Freescale Semiconductor Inc expects to grow auto-related semiconductor unit sales at doubledigit
rates, building on success in supplying chips for just-launched hybrid vehicles from
General Motors Corp, a senior executive said. |
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| OEM semiconductor demand out of sync with sales, Gartner says |
| Source:Suzanne Deffree, Electronic News, February 26 2008 |
| http://www.edn.com |
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The top 10 OEMs consumed semiconductors worth $91 billion in 2007, a 1% rise over 2006, but
less than the semiconductor industry's 3% growth between 2006 and 2007, according to a new
report from Gartner. Gartner's preliminary market share analysis indicates that 2007
semiconductor revenue grew only 2.9%, while in the same year PC shipments grew 11% and cell
phone shipments grew at double-digit rates. |
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| Brain drain dulls Israel's tech edge, Minister warns |
| Source:Amir Ben-Artzi, EE Times Europe, February 26 2008 |
| http://www.eetasia.com |
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Israel is slowly losing its technological leadership and might "lose the global battleground" in
technology, if it does not reverse the current brain drain and reduction in R&D budgets,
forewarned the country's Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor. |
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| Indians rate better on entrepreneurial skills than Chinese |
| Source:The Economic Times, February 26 2008 |
| http://www.ibef.org |
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Indian leaders are more entrepreneurial than their Chinese counterparts thanks in large
measure to their strong language skills and association with a society that encourages
entrepreneurship. This is one of the many reasons that Indians move up and occupy top
positions in transnationals across the world. |
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| ISA and SEMI Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Support Semiconductor Industry in India |
| Source:IndiaPRwire.com, February 26 2008 |
| http://www.indiaprwire.com |
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The India Semiconductor Association (ISA), the only body representing the Indian
semiconductor driven industry, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with
Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI), the global industry association
representing the equipment and materials suppliers to the semiconductor, display and PV
industries. The MoU was signed by Poornima Shenoy, President, India Semiconductor
Association and Stanley Myers, President and CEO, SEMI today. |
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| TI expands application chips beyond phones |
| Source:CIOL, February 26 2008 |
| http://www.ciol.com |
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Texas Instruments Inc unveiled new application chips on Tuesday that can be used in
everything from music players to medical equipment, with an aim of expanding its business
beyond the cell phone chip market. |
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| Govt to focus on IT hardware manufacturing |
| Source:CIOL, February 26 2008 |
| http://www.ciol.com |
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Government has identified growth of electronics and IT hardware manufacturing as a thrust
area, said President Pratibha Patil. “A special scheme has been announced to encourage
semiconductor fabrication and other micro and nano technology manufacturing industries,”
said Patil, in her address to the joint sitting of the two houses of the Parliament on the opening
day of the Budget session on Monday. |
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| ISA awards for faculty, student |
| Source:The Times of India, February 27 2008 |
| http://epaper.timesofindia.com |
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The India Semiconductor Association (ISA) has come up with the ‘best faculty member award’
at the Technovation Karnataka Awards, 2008. In addition, the ISA has also instituted four PG
student project awards. |
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| Govt issues telecom licenses to nine telecos |
| Source:CIOL, February 27 2008 |
| http://www.ciol.com |
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In a move to achieve the target of 25-paise-per-local call rates, the government on Wednesday
initiated the first step by issuing new telecom licenses to three players. Datacom Solutions,
subsidiary of Videocon was granted the license as a fresh player in the mobile space. |
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| Magma acquires analog IP specialist Sabio Labs |
| Source:George Leopold, EETimes, February 27 2008 |
| http://www.eetimes.com |
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Magma Design Automation Inc. said Wednesday (Feb. 27) it has acquired Sabio Labs Inc., an
analog intellectual property provider. Magma (San Jose, Calif.) said Sabio's analog IP process
migration technology will be incorporated into its Titan Mixed-Signal Design Platform. The
platform targets analog IP process migration and mixed-signal design. |
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| TI grooms future DSP engineers in China universities |
| Source:EE Times-Asia, February 28 2008 |
| http://www.eetasia.com |
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Recognizing that the quality of engineering education is critical for the industry to remain
relevant and competitive, not a few top-tier semiconductor companies have forged strategic
partnerships with the academe. Analog giant Texas Instruments Inc., for one, has been running its China University Program for the last 12 years. Dedicated to DSP technology, the
commitment has resulted in 160 DSP labs and three technology centers distributed over 141
universities in China, benefiting 25,000 students every year and producing some 7,500
industrial engineers. |
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| Automotive electronics market stays in drive |
| Source:EETimes, February 28 2008 |
| http://www.eetindia.co.in |
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Databeans expects continued healthy growth for the automotive electronics market. The
current forecast calls for annual growth of 9 percent on average, reaching a market value of
Rs.6,38,773.35 crore ($173.7 billion) by 2013, from estimated sales of Rs.450,731.43 crore
($114.5 billion) in 2008. Growth in Driver Assistance, Safety Systems, and Entertainment is
expected to be particularly strong, while the Consumer Retail, Powertrain, and Body
Electronics segments are forecasted for slower growth. |
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| Indian PC shipments grow 20 per cent |
| Source:Business Standard, February 28 2008 |
| http://www.ibef.org |
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The desktop and notebook market grew 20 per cent year-on-year, with 6.5 million units
shipped into the country in 2007, as compared with 5.4 million units in 2006, according IDC’s
latest India quarterly PC tracker. |
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