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Top headlines: Change in semiconductor scheme, price caps on gas and more

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Electronics trade group announces IESA new council, Sanjay Gupta is chief

Organisation represents the country's electronics system design and manufacturing industry

Top Headlines: Net direct tax collection exceeds RE, chip shortage & more

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Semiconductor chip shortage may derail automakers FY24 production plans

Growth in sales and production in FY23 had come with some easing in the chip-supply situation and pent-up demand

Street cheers auto volume data amid interest rate, chip crunch concerns

Rural consumption will be crucial in the near-term for two-wheelers, while tractor sales have been healthy due to higher crop prices and adequate water reservoir levels

Renesas exploring local production of chipset in partnership with TCS

Semiconductor company Renesas is exploring local production of chipsets that the company is developing in partnership with leading software company TCS, a senior official of the company said. Last month, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Renesas Electronics Corporation (Renesas) opened a joint Innovation Center in Bengaluru and Hyderabad to jointly develop semiconductor chipsets for wireless technologies, industrial technologies etc for the global market. Renesas, Executive Vice President and General Manager, IoT and Infrastructure Business Unit, Sailesh Chittipeddi told PTI that the collaboration is on the lines of "Make in India to make for the world". "Partnership with TCS will start bearing fruit in 2 years in the form of semiconductor chipsets and system solutions for both Indian and global markets. We aim to explore pathways to locally produce these chips as part of the Make in India initiative with partnerships," Chittipeddi said. Renesas gets most of its semiconductor mad

India objects to $280-billion US programme to promote chipmaking

New Delhi raised the issue during the recent Trade Policy Review of the USA, seeking clarifications from the US on the ambitious CHIPS Act

PM discusses landscape in world of semiconductors industry with NXP CEO

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said he met NXP's CEO Kurt Sievers and discussed the transformative landscape in the world of semiconductors and innovation. The meeting took place earlier this week with NXP tweeting Tuesday that its CEO Sievers met Prime Minister Modi to discuss strengthening the semiconductor ecosystem, developing STEM workforce and startup ecosystem in India. "We're committed to driving innovation and positive change through our tech solutions," the firm said. Tagging the tweet by NXP, Modi said on Twitter, "Happy to have met Mr. Kurt Sievers, the CEO of @NXP and discuss the transformative landscape in the world of semiconductors and innovation." India is emerging as a key force in these sectors, powered by our talented youth, the prime minister said.

Gordon Moore, credited for bringing PCs to millions of homes, dies at 94

Gordon Moore came up with the 'Moore's Law' that would push semiconductor companies to put billions of dollars into research and develop the industry at breakneck speed

Biden to curb China growth for chipmakers getting federal funds

The $50 billion CHIPS and Science Act will bar firms that win grants from expanding output by 5 per cent for advanced chips and 10 per cent for older technology

Taiwan's chip exports sputter on US-China tensions, falling demand

The total amount of semiconductors Taiwan shipped worldwide declined 17.3% last month from a year ago

Chip globalisation is over, and sanctions work: TSMC founder Morris Chang

In the chips sector, globalization is dead. Free trade is dead, Chang said at an event in Taipei Thursday

Samsung to invest $230 bn on 5 advanced chip plants to get competitive edge

Samsung forecast the global chip market to shrink 6 percent on-year to reach $563 billion this year, due to a sharp drop in demand

How new semiconductor fabrication chip will power India towards growth

India has also signed an MoU with the USA on establishing a semiconductor supply chain and innovation partnership

Top headlines: FPIs seek six more mths from FinMin, 1st India chip fab soon

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Samung joins South Korean govt's $400 billion bid to lead in key tech

The company plans to build five memory and foundry fabs in a new chip cluster in Yongin by 2042, where it seeks to attract more than 150 local and foreign chip companies

First India chip fab to be announced in a few weeks: Ashwini Vaishnaw

Country will have a vibrant semiconductor industry in 3-4 years: Ashwini Vaishnaw

Samsung lays off 3% employees at US semiconductor subsidiary: Report

The total number of employees at Samsung DSA is 1,200, of which 30 employees have been removed

India, US sign pact on semiconductor supply chain, innovation partnership

The cooperation comes in the backdrop of the chip shortage that had badly disrupted supply of automobiles and electronics in both countries, particularly after the outbreak of Covid-19

India, US sign MoU to build resilient supply chain in semiconductor sector

India and the US on Friday inked an initial pact on increasing private sector cooperation in the area of semiconductors under which the two countries would facilitate business opportunities and develop an ecosystem with a view to reduce their dependency on China and Taiwan. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on establishing semiconductor supply chain and innovation partnership under the framework of IndiaUS Commercial Dialogue was signed by US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal during the Commercial Dialogue here. According to a joint statement, both sides have agreed to set up a semiconductor sub-committee, led by the Department of Commerce for the US side and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and Ministry of Commerce and Industry for the Indian side. The committee will convene its first engagement in mid-year to review recommendations from the joint industry-led task force launched in connection with