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Semiconductor sector vital for economic growth and technology: US consulate

The semiconductor sector plays a vital role in driving economic growth and technology, US Consulate Public Affairs Officer Brenda Soya said on Friday while emphasising its strategic importance for the United States and India, . The US Consulate in Mumbai, in a release, said it is hosting a four-part roundtable series focused on advancing US-India collaboration in semiconductor technology. The event, which will be held in collaboration with Indo-American Chamber of Commerce (IACC) and knowledge partner Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co (SAM), will bring together leaders from government, academia, and the private sector to discuss trends, challenges, opportunities and policy recommendations for strengthening technological innovation in the sector, the release said. While the first session was held in Mumbai on January 15, the second was held here on Friday. "The semiconductor sector plays a vital role in driving economic growth, technological innovation, and supply chain ...

India must make itself quantum secure, says HCL Co-founder Ajai Chowdhry

Speaking at BS Manthan, HCL Co-founder Ajai Chowdhry emphasised the urgent need for India to embrace quantum technology and take proactive steps to ensure the country's digital and strategic autonomy

BS Manthan: HCL's Ajai Chowdhry to share views on semiconductor play

In a fireside chat at BS Manthan, HCL's co-founder Ajai Chowdhry will share his views on 'Reimagining India's Semiconductor Play'

AI chipmaker Nvidia gives 'underwhelming' report after 2 years of blowouts

The company also warned that gross profit margins would be tighter than anticipated as it rushes to roll out a new chip design called Blackwell

ABB bullish on India for its electric business, says Giampiero Frisio

The company expects data centres, semiconductors, and the solar industry in India to drive demand

Taiwan seeks to give away chip industry to US as 'souvenir', says China

US President Donald Trump has criticised Taiwan for taking away American semiconductor business

First 'Made in India' semiconductor chip expected by 2025: Vaishnaw

Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday said the first 'Made in India' semi-conductor chip would be ready for production by 2025. He made the announcement on the second day of the 'Global Investors Summit 2025' organised in Bhopal. "By 2025, the first 'Made in India' semiconductor chip would be ready for production," an official release quoted the Electronics and Information Technology Minister during the event that he joined via video conference. "Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership, electronic manufacturing in Madhya Pradesh has gained significant momentum. Two electronic manufacturing clusters have been approved by PM Modi one each in Bhopal and Jabalpur," he said. Currently, 85 companies are actively engaged in the electronics manufacturing sector in the state, marking a major success for the double-engine government, Vaishnaw said. The government's commitment to technological advancement by announcing the training of 20,000 engineers under the Future Skills ...

BS Manthan: Ashwini Vaishnaw to address India's chips to railway journey

From chip to tracks, Union Minister for Railways, Information & Broadcasting, and Electronics & Information Technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw will address India's growth journey

Semiconductor policy key to improving defence mfg: Navy chief Tripathi

Navy chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi has said India's semiconductor policy is essentially "new oil for the economy" and important to improve the country's defence manufacturing. Speaking at an event here on Monday, he also asked the private sector to take the lead in order to make the country self-reliant. If India has to become self-reliant, then the private industry must take the lead in defence manufacturing, he said. The Ministry of Defence has set aside Rs 450 crore this year for the Innovation for Defence Excellence (iDEX) scheme, which aims to help startups and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) innovate, Admiral Tripathi said. "The MoD has earmarked 75 per cent of our modernisation budget for the defence industry, which is almost Rs 1 lakh crore. And out of that, 25 per cent has been earmarked for the private defence industry in this budget. This year, Rs 450 crore has been successfully allocated for iDEX scheme," he said. Since its inception in 2018, the iDEX has signed

Nvidia's chip demand faces scrutiny as DeepSeek stirs doubts on AI spending

Claims that DeepSeek's AI models rival its Western counterparts at a fraction of the cost has led some investors to ask if Nvidia's cutting-edge chips are essential for gaining an edge in AI race

Will Trump's semiconductor tariffs disrupt India's global supply chains?

US President Trump has imposed a 25 per cent tariff on semiconductor imports, raising costs for US tech firms and disrupting global supply chains. Here's how it will impact the Indian industry

Nadella unveils Microsoft's quantum breakthrough: Majorana 1 explained

Microsoft's Majorana 1 represents a paradigm shift in quantum computing. This innovation could solve biggest challenges at a pace previously thought impossible

Trump team plans firings of probationary workers at NIST, key agency for AI

NIST was responsible for helping implement key initiatives under the Biden administration, including funds for semiconductor manufacturing and setting standards for artificial intelligence use

First 'Made-in-India' chip to be launched by September-October: Vaishnaw

Tata Electronics, in partnership with Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (PSMC), is making India's first semiconductor fab in Gujarat's Dholera

Taiwan pledges chip talks with US, more investment in bid to appease Trump

Trump has threatened specifically to put tariffs on imported semiconductors, which could threaten Taiwan's economy given the island's major role in producing chips

Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 brings gen AI, advanced gaming to mid-range

Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 enables on-device AI processing and brings support for in-game graphic upscaling features

Lam Research to invest Rs 10,000 crore in India, says Ashwini Vaishnaw

Lam Research has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Karnataka government to lease and eventually purchase a land parcel at Whitefield in Bengaluru

Taiwan's next-generation supercomputer for AI set to launch in May

According to the report, the new system, which will be equipped with Nvidia's H100 graphics processing units (GPU), will initially offer a computing capacity of 16 petaFLOPS

Chinese chip makers, cloud providers rush to embrace homegrown DeepSeek

The news that Huawei had integrated DeepSeek's models with its Ascend chips marked a watershed moment

Budget 2025: Govt ups allocation for electronics PLIs, semicon, AI by 84%

The government has enhanced allocation for key technology projects, comprising production-linked incentives for mobile phones, IT hardware, semiconductor scheme and IndiaAI Mission, by about 84 per cent to Rs 18,000 crore for the next fiscal. The revised allocation for the key electronic sector project was around Rs 9,766 crore in the current financial year, according to the budget documents. The allocation for IndiaAI Mission has been increased by over 11 times to Rs 2,000 crore. The IndiaAI mission is spearheading development of the country's artificial intelligence ecosystem including providing financial support for compute infrastructure. The total allocation for Ministry of Electronics and IT has been raised by about 48 per cent to Rs 26,026.25 crore for 2025-26 against Rs 17,566.31 crore under the revised allocation for the current fiscal. The highest allocation of Rs 8,885 crore has been made for the production-linked incentive scheme for Large Scale Electronics Manufacturin