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Will India become a global player in semiconductor chips?

A Taiwanese fab company is in India to explore manufacturing possibilities. PM Modi also called for making India a 'chip maker from a chip taker'. Can the govt's push turn India into a chip maker?

Chips for growth

Creating a base for semiconductors will be challenging

India to make second foray into chip manufacturing as demand seen rising

Country's chip industry has another chance amid the global trend toward domestic semiconductor manufacturing.

Taiwanese fab major PSMC looking to set up semiconductor plant in India

PSMC is one among several global fab companies interested in taking advantage of the government's incentives to set up semiconductor units in the country.

Intel, Brookfield to invest up to $30 bn in Arizona chip factories

The move comes after US President Joe Biden earlier this month signed the CHIPS and Science Act into law, which included provision of $52.7 bn in subsidies for U. semiconductor production and research

Hyundai mulls speeding up construction of US EV plant amid new law

Hyundai Motor plans to roll out 17 EV models by 2030, including six Genesis models, with Kia scheduled to release 14 EVs by 2027

China opposes new US chip law, says it will undermine global supply chains

Amid heightened cross-strait tensions between China and Taiwan, there is a shortage of semiconductor chips shortage across the world

Tesla's FSD software price to go up again; can update existing car to FSD

After the wide release of FSD Beta 10.69.2, the price of FSD will rise to $15k in North America on September 5th. Current price will be honored for orders made before September 5th but delivered later

Samsung initiates work on $15 bn next-gen chip at R&D complex

Samsung Electronics on Friday held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new semiconductor research and development (R&D) complex here, in a move to bolster its global leadership in cutting-edge chip technology.

TMS Ep240: Bank deposit rates, chip shortage, FD rates, Electricity Bill

Good times ahead for FD investors? Will China-Taiwan tension worsen India's chip shortage? Will higher FD rates lure equity investors? What is Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2022? All answers here

Will China-Taiwan tensions worsen India's chip shortage?

Pandemic and subsequent supply chain disruption has led to shortage of semiconductor chips. Now, the face-off between China and Taiwan is threatening to make matters worse. Our next report tells why

From supply shock to demand shock: New crisis hits semiconductor industry

As the companies were working on improving the supply of semiconductors, the demand for PCs, and mobile phones, among other things, fell, now leaving these companies with excess inventory

We will rapidly expand our operations in India: Foxconn Chairman Young Liu

Foxconn's commitment to India can be seen as a strong push by Taiwan to improve ties with other nations as China steps up its military belligerence near the island nation

Taiwan makes 75% of all chips used for Indian mobile market: ICEA

Taiwan has a dominant position in manufacturing cutting-edge logic chips also

China's semiconductor output dips 17% in July amid US threat: Report

According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics, the production of integrated circuits (ICs) dropped 16.6% year-on-year to 27.2 bn units last month, reports South China Morning Post

PM's vision of techade, push for 5G, chips to boost tech sector: Industry

Homegrown mobile maker Lava's Hari Om Rai said the electronics and tech industry envisions creating 6 crore direct and indirect jobs with more than $3 trn contribution to the country's GDP by 2033.

China's largest chipmaker warns of rapid freeze as smartphone demand skids

China's largest chipmaker reported revenue rose 42% to $1.9 billion in the second quarter, generally in line with expectations

China has painted itself into a semiconductor corner behind Taiwan, S.Korea

For all intents and purposes, China has failed to achieve its semiconductor goals, and those tasked with realising them are being brought to account

Mobile operators and device manufacturers clash over SIM shortage

Operators want eSIMS to be made mandatory while phone makers say this will push up costs

Hyundai India expects semiconductor shortage issue to improve next year

Hyundai Motor India expects semiconductor shortage issue to improve next year and emergence of a clear picture on the competitive scenario as it faces production constraints at present, according to a senior company official. The second largest passenger vehicle maker in the domestic market by volume has been facing stiff competition from homegrown manufacturers Tata Motors and Mahindra & Mahindra, which are riding high on their new SUV models. Besides, Maruti Suzuki India has also revved up its SUV plans with the launch of new Brezza and Grand Vitara. Leading up to the festive season, HMIL, the maker of popular SUVs, Creta and Venue is sitting on a backlog of 1.3 lakh pending orders. "2022 is driven more by the chip issue, so the real situation of demand will only emerge once we are able to produce with no constraints of semiconductor supplies and that is sometime away," Hyundai Motor India Director (Sales, Marketing and Service) Tarun Garg told PTI in an interaction. He was ...