Semiconductor Project

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in 'India's Techade: Chips for Viksit Bharat' and virtually lay the foundation stones of three semiconductor projects worth nearly Rs 1.25 lakh crore today.

OpenAI chief Sam Altman is seeking to raise trillions of dollars to reshape the global semiconductor industry, and has held talks with potential investors including the UAE government, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.

"Tata Group has submitted an application to set up a semiconductor processing plant in Assam with an investment of Rs 40,000 crore," Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Friday

US FTC s expected to open an in-depth probe on Wednesday of Qualcomm’s purchase of Israeli auto-chip maker Autotalks, Politico reported on Tuesday. In May, Qualcomm had said it would acquire Israel's Autotalks, a maker of chips used in crash-prevention technology in vehicles, but had not disclosed the terms of the deal.

Vedanta group chairman Anil Agarwal on Friday said that the first phase of its semiconductor project will involve a $5 billion (roughly Rs. 41,300 crore) investment of the overall $20-billion (roughly Rs. 1,64,500 crore) outlay, and the venture will be ready with made-in-India chip in two and a half years.

Taiwan's Foxconn has withdrawn from a semiconductor joint venture with mining baron Anil Agarwal's Vedanta as the venture struggled to get a technology partner to make chips that are used in mobile phones to refrigerators and cars. In a statement, Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics maker, said it "has determined it will not move fo...

India's first semiconductor assembly plant by Micron Technology would start construction in August in Gujarat, says a report by Financial Times. The country aims to make its first domestically manufactured microchips by the end of 2024.

A UK-based company is planning to set up a semiconductor fabrication unit in Odisha's Ganjam district with an investment of Rs. 30,000 crore in the first phase, officials said. The SRAM & MRAM Technologies and Projects India Pvt Limited, the Indian unit of UK-based SRAM & MRAM Group, had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the state gov...

A UK-based company plans to set up a massive semiconductor fabrication unit in Odisha's Ganjam district with an initial investment of Rs 30,000 crore in the first phase, officials said. The overall project is worth around Rs 2 lakh crore.

US memory chip firm Micron Technology said on Thursday it would invest up to $825 million (roughly Rs. 6,760 crore) in a new chip assembly and test facility in Gujarat, India, its first factory in the country.

Apple's Chinese contract manufacturer Luxshare Precision Industry Co Ltd will help develop the iPhone maker's long-awaited augmented reality (AR) device, Nikkei Asia reported on Thursday. Taiwan-based Foxconn is also helping with the project, Nikkei said, and Apple has tapped two of its most important suppliers, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing C...

Vedanta and Foxconn has finalised the Dholera Special Investment Region near Ahmedabad city of Gujarat for setting up their semiconductor and display manufacturing facility. In the biggest ever corporate investment in the history of independent India, a joint venture of Vedanta and Foxconn in September last year signed a Memorandum of Understanding...

Apple is reportedly working to begin sourcing chips for its devices from a US plant, likely referring to an Arizona factory that will be run by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC), the world's largest contract chipmaker and a major supplier to the firm. TSMC last year announced plans to begin production of chips at its upcoming US plant in 2...

Rapidus, a new project to develop and make next-generation microchips, has gained the backing of the Japanese government. Japan will pour half a billion dollars into the Rapidus project, which reportedly comprises eight major companies including Sony, SoftBank, Toyota and telecoms giant NTT. The next-generation chip development project aims to deve...

Micron announced on Tuesday it will invest up to $100 billion (nearly Rs. 8,14,500) to build semiconductors in New York state, capitalising on the US policies to boost domestic manufacturing of key goods. The chip giant, which is based in the western state of Idaho, said it plans to begin construction in 2024 on a project expected to be executed ov...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in 'India's Techade: Chips for Viksit Bharat' and virtually lay the foundation stones of three semiconductor projects worth nearly Rs 1.25 lakh crore today.

OpenAI chief Sam Altman is seeking to raise trillions of dollars to reshape the global semiconductor industry, and has held talks with potential investors including the UAE government, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.

"Tata Group has submitted an application to set up a semiconductor processing plant in Assam with an investment of Rs 40,000 crore," Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Friday

US FTC s expected to open an in-depth probe on Wednesday of Qualcomm’s purchase of Israeli auto-chip maker Autotalks, Politico reported on Tuesday. In May, Qualcomm had said it would acquire Israel's Autotalks, a maker of chips used in crash-prevention technology in vehicles, but had not disclosed the terms of the deal.

Vedanta group chairman Anil Agarwal on Friday said that the first phase of its semiconductor project will involve a $5 billion (roughly Rs. 41,300 crore) investment of the overall $20-billion (roughly Rs. 1,64,500 crore) outlay, and the venture will be ready with made-in-India chip in two and a half years.

Taiwan's Foxconn has withdrawn from a semiconductor joint venture with mining baron Anil Agarwal's Vedanta as the venture struggled to get a technology partner to make chips that are used in mobile phones to refrigerators and cars. In a statement, Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics maker, said it "has determined it will not move fo...

India's first semiconductor assembly plant by Micron Technology would start construction in August in Gujarat, says a report by Financial Times. The country aims to make its first domestically manufactured microchips by the end of 2024.

A UK-based company is planning to set up a semiconductor fabrication unit in Odisha's Ganjam district with an investment of Rs. 30,000 crore in the first phase, officials said. The SRAM & MRAM Technologies and Projects India Pvt Limited, the Indian unit of UK-based SRAM & MRAM Group, had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the state gov...

A UK-based company plans to set up a massive semiconductor fabrication unit in Odisha's Ganjam district with an initial investment of Rs 30,000 crore in the first phase, officials said. The overall project is worth around Rs 2 lakh crore.

US memory chip firm Micron Technology said on Thursday it would invest up to $825 million (roughly Rs. 6,760 crore) in a new chip assembly and test facility in Gujarat, India, its first factory in the country.

Apple's Chinese contract manufacturer Luxshare Precision Industry Co Ltd will help develop the iPhone maker's long-awaited augmented reality (AR) device, Nikkei Asia reported on Thursday. Taiwan-based Foxconn is also helping with the project, Nikkei said, and Apple has tapped two of its most important suppliers, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing C...

Vedanta and Foxconn has finalised the Dholera Special Investment Region near Ahmedabad city of Gujarat for setting up their semiconductor and display manufacturing facility. In the biggest ever corporate investment in the history of independent India, a joint venture of Vedanta and Foxconn in September last year signed a Memorandum of Understanding...

Apple is reportedly working to begin sourcing chips for its devices from a US plant, likely referring to an Arizona factory that will be run by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC), the world's largest contract chipmaker and a major supplier to the firm. TSMC last year announced plans to begin production of chips at its upcoming US plant in 2...

Rapidus, a new project to develop and make next-generation microchips, has gained the backing of the Japanese government. Japan will pour half a billion dollars into the Rapidus project, which reportedly comprises eight major companies including Sony, SoftBank, Toyota and telecoms giant NTT. The next-generation chip development project aims to deve...

Micron announced on Tuesday it will invest up to $100 billion (nearly Rs. 8,14,500) to build semiconductors in New York state, capitalising on the US policies to boost domestic manufacturing of key goods. The chip giant, which is based in the western state of Idaho, said it plans to begin construction in 2024 on a project expected to be executed ov...