India had previously struggled to receive any viable proposals for semiconductor manufacturing despite years of effort. Eventually, the country achieved a significant milestone when American Micron became the first major player to establish a Rs 22,500crore testing and packaging unit in Gujarat in June last year.

Publication: The Economic Times

Economist Raghuram Rajan recently criticised the government s chip manufacturing subsidy package of $10 billion (Rs 76,000 crore) as too costly to attract employment opportunities in the sector, at Rs 4 crore per job created.

Publication: MoneyControl

Chaudhary also said that the new supercloud data centre will generate jobs from construction to high tech operations, empowering Nepal’s workforce.

Publication: ET Telecom

The gradual adoption of records bound with a single digital identifier has been the preferred method for addressing this. For students, the APAAR ID is valid for the duration of the student s lifecycle and promises an improved experience.

Publication: Financial Express

Global news publisher Axel Springer will migrate some of its cloud-based applications to Microsoft’s Azure and work with the firm on bolstering its AI capabilities, the companies said on Monday, as they expanded their partnership.

Publication: The Economic Times

Call it the end of the beginning of the AI boom. Since midMarch, the financial pressure on several signature artificial intelligence startups has taken a toll. Inflection AI, which raised $1.5 billion but made almost no money, has folded its original business. Stability AI has laid off employees and parted ways with its chief executive. And Anthropic has raced to close the roughly $1.8 billion gap between its modest sales and enormous expenses.

Publication: Business Standard

AdaniConneX, a partnership between Adani Enterprises and EdgeConneX, is constructing data centres and has finalised India s largest sustainability linked financing deal, raising up to $1.44 billion (approximately 12,015 crore), the company states in an exchange filing.

Publication: Fortune

Wipro’s innovation lab, Lab45, has launched its own Think Tank to help enterprise leaders and Wipro customers prepare for a future with emerging technologies. Lab45’s Think Tank will study the impact of emerging technologies such as generative AI, space tech, spatial and quantum computing, and IoT, among others, on business, people, and the planet.

Publication: The Times of India

In July last year, American Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) announced a $400 million investment into India to build its largest design centre at Bangalore Currently, almost onethird of global semiconductor design is happening in India

Publication: The Times of India

The US government has imposed strict measures on the shipment of computing chips to China, since 2022.

Publication: Business World

The 22-member board includes tech leaders OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, IBM CEO Arvind Krishna, Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins, Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky and Advanced Micro Devices CEO Lisa Su.

Publication: Hindustan Times

Japanese company Sharp is reportedly planning to invest $35 billion to set up a display fab semiconductor factory in India. The display fabs are used for making televisions and other digital screens.

Publication: The Economic Times

Taiwan is keen to collaborate with India and help it become a leader in the semiconductor space, Jason Ho, Chairman of the Taiwan Chamber of Commerce in India, said, asserting that the Taiwanese companies have the supply chain for things that the Indian market needs.

Publication: Business Standard

The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has split the world into leaders and laggards India, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States (US) are leaders, says a report by NetApp, a data infrastructure company Spain, Australia and Germany are among laggards

Publication: Business Standard

According to a TOI report, preliminary efforts for the new package, are expected to surpass its predecessor. Although formal announcements are slated for postelection governance transition, the urgency stems from burgeoning proposals demanding immediate state assurances in terms of incentives.

Publication: Times Now News

CtrlS Datacenters Ltd, Asia s largest Rated4 data centre operator, plans to invest over $2 billion in the next three to four years to increase its capacity from 234 megawatts (MW) to over a gigawatt, a top company executive said.

Publication: Business Standard

The upcoming data centre facilities will employ state-of-the-art technologies and renewable energy solutions to minimise the ecological footprint while optimising operational efficiency. The new financing has an initial commitment of $875 million, with an accordion feature to extend commitment up to $1.44 billion.

Publication: Times of India

Google plans to invest USD 2 billion to build a data centre in northeastern Indiana that will help power its artificial intelligence technology and cloud business, company and state officials said. The data centre planned for Fort Wayne was announced in January.

Publication: Zee Business

Siemens itself is leveraging AI for internal efficiency acceleration, simplification of products by building copilots, and creating value with the “huge treasure of data” it has on industrial and energy sectors, Neike said.

Publication: The Economic Times

He announced that the two countries will in the coming weeks hold their first formal talks on managing artificial intelligence, a rising area of concern as the technology progresses rapidly. But Blinken sounded a warning on China’s support for Russia’s “brutal war of aggression” in Ukraine, saying that Beijing has helped Russia ramp up production of rockets, drones and tanks.

Publication: The New Indian Express

Rising cloud computing demand comes as a welcome turn for Google, which has long trailed Amazon.com Inc and Microsoft in the market.

Publication: The Economic Times

On Gen AI, the work we are doing is quite comprehensive, said Salil Parekh, CEO and MD, Infosys. However, what we are doing today is working across a large number of projects with several of our clients on not just proof of concept, but on actual programs, which they are deploying across the enterprise,” he said.

Publication: The New Indian Express

India is headed to bag investments for the country’s first display fab semiconductor unit used for making televisions and other digital screens with Japanese Sharp approaching the Central govt for setting up a 1,000-acres facility that will be used to cater not just to the domestic demand but also exports.

Publication: Times of India

Building on the initial successes India achieved in electronics manufacturing, there is an ambitious plan to increase local value addition from the current 18-20 per cent to 38-40 per cent.

Publication: Hindu BusinessLine

Electronic Component Manufacturers should ensure the country’s security interests while starting new projects, said Union IT Secretary S Krishnan on Saturday.

Publication: Financial Express

Scott Brownlee is Head of Growth at Fortuna Admissions, with a career in higher education at some of the world’s most prestigious universities and business schools.

Publication: Times of India

Lam Research forecasts quarterly revenue above estimates on AI chip boom As our customers address the challenges in scaling semiconductors to meet the power and speed requirements for driving AI transformation, Lam is strengthening its leadership and is well positioned for the significant opportunities ahead, CEO Tim Archer said in a statement.

Publication: ET Telecom

India has commissioned four semiconductor manufacturing units and in the next five years, the country will become one of the biggest semiconductor hubs in the world, Union Railways and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said.

Publication: The Hans India

The government should encourage large Indian engineering corporations to invest in and create intellectual property in the semiconductor design space to help the country create a place on the global chip supply chain, industry body India Cellular & Electronics Association has said

Publication: The Economic Times

5 billion in loans to help the memory chip maker build new American factories, rounding out a slew of major federal awards for advanced semiconductor manufacturing Micron has pledged to invest about $125 billion to build four factories in New York state and one in Idaho

Publication: CNBC TV-18

In an era characterised by digital disruption and data proliferation, industries across the globe are turning to artificial intelligence (AI) and high performance computing (HPC) to unlock new possibilities and drive competitive advantage.

Publication: Financial Express

Semiconductor design initiatives must be encouraged with improved local fundraising opportunities and incentives for using domestically registered intellectual property (IP), the India Cellular & Electronics Association (ICEA) said in a report Thursday.

Publication: The Hindu

The decision to establish the first semi-conductor OSAT (Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test) facility of India, in Assam might have come up as a revelation for many in the country.

Publication: The Hindu BusinessLine

The government should encourage large Indian engineering corporations to invest in and create intellectual property in the semiconductor design space to help the country create a place on the global chip supply chain, industry body India Cellular & Electronics Association said.

Publication: The Economic Times

The Indian IT services sector is likely to see a second year of subdued growth in FY25, with modest projected revenue increases of 57%, amid ongoing global economic challenges that have limited growth in tech spends in primary markets in the US and Europe, according to a Crisil Ratings report

Publication: Financial Express

India heads the pack as an AI leader, with 70 per cent of companies having AI projects up and running, or in motion.

Publication: Hindu BusinessLine

Forty years after India set up its first factory to produce semiconductors, also called chips , which failed to make a mark, its ambitions have now got another start with Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday laid foundation of three manufacturing and assembly facilities at Dholera and Sanand in Gujarat and Morigaon in Assam.

Publication: The Economic Times

With the increasing demand for AI and OLED technology, Gigabyte is committed to meeting customers requirements by offering state of the art technology with robust support and service, said Supriya Gawde Mankame, Assistant General Manager at Gigabyte India

Publication: Times of India

That will involve everything from developing better measurement techniques for microelectronic materials to new strategies for what’s known as chip packaging fitting the components together for use

Publication: CNBC TV-18

The Competition and Markets Authority said it’s looking into Microsoft’s partnership with France’s Mistral AI and the company’s hiring of key staff from another startup, Inflection AI. The watchdog also separately announced that it’s investigating Amazon’s $4 billion investment in San Francisco-based Anthropic.

Publication: The Pioneer

Nasscom foundation on Tuesday said it has started inviting applications for the fifth cohort of its yearlong programme that aims to upskill women tech professionals in emerging technologies.

Publication: ET Telecom

The IT sector has been witnessing a decline in employee headcount for at least five quarters now, but projections suggest a notable increase in hiring activity, with expectations of an 810% rise in recruitment throughout this calendar year.

Publication: The New Indian Express

Ashwini Vaishnaw said a robust AI framework has been created. As artificial intelligence (AI) based synthetic content becomes a key concern during global elections, including in India, Union Railways and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Tuesday that a robust framework on AI is ready to deal with its misuse and public consultations on the framework will begin as soon as the new government is formed.

Publication: NDTV

Alphabet-owned Google is investing 600 million euros ($640.62 million) in a new data centre in the Dutch city of Groningen, it said on Tuesday, adding the investment will create 125 new jobs.

Publication: The Economic Times

Genpact on Tuesday announced the opening of an artificial intelligence (AI) innovation centre in Gurugram as part of furthering its AI-first approach. The company’s first such centre was launched in London last year, and several more will follow across the world in the coming months.

Publication: Business Standard

According to a top official in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity), the engineers who have decided to return to India from the US are younger, while those from Taiwan, Singapore, and Malaysia are generally over 45 years and with more experience.

Publication: Business Standard

The Huawei Mate 60 Pro was seen as a symbol of China s technological resurgence despite Washington s ongoing efforts to cripple its capacity to produce advanced semiconductors It was also seen by many as a slight for Raimondo, who was visiting China when it was released

Publication: The Economic Times

Taiwan s export orders rose less than expected in March, but the government said it expected surging demand for artificial intelligence AI ) applications to fuel future demand for the island s high tech products.

Publication: The Economic Times

India is aiming to capture a significant share of the full value chain from conceptualising a new chip, to designing and validating it, and then taking it.

Publication: Business Standard

In run up to the upcoming Digital India Act, leading global software companies including Microsoft, IBM, Adobe, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Zoom, SAP, and others, have recommended development of a set of standard testing protocols for high risk artificial intelligence (AI) systems.

Publication: Financial Express

The 14 nm chip technology can be fitted in very small components, making them more energy efficient, powerful and faster in performance

Publication: Financial Express

Taiwan is home to some of the leading names in chipmaking, including the likes of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) which counts Apple and Nvidia among its clients, and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC).

Publication: Financial Express

In a significant shift, three major players in India s IT industry, TCS Infosys , and Wipro , have witnessed a substantial decrease in their combined workforce by almost 64,000 employees in the financial year ending in March.

Publication: The Economic Times

A high powered committee, led by the Principal Scientific Advisor (PSA) to the Government of India, is developing a framework for artificial intelligence (AI).

Publication: Business Standard

Meta announces the introduction of ‘Imagine’ its new image generation feature this week. With insights from Meta ’Imagine’ can enable users to create images in real time. Meta highlights that it will be rolling out the feature in beta to users on WhatsApp and the Meta AI website.

Publication: Financial Express

No Broker co-founder Akhil Gupta, who is also the chief tech & product officer, and his small team of engineers have been trying to improve the productivity of their customer agents for years.

Publication: Times of India

India is number one in the world in terms of relative AI skill penetration, and is in the top four globally when it comes to relative AI hiring rate.

Publication: The Economic Times

There’s a problem with leading artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude: We don’t really know how smart they are.

Publication: Times of India

That’s courtesy a generous Rs 10,000 crore modernisation plan drawn up by the ministry of electronics and IT (Meity), which wants India’s original semiconductor fabrication unit to not only continue its operations in the 180 nanometer (nm) technology fab, but upgrade to 28 nm.

Publication: Financial Express

Meta has announced Llama 3, its latest opensource large language model (LLM). The new AI model will first be integrated with Meta’s social media platforms like WhatsApp and Instagram, and then be rolled out to developers. The Llama 3 AI model will also support hardware platforms offered by AMD, NVIDIA, Intel and Qualcomm.

Publication: Business Standard

With digital push, semicon focus India set to achieve 88.3% growth in current fiscal: PHDCCI The country s GDP will grow at an average of 6.7 per cent over the next 23 years to become a USD 34.7 trillion economy by 2047, with a per capita income of USD 21,000.

Publication: ET Government

Memory chip maker Micron Technology is set to get more than $6 billion in grants from the U.S. Commerce Department to help pay for domestic chip factory projects, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday.

Publication: Hindustan Times

The research stated that the surge in women s employment within electronics manufacturing can be attributed to several factors, such as the nature of the work, which often involves intricate assembly and precise handling of small parts, complements women s skill in dexterity and attention to detail.

Publication: Business Standard

Cisco unveiled a radically new approach to securing data centres and clouds in response to the increasing demands the AI revolution has put on IT infrastructure.

Publication: Express Computer

The New Oil Adani Enterprises (AEL), led by billionaire Gautam Adani , is aggressively expanding its data centre business through Adani ConneX , a joint venture with Sweden’s EQT-owned EdgeConneX The company plans to invest $5 billion over the next five years, with more than half potentially being invested this year alone

Publication: Times of India

Taiwanese semiconductor giant TSMC announced Thursday a nearly 9 percent increase in net profits in the first quarter of 2024, buoyed by global demand for its microchips used to power everything from mobile phones to AI technology.

Publication: ET Telecom

Although the chips will be exported initially in the first phase, Micron is planning to supply them directly to its global clients in the next phase to manufacturing or assembly facilities in India and Apple is one of them; Apple’s three vendors assemble iPhones in the country and, in fact, 12 per cent of total iPhone production is assembled in India. Micron has facilities for ATMP and wafers in various locations, including the US, Malaysia, Japan, Singapore, China, and Taiwan.

Publication: Business Standard

Hitachi Power Semiconductor Device Ltd. (HPSD), a Hitachi group company, and Sagar Semiconductors (Sagar Semi) have inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to conduct joint marketing for high-power devices such as IGBTs (insulated-gate bipolar transistor) and SiC (silicon carbide), new product development (NPD), and technology transfer of high voltage diode.

Publication: The Hindu BusinessLine

Moneycontrol.com, while citing the Annual Strategic Review report of the National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom), said the industry s growth projection has slowed to a lower single digit figure compared to the 8.4 per cent forecasted in FY22. This slowdown in FY24 is attributed to delays in deal closures, uncertainties arising from tech budget reductions among customers, layoffs, and macroeconomic challenges.

Publication: Business Standard

racle to invest over $8 billion in Japan in cloud computing, AI Oracle said on Wednesday it will invest more than $8 billion over the next 10 years to meet demand for cloud computing and AI infrastructure in Japan.

Publication: MoneyControl

Micron Technology Inc., the largest US maker of computer memory chips, is poised to get $6.1 billion in grants from the Commerce Department to help pay for domestic factory projects, part of an effort to bring semiconductor production back to American soil.

Publication: Business Standard

The Northeast, which was only given problems by the Congress, has been transformed into a source of opportunities by the BJP. Congress fuelled separatism and Modi made efforts for peace and security. What Congress could not do in 60 years, Modi did in 10 years, Prime Minister Modi said in his address.

Publication: ET Auto

Every digital activity, no matter how miniscule for example, sending a message needs storage. Unsurprisingly, a digitally savvy country like India that has over 700 million1 internet users, as of the end of 2022, is seeing massive growth in data centers (DCs). India is currently the world s 13th largest DC market globally, with 138 data centres.

Publication: ET Insights

Data centres are significant energy consumers, using about 2% of the world s power and emitting carbon dioxide equivalent to the airline industry.

Publication: The Financial Express

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has one of the largest artificial intelligence (AI) ready workforces in the world, thanks to a robust training initiative and a strong engineering culture, its managing director and CEO K Krithivasan wrote to the employees in an email at the end of FY24.

Publication: Financial Express

Combined with program management and course curriculum customization, the program is targeted to educate up to 60,000 Indian engineers in semiconductor fabrication technologies , over a tenyear period.It s exciting to embark on this journey with Lam Research and the IISc. As the semiconductor ecosystem in India grows, effective skill development partnerships will be key to ensuring we can sustain the momentum, ISM CEO Akash Tripathi said.

Publication: ET Auto

India s semiconductor industry stands on the brink of unprecedented growth amidst a global shift toward supply chain diversification from China to other countries. With rising competition in the semiconductor chip market, India has emerged as a promising player.

Publication: Business Today

The digital landscape is undergoing a profound transformation, and enterprises are at the forefront of this change. The commitment to digital maturity is no longer just about streamlining costs but about boldly shaping the future, said Akshay Khanna, Avasant Managing Partner.

Publication: ET BrandEquity

Several leading providers of cloud-based services, such as Google, Amazon, and IBM, already separately offer some elements of quantum computing. Safeguarding the privacy and security of customer data is a vital precursor to scaling up and expending its use, and for the development of new applications as the technology advances.

Publication: The New Indian Express

The chief of Google’s AI business said that over time, the company will spend more than $100 billion developing artificial intelligence technology another sign of the AI arms race that has gripped the Silicon Valley. Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis was asked at a TED conference in Vancouver about a potential $100 billion supercomputer dubbed ‘Stargate’, being planned by Microsoft and OpenAI, according to a report in the Information last month.

Publication: The Economic Times

US EV automaker Tesla has signed a strategic deal with Tata Electronics to acquire semiconductor chips for its worldwide operations, according to a report by The Economic Times. The reported deal, which was executed discreetly as per the report, shows Tesla is interested in building a supply chain in India that goes beyond local revenue generation.

Publication: MoneyControl

A report on Monday showed a notable surge in the use of the hybrid multicloud model in India, with 44 per cent of companies deploying the service surpassing all other ECI countries surveyed. The Nutanix study found that as organisations continue to grapple with the complexities of moving applications and data across environments, the importance of hybrid multicloud infrastructure grows.

Publication: BusinessWorld

India continues to be the preferred destination for global businesses aiming to build and expand their digital services portfolio, according to a recent study by industry body Nasscom Avasant. Over 50 per cent companies in the travel and transportation, telecom, media and entertainment, and construction and engineering sectors said they would choose India for outsourcing their digital services needs, it said.

Publication: Business Standard

Another noteworthy AI subset poised to reshape the technological landscape is conversational AI. To understand its distinctiveness from generative AI, let us delve deeper:

Publication: Business Standard

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Publication: The Economic Times

Lam Research Corp signed a tripartite memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM) and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) for the broad deployment of Semi Verse Solutions to developing India’s semiconductor manufacturing workforce.

Publication: The Hindu BusinessLine

The U.S. and Japan have outlined plans to invest in infrastructure, semiconductor and nickel projects in the Philippines as the three countries seek to deepen ties amid tensions with China.

Publication: Live Mint

Recent discussions about the implications of artificial intelligence (AI) for employment have veered between the poles of apocalypse and utopia.

Publication: Business Standard

According to Dr Veerappan, Chairperson of IESA, We are poised to unlock unprecedented opportunities for growth, collaboration, and technological advancement between Indian and global players.

Publication: ET Government

Facebook parent Meta is testing its artificial intelligence chatbot Meta AI with select users in India across its suite of products, including Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp, Money control has learnt. In Instagram, Meta AI has been made available through the service s direct messaging feature.

Publication: MoneyControl

Nexperia is investigating the breach with the help of outside experts after it found an unauthorized third party accessed its servers in March, the company said in an emailed statement on Friday.

Publication: Business Standard

San Francisco: As Google races with Microsoft and OpenAI to create world-changing generative artificial intelligence, some critics see Amazon as lagging behind. “I respectfully disagree” with that viewpoint, said Adam Selipsky, Amazon’s cloud chief, in an interview with AFP.

Publication: ET Telecom

The US and Japan committed on Thursday to help the Philippines develop critical and emerging technologies and train talents on cutting edge technologies.

Publication: ET CIO

With its potential to make a dramatic impact with content, responsiveness and algorithms being capable of producing new videos, images and text that are very similar to real data, GenAI has certainly created interest in every sector.

Publication: Financial Express

Tesla is understood to have signed a strategic deal with Tata Electronics to procure semiconductor chips for its worldwide operations, officials close to the development told ET, underscoring the electric carmaker s increasing interest in India beyond local revenue generation.

Publication: The Economic Times

We all know that Generative AI is big, but Jeff Maggioncalda, the CEO of Coursera one of the world’s biggest online course providers feels that Generative AI is at the pinnacle of human inventions. In terms of the impact it can have on humanity, I would rate it as high as language, alphabet or writing, he says.

Publication: Financial Express

By combining BlackBerry s expertise in real-time foundational software solutions with AMD s powerful hardware platform, the collaboration aims to address the critical need for hard real-time capabilities in robotics focused hardware.

Publication: Analytics Insight

About 90 per cent of global capability centres (GCCs) in India plan to harness the potential of artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and cognitive computing in the next 2-3 years, according to consulting firm ANSR’s Q4 GCC Quarterly Landscape.

Publication: Hindi Business Standard

The gaming industry does not require any regulation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday while asserting that it must remain free and only then it will boom.

Publication: The Pioneer

Meta has revealed the details of its next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) accelerator chip, which the company will develop in-house to address the demanding computing power necessary to run AI products on its popular platforms Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, according to a media report on Thursday.

Publication: Business World

Based cloud computing firms make custom chips for artificial intelligence but that its custom unit carries lower margins than other lines of business Shares fell 2 7% after Marvell executives discussed the business during an investor presentation.

Publication: The Economic Times

This reliance underscores the pressing need to cultivate a domestic semiconductor ecosystem to mitigate the 95 per cent dependency on foreign semiconductors, said Sandeep Narula, chairman, Electronics and Computer Software Export Promotion Council.

Publication: Times of India

Semiconductor chip manufacturer Polymatech Electronics plans to raise 1,500 crore through an initial public offering (IPO) by the yearend, chief executive and managing director Eswara Rao Nandam said in an interview.

Publication: LiveMint

A lot is being talked about the impending conflict in the South China Sea, collusive overtures by like minded states and the prospective aftermath. China issued a White Paper on Taiwan in Aug 2022.

Publication: The Economic Times

The semiconductor chip war has intensified amid rising geopolitical tensions and strained ties between the US and China.

Publication: Forbes

SK Hynix must not only build the fabrication plant, or fab, which will package high bandwidth memory chips used in artificial intelligence, and a connected research and development center. It also has to staff them.

Publication: LiveMint

Amazon.com s Amazon Web Services, the world’s largest cloud-service provider, owes tech company Kove $525 million for violating its patent rights in data-storage technology, an Illinois federal jury said on Wednesday.

Publication: Business Standard

According to a new research by IBM, 59% of enterprise scale organisations surveyed in India have AI actively in use in their businesses. Trust in AI is key as 94% said that being able to explain how their AI reached a decision is important to their business and top factors driving adoption in India are accessibility of AI tools, need to reduce costs and automate, and increase in AI embedded into off the shelf business applications.

Publication: The New Indian Express

That was towards the higher end of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co s (TSMC) previous prediction for first quarter revenue to range between $18 billion and $18.8 billion.

Publication: Indian Express

The looming geopolitical tensions have triggered these investments as the US strives to boost domestic manufacturing.

Publication: Forbes India

Nearly a third (31 per cent) of women employees of technology companies worldwide may quit over the next 12 months, a report has said.

Publication: Business Standard

A recently released report by Deloitte, Technology Trends 2024: India Perspective , found that India will emerge as a key player in domains such as spatial computing, the industrial metaverse, cloud computing, and generative AI (GenAI).

Publication: Business Standard

The Indian Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA), the premier industry body representing the Indian Electronic System Design and Manufacturing ESDM industry, on Wednesday, entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with SEMI, the global industry association representing over 3,000 member companies in the semiconductor design and manufacturing supply chain.

Publication: TechCircle

Semiconductor AI Dutch chipmaker NXP Semiconductors is increasing investments to double research and development (R&D) presence in India over the next three to five years and is also examining the possibility of partnerships in the space of wafer fabrication as well as testing and packaging space in the country, a top executive has said.

Publication: MoneyControl

The Biden administration awarded $1.5 billion to GlobalFoundries for its semiconductor facility expansion in New York, supported by the CHIPS and Science Act and New York Green CHIPS initiative. The expansion aims to triple Malta campus’s capacity and increase Essex Junction site’s gallium nitride semiconductor output, creating 1500 jobs.

Publication: Electronics For You

The imposition of heavy chip import restrictions by the US has prompted China to retaliate by banning purchases of Intel, AMD, and Microsoft products for government computer use.

Publication: Var India

Axion is based on circuitry from the British chip-design firm Arm, making Google the third big tech company after Amazon and Microsoft to use that framework for a data center CPU. The shift has supplanted an old status quo where big operators of server farms bought their CPUs almost exclusively from Intel and Advanced Micro Devices .

Publication: Mint

Overall, India’s PC imports from all countries fell significantly (55%) year on year during this period This news comes after the Indian government relaxed import rules for laptops and computers in October 2023 Previously, a stricter licensing system caused industry concern

Publication: Times of India

9 billion over two years to expand its cloud and AI infrastructure in Japan, the latest in a series of overseas expansions by large tech firms to support the development of artificial intelligence

Publication: Hindustan Times

Japan semiconductor materials maker ShinEtsu Chemical said on Tuesday it will invest around 83 billion yen ($545 million) in a factory in Gunma prefecture in the latest effort to strengthen the country s chip supply chain

Publication: The Economic Times

The PC market grew 1 5% from a year earlier, with 59 8 million shipments in the first quarter, and returned to pre-pandemic levels with the onset of a refresh cycle for PCs that were purchased during the pandemic, the report added

Publication: The Economic Times

Terravista Developers has paid stamp duty of over Rs 23.52 crore for the registration of the transaction that took place on April 3, showed the registration documents accessed through CRE Matrix.

Publication: The Economic Times

Google revealed details of a new version of its data centre artificial intelligence chips and announced an Armbased based central processor. Google’s tensor processing units (TPUs) are one of the alternatives to the AI chips made by Nvidia , though developers can only access them through Google’s Cloud platform and not buy them directly.

Publication: The Economic Times

One of the primary objectives of the government s policy initiative is to meet the escalating demand for semiconductor chips within the country through local production.

Publication: MoneyControl

YDC is the first data centre park in North India which will have six interconnected data centre buildings equipped with server racks, routers, switches, firewalls etc.

Publication: Times of India

Amid escalating tension between China and the US, President Joe Biden announced a multi million dollar deal with a Taiwan based semiconductor manufacturer to bolster America s chip manufacturing.

Publication: Hindustan Times

China’s Alibaba Cloud on Monday said it will cut prices for products that are powered by its offshore data centers by as much as 59% amid rising competition to attract artificial intelligence software developers.

Publication: The Economic Times

Taiwan currently produces over 50% of the world’s semiconductors and chips. Tata Electronics will conduct a roadshow in Taiwanon April 13. The two semiconductor plants are coming ar Gujarat’s Dholera and Jagiroad of Assam.

Publication: The New Indian Express

The government has formed five working groups to study and formulate guidelines for anonymisation of data, zero trust architecture, internet-of-things (IoT) devices, mobile device security, and digital education, a senior official told ET.

Publication: The Economic Times

“Governments across the globe are leveraging Gen AI as a major driver for economic growth and job creation. Similarly, Indian government has identified AI as an important strategic technology and has also launched the National AI Strategy as well as other initiatives to promote AI adoption,” said Anurag Dua, partner and leader, public finance management, EY India.

Publication: The Economic Times

Under the preliminary agreement announced by the US on Monday, TSMC will construct a third factory in Phoenix, adding to two facilities in the state that are expected to begin production in 2025 and 2028.

Publication: Financial Express

Micron has lined up a $2.7 billion investment for its semiconductor chip assembly and test facility in Sanand.The top chip design companies globally, including Intel, Texas Instruments, AMD, Nvidia, and Qualcomm, have design and R&D centres in India.

Publication: The Economic Times

About 30% of the new global capability centres ( GCCs ) set up in India during the Dec quarter of last year were in the semiconductor space, signaling a growing interest in leveraging the local talent pool in areas spanning frontend design, performance testing, and postsilicon validation, according to a NasscomZinnov report

Publication: The Times of India

Ten thingQbator Cohort 6 startups by students were felicitated by Cisco in partnership with the Nasscom foundation recently This event marked a significant milestone in fostering student entrepreneurship and techskills development in India through a program centered around nurturing and encouraging young minds to address social issues through technology while strengthening India s startup ecosystem, a statement issued jointly by both organisations stated here on Friday

Publication: Times of India

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited a new semiconductor plant for which his government has pledged more than 1 trillion yen (USD 7 billion) of support to secure a steady supply of chips on Saturday. I believe this project will have positive ripple effects throughout Japan. It is key for not only the semiconductor industry but also a wide range of businesses such as electric vehicles and electronics, he said while touring the facility.

Publication: Business Standard

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited a new semiconductor plant for which his government has pledged more than 1 trillion yen (USD 7 billion) of support to secure a steady supply of chips on Saturday

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India’s local manufacturing of electronics is widening each year with more and more components being made in the country, leading to a sharp fall in imports of mechanics, vibrator motors, charger adapters, plastic parts, and other parts by value and volume.Imports of completely boxed units of electronics such as smartphones slumped 40% during April-January FY24, commerce ministry data show.

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Birla Institute of Technology & Science, which started in Pilani (Rajasthan) in 1946 as Birla College of Engineering, and became BITS Pilani in 1964, has expanded far beyond its roots. It was one of India s first institutes to set up a campus abroad (in Dubai, in 2000), and also has campuses in Goa (2004) and Hyderabad (2008).A lot of innovation is taking place at these young campuses, says Prof Soumyo Mukherji, director, BITS Pilani Hyderabad campus. In an interview with FE s Vikram Chaudhary, he adds that the Hyderabad campus is at the core of the government s recent push on semiconductor fabrication.

Publication: Financial Express

In the 1980s, personal computers gained prominence, largely thanks to the CPU (central processing unit). The CPU is the brain behind your computer, performing basic arithmetic, logic, and input/ output operations specified by program instructions. Notable giants in the CPU field include Intel and AMD.

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The top chip design companies globally, including Intel, Texas Instruments, AMD, Nvidia, and Qualcomm, have design and R&D centres in India. Recently, AMD inaugurated its largest global design centre in Bengaluru, planning to employ around 3,000 engineers in the coming years. The AMD Technostar campus is part of the company’s $400 million investment in India over the next five years. The campus will serve as a centre of excellence across high-performance CPUs for the data centre and PCs, data centre and gaming GPUs, and adaptive SoCs and FPGAs for embedded devices.

Publication: The Times of India

China is likely to deploy Artificial Intelligence-generated content via social media to sway public opinion to boost its geopolitical interests during elections in countries like India, South Korea and the United States, tech giant Microsoft has warned. Voting for 543 Lok Sabha seats in India will take place between April 19 and June 4, spread across seven phases. South Koreans will go to the polls in a general election on April 10 while the US will hold the Presidential election on November 5.

Publication: Deccan Herald

Government officials told ET that Apple’s contract manufacturers and suppliers, including Foxconn, Tata and Salcomp, are planning homes for their employees. These are being built under a public-private partnership scheme in the largest such private sector initiative. Over 78,000 units are to be constructed under the scheme, of which Tamil Nadu will get the maximum of about 58,000 units. “

Publication: The Economic Times

Artificial intelligence (AL) and machine learning (ML) can drive efficiency and innovation but also raise concerns related to market concentration and potential anti-competitive behaviour, according to CCI chief Ravneet Kaur. The watchdog competition commission of India (CCI), which has the mandate to curb anti-competitive ways and foster fair competition, will soon commission a study to look at all aspects of AI.

Publication: Deccan Chronicle

Recent developments in the data centre chip market include collaborations between industry players to prioritise cloud gaming traffic and the surge in AI revenue forecasted by leading technology companies. Prominent players in the market include Achronix Semiconductor Corporation, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corporation, Nvidia Corporation, and others, driving innovation and advancement in data processing solutions.

Publication: Manufacturing Today

Professionals skilled in data analytics, generative AI and machine learning are the most sought after by companies across sectors in India, according to recruitment firm Michael Page

Publication: The Economic Times

The domestic market demand for 28 nanometre (nm) and above semiconductor chips in 2023 is in the range of $1720 billion annually, according to estimates by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity), said a top official in the ministry.

Publication: Business Standard

Indian enterprises are leading Asia-Pacific (APAC) markets when it comes to Artificial Intelligence AI ) and Machine Learning (ML) usage, a new report revealed on Wednesday.

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India s technology sector is expected to yield $254 billion in revenue in FY24, a 3.8% year on year (YoY) growth and an increase of over $9 billion compared to the previous year, according to Deloitte India’s Tech Trends report.

Publication: Fortune India

This strategic expansion marks a significant milestone for both Gorilla and the evolving technological landscape in Thailand.

Publication: The Economic Times

The massive earthquake in Taiwan has again sparked concerns about chip shortage in select pockets.

Publication: Financial Express

The IT services industry is witnessing a phase of recalibration as companies are moderating the approach to salary increments, with hikes expected to be around 8%-10%.

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Additionally, a strong IT and engineering workforce of 2 million professionals across India’s top 15 tier-2 cities further underscores the nation’s tech-driven transformation. Attracting and retaining top talent will be crucial for India’s continued success in the dynamic global tech ecosystem.

Publication: The New Indian Express

CSA and NTT will also engage in regular reviews to assess opportunities, risks, and challenges associated with emerging technologies like AI and quantum security.

Publication: The Economic Times

The revenue of India’s technology sector, including the hardware segment, is poised to grow 3.8% on year to $254 billion in the financial year 2024-25, while exports from the sector are likely to touch $200 billion, global consultancy Deloitte said.

Publication: The Economic Times

From deploying AI, internet of things (IoT) solutions, semiconductor research and development (R&D), chip designing and testing and validating chips, India s largest software exporter, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), is offering endtoend semiconductor solutions to its customers, a top company executive told Moneycontrol.

Publication: MoneyControl

Between 2023 and 2024, over 650,000 employees are expected to undergo training in generative AI technology, as India sees surge in AI adoption, with AIdriven initiatives growing 2.7x in these two years, according to a report by Deloitte. So far, over 70 startups offering GenAI solutions have raised more than $590 million in funding from investors.

Publication: Financial Express

Chipmaker Hailo raises $120 Mn in funding Hailo also announced the introduction of its innovative Hailo10 high performance generative AI accelerators that usher in an era where users can own and run GenAI applications locally without registering to cloud based GenAI services.

Publication: The Economic Times

The Big Four accounting firms have increased the hiring of people from technology backgrounds in India amid an increased focus of their clients on digital transformation, especially after the Covid19 pandemic.

Publication: Business Standard

New Delhi has had a mixed experience as it scaled up its plans to make more advanced semiconductors, aided by a generous scheme of incentives. After initial missteps that saw Foxconn pull out of a venture with Vedanta, the Tatas are partnering Taiwan’s PSMC for a fab unit in Gujarat.

Publication: The Economic Times

Japan’s industry ministry said on Tuesday it has approved subsidies worth up to 590 billion yen ($3.9 billion) for chip foundry venture Rapidus as Tokyo pushes forward with plans to rebuild the country’s chip manufacturing base.

Publication: The Economic Times

Israel based chipmaker Hailo has raised $120 million in a new funding round, valuing it at $1.2 billion, and released a high performance generative AI chip , the company said on Tuesday.

Publication: The Economic Times

Whoever can afford it have been rushing to grab Nvidia’s GPUs ever since ChatGPT demonstrated the capabilities of large language models (LLMs) in late 2022. A single Nvidia H100 can cost some $40,000. Intel and AMD are trying to catch up in that space with their own AI chips – Gaudi and Instinct MI300 respectively.

Publication: The Times of India

Social media giant Meta is likely to house its first data centre in India at the Reliance Industries campus in Chennai, several people aware of the matter told ET. This will help the American company process user generated content locally across its flagship apps such as Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.

Publication: The Economic Times

Japan approves $3.9 billion in subsidies for chipmaker Rapidus Japan s industry ministry said on Tuesday it has approved subsidies worth up to 590 billion yen ($3.9 billion) for chip foundry venture Rapidus as Tokyo pushes forward with plans to rebuild the country s chip manufacturing base.

Publication: MoneyControl

India might be late in bringing semiconductor manufacturing and packaging plants to its shores, but it isn’t simply copying what some other nations, such as China, did three decades ago.

Publication: Business Today

With the global data center industry evolving significantly over time, within the Indian market, two noticeable trends are emerging an increasing demand for colocation data centers and the emergence of newer edge data centers.

Publication: The Economic Times

China has voiced strong criticism against the recent tightening of US rules on semiconductor exports, denouncing them as creating additional hurdles to trade and generating heightened uncertainty within the chip industry.

Publication: BusinessWorld

The regulations, imposed in October last year, have already affected companies such as Nvidia and AMD. China asserts its readiness to collaborate with all parties to enhance mutually beneficial cooperation and safeguard the security and stability of the global semiconductor industry and its supply chain.

Publication: Republic World

The Commerce Department, which oversees export controls, has said it plans to continue updating its restrictions on technology shipments to China as it seeks to bolster and finetune the measures.

Publication: The Economic Times

The United States will partner with Mexico to explore semiconductor supply chain opportunities, the State Department said on Thursday, as the Biden administration pushes to reduce reliance on China and Taiwan for the technology.

Publication: The Economic Times

The global gaming industry is currently at an inflexion point, having evolved to a worth of $184 billion through decades of technological advancements, distribution enhancements, and innovative business models With the advent of cutting edge technologies such as Gen AI, cloud gaming, 5G, and XR, the industry is growing rapidly

Publication: The Economic Times

Policymakers push for semiconductor manufacturing and chip design talent base has led to more chip industry GCCs (global capability centres) setting up shops in India.

Publication: The Hindu BusinessLine

India, once considered a brownfield data centre country, has rapidly evolved into a greenfield powerhouse. Remarkable growth in this industry has transformed the country into a key stakeholder in the Asian market.

Publication: Hindustan Times

Chinese telecoms gear company Huawei Technologies has reported its profit more than doubled last year as its cloud and digital businesses thrived in spite of U.S. sanctions.

Publication: The Economic Times

The rise of the Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are fuelling a new era of growth for the semiconductor industry. Several market observers forecast that the global semiconductor market could reach $1 trillion over the next decade, while India s semiconductor consumption is estimated to reach $110 billion.

Publication: The Hindu

Japan and the U.S. will announce closer cooperation in high-tech areas such as artificial intelligence ( AI ) in a joint statement when Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets with President Joe Biden next month, the Asahi Shimbun newspaper said on Saturday.

Publication: The Economic Times

India has taken the right path to achieving self-sufficiency in semiconductors by starting with production of the relatively less complex mature nodes, said a top executive of Taiwanese fabless chipmaker MediaTek.

Publication: The Economic Times

It overturned a controversial requirement for intermediaries to obtain GoI approval before publicly launching ‘undertested’ or ‘unreliable’ generative AI, or other AI deployments. The unclear scope and applicability of the original advisory, and the control GoI was assigning itself, triggered widespread concerns about its legality and prospects for AI innovation.

Publication: The Economic Times

The chip GCCs are actively collaborating with academic institutions in India to develop a skilled workforce and enhance curriculum. IIT-Bombay, IIT-Madras and IISC Bengaluru are among top institutions that have research partnerships with Intel, Texas Instruments, and AMD respectively.

Publication: The Hindu Business Line

The under representation of women in engineering and technology studies in India could pose hurdles in achieving gender diversity within the semiconductor workforce. (Getty Image for Representation) However, to fully harness the potential, particularly in the chip sector, a substantial influx of tech talent and engineering prowess with equal representation from both men and women is imperative.

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According to him, this is because of Prime Minister Modi s focus on setting up the entire semiconductor ecosystem in India, not just plants, and taking a longterm minimum 10year program approach.

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NXP’s customers include major carmakers and their primary or Tier1 suppliers, with the new platform used for power management, data processing and networking throughout the car. It will not be used for advanced driver assistance systems or main screen displays.

Publication: The Print

Amazon.com Inc. plans to spend almost $150 billion in the coming 15 years on data centers, giving the cloud computing giant the firepower to handle an expected explosion in demand for artificial intelligence applications and other digital services.

Publication: Business Standard

With generative AI creating enormous excitement across industries, demand for professionals skilled in AI and machine learning (ML) is soaring in India Staffing firm Randstad says hiring for AI and ML roles has been increasing by 30% each year since the pandemic, while demand for other digital skills has been growing at half that rate

Publication: The Times of India

Microsoft is now competing with Apple to become the world’s most valuable company. For long it had lost its way and many thought it would decline and diminish. But the innovation by OpenAI and their ChatGPT helped Microsoft tremendously.

Publication: The New Indian Express