March’s ‘one-two-three’ calamity! What now for chip industry?

This is a summary by Malcolm Penn, chairman and CEO, Future Horizons. For those who wish to know more, please get in touch with me or Future Horizons.   It was all going so well at the beginning of March when January’s WSTS results were released. The oil and North African issues were being taken

Indian industry proposes to extend deadline of India’s semicon policy up to March 2015!

If you recall some time ago, I’d mentioned that the Indian semiconductor policy, which was announced back in 2007, had supposedly expired on March 31, 2010! Now, the Indian industry has come up with recommendations, which include extending the Indian semicon policy up to March 2015! For those who’ve come in late, back in September

March’s data validated forecast; Q1 WAS cyclical bottom! Semicon update May’09

Here are the excerpts from the Global Semiconductor Monthly Report, May 2009, provided by Malcolm Penn, chairman, founder and CEO of Future Horizons. There are a lot of charts associated with this report. Those interested to know more about this report should contact Future Horizons. This will be followed by the update for June, and

Xilinx tapes-out first UltraScale ASIC-class programmable architecture

Xilinx Inc. has taped-out the first 20nm All Programmable Device with first UltraScale ASIC-class programmable architecture. It is said to be the semiconductor industry’s first 20nm device, and the PLD industry’s first 20nm All Programmable device. Xilinx implemented the industry’s first ASIC-class programmable architecture called UltraScale. These milestones expand on Xilinx’s industry first 28nm tape-out,

Tensilica acquisition to broaden Cadence’s IP portfolio

Last week (March 11, 2013), Cadence Design Systems Inc. entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Tensilica Inc., a leader in dataplane processing IP, for approximately $380 million in cash. With this acquisition, Tensilica dataplane processing units (DPUs) combined with Cadence design IP will deliver more optimized IP solutions for mobile wireless, network infrastructure, auto

Global semicon sales to grow 6.6 percent in 2013: Cowan LRA model

This is a continuation of my coverage of the fortunes of the global semiconductor industry. I would like to acknowledge and thank Mike Cowan, an independent semiconductor analyst and developer of the Cowan LRA model, who has provided me the latest numbers. According to the WSTS’s Jan 2013 HBR (posted on March 8th, 2013), January

Union budget 2013-14: Is there some hope for semiconductors?

Here are highlights of the Union budget 2013-14 presented by P. Chidambaram, union Finance minister, Government of India. Also, is there finally, some hope for the Indian semiconductor industry? Highlights * Doing business with India should be easy, friendly and helpful. * Foreign investments must be encouraged. * Accelerating growth is the main goal. *

Global semicon sales to reach $302.02 billion in 2013: Cowan LRA model

This is a continuation of my coverage of the fortunes of the global semiconductor industry. I would like to acknowledge and thank Mike Cowan, an independent semiconductor analyst and developer of the Cowan LRA model, who has provided me the latest numbers. With the ‘closing out’ of the final, overall sales result for 2012 by

What should India do to boost semiconductors?

I’ve already written a lot on the Indian semiconductor industry. Now, there’s nothing new to say. Even then, I am literally coaxed to say what I think the Indian semiconductor industry should do! As though the industry will listen to a nobody like me! 🙂 First, the industry should stop wasting time running here and there,

Indian ESDM industry likely to grow 9.9 percent CAGR in 2011-15

The India Semiconductor Association (ISA), along with Frost and Sullivan, released the 6th ISA-F&S Report on the India ESDM Market (2011-2015). Evidently, the focus is on electronics and semiconductors industries in India. Only a few economies have exhibited the strength to weather the harsh conditions prevailing in the global environment. Such economies are especially remarkable