Blumenthal s comments came as reports showed U.S. origin chips and other technology continue to be found in a wide range of Russian equipment on the battlefield in Ukraine, from drones and radios to missiles and armored vehicles. His remarks were aimed at U.S. chipmakers like Advanced Micro Devices, Intel Corp, Texas Instruments and Analog Devices , after reports of their products in Russian equipment or flowing to Russia, despite U.S. export controls.

Publication: The Economic Times

As a longtime proponent of open networking platforms and a member of the ORAN alliance, Supermicro s portfolio features 5th Generation Intel Xeon processors, AMD EPYC 8004 series processors, and NVIDIA Grace Hopper Superchip systems Supermicro is expanding our broad portfolio of long-lived and cutting-edge servers to meet the challenging needs of the 5G and telco markets and Edge AI, said Charles Liang, President and CEO of Supermicro

Publication: Hindi Indian Web2

Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran said on Wednesday that the conglomerate will announce its semiconductor chip fab very soon, and it will be a very big investment.

Publication: The Economic Times

CtrlS Datacenters Ltd on Tuesday announced that it would set up a new datacentre park campus in the Ambattur industrial area of Chennai. Once operational, the firm is likely to create nearly 10 thousand jobs, the authorities said.

Publication: Times Now News

Microsoft and Intel collaborate on custom-designed chips using Intel s 18A manufacturing technology. The chip enhances performance and efficiency. It includes Microsoft Azure Maia 100 AI Accelerator and Microsoft Azure Cobalt CPU. Intel Foundry ensures a reliable supply of highquality semiconductors for the platform shift.

Publication: The Times of India

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Publication: NDTV Profit

Domestic manufacturing of semiconductors is the next big space: MeitY Secy A senior official from the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) stated that domestic semiconductor manufacturing is a significant area of growth, with expectations of more companies entering the sector.

Publication: The Economic Times

Headquartered in Germany, Mindcurv employs 700 people across 13 locations including the Netherlands, Spain and India. They will be joining Accenture Song’s commerce practice.

Publication: The New Indian Express

Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar unveiled the remarkable growth of India s startup innovation landscape over the past 23 years on Monday.

Publication: Business Today

The Indian government, after years of watching from the sidelines of the chips race, now has to evaluate $21 billion of semiconductor proposals and divvy up taxpayer support between foreign chipmakers, local champions or some combination of the two.

Publication: Hindustan Times

The Ministry of Electronics and IT ( MeitY ) secretary S Krishnan Tuesday said that the government aspires to grow electronics manufacturing to USD 1 trillion in the next five years.

Publication: The Economic Times

Chipmaker Broadcom is selling a unit that allows users to access desktops and applications from any device to private-equity firm KKR in a $4billion deal to streamline its portfolio after the $69billion purchase of VMware last year.

Publication: The Economic Times

Increased investments, burgeoning talent pool and efforts by companies driving market expansion, says Nasscom-BCG report. Leading firms are investing heavily in upskilling. ML, Python, and SQL are key skills.

Publication: The Economic Times

Global companies are setting up more offices in India and expanding in-house teams but that does not mean the end of the road for Indian IT firms, which rely heavily on outsourcing deals, executives said at a Nasscom event. Satish HC, executive vice president and co-head of delivery at Infosys, said its strategy was to work with GCCs, no matter which route they took to drive innovation.

Publication: Deccan Chronicle

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) IS building a team for its semiconductor chip design business, as it looks to foray into fabless semiconductor chip design and product ownership. L&T set up a wholly-owned subsidiary L&T Semiconductor Technologies (LTST) in November 2023.

Publication: Financial Express

Several factors are leading to PCs growing importance in this market. Product availability is certainly a key factor with Intel s Meteor Lake CPUs recently joining AMD’s Ryzen 7040, 8040, and 8000G processors, Apple s Mseries, and Qualcomm s Snapdragon Elite X.

Publication: Communications Today

As a long-term advocate of open networking platforms and a member of the ORAN Alliance, Supermicro s portfolio incorporates systems featuring 5th Gen Intel Xeon processors, AMD EPYC 8004 Series processors, and the NVIDIA Grace Hopper Superchip.

Publication: The Print

A recent Reuters report indicates that over the last two years at least nine chip firms from Taiwan have either set up shop or expanded operations in Japan

Publication: MoneyControl

The Indian government, after years of watching from the sidelines of the chips race, now has to evaluate $21 billion of semiconductor proposals and divvy up taxpayer support between foreign chipmakers , local champions or some combination of the two.

Publication: The Economic Times

Strong demand from China helped offset weakness elsewhere last year as capital spending from global semiconductor companies, especially memory-chip makers, slowed.

Publication: LiveMint

Other highlighted exhibits include the high-density H223V10 supporting the NVIDIA Grace Hopper Superchip, the G383R80 server supporting four AMD Instinct MI300A APUs, and a G593 series AI server equipped with the powerful NVIDIA HGX H100 8GPU.

Publication: Gigabyte

Japan’s diversified telecoms conglomerate NTT said India is a critical region for the company s data center business

Publication: The Economic Times

WSC comprises chip industry associations in regions such as the US and China, which represent chip stalwarts such as Qualcomm, Intel, AMD and Nvidia. New Delhi has said that physical goods such as books and videos, once governed by traditional tariff rules, were now available as digital services and should be subject to duties. Developing nations are facing massive loss in potential revenue with such imports from developed countries on the rise, India maintains.

Publication: The Telegraph

The Indian government, after years of watching from the sidelines of the chips race, now has to evaluate $21 billion of semiconductor proposals and divvy up taxpayer support between foreign chipmakers, local champions or some combination of the two.

Publication: Hindustan Times

In a recent video review by Geekerwan (Geek Bay), Loongson s 3A6000 demonstrated substantial progress in its Instructions Per Cycle (IPC), nearly on par with the latest architectures from Intel and AMD.

Publication: Madras Tribune

Japan said it will give TSMC up to 732 billion yen ($4.86 billion) more in subsidies to help it build a second chip fabrication plant as the Taiwanese company on Saturday marked the opening of its first Japanese factory.

Publication: The Economic Times

A global consortium of semiconductor industry groups has reportedly sent a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi , asking India to reconsider its stance on duties on cross border digital trade and data transfers at the upcoming World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting.

Publication: Times of India

STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, announced an allinone, direct Time of Flight (dToF) 3D LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) module with market leading 2.3k resolution, and revealed an early design win for the world’s smallest 500kpixel indirect Time of Flight (iToF) sensor.

Publication: Times Tech

In India s pursuit of becoming a semiconductor nation, maintaining a conducive regulatory and business environment are being looked upon as key success factors in a recent report by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), a Washington DC based science and technology policy think tank. While India is taking time to diligently evaluate all proposals, it is fast tracking approval for semiconductor greenfield projects as compared to some of the leading nations.Publication: Business Today

The 74th session of the Cabinet Meeting convened on Thursday at the Lok Seva Bhawan in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, under the leadership of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik , centered on amending the Odisha Semiconductor Manufacturing and Fabless Policy2023 to enhance investor attraction for establishing semiconductor and electronic chip manufacturing facilities, as well as fabless design units, within the state.

Publication: ET Telecom

Union minister for Railways, Communications, and Electronics & IT Ashwini Vaishnaw says India is working on the entire semiconductor value chain and will roll out the first Made in India chip by December 2024. The semiconductor value chain starts with design and our design capabilities are among the best in the world, says Vaishnaw.

Publication: Fortune

Since everything in the world has become electronic, this law has been in effect for decades, acting as a metronome for the chip industry and providing enormous economic benefits to society.

Publication: Times Tech

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is orchestrating a paradigm shift across industries, and its transformative influence on the software development landscape, particularly within the context of low code development is becoming increasingly evident.

Publication: Financial Express

The PMO did not immediately respond to a request for comment. WSC comprises of chip industry associations in regions like the US and China, which represent chip stalwarts such as Qualcomm, Intel, AMD and Nvidia.

Publication: The Financial Express

AI has the potential to create equal opportunities for women in the workplace at the recruitment stage and throughout their careers. By automating certain tasks within the recruitment and workforce management process, AI can help eliminate bias in hiring processes, promotions and performance evaluations.

Publication: The Economic Times

Establishment of private industrial parks spanning 10 to 50 acres with incentives from the state government are testimony to a new industrial revolution in the state. This is one of the successful initiatives of the state. Adequate provision has been made in the budget to boost and bank on all of these through the ‘Chief Minister youth entrepreneur development scheme.

Publication: The Economic Times

A global consortium of semiconductor industry groups has asked India to reconsider its plan to push for duties on cross-border digital e-commerce and data transfers at an upcoming global trade meeting, warning that India’s stance will sti•e its own chip design industry.

Publication: The Hindu

Shrout said that one of the biggest challenges for traditional chip firms like Intel and AMD was keeping a steady design cadence. Now, Arm is offering to do that work for anyone willing to pay for its blueprints, even if they aren’t a traditional chip company.

Publication: The Economic Times

The top semiconductor design companies globally including Intel, Texas Instruments, AMD, Nvidia, and Qualcomm have design and R&D centres in India Recently, AMD has inaugurated its largest global design centre in Bengaluru that plans to employ around 3,000 engineers in the coming years

Publication: The Times of India

Around 57 per cent Indian consumers prefer using Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools rather than engaging in human interaction while looking for products and services online, findings of a recent Adobe survey reveal.

Publication: Business Standard

From the US to China, internet giants and startups are spending billions to stake out a spot in a rapidly expanding AI sphere. India too can become a formidable contestant in that race, industry experts say

Publication: The Economic Times

At Dell Technologies, currently, every major product line utilises machine intelligence as a core component of a modern product development or solution. Dell has close to 1,000 AI/ML related projects going on at any time.

Publication: The New Indian Express

Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, said India was pioneering a global framework on Gen AI and aimed to discuss it by July, as per reports. It is impossible for one country to regulate the harms of the internet, because these are almost always extra jurisdictional, where the victim is in one jurisdiction, the perpetrators in another, and the crime is committed in the third, he said.

Publication: Storyboard 18

The government s goal is to have three to four semiconductor fabrication plants in India in the next five years, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on February 21. The next level of productivity in chips will come from advanced manufacturing and packaging… In next 5 years, our target is to have 3 or 4 fabs. We will see the first chip rollout in December 2024 itself, he said.

Publication: MoneyControl

The government will come out with a draft regulatory framework for artificial intelligence (AI) by June July, Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Tuesday.

Publication: ET Telecom

Digital public infrastructures like Aadhaar, UPI and FASTag generated a value of USD 31.8 billion in 2022, contributing 0.9 per cent to India s GDP, and the contribution is projected to increase 2.94.2 per cent by 2030, industry body Nasscom said in a report.

Publication: Business Standard

While Samsung’s share declined from 45.5% in 2022 to 39.5% in 2023, Lenovo’s share declined from 17.5% in 2022 to 14.3% in 2023. As per the report, increased competition from newer players has impacted the performance of these companies.

Publication: Business Insider

HP led the Indian market with a 31.5% share HP led in both the commercial and consumer segments with 33.6%, and 29.4% respectively. HP continued to lead both the desktop and notebook categories with 25.1% and 33.8% shares each.

Publication: The Hindu

India needs policy certainty for the next 25 years and beyond to attract more semiconductor investment, Manish Bhatia, Executive Vice-President for global operations at Micron Technology, said on Wednesday.

Publication: The Hindu Business Line

In his remarks at the launch of PhonePe’s native, Android-based Indus Appstore at the Bharat Mandapam in the capital, the minister said the next level of productivity in chips will come from advanced manufacturing and packaging. “We will soon see at least three or three more approvals in fab and assembly, testing, marking and packaging (ATMP),” he added.

Publication: Free Press Journal

US chip giant Micron, which is investing up to $825 million in setting up a semiconductor chip assembly and testing plant in India, said that certainty of policy is crucial forthis industry to flourish. Manish Bhatia, executive vice president (EVP), global operations, Micron, said policy stability is a huge driving factor for attracting companies to India and in creating an export market ecosystem.

Publication: Business Standard

Tata Group is on the brink of finalising a crucial decision for its upcoming semiconductor fabrication plant in Dholera, Gujarat. According to a report by the Economic Times (ET), the conglomerate is expected to select either Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (PSMC) or United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC Group) for this venture.

Publication: Business Standard

The Nasscom report in partnership with BCG was released on Tuesday at the sidelines of the Nasscom Technology & Leadership Forum 2024 here. Globally, investments in AI have seen 24 per cent CAGR since 2019, with 2023 seeing close to USD 83billion investment, it said.

Publication: Business Standard

Calling out the need for a global consultative approach towards the creation of regulations around artificial intelligence (AI), Rajeev Chandrasekhar, minister of state for information technology, said India has taken the lead in framing such regulations.

Publication: Business Standard

Acer Group: Acer Group held the fourth position with a 7.3% share. It maintained its third position in the commercial segment with a 15.7% share but faced setbacks due to delays or cancellations of government projects.

Publication: Fone Arena

India’s traditional PC market (which includes desktops, workstations and notebooks) has reportedly shipped 13.9 million units in 2023, which is down to 6.6 per cent (year over year), with HP leading the market, as per the new report.

Publication: Times of India

According to nasscom and BCG report which was launched on Tuesday on the sidelines of the Nasscom Technology & Leadership Forum 2024, India’s AI market growing at CAGR 2535% is projected reach about $17 billion by 2027 with AI/ML capabilities, including GenAI, emerging as the top category of IT spend expected to be made by IT buyers in 2023

Publication: The New Indian Express

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Tuesday that while Uttar Pradesh was poised to become a data center hub, state capital Lucknow would emerge as a prominent center of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Presently, three data centers are operational in UP and another eight are in the pipeline.

Publication: The New Indian Express

Semiconductor plant in India: India s Electronics and IT Minister has informed that very soon two semiconductor fabrication plants are going to be set up in India at a cost of multibillion dollars i.e. billions of rupees.

Publication: ABP Live

The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) and the India Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA) welcomed the release of a report evaluating India s existing semiconductor ecosystem and policy frameworks and offering recommendations to facilitate longer-term strategic development of complementary semiconductor ecosystems in the U.S. and India.

Publication: ANI News

Microsoft to expand its AI infrastructure in Spain with $2.1 billion investment U.S. software giant Microsoft will expand its artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud infrastructure in Spain through an investment of $2.1 billion in the next two years, the company’s Vice Chair and President Brad Smith said in a post on social media site X.

Publication: MoneyControl

Ethiopia to set up large data centre amid reported bitcoin mining surge Ethiopia signs $250 million agreement with Hong Kong based West Data Group for infrastructure development in data mining and AI training operations.

Publication: The Times of India

India has received two proposals to set up semiconductor fabrication plants in the country one from the Tata Group and the other from Israeli chip maker Tower Semiconductor, Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said Monday.

Publication: The Indian Express

Generative AI s impact on Gross Value Added in financial services is more significant than other sectors and could contribute an addition of another $66 to $80 billion by 2030, according to a survey by EY The BFSI sector has recognised the potential of Generative AI with most of them using it for at least one use case or planning a pilot within the year

Publication: The Economic Times

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Publication: The Economic Times

The US Government is awarding $1.5 billion to GlobalFoundries to expand semiconductor production, the Biden administration said on Monday, in a bid to strengthen domestic supply chains.

Publication: Financial Express

The state government will set up ‘Tamil Nadu Artificial Intelligence Mission’ to develop guidelines for leveraging AI in education, employment, industry, research and medicine, and to establish clear protocols for its utilisation, said Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu.

Publication: The New Indian Express

The technology industry in India reached $253.9 billion in revenue with an addition of $9.3 billion incremental revenue in FY2024 (estimated), growing at 3.8 per cent from FY23, a Nasscom report said on Friday. The technology industry added 60,000 net employees in FY2024 (estimated), with a total headcount of 5.43 million.

Publication: Business Insider

Taiwan, renowned for its semiconductor production and grappling with an aging population, currently relies on over 700,000 migrant workers primarily from Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand These workers are primarily engaged in manufacturing and serve as home assistants for the elderly, according to Reuters

Publication: The Economic Times

India has a significant stake in the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution and the best part is that the government is very open to partnering with the industry, not only for the advancement of AI technology in a responsible manner but also how skills can be scaled up in this space, Sandip Patel, Managing Director, IBM India/South Asia, said on Sunday.

Publication: The Economic Times

Generative artificial intelligence ( AI ) tools may not necessarily lead to job losses but shift the demand curve in the near term, said Adam Kansler, president, S&P Global Market Intelligence Each year for the last decade, we’ve thought that technological advance would mean we needed 10% less people or 20% less people.

Publication: The Economic Times

The growth of the country’s IT industry is estimated to be 3.8% this year and it is only able to cross the $250 billion mark in the current financial year. Nasscom said the growth rate of the IT industry last year was 8.4%.

Publication: The Economic Times

Chandrasekhar highlighted the participation of globally renowned technology companies like NBDR, Intel, AMD, HCL, Wipro, and IBM at the summit, all conveying a message of abundant job opportunities available for skilled individuals.

Publication: The Times of India

Software startup Logicknots on Thursday said it has collaborated with the National Skill Development Council (NSDC) and Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati to elevate semiconductor design and verification education.

Publication: The Pioneer

India’s contribution to the global AI market remains relatively low at 1%, as per a Nasscom report. According to Sanjeev Bikh chandani, cofounder of Info Edge that owns platforms like Naukri.com, Jeevansathi.com and 99Acres.com, AI remains a more attractive sector compared with deeptech, which includes segment such as internet of things, semiconductors and augmented and virtual reality.

Publication: The Economic Times

The convenience of discussing symptoms, receiving medical advice, and obtaining prescriptions online has revolutionized routine check-ups.

Publication: The Hans India

Perplexity was founded less than two years ago by Srinivas, Denis Yarats (former Facebook Al research scientist), Andy Konwinski (co-founder of Databricks), and Johnny Ho (former Quora engineer).

Publication: The Indian Express

Two Full-Fledged Semi-Conductor fabrication plants are going to come up in India very soon, entailing multi-billion dollar investment besides several chip assembly and packaging units, minister of electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said.

Publication: Financial Express

Karnataka and Wales will jointly establish a global innovation alliance, market access programme, and collaboration initiative for startups in the semiconductor space next year.

Publication: The Hindu

Many Indian companies have started tapping artificial intelligence (AI) to perform tasks that include customer self-service answers and actions. Compared to other countries, many Indian companies have actively deployed AI.

Publication: The New Indian Express

“A semiconductor packaging plant will be established in partnership with the Assam government and Tata Group. We will soon obtain all approvals and submit it to the cabinet for final approval.

Publication: Mint

The semiconductor DLI scheme is part of the government’s 176,000 crore semiconductor incentive scheme. The government kept aside 31,000 crore for the DLI scheme.

Publication: Financial Express

US based HR and payment software startup Rippling is expanding its India operations and plans to hire over 100 people in Bengaluru. Rippling gives businesses one place to run HR, IT, and finance.

Publication: Business Standard

Here are some examples Microsoft provided. In each case it said all generative AI accounts and assets of the named groups were disabled Microsoft said Wednesday that U.S. adversaries chiefly Iran and North Korea and to a lesser extent Russia and China are beginning to use generative artificial intelligence to mount or organize offensive cyber operations.

Publication: Business Standard

Various chipmakers in their latest quarterly earnings have signaled the beginning of a supply glut in the automotive sector, that is likely to weigh on demand for companies such as Tower Semiconductor

Publication: The Print

For Development of a SystemonChip (SoC) for 5G Telecom infrastructure equipment as the beginning, Saankhya Labs, a subsidiary of Tejas Networks (BSE: 540595) (NSE: TEJASNET), today announced that the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India (MeitY) has approved its application under Government of India’s Semiconductor Design Linked Incentive (DLI) scheme for the development of a SystemonChip (SoC) for 5G telecom infrastructure equipment.

Publication: ANI News

Global IT infrastructure and services company NTT Ltd announced on Wednesday that its Global Data Centers division will develop and operate its first data center campus in Paris.

Publication: TechCircle

The Government of India stated that it will hold the firstever Future Skills Summit in Guwahati on February 15 where more than 20 strategic collaborations, 1,000 prominent attendees and 30 innovative exhibitions will be witnessed.

Publication: ANI News

From consumer gadgets to cars, China has time and again shown a knack for emulating cutting-edge foreign technology. Yet the semiconductors that power the digital economy have proven trickier to master.

Publication: LiveMint

He also mentioned that the rollout will continue over the next few days. “Android: Starting to roll out via invoking Google Assistant -triggers an in situ opt-in. Working on making it more clear exactly which Assistant features are works in progress vs which are available now. (also working on narrowing that gap!),” Krawczyk wrote.

Publication: The Hans India

Oracle India is revamping its cloud strategy by shifting to a vertical focused structure from the current business unit-wise model, senior executives said on February 13, aligning the India business to its global change in structure. These verticals will include traditional sectors such as BFSI, telecom, manufacturing, education and the public sector along with newer verticals as they mature.

Publication: MoneyControl

More Indians expect positive impacts from artificial intelligence in both the near and long-term, according to a survey conducted by IPSOS for Google. 82 per cent of 1,000 surveyed Indian residents over the age of 18 said they expected AI to benefit their lives in the next five years. 70 per cent believe they already sense a positive impact of AI, attributing it mainly to new ways to access information.

Publication: The Indian Express

The latest Dell Global Data Protection Index (GDPI) reinforces the importance of staying the course when it comes to protecting data in today s digitally transformed world. Navigating the complex terrain of data protection remains a formidable challenge and demands a steadfast commitment to understanding all the risks that can threaten an organization s data.

Publication: Times Tech

Increasing value addition in the electronics sector and expanding India’s share of component production are the two primary goals of the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), S Krishnan, secretary to the ministry, said while launching EPIC Foundation’s first indigenously designed and manufactured, and artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled, education tablet on Tuesday. “

Publication: The Economic Times

The report talks about the impact of GenAI on freshers’ job landscape. It says jobs are evolving through human-AI collaboration. Roles such as software developers, technical writers, legal assistants, market research analysts, and graphic designers are expected to be transformed. Shantanu Rooj, founder and CEO, TeamLease EdTech, said, “Employers played the conservative card for some time now; hiring had slowed down amidst global turmoil.

Publication: The New Indian Express

In a response to the queries raised by the Opposition during the state assembly s budget discussion on Saturday, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath underscored the pivotal role of stability and sustainability in propelling infrastructure and industrial development.

Publication: The Economic Times

In this interview, Adya sheds light on how Infosys Cobalt approaches modernising the data landscape in multi-cloud environments, exemplifying the symbiotic relationship between cloud computing and AI across industries such as healthcare, finance, manufacturing, and retail.

Publication: Express Computer

Two Indian industry associations the India Electronics & Semiconductor Association (IESA) and the India SME Forum have supported the continuation of prohibition of imposing customs duties on electronic transmissions at the World Trade Organization (WTO), citing it to be important for supply chain resilience post Covid

Publication: The Economic Times

As India’s IT sector braces for the economic challenges of 2024, it remains steadfast in its commitment to sustainable growth and innovation. Despite projections of a softer year ahead, the sector continues to be a beacon of opportunity, driving technological advancements and fostering talent development as per Taggd’s, India Decoding Jobs

Publication: Business Standard

President Joe Biden s administration plans to launch a $5 billion semiconductor research consortium to bolster chip design and hardware innovation in the US and counter China s efforts to capture the cutting edge of the industry.

Publication: Business Standard

Several semiconductor assembly and packaging projects are expected to be approved by the government before the dates for the parliamentary elections are announced. Sources said that clearances need to be expedited as the approved projects are entitled for a 50% subsidy by the government on the project cost.

Publication: The Financial Express

The Joe Biden Kamala Harris administration has announced to invest over $5 billion in semiconductor related research, development and workforce needs. The investment will empower the National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC), to advance Biden s goals of driving R&D in the US.

Publication: DT Next

India has embarked on the journey to reach $300 billion electronics production, including $100 billion in exports, in the coming few years which is a realistic and achievable target for the government, Union Minister for Electronics and IT and Railways, Ashwini Vaishnaw , said here on Saturday.

Publication: ET Telecom

They are exploring the dynamic fields of networking and cloud computing, with courses on Azure and IoT, reflecting a keen interest in cutting-edge technology

Publication: The Times of India

Can a revamp of the scheme plug the gaps and speed things up, so that the ambitious targets can be achieved Last week, Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba chaired a meeting of the empowered group of secretaries to oversee the progress of the production linked incentive (PLI) scheme.

Publication: Business Standard

As Indian IT services firms are increasingly coming under stress in the American market, there was some consolation from an unexpected quarter a secular spurt in businesses from India and Rest of the World (RoW) region. From TCS to LTTS, including mid-tier IT firms like Happiest Minds, saw their revenue bump up in India.

Publication: The Financial Express

IIT Guwahati led team achieves breakthrough in ultrawide bandgap semiconductors Researchers from IIT Guwahati, IIT Mandi, and Technical University Wien have developed a cost-effective method to grow gallium oxide, an ultrawide bandgap semiconducting material.

Publication: The Times of India

Currently, four proposals for setting up semiconductor fabrication units and thirteen for setting up compound semiconductor fabs and assembly, testing, marking and packaging (ATMP) units by firms such as Kaynes Technology, CG Power, Foxconn-HCL IV, Hiranandani group, among others, are at the evaluation stage by a government appointed committee. Projects submitted by companies are vetted by the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM) and approved orrejected based upon its recommendations.

Publication: The Financial Express

CG Power and Industrial Solutions has partnered with a unit of Japanese chipmaker Renesas Electronics and Thailand’s Stars Microelectronics to set up a semiconductor facility in India for $222 million. While the country does not yet have any semiconductor manufacturing plants, Taiwan’s Foxconn and Indian oil-to-metals conglomerate Vedanta are in the fray to make chips in India.

Publication: Deccan Chronicle

Israel-Based chip manufacturing company Tower Semiconductor has submitted its proposal to set up a chip fabrication plant in India worth around $8 billion, The Indian Express has learnt. The government is assessing its pitch and is hoping to clear it before the model code of conduct kicks in ahead of this year’s general elections.

Publication: The Indian Express

Artificial intelligence (AI)-driven robotics is becoming more and more humanlike, Hanson Robotics chief executive David Hanson said on Saturday. “Now, we’re starting to see more and more lifelike capabilities spontaneously emerging,” Hanson said. From large foundation models to new computing tools and authoring tools, these emerging technologies allow us to explore what it means to be alive, he said.

Publication: The Economic Times

The Government will act as a regulator for the online gaming sector rather an industry-led self-regulatory organisation (SRO). The ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) will now prepare a framework for permitting and certifying online games which involve money, officials said.

Publication: The Indian Express

“From a growth perspective, we are betting big on a few pillars, which include winning multiple large deals consistently every quarter; over delivering on Mergers and Acquisitions; and winning new logos that can scale to be the next large account, leveraging our ecosystem of key partners like Microsoft, AWS, etc,” he said.

Publication: The New Indian Express

On February 6, Foxconn had said in a regulatory filing that the announcement about inviting bids was on behalf of its subsidiary Foxconn Hon Hai Technology India Mega Development Pvt Ltd for engaging others to build the plant. The source said the Rs 1,200 crore bid is not for the company s semiconductor joint venture with HCL.

Publication: The Print

China has sought to cheat and steal its way to matching Taiwan in chip technology, but has yet to succeed despite investing huge sums, Taiwan s de facto ambassador to Washington said on Wednesday, while holding out the prospect of more Taiwanese semiconductor investment in the U.S

Publication: The Economic Times

India has set course towards becoming a semiconductor nation with chips becoming critical for nearly all sectors. The bulk of fabrication facilities all over the world were made operational in the mid/late 1990s and in the initial eight years of the current century.

Publication: The Hindu Business Line

The government has received four proposals for setting up semiconductor manufacturing plants and 13 for chip assemblies units, Parliament was informed on Wednesday.

Publication: Dinamalar

These are some of the views that emerged from the Microsoft AI Tour event held in Bengaluru on Thursday. Top executives and AI experts who attended the event were bullish on India’s stupendous growth prospects in the AI space.

Publication: The New Indian Express

The government has received four proposals for setting up semiconductor manufacturing plants and 13 for chip assemblies unit, Parliament was informed on Wednesday

Publication: The Economic Times

In a wide ranging interview with Reuters, Taiwan s representative Alexander Yui cast doubt on reports that China s chipmakers are on the cusp of making next generation smartphone processors, and refuted charges by Donald Trump, the leading Republican candidate for the 2024 U.S. presidential election, that Taiwan was taking American semiconductor jobs.

Publication: The Print

Foxconn, a major electronics player based in Taiwan, has issued invitations for bids regarding the construction of a semiconductor assembly and testing facility in India, as stated in a regulatory filing. The proposed plant is intended to be established in collaboration with the HCL Group. The company has allocated Rs 1,200 crore as the initial investment for this project.

Publication: Sakal

Officials in Invest UP said the policy has garnered praise from senior officials representing entities such as Hiranandani Group, Torque Semiconductor, Vedanta, AMD, Intel, Kaynes Technology, Jindal Group, AM Technical Solutions, Nomis Power, as well as prominent industry associations like Indian Cellularand Electronics Association (ICEA) and Electronics Industries Association of India (ELCINA).

Publication: The Times of India

Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC said on Tuesday it will build a second Japanese plant to begin operation by the end of 2027, bringing total investment in its Japan venture to more than $20 billion with the support of the Tokyo government.

Publication: The Economic Times

This strategic shift not only strengthens India s position in the global semiconductor market but also propels the nation towards becoming a manufacturing powerhouse. With global giants setting up semiconductor fabs in India, the country s manufacturing landscape is poised for unprecedented growth and innovation.

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Summary Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati led by Dr Ankush Bag, Assistant professor, Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering and Centre for Nanotechnology, have developed a cost-effective method to grow a special semiconductor

Publication: The Telegraph

Challenges persist for the semiconductor industry as three chipmakers warned of subdued demand in 2024, particularly in the industrial and wireless technology segments Challenges persist for the semiconductor industry as three chipmakers warned of subdued demand in 2024, particularly in the industrial and wireless technology segments.

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Soaring appetite for Huawei s artificial intelligence (AI) chips coupled with manufacturing constraints has forced the Chinese tech giant to prioritise AI and slow production for its premium Mate 60 phones, people familiar with the matter said.

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A global semiconductor leader, Analog Devices, last year recorded $12.3 billion in revenue. Even though the contribution from India towards its global revenue share is minimal, India is emerging as one of the fastestgrowing markets for Analog. Besides, the USbased semiconductor company also has plans to develop chips locally.

Publication: Analytics India Mag

Since the explosive interest in ChatGPT by OpenAI, the demand for AI chips, especially the NVIDIA Hopper H100, has skyrocketed, but the impact extends to chips by Intel, AMD, and cloud service providers like AWS and Google, themselves.

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The investment was made through a Foxconn subsidiary — Hon Hai Technology India Mega Development. The Taiwanese contract manufacturer has been rapidly scaling its operations in India. In fact, only last month, the company announced that it would invest $37.2 million and would join hands with HCL Group to establish a chip packaging and testing facility in India. The ammouncement came after its joint venture with the Vedanta Group fell through.

Publication: The Economic Times

The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) disclosed that semiconductor industry sales amounted to $526.8 billion in the year 2023. This figure represents an 8.2 percent decrease compared to the record-setting sales of $574.1 billion in 2022.

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Onsemi supplies chips that go intro drive trains of electric cars and help with driver-assistance systems like cameras and sensors. The upbeat results indicate that demand for the company s silicon carbide chips has held up well despite subdued consumer spending caused by high interest rates.

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The Indian government s decision to allocate the highest outlay for semiconductor and display manufacturing subsidy in the Interim Budget 2024 has been a strong message.

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A team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, led by Dr Ankush Bag, has achieved a breakthrough in creating a special semiconductor called gallium oxide.

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The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) forecast a 13.1% jump in global chip sales to $595.3 billion, compared with a drop of about 8% in sales in 2023. AI is a super strong market I think of you look across the landscape, there’s a lot of positive things to look at, SIA Chief Executive John Neuffer told Reuters in an interview.

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Soaring appetite for Huawei s artificial intelligence ( AI ) chips coupled with manufacturing constraints has forced the Chinese tech giant to prioritise AI and slow production for its premium Mate 60 phones, people familiar with the matter said.

Publication: The Economic Times

India is witnessing immense growth. What India is going to do over the next five to ten years is going to set the tone for the future. Tenstorrents chiplet ecosystems, open hardware platforms, RISCV and artificial intelligence (AI) are a perfect match to reduce the cost of manufacturing at scale.

Publication: Analytics India Magazine

The government will review the national sales tax regime for online gaming firms after next month, a finance ministry official said. “The whole tax structure would be reviewed for online gaming firms after March,” Revenue Secretary Sanjay Malhotra said on Saturday.

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is dominating the mindshare of Indian Chief Information Officers (CIO)s, with more than 90 per cent looking to increase spending on right tools, according to a report on Monday. Th e report by Canva, the world’s only all-in-one visual communication platform, is based on a survey of more than 1,360 CIOs across India, USA, UK, France, Germany, Spain, Brazil, Mexico, and Australia

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Facebook’s parent co Meta last week dazzled shareholders with yet another impressive quarterly earnings report as the social media giant focuses on cutting back costs and shoring up billions in profits.

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The most common standards are controlled by Western companies: x86, dominated by U.S. firms Intel and Advanced Micro Devices, and Arm, developed by Britain s Arm Holdings, owned by SoftBank Group. U.S. and UK export controls prevent the sale of only the most advanced x86 and Arm designs which produce the highest-performance chips to clients in China.

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Making provisions for setting up a Fintech Hub at GIFT City, a Semiconductor School at Sanand and a manufacturing hub for the space sector, the Gujarat government on Friday presented a 3.32 lakh crore budget for the financial year 202425.

Publication: The Hindu BusinessLine

NTT DATA, the $30 billion IT services arm of the Japanese telecommunications major NTT Group, aims to hire about 6,000 people in India by the end of this year an increase of 1015 per cent to its existing talent base of about 40,000 people to fuel its growth plans. Globally, the company has a headcount of about 190,000.

Publication: Business Standard

Satya Nadella marks his tenth year as Microsoft CEO on Sunday, capping a decade of stunning growth as he pivoted the slow-moving software giant into a laser focus on cloud computing and artificial intelligence.

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All eyes are on India as the world’s biggest technology companies strengthen their position in artificial intelligence (AI) and generative AI (GenAI) by using the country s engineering talent.

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Taiwan’s Foxconn Apple s biggest iPhone assembler and the world’s largest contract electronics maker, expects its business this year to be slightly better than last year but is facing a shortage of chips for AI servers

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The government is gearing up for a major expansion in chip and electronics manufacturing, with an aim to transform the country into a global hub.

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The Gujarat government will set up a School of Semiconductors in the state with the help of semiconductor giant Micron at Sanand. The Gujarat finance minister Kanubhai Desai presented the budget 2024-25 in the Gujarat assembly on Friday. 

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Meity Has partnered with companies such as Qualcomm, IBM, Mahindra, Minda Corporation, Dell, Kaynes, Lava, boAt, NXP Semiconductors, Saankhya Labs, among 22 firms, to enable next generation, high performance electronics system design in the country, reports Jatin Grover.

Publication: The Financial Express

The Telangana government on Friday signed an MoU with 3AI, India’s largest platform for AI & Analytics leaders and professionals, to position Hyderabad and Telangana as a global hub of Artificial Intelligence (AI) development and innovation.

Publication: The Hans India

The Digital India Future LABS, coordinated by C-DAC, aims to tap into the trillion-dollar opportunity presented by the Electronics System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) sector. The initiative seeks to move up the value chain, fortify domestic R&D, and create a collaborative ecosystem for the development of IPs, standards, and the next-generation Electronics System Design in the country.

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There was just one; AMD s commitment to invest $400 million to set up its largest design centre in Bengaluru. But India has yet to receive an application from a leading chip player for setting up a semiconductor fabrication unit. Media reports suggest that Tower Semiconductor has filed a fresh application, but the government is yet to confirm this.

Publication: Business Today

Google is planning some big changes to its artificial intelligence (AI) models, including reportedly changing the name of Bard to Gemini. Android app developer Dylan Roussel has apparently leaked a company change-log that says “Bard is now Gemini” which is the new model to compete with OpenAI’s GPT-4.

Publication: The Economic Times

In a groundbreaking interview with TimesTech, Mr. Vipin Vindal, CEO of Quarks Technosoft, sheds light on the transformative synergy between green cloud technology and business tech. As environmental sustainability takes center stage, Vindal delves into innovations driving the reduction of carbon footprints in digital operations.

Publication: Times Tech

Digital transformation is constantly changing how operations are run across industries and the nature of the workforce today. For instance, in IT and SaaS sector, crucial processes such as software testing and cybersecurity monitoring are being increasingly automated through AI-powered tools.

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The union government of India has once again iterated its focus on developing India into a semiconductor nation. After making a nonplanned allocation of Rs3,000 crore in the Union Budget 202324, the government has once again allocated Rs 6,903 crores in Budget 202425.

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The Government Has allocated 15,500 crore for various electronics manufacturing programmes, including semiconductor mission and mobile and IT hardware PLI scheme, for FY25. The proposed outlay covers projects for setting up compound semiconductor and sensor plants.

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In a recent interview with journalists, TM Roh, CEO of Samsung Southeast Asia, announced the development of advanced AI features for Galaxy devices, expected to be accessible to consumers from 2025 onwards. He also mentioned that the AI functionalities introduced with the Galaxy S24 series would be available at no cost until at least 2025. However, details about the additional AI capabilities in development remain undisclosed.

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Oscar-winning composer A R Rahman recently used AI software to recreate the voices of late singers Tamil playback singers Bamba Bakya and Shahul Hameed, marking a paradigm shift in the use of technology in music production in India. In his latest album ‘Lal Salam’, Rahman ‘brought back’ the voice of the two popular playback singers of yesteryears.

Publication: The New Indian Express

The government has allocated Rs 15,500 crore for various electronics manufacturing programmes, including semiconductor mission and mobile and IT hardware PLI scheme for FY25. It has proposed Rs 4,203 crore incentives for assembly, test, and packaging plants that can benefit projects like the ones set up by Micron in Gujarat, the proposed plant by Foxconn and HCL joint venture, Tata Group etc.

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India has emerged as the world’s second largest producer of mobile phones and logged a fivefold increase in mobile phone manufacturing in the last decade, President Droupadi Murmu said on Wednesday, outlining the global acknowledgement of India s prowess in digital transactions and systems.

Publication: The Financial Express

The government has received nine bids, from companies including the Tata Group, Tower Semiconductor and Texas Instruments, for the overhaul of its Semiconductor Laboratory (SCL) in Mohali, said people with knowledge of the development.

Publication: The Economic Times

India needs to build sovereign AI, including sovereign generative AI (GenAI) capabilities As this columnist has argued earlier, artificial intelligence (AI) is a foundational technology, and depending on others for it could turn us into a technocolony.

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Having the manufacturing capacity and the ability to design the nextgen chips is crucial for success With elections looming, negotiators are seeking clarity, emphasising the reliance on government support Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) stands as one of the globe s leading chip foundries, whereas Japan s TMH Group provides solutions related to semiconductors and oversees the operation and maintenance of manufacturing equipment

Publication: The Economic Times

With the Interim Budget 2024 set to be presented on February 1, electronic chip players are abuzz with expectations. Given India s focus on becoming a semiconductor manufacturing hub, the Budget is being closely watched keenly not just in India but probably extensively across the globe as well.

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Microsoft, Alphabet’s Google and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) three companies working harder than nearly anyone to weave artificial intelligence (AI) into their products are finding that investor expectations for the technology are hard to meet.

Publication: The Financial Express

Tata Group, Vedanta and Reliance chose not to comment. An email sent to TSMC did not elicit any response. Most companies have started discussions with already established players in the space, who prefer to set up independent facilities. Many of the biggest semiconductor companies in the world are yet to firm up India entry plans.

Publication: The Economic Times

India’s position as an artificial intelligence (AI) talent hub puts it in a unique position at a time when global businesses are transitioning to AI solutions, said senior Microsoft executives. Speaking at the first edition of the global Microsoft AI tour in Mumbai, company executives said India will also be a key beneficiary of the economic benefits that will come with the AI demand. It comes ahead of Microsoft global CEO Satya Nadella’s visit to India next week.

Publication: The Economic Times