Samsung Testing Exynos 2500 Chip With Better Performance Than Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, Tipster Claims

Samsung Testing Exynos 2500 Chip With Better Performance Than Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, Tipster Claims

Samsung is already testing the performance of its Exynos 2500 SoC — the company’s purported chip that is likely to power its next generation of flagship smartphones, according to a tipster. The chip is said to offer better performance than Qualcomm’s current flagship processor, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 that…

Tata Group Submits Application to Set Up Semiconductor Plant in Assam, Chief Minister Says

Tata Group Submits Application to Set Up Semiconductor Plant in Assam, Chief Minister Says

Tata Group has submitted an application to set up a semiconductor processing plant in Assam with an investment of Rs 40,000 crore, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday. “Tata Group has submitted an application to set up a semiconductor processing plant in Assam with an investment of Rs. 40,000…

Vedanta Chairman Says Their $5 Billion Made-in-India Chip Will Be Ready in 2.5 Years

Vedanta Chairman Says Their $5 Billion Made-in-India Chip Will Be Ready in 2.5 Years

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….

Semiconductor Firms to Get 50 Percent Financial Assistance for Setting Up Manufacturing Unit in India: PM Modi

Semiconductor Firms to Get 50 Percent Financial Assistance for Setting Up Manufacturing Unit in India: PM Modi

Technology firms will be given 50 percent financial assistance for setting up semiconductor manufacturing facility the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday, as he announced that his government has rolled out the red carpet for semiconductor industries. Speaking after inaugurating Semicon India 2023 conference in Gandhinagar, PM Modi…

iPhone Assembler Foxconn in Talks With TSMC and TMH to Set Up Semiconductor Fabrication Units in India: Report

iPhone Assembler Foxconn in Talks With TSMC and TMH to Set Up Semiconductor Fabrication Units in India: Report

Foxconn is in talks with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and Japan’s TMH Group for technology and joint venture partnerships to start semiconductor fabrication units in India, the Economic Times reported on Friday. Meanwhile, the Gujarat government is holding talks with Foxconn over a semiconductor plant, a top government official…

EU’s Chips Act Said to Get Approval on April 18, Likely to Cut EU’s Reliance on US and Asian Semiconductors

EU’s Chips Act Said to Get Approval on April 18, Likely to Cut EU’s Reliance on US and Asian Semiconductors

The European Union’s EUR 43 billion (nearly Rs. 3,84,120 crore) plan to boost its semiconductor industry and catch up with the United States and Asia is likely to get the green light from EU countries and lawmakers on April 18, people with direct knowledge of the matter said on Wednesday….

Japan Aims to Treble Sales of Domestically Produced Microchips to JPY 15 Trillion by 2030

Japan Aims to Treble Sales of Domestically Produced Microchips to JPY 15 Trillion by 2030

Japan’s industry ministry said on Monday it aimed to treble sales of semiconductors made in Japan to JPY 15 trillion (roughly Rs. 9,285,004,593,300 crore) by 2030 as Tokyo strives to boost domestic microchip production following global supply chain snarls. Japan sees microchips as strategic products to strengthen its economic security…

China Claims US CHIPS And Science Act Will Disrupt International Trade, Distort Global Semiconductor Supply Chains

China Claims US CHIPS And Science Act Will Disrupt International Trade, Distort Global Semiconductor Supply Chains

China on Wednesday criticized a US law to encourage processor chip production in the United States and reduce reliance on Asian suppliers as a threat to trade and an attack on Chinese business. The law signed this week by President Joe Biden promises $52 billion (roughly Rs. 4,11,300 crore) in grants and other aid…

Taiwan’s GlobalWafers to Invest $5 Billion in New Silicon Wafer Plant in Texas

Taiwan’s GlobalWafers to Invest $5 Billion in New Silicon Wafer Plant in Texas

Taiwan’s GlobalWafers will spend $5 billion (roughly Rs.39,320 crore) on a new plant in Texas to make silicon wafers used in semiconductors, switching to the United States after a failed European investment. The company said late Monday the new plant, manufacturing 300-milimetre silicon wafers, would start being built later this year…

India to Offer More Incentives to Lure Companies in Semiconductors Push: IT Minister

India to Offer More Incentives to Lure Companies in Semiconductors Push: IT Minister

India on Friday said it will expand its incentives for those investing in semiconductor manufacturing, as its government woos global companies in a bid to become a key player in the global supply chain for chips. A $10 billion (roughly Rs. 76,523 crore) incentive plan to attract semiconductor and display…