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Soaring battery costs fail to cool electric vehicle sales: Report

EV demand has stayed strong even as the average cost of lithium-ion battery cells soared to an estimated $160 per kilowatt-hour in the first quarter from $105 last year

PM Modi to inaugurate India's first Semicon Conference on April 29

Semicon India 2022, a 3-day conference, is being organised to take forward the vision of PM Modi to make India a leader in electronics manufacturing, semiconductor design, manufacturing and innovation

Only 9% of India's semiconductor needs fulfilled locally in 2021: IESA

The Indian semiconductor market was valued at $27 billion in 2021 and is expected to grow at a healthy CAGR of 16% from 2019 to 2026 to reach $64 billion in 2026, says IESA report

Worldwide semiconductor revenue grew 26% in 2021: Report

The most significant shift among the semiconductor vendor ranking in 2021 was HiSilicon dropping out of the top 25

Jaguar Land Rover sales decline 36% in Q4 as semiconductor woes continue

The Tata Motors-owned luxury automaker noted that the retail sales for the three-month period continued to be constrained by the global semiconductor shortage

Bharat Electronics to gain from strong order book and new opportunities

Semiconductor shortage and execution delays, however, dented its FY22 performance

Russia-Ukraine conflict may affect supply chains of semiconductors: MoS IT

The supply chains of global semiconductor industry, which was badly affected during Covid-19 period, may see further disruptions due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Parliament was informed on Friday

Chip shortage forces General Motors to pause production at Indiana plant

The Ft Wayne plant will be closed the weeks of April 4 and 11

Qualcomm to open its 2nd largest office outside US in Hyderabad by October

The American tech giant will be investing Rs 3,904.55 crore, over the next five years, to expand its Hyderabad operations

Ukraine halts half of world's neon output for chips, clouding outlook

Ukrainian neon is a byproduct of Russian steel manufacturing

Russia - Ukraine war: Brace for chip shortage, warns Moody's Analytics

During the 2014-2015 war in Ukraine, neon prices went up by several times over, indicating how serious this can be for the semiconductor industry

War fallout! M&M, TaMo, Ashok Leyland can fall up to 12% on chip shortage

The Nifty Auto index has broken key support levels, and looks weak on the weekly charts indicating a downside of 5 per cent.

Chip woes continue to hobble auto dispatches in Feb; TaMo, M&M buck trend

Leading carmakers Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai, Toyota and Honda witnessed a drop in vehicle dispatches to dealers last month as the global semiconductor shortage continued to impact production. Tata Motors, Mahindra & Mahindra, Skoda and MG Motor, on the other hand, reported an increase in wholesales in February as compared to the same month last year. The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) said its domestic sales slipped 8.46 per cent to 1,40,035 units as against 1,52,983 units in February 2021. "The shortage of electronic components had a minor impact on the production of vehicles which are primarily sold in the domestic market. The company took all possible measures to minimise the impact," the auto major noted. Sales of the company's mini cars, comprising Alto and S-Presso, fell 17.81 per cent to 19,691 units last month as compared to 23,959 in the same month last year. Similarly, dispatch of compact models like Swift, Celerio, Ignis, Baleno and Dzire dipped 3.38

Chipset maker Nvidia confirms it is investigating cybersecurity incident

News of a potential cyberattack at Nvidia comes just weeks after the Santa Clara-based company terminated its $40 billion bid to acquire British chip designer Arm

Chipset market grows 5% as Russia-Ukraine war threatens global supply

5G smartphone SoC shipments were almost half of the total SoC shipments, according to Counterpoint Research

Russia-Ukraine crisis set to worsen global chip shortage: Experts

The worldwide chip shortage will exist well into the last part of 2022, and possibly even 2023, according to the latest US Commerce Department report on semiconductor supply chain

Maruti Suzuki expects sales momentum to continue with better chip supplies

Maruti Suzuki India Managing Director and CEO Kenichi Ayukawa said that the company could even reach the 2018-19 peak volume level if the chip supply remained adequate

S. Korean chipmakers to invest $47.36 bn amid heated global competition

The plan was announced by the Korea Semiconductor Industry Association based on a recent survey of its members on their investment plan in the new year, including Samsung Electronics

5 firms submit Rs 1.5-trn proposals to set up semiconductor, display plants

Vedanta-Foxconn JV, IGSS Ventures, ISMC propose to set up electronic chip manufacturing plants with $13.6-bn investment

Taiwan to draft laws to save semiconductor industry from Chinese espionage

The official said Taiwan will set up special courts to facilitate any trials related to trade secret leaks and other cases of economic espionage, said Lauly and Cheng.