| Government plans financial sops for solar power units |
Source:The Hindu Business Line, January 2 2008 |
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The Centre plans to offer financial sops for the running of solar power units to enable
developers to overcome high initial costs and ensure electricity generated by these units
become cost competitive for injection into the grid. |
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| SIA to revise IC forecast amid snafu |
| Source:Mark LaPedus, EETimes, January 3 2008 |
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Here's a major forecast snafu: Citing better-than-expected DRAM figures, the Semiconductor
Industry Association (SIA) has revised its worldwide semiconductor sales figures for 2007.
The data reflects upward revisions in the DRAM sales data for the period January through
September 2007. The revisions were made by the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS).
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| Top 10 predictions for semis in 2008 |
| Source:Mark LaPedus, EETimes, January 4 2008 |
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Industry forecasters seem to have different opinions about the overall outlook for the
semiconductor and IC-equipment markets in 2008 and beyond. To help sort out the confusion in
the market, I have released my own chip forecasts--and other predictions--for 2008.
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| AMD opens fourth R&D center in India |
| Source:K.C. Krishnadas, EETimes, January 4 2008 |
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Months after it announced the expansion of its existing R&D center here, AMD Inc. has
announced the opening of a fourth R&D center in Hyderabad. The new center will focus on
next-generation graphics and computing solutions, the company said. |
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| Hope for electronics growth tempered by economic fears |
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Source:Bolaji Ojo, EETimes, January 7 2008 |
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Prevailing economic winds seem to dictate otherwise, but bullish researchers are predicting
robust global growth this year for the electronic equipment market driven by strength in the
data processing and wireless communications markets.
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| Xilinx names new president, CEO |
| Source:Mark LaPedus, EETimes, January 7 2008 |
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Xilinx Inc. has named Moshe Gavrielov, a former executive at Cadence Design Systems Inc., as
its new president and chief executive. |
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| Industry collaboration is tackling IC yield issues |
| Source:Ajay Khoche, EETimes, January 7 2008 |
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Today, companies in the semiconductor ecosystem, from design through manufacturing and
test, are doing something the industry as a whole hasn't done before: They are collaborating.
The interdependencies among all aspects of the chip development process mean that greater
integration, and therefore greater collaboration, is required. One area that has been leading
the way for some time has been the connection between design and test. |
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| Innovate to reduce R&D spend: AMD chief |
| Source:Business Standard, January 7 2008 |
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The semiconductor industry needs to focus on new business models and innovations that will
help reduce the R&D spend to ensure that at least half of the world’s population become PC
users by 2015, according to Dirk Meyer, president & COO, AMD. |
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| Mentor's Rhines sees semis as hope for 2008 |
| Source:Sufia Tippu, EETimes, January 7 2008 |
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The semiconductor industry is coming off a relatively weak year, and the landscape could be
even bleaker. But a sliver of hope might lie in the increased use of semiconductors, said
Walden C. Rhines, chairman and CEO, Mentor Graphics. |
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| India Inc most optimistic about economy: Report |
| Source:The Economic Times, January 8 2008 |
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India Inc is the most optimistic around the world when it comes to their business outlook,
unaffected by global credit crunch and boosted by expectations of over 8 per cent growth of
the domestic economy, says a new report. |
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| India pips China as better telecom investment destination |
| Source:The Economic Times, January 8 2008 |
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Phone companies hoping to boost profits by seeking growth in China's market for mobile data
and other services take note: The world's largest telecom market may be growing quickly but
India is a better bet. |
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| Bush Admits Economy Faces Challenges |
| Source:Sheryl Gay Stolberg and David M. Herszenhorn, The New York Times, January 8, 2008 |
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President Bush, in a marked shift from his usual upbeat economic assessments, conceded here
on Monday that the nation faces “economic challenges” due to rising oil prices, the home
mortgage crisis and a weakening job market. |
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| Chip makers line up US$ 600 million for assembly units |
| Source:livemint.com, January 9 2008 |
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India's efforts to become a chip manufacturing hub may still be restricted to plans and
blueprints but the country is attracting significant investments directed at setting up facilities
to assemble, test, mark and package chips, with companies such as SPEL Semiconductor Ltd,
SemIndia Inc., and Tessolve Inc. looking to invest $600 million (Rs2,358 crore) over the next
three years in such so-called ATMP facilities. |
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| Cadence sees lack of talent hitting semiconductor industry |
| Source:V.Rishi Kumar, The Hindu Business Line, January 9 2008 |
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India, it seems, has an advantage in the systems design part of the semiconductor value chain.
However, its growth would depend on the ability to find talent, according to Mr Jaswinder S.
Ahuja, Corporate Vice-President, Cadence Design Systems. |
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| Indian telecom operators to go global |
| Source:CIOL, January 9 2008 |
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In a few years Indian telecom operators would go international and become top global players,
said Ashok Jhunjhunwala, Professor of the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Indian
Institute of Technology (IIT) in Chennai. |
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| Infineon, Delphi to work together |
| Source:The Hindu Business Line, January 10 2008 |
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Infineon Technologies AG, Europe's second-largest maker of semiconductors, and auto-parts
maker Delphi Corp will jointly develop software for cars.
The two companies will develop more advanced so-called body control units based on the
automotive open system architecture, Neubiberg, Germany-based Infineon said in an e-mailed
statement today. |
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| Tata Nano sets the platform for India as a frugal engineering hub |
| Source:livemint.com, January 11 2008 |
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With the company taking the lead, others are also walking the path to produce more with less
resources. When Carlos Ghosn, the chief executive of the Franco-Japanese alliance of Renault
SA and Nissan Motor Co., visited India early in 2007 to do a deal with Mahindra and Mahindra
Ltd (M&M), he coined the term "frugal engineering" to highlight the ability of Indian engineers
to produce more with less resources. |
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| India favourite outsourcing destination for UK firms |
| Source:The Economic Times, January 11 2008 |
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India emerged as the favourite outsourcing destination for businesses in UK, as organisations
rated India-based outsourcing firms highest in terms of satisfaction, placing them above
'traditional' global providers in a survey of UK's public and private sector firms. |
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| India will continue its dynamic growth in 2008: UN |
| Source:The Financial Express, January 11 2008 |
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India will continue to witness dynamic growth in 2008, driven by investment in the
manufacturing and service sectors, and will be "largely insulated from weakness in the global
Economy," a new United Nations report has said. |
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