India Semiconductor
Solar PV, Inverter, and UPS drives India's MOSFET semiconductor market
Total India MOSFET market in 2014 is estimated in the range of 15-20 Million US$. In this around 80-90% is imported and the rest is expected to be made locally. There is 12% growth in 2014 in the Indian MOSFET market. Around 65% of MOSFETs are used in UPS and inverters. The second big market is sola
4 min readIOT was the central focus at a VLSI design event held in Bengaluru
One of the India's popular VLSI chip design event "International Conference on VLSI Design and Embedded Systems" conducted by VLSI Society of India in partnership with IEEE was concluded recently in Bengaluru (old name Bangalore). The theme of the event for this year was “IoT: Building a Smart Conne
2 min readIndia based VLSI company Ineda Systems wins GSA award
Ineda systems, which has recently launched a SOC processor chip called Dhanush, for high-end wearables and also for simple wearable devices, has won this year's Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) "start-up to watch award" for the year 2014. The core team of this Hyderabad, India based VLSI semi
1 min readIndia semicon fab news: HHV offer reactive ion etch equipment for R&D
Bangalore, India based Hind High Vacuum Co. Pvt. Ltd. (HHV), announced that it has developed a versatile R&D tool for the semiconductor industry. Entirely designed and developed at the Bangalore facility of HHV, this tool would be used in Reactive Ion Etching (RIE), a major process for semiconducto
3 min readSTMicro's Bipin Pande on automotive semiconductor trends in India
The total cost of electronics and semiconductor devices in a car is indication of how advanced is the car. The automotive is getting automated in multiple aspects of its operation and usage. The automation is powered by IC chips, power switching semiconductor devices and sensors including MEMS. This
4 min readST chips get into another Indian STB design
STMicroelectronics has announced that its STiH273 (Palma) HD cable chipsets have been selected by Fastway, a leading Indian Cable MSO (multi-system operator) with over 3 million digital subscribers, for their HD interactive USB DVR1 platform. This chip supports Fastway’s customers to experience
4 min readMobile phone chipmaker Mediatek expands in India
Taiwan based Mobile phone chipmaker Mediatek which already has office in Noida, India opened VLSI and embedded software design center in Bangalore. The new research center to work on mobile communications, wireless connectivity & home entertainment segments. MediaTek set aside a investment of ove
2 min readIndigenous thin film tech deposition equipment from India's HHV
While India lacks semiconductor fab plants, its good to know a Bangalore based semiconductor related manufacturing equipment company called Hind High Vacuum Co. Pvt. Ltd. (HHV) has developed a unique thin film technology solution for the nuclear energy sector. This cluster type thin film deposition
3 min readIndia semiconductor market is forecasted to reach $52.8B by 2020
A market research company called NOVONOUS has forecasted the semiconductor Industry in India to reach $52.8 Billion by 2020. NOVONOUS finds that the semiconductor industry is estimated to grow from $10.02 billion in 2013 to $52.58 billion in 2020 at CAGR of 26.72%. The release in Markets and Mar
1 min readVLSI/semiconductor IP companies in India lack escape velocity
India is a fertile ground for VLSI semiconductor start-up companies. Since from the time of economic liberalisation, quite a good number of successful VLSI design companies have born. Most of them are into services. There are few semiconductor IP product sellers too. Though they are making profit,
3 min readIndia Electronics and Semiconductor Association appoints M. N. Vidyashankar as President
India Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA) has appointed of Mr. M. N. Vidyashankar, IAS as the new President . The earlier President PVG Menon has resigned in the month of March 2014. Pic above
4 min readRenesas target India MCU market by establishing a subsidiary
Renesas has opened Renesas Electronics India Pvt. Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Renesas Electronics Singapore Pte. Ltd. The new subsidiary to operate from Bangalore, India. Globally Renesas has huge market share in automotive microcontroller and other areas of microcontroller applications. H
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