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India news highlights the country’s growing role in electronics manufacturing, R&D, and market expansion. Driven by government initiatives and a skilled workforce, India’s electronics sector is rapidly evolving in consumer devices, automotive electronics, and semiconductors. Collaborations with global companies foster innovation and supply chain development. For Electronics Weekly readers, India updates offer insights into market opportunities, regulatory changes, and technology trends shaping India’s impact on the global electronics industry.

India startup Ziroh runs AI models on CPUs instead of GPUs

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Indian start-up Ziroh Labs of Bengaluru has come up with a way to run AI programmes on relatively inexpensive CPUs instead of ultra-expensive GPUs. Called Kompact AI, the technology is aimed at bringing AI training and inference to SMEs which cannot afford GPUs. “Anything that can be computed on a GPU can also be calculated on a CPU; what really ...

PSMC ditches Japan fab plan to build Indian fab

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Powerchip Semiconductor (PSMC), the Taiwanese foundry, has ditched a plan to build a fab in Japan in favour of building one in India. Last year, Powerchip entered a partnership with Japanese finance company SBI Holdings to start construction this year on a 40k wpm fab in Sendai, Japan starting on 40nm technology and moving on to 28nm with volume production ...

Renesas signs up for OSAT JV in India

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Renesas Electronics is part of a consortium building an OSAT (outsourced semiconductor assembly and test) facility at Sanand near Ahmedabad in Gujarat India. It will only hold around 6.8% of the equity capital, with the bulk going to Mumbai engineering conglomerate CG Power and Industrial Solutions. Thailand OSAT provider Stars Microelectronics will hold 0.9%. “CG’s entry into the semiconductor manufacturing ...

India’s IPO numbers outpacing China’s

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Indian startups are getting an increasing taste for IPOs with some Indian exchanges outpacing China exchanges for IPO numbers. 2023 saw 209 IPOs – a 45% y-o-y rise – on Mumbai’s two stock exchanges the National Stock Exchange and the Bombay Stock Exchange, reports  EY (Ernst & Young). This contrasts with falls in IPOs of 33% down to 126 IPOs in Shenzhen, ...

iPhone assembly shifting to India

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Foxconn is expected to increase its Indian production of iPhones from 12-14% in 2023 to 20-25% in 2024. Earlier this week the company filed a securities notice in Taiwan that it would build a plant costing $1.54 billion at an unnamed location in India, reported The Nikkei. According to reports in the Taiwan press,  the plant will  be used for ...

Modi pitching for chip investment

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India is once again pitching for semiconductor investment after a string of prospective projects have fallen through. “India is becoming an excellent conductor for semiconductor investments,” said prime minister Narendra Modi (pictured) at the weekend, “the world needs a reliable supply chain. Who can be a more trusted partner than the world’s largest democracy?” Modi was speaking at SemiconIndia which held ...

Renesas and Tata to develop semiconductors in India

Tata and Renesas build Hydrabad innovation centre

Tata Consultancy Services and Renesas Electronics are to collaborate on radio frequency, digital and mixed-signal design, and software development, in Bengaluru and Hyderabad. “The innovation centre will combine TCS’ expertise in IoT, and knowledge of the manufacturing, telecom and automotive industries, with Renesas’  semiconductor designs and embedded software support,” according to Renesas. “By joining hands and leveraging their strengths, the ...

Digi-Key launches technology development hub in Bengaluru

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Digi-Key Electronics has launched, in India, its first Global Capability Centre (GCC) – a technology development hub. The 30,000 square foot facility is in Bhartiya City, Bengaluru (also known as Bangalore) and is the first of its kind to be set up by the Minnesota-based distributor. It says the GCC – described as an integral part of its long-term strategy ...