| MindTree - ADI develop Blackfin-based security DVR platform |
Source:Colin Holland, EETimes, January 18 2008 |
| http://www.eetimes.eu |
A licensable digital video recorder (DVR) platform designed specifically for the surveillance
market has been developed by MindTree Consulting and Analog Devices. |
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| Are venture capitalists generally risk-averse? |
| Source:The Economic Times, January 18 2008 |
| http://economictimes.indiatimes.com |
When Sujai Karampuri started soliciting venture capital investment for his fledgling business,
Sloka Telecom, in 2005, he was 31 and the company was two years old. Both were too young to
be funded, some VCs told him. Some others said the firm would fight a losing battle against
giants such as Nortel and Alcatel. Still others were hesitant because the network infrastructure
business that Sloka had chosen, was in a downtrend. The start-up approached about a dozen
venture capital firms in India, but was declined each time. Mr Karampuri’s experience is typical
of hundreds of entrepreneurs in India, who find it nearly impossible to raise venture capital
funding for their new businesses despite having a proper business plan and a good team. A
growing tribe of business aspirants, as well as many venture capital managers themselves, say
VCs adopt a very cautious approach in the country, which is just breaking into the business of
start-ups.
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| Kyocera positions Indian center for wireless development |
| Source:K.C. Krishnadas, EETimes, January 18 2008 |
| http://www.eetimes.com |
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Kyocera Wireless Corp., which opened an engineering development center here in 2003, will
position it as a global center for innovation in product design and R&D.
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| 450-mm fabs not seen in short term |
| Source:Mark LaPedus, EETimes, January 18 2008 |
| http://www.eetimes.com |
Despite the push towards 450-mm fabs in some circles, the next-generation wafer size is not
expected within the next decade, according to an analyst. |
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| Sam Pitroda releases 2nd report of the National Knowledge Commission presented to PM |
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Source:PIB Press Release, January 19 2008 |
| http://pib.nic.in/release |
Shri Sam Pitroda, Chairman, National Knowledge Commission (NKC) released here today its 2nd
annual ‘Report to the Nation’ which was presented to the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh,
yesterday. The release took place at a Press Conference which was also attended by NKC
Members including Dr. Ashok Ganguly, Dr. Jayati Ghosh, Dr. Deepak Nayyar, Mr. Nandan
Nilekani and Ms. Sujatha Ramdorai.
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| Indian engineers do IT for Intel |
| Source:Anand Parthasarathy, The Hindu, January 20 2008 |
| http://www.hindu.com |
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Hello, hello! Your mobile phone is talking to you. It has been monitoring your vital health signs
when you are not making or taking calls, and wants to give you an update, possibly warn you
off more sweets, because your blood sugar level is high. |
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| Bharti, IBM sign US$ 150 million deal for IPTV, DTH plan |
| Source:Business Standard, January 21 2008 |
| http://www.ibef.org |
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Telecom service provider Bharti Airtel has signed a $150 million six-year agreement with global
IT major IBM for implementation of IT systems to launch differentiated services in broadband,
media, IPTV and DTH segments. |
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| India inside? |
| Source:The Hindu Business Line, January 21 2008 |
| http://www.thehindubusinessline.com |
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Do Indian software companies targeting the semiconductor industry now have better
opportunities to do high value work? Take, for example, mobile phones. Several Indian
software companies each develop a part of the software that makes a phone work across the
world. But what if one company had the expertise and the marketing strength to make and sell
these software designs whole, instead of piecemeal? And what if we had several such
companies targeting different areas, across telecom, consumer electronics, computing, power
industry and the like? Sounds implausible? Or obvious? |
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| Indian Aspirers — The Next Big Number |
| Source:Bobby Mitra, Times Of India, January 21 2008 |
| http://epaper.timesofindia.com |
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Who doesn’t like the aura of big numbers? We love talking about their huge impact and their
making of great case studies. Big numbers are what headline stories are made of and critical
decisions are created based on it. The impact of these numbers on the macro intent is usually
very significant. |
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| SunPower inks polysilicon supply deals |
| Source:EETimes, January 21 2008 |
| http://www.eetasia.com |
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SunPower Corp. has closed two polysilicon agreements to be supplied by a new polysilicon
plant located in Saudi Arabia. The two agreements will support in aggregate 2500MW of solar
cell production. |
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| Volkswagen to use India as base for global market |
| Source:The Hindu Business Line, January 22 2008 |
| http://www.ibef.org |
Auto giant Volkswagen may use India as a base to make cars exclusively for the world market.
The Managing Director for Volkswagen passenger cars for India, Mr Andreas Prinz, told Business
Line that once the company starts making cars for the Indian market, it might also look at
manufacturing models exclusively for the export market. |
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| DIT will market semiconductor policy |
| Source:Ishita Russell, Business Standard, January 22 2008 |
| http://www.business-standard.com |
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The much-touted semiconductor policy has received a lukewarm response so far. However, the
Department of Information Technology (DIT) is hopeful that response to the proposals under the policy will pick up after the Budget announcements when it gets more time to market the
proposals. |
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| Call for presidential candidates to tackle tech issues |
| Source:Rick Merritt, EETimes, January 22 2008 |
| http://www.eetimes.com |
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U.S. presidential candidates need to lay out clear, specific positions on the science and
technology issues driving the global economy. That's the view of a growing chorus of
technologists who say the candidates are not fully addressing problems such as research
funding, education and immigration that impact the future of the electronics industry.
Craig Barrett, chairman of Intel Corp., slammed government leaders for failing to heed
warnings that the U.S. is losing ground in global competitiveness. In a recent editorial in the
San Francisco Chronicle, Barrett said leaders need to fund the 2007 America Competes Act and
ease immigration for technically skilled foreign workers, two pressing issues currently ignored
in Washington D.C., he claimed. |
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| UK Premier Promises Venture Capital Support To Indian Entrepreneurs |
| Source:VC Circle, January 22 2008 |
| http://www.vccircle.com |
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India has traditionally looked at the US for venture capital support. Most of the foreign VC
funds that are active in India are from the US, primarily Silicon Valley, barring a few VC funds
from the UK which visit India every year on behalf of TiE. But the UK government thinks it also
needs to play its role in helping Indian entrepreneurs by providing the much needed capital to
kick start their enterprise. |
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| IMEC launches office in Taiwan |
| Source:Christoph Hammerschmidt, EETimes, January 22 2008 |
| http://www.eetimes.eu |
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IMEC has established a representative office in Taiwan. Within the coming months, the Belgian
research institution plans to turn it into an R&D center. |
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| U.S. unveils new export controls |
| Source:George Leopold, EETimes, January 22 2008 |
| http://www.eetimes.com |
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The Bush administration on Tuesday (Jan. 22) rolled out a package of U.S. export control
policies that seek to balance national security with the globalization of technology. |
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| Global PC Chip Shipments Set Record |
| Source:Antone Gonsalves, InformationWeek, January 23 2008 |
| http://www.informationweek.com |
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Global shipments of PC microprocessors set a record in the fourth quarter last year, while
stable average selling prices drove overall revenue up, a market research firm said Tuesday.
The market share for the two major vendors, Intel and Advanced Micro Devices, did not change
significantly in the quarter. |
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| Vietnam debuts in microchip market |
| Source:EETimes, January 23 2008 |
| http://www.eetasia.com |
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Vietnam has launched its first microchip—RISC SigmaK3—marking its entry in the microchip market. |
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| TSMC chairman says semiconductor inventory healthy |
| Source:Claire Sung, Rodney Chan, Digitimes, January 23 2008 |
| http://www.digitimes.com |
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Morris Chang, chairman of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), has
remarked that inventory levels are currently not an issue for the semiconductor industry. |
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| India adds 8.17 million mobile users in December |
| Source:The Economic Times, January 24 2008 |
| http://www.ibef.org |
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Indian mobile phone firms signed 8.17 million subscribers in December, taking the wireless
subscriber base in the world's fastest-growing telecoms market to 233.63 million, data from the
telecoms regulator showed. That was slightly below the 8.32 million users added in November,
the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India said in its monthly report released on Tuesday
evening. |
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| Semiconductor policy logs US$ 10.12 billion commitment |
| Source:The Hindu Business Line, January 24 2008 |
| http://www.ibef.org |
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The Government has now received cumulative investment commitment worth almost Rs 40,000
crore under the scheme to promote semiconductor fabs and other micro and nano technology
units. |
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| Skoda to make India its regional manufacturing hub |
| Source:The Economic Times, January 24 2008 |
| http://www.ibef.org |
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SkodaAuto plans to make India its regional manufacturing hub. It will start producing cars in
India by 2010 with a manufacturing target of 50,000 units. Besides the domestic market, these
will also be exported to neighbouring countries like Nepal, Sri Lanka, Burma and Bangladesh.
Skoda currently assembles cars at its Aurangabad facility in Maharashtra and is looking for
sufficient volumes to start a local production base. |
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| TI Chairman Tom Engibous to Retire in April; President and CEO Rich Templeton to Assume Chairmanship |
| Source:EDNAsia, January 24 2008 |
| http://www.ednasia.com |
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Instruments Incorporated has announced that Chairman of the Board Thomas J. Engibous will
retire following the company’s 2008 stockholders meeting on April 17. His retirement caps a
career during which he led the transformation of TI into one of the semiconductor industry’s
best-performing and most admired companies. Richard K. Templeton, who has worked side-byside
with Engibous for the last 15 years, will become the company’s new chairman, in addition
to his current position as president and chief executive officer. |
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