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

Publication: ET Telecom

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.

Publication: The Economic Times

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.

Publication: The Times of India

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