India is on course to become the hub of assembly-test-mark-pack (ATMP) facilities. While existing players are set to invest huge sums to expand their operations, new players are also showing interest in setting up ATMP units. ATMP facilities led the development of semiconductor ecosystem in countries like Taiwan and it could trigger the same effects […]

The government’s fab policy, intended to encourage chip manufacturing in India, has not quite hit its target. While the government has received proposals worth $6.2 billion, none are for setting up chip manufacturing. In fact, SemIndia, which had announced plans to set up a $3-billion chip-making facility in Hyderabad, has not yet submitted its proposal.
“SemIndia […]

Hyderabad-based SemIndia Systems Pvt. Ltd, a unit of a company with plans to make semiconductor chips, intends to start making next generation wireless routers and other home computer networking equipment by the first quarter of 2008 and follow it up with high volume production of low-cost direct-to-home and other television set top boxes two months […]

With the Centre issuing the guidelines of the new semiconductor policy, companies are firming up their investment plans in India to set up plants.

Companies planning fab plants (factories to produce raw silicon wafers with chips) for the electronics industry and solar photovoltaics (for solar energy generation) projects can now formally apply for concessions under the […]

So you thought India was for software and China was for hardware in making smart electronic devices?
SemIndia, a non-resident Indian-led consortium that aims to eventually make semiconductors in India has received queries for exports of telecom-related electronic products it is now designing and manufacturing in the country.
“We are not only competing against China, but we […]

 SemIndia, a consortium of non-resident Indian entrepreneurs and venture capitalists, today said it will apply for government incentives within a month to set up a chip-making facility in Hyderabad.
“The company plans to invest USD $3 billion over the next five years at Fab City (an SEZ) near Hyderabad. We are in the process of applying […]

Canada-based Embedded Solutions has approached the Andhra Pradesh government for 50-70 acres of land at the upcoming Fab City for setting up a facility to outsource some of its operations to India, according to government sources.

Though the company has a collaboration with Xilinx, a US-based company with its Indian subsidiary’s R&D centre located in Hyderabad, […]

The Hyderabad-based solar photovoltaic module manufacturer, Titan Energy Systems, has announced plans to set up a 500 MW facility in the Fab City near Hyderabad with an investment of Rs. 900 crore and ramp up the annual capacity of its existing unit from 50 MW to 150 MW at a cost of Rs. 40 crore.Talking […]

HYDERABAD: Andhra Pradesh is on course to become the fab capital of India. After bagging the $3-billion SemIndia project, the state is poised to garner another big-ticket investment of over $2 billion in the semiconductor sector from Hindustan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (HSMC).
HSMC, promoted by a consortium of NRIs, is in advanced stages of negotiations with […]

Moser Baer is well known in the country and they recently forayed into the CD and DVD film and audio market. The company priced the CDs and DVDs very competitively and has a good market share. The company has a unit at Noida near Delhi.
The company is in talks with the state government for setting […]