- Passage to India
Given the close ties of EDA to the U.S.-dominated semiconductor industry, it's not surprising that the major EDA vendors, and most of the minor ones as well, are headquartered in the United States. However, the American character of EDA may not last forever, because, as the semiconductor business becomes more ......
- India debuts fab incentive policy
The India Semiconductor Association http://www.isaonline.org (ISA) today unveiled a new semiconductor policy designed to attract further investments in the country. The policy unveiled today by the Bangalore-based association has a special incentive package to attract investments for setting up semiconductor fabrication and other micro and nano technology manufacturing industries. The ......
- Indian semiconductor companies upgrade engineering skills
Experienced chip designers are becoming an increasingly scarce commodity, as vendors outsource more work to the Indian semiconductor industry. "There is a dearth of design engineers with a combination of electronic-design skills and an adequate knowledge of the latest tools," says G Satish Kumar of Mentor Graphics Sales and Services....
- More chip design for India
More semiconductor companies are setting up design centers in India. Texas Instruments has announced it will build a second design center in India. Previously IBM Microelectronics, AMD, Broadcom and Intel had announced plans to establish a design center in India. By 2015, the India design market will grow to 15 ......
- India’s Design Industry to Reach $1.7B in 2010, iSuppli Says
As overseas and domestic suppliers rush to establish or expand their chip development efforts in India, the nation’s semiconductor design industry is expected to nearly triple by 2010, El Segundo, Calif.-based market research firm iSuppli Corp. predicts. The firm forecasts the total size of the semiconductor design industry in India ......
- Conexant Buys Operator of India Chip Design Centers
HEADNOTE Credit Suisse First Boston Bullish on Broadcom; John Deere Ups Software License With MSC HEADNOTE TECHNOLOGY IMAGE PHOTOGRAPH 1 It's been awhile, but Newport Beach-based Conexant Systems Inc. hasn't forgotten how to buy companies. The chipmaker recently completed its acquisition of Fremont-based Paxonet Communications Inc. in a deal worth ......
- Cypress Expands India Design Center
Cypress Semiconductor Corp. today announced a $2 million plan to expand its year-old semiconductor design center in Hyderabad, India. The center, which has primarily designed network search engines (NSE) over the past year, will broaden its focus to include next-generation NSEs, 90nm-scale logic devices and systems engineering capabilities. Expansion plans ......