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Renesas Boosts India and China Presence with Malini Narayanamoorthi and Yvonne Liu in Top Roles
Renesas Electronics announced leadership changes in India and China to support its growth strategy in these markets. Malini Narayanamoorthi was appointed Vice President and President of Renesas Electronics India. She previously held the positions of India Country Manager and Vice President of MID
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Karnataka Leads India's Electronics Surge with $4.5 Billion Exports and Robust Policies: Official Address at IESA Vision Summit 2026
Karnataka continues to lead India's electronics and semiconductor ecosystem, contributing significantly to national growth through robust policies, talent development, and infrastructure initiatives, as highlighted by Rahul Sharanappa Sankanur, IAS, Director of the Department of Electronics, IT &
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ROHM and Suchi Semicon Announce Strategic Partnership for Semiconductor Manufacturing in India
Japan based semiconductor and electronics component maker ROHM and Surat based OSAT service provider Suchi Semicon established a strategic partnership focused on semiconductor manufacturing in India, targeting both domestic and global markets. The collaboration combines ROHM’s expert
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Lam Research India MD spotlights $50B Supply Chain Opportunity and AI-Driven Semiconductor Boom at IESA Vision Summit 2026
In a compelling keynote address at the India Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA) Vision Summit 2026, Rangesh Raghavan, Managing Director and Corporate Vice President of Lam Research India, painted an optimistic picture of India's rising role in the global semiconductor industry amid
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India Faces 'Missing Middle' in Semiconductor Value Chain, Warns Semiconductor Equipment Executive at IESA Vision Summit
The semiconductor ecosystem transforms raw silicon into powerful chips through interconnected stages. It begins with design, where engineers use EDA tools and IP cores to architect circuits for specific applications (fabless firms specialize here). Next comes wafer fabrication (front-end manufact
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Micron Begins Commercial Production at Sanand Facility, Marking India's Entry into Memory Chip Assembly
Micron Technology held the grand opening of its semiconductor assembly and test facility in Sanand, Gujarat, marking the first such site in India. The facility converts advanced DRAM and NAND wafers from Micron's global network into finished memory and storage products, serving worldwide customer
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Industry Consortium Forms to Standardize Active Copper Cables for High-Speed Interconnects
Thirteen companies in networking, semiconductors, and cabling announced the formation of the Active Copper Cable Multi-Source Agreement (ACC-MSA). The group, based in Santa Clara, California, aims to define specifications for interoperable active copper cable (ACC) solutions. The ACC-MSA f
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Nokia and KDDI Demonstrate Quantum-Safe Optical Transport at Sakai Data Center for AI Infrastructure
Nokia and KDDI Corporation have demonstrated quantum-safe optical transport capabilities at KDDI's new Sakai Data Center in Osaka, Japan. The facility is a next-generation site designed to support advanced AI workloads, including real-time training, inference, and data analytics. The demon
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Panasonic Automotive Systems Gains Endorsement from Major Japanese Automakers for VirtIO Standardization in Software-Defined Vehicles
Panasonic Automotive Systems announced industry-wide endorsement for its initiative to standardize and promote VirtIO, an open-source device virtualization technology, for automotive applications. Endorsing companies include Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Mazda Motor Corporation, Mitsubishi Motors
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Cadence Completes €2.7 Billion Acquisition of Hexagon's Design and Engineering Business for Physical AI and Multiphysics Expansion
Cadence announced the completion of its acquisition of Hexagon AB’s Design and Engineering (D&E) business.The transaction, previously announced, expands Cadence’s System Design and Analysis (SDA) portfolio. It positions the company in the Physical AI area through integration
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Tower Semiconductor and Xanadu Expand Collaboration on Silicon Photonics for Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing
Tower Semiconductor and Xanadu, a photonic quantum computing company, announced an expansion of their collaboration to develop advanced silicon photonics for fault-tolerant quantum computers using Tower’s high-volume silicon photonics platform. The expansion builds on previous joint
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Baya Systems Partners with Aion Silicon on SoC and Chiplet Design Solution Amid Rising Chiplet Adoption in AI and HPC
Chiplet-ready semiconductor fabric IP developer Baya Systems is partnering with VLSI design services company Aion Silicon (formerly Sondrel), an ASIC and SoC architecture and design services provider to provide a joint solution for faster definition, design, and deployment of complex SoC and chip
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