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2012-05-10T12:56:00.000+05:30

Friends, I am really touched by the love and the concern that all of you have shown! Yes, I am very well aware that my blog has not been updated!! The fact is: one of my former employees has offered me a job!!!So, what do you say, dear friends? Should I continue blogging? Actually, the new job that I’ve got into does not allow me to post. Thought, I’d mention this right here! ;) Besides, my job

Xilinx intros Vivado Design Suite

2012-04-25T15:00:00.002+05:30

Xilinx Inc. has announced the Vivado Design Suite. It enables an IP and system centric next generation design environment. Especially meant for the next decade of ‘All-Programmable’ devices, it also accelerates the integration and implementation up to 4X. And, why now? That’s because the all-programmable devices enable programmable systems ‘integration.There are system integration bottlenecks,

IT in smaller companies need help too!

2012-04-22T00:44:00.000+05:30

According to Steve Bailey from CommVault, IT managers are said to be walking on a tightrope between resources and data growth! Conversely, the resources for CIOs are much lesser, compared to the data growth, which is explosive!! Find all of this hard to believe? Well, ask around!IT storage professionals are actually considered to be somewhat of 'tightrope walkers', given the fact that they have

Seagate launches GoFlex Satellite mobile wireless storage device

2012-03-29T22:49:00.000+05:30

Seagate Technology has recently introduced the GoFlex Satellite mobile wireless storage device. The GoFlex Satellite has a storage capacity of 500GB. The device allows you to carry around your media library and wirelessly stream to an iPad, Android tablet or smartphone. Users can also stream media to three Wi-Fi enabled devices simultaneously. Besides, you can automatically sync media and

Cadence releases latest Encounter RTL-to-GDSII flow

2012-03-21T23:34:00.006+05:30

Cadence Design Systems recently introduced the latest release of Cadence Encounter RTL-to-GDSII flow for high-performance and giga-scale designs, including those at the latest technology node, 20 nanometers. Rahul Deokar, product management director, said: “We are addressing designer challenges in – high performance design, giga-scale design and advanced node design. The first challenge is the

Xilinx expands R&D, tech site in Hyderabad

2012-03-20T17:00:00.002+05:30

Moshe Gavrielov, president and CEO, Xilinx Inc. was in Hyderabad, India to inaugurate Xilinx India's new, expanded India site at Hi-Tech city.The new Hyderabad site is a 131,000 square-foot office building -- more than 2X the size of the previous site. It is equipped with engineering labs for end-to-end development and has a larger, energy-efficient data center. It also has facilities for

Sachin boldly goes where no man has gone before! Hail, King Sachin!!

2012-03-16T23:31:00.001+05:30

When I was giving up playing the game of cricket in 1989, my focus was drawn toward a snap on the cover of Sportsweek (now closed), which had the faces of two newcomers to the Indian cricket team that was chosen to tour Pakistan. One was Salil Ankola and the other - Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar!Today, in the league match vs. Bangladesh, Sachin Tendulkar reached his 100th international century!!

Highlights of Union Budget 2012-13

2012-03-16T14:16:00.001+05:30

Here are some of the highlights from the Union Budget 2012, tabled in the Indian Parliament this morning by Pranab Mukherjee, Union Minister of Finance.* National Manufacturing Policy announced with the objective of raising, within a decade, the share of manufacturing in GDP to 25 percent and creating of 10 crore jobs.* Proposal to extend the sunset date for setting up power sector undertakings

Succeeding with enterprise mobility

2012-03-13T22:39:00.000+05:30

It has been proclaimed that today’s connected world demands relationships, not just eyeballs, at the Mobile World Congress 2012. There have been messages such as 'If you pepper consumers with stuff they are not interested in, you will get vigilante consumers who will shut you out'. And, the 'connected consumer value proposition is not being fully developed'.Also, another report has stated that

WLCSP market and industrial trends

2012-03-12T21:31:00.002+05:30

According to Yole Developpement, France, the number of devices packaged with 'fan-in WLCSP will exceed 25 billion units in 2012, exceeding more than 2 million 300mm equivalent wafers. Yole recently held a seminar on wafer level chip scale package (WLCSP).Source: Yole Developpement, France.Yole estimates the fan-in WLCSP industry value to be over $1.9 billion in 2012. This includes wafer level

Intel launches Xeon processor E5-2600 product family

2012-03-07T18:47:00.000+05:30

Following its global launch yesterday, Intel Corp. today announced the record-breaking Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 product family in Bangalore, India. R. Ravichandran, director, Sales & World Ahead Program – Asia, Intel Technology India Pvt Ltd, said that the Xeon processor:* Allows 80 percent performance gain.* Uses breakthrough I/O innovation.* Makes use of Trusted Security.* Provides best

Nominum launches world’s first purpose-built suite of DNS-based solutions for mobile operators

2012-03-06T20:43:00.001+05:30

Late last month, Nominum launched the world’s first purpose-built suite of DNS-based solutions for mobile operators at the Mobile World Congress 2012 in Barcelona Spain.Doug Miller, GM, Mobile Solutions, Nominum, said that Nominum has been in the mobile space for many years now. The news at MWC was to announce the new Nominum Mobile Suite, which takes the lessons learned and best practices from

LG intros Optimus Sol E730 smartphone in India

2012-03-05T18:32:00.001+05:30

LG has introduced the Optimus Sol E730 smartphone in India. Packed with loads of features the phone runs on the Android OS, v2.3.4 (Gingerbread), and uses a Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon processor. It supports GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, as well as HSDPA 900/2100 MHz. Measuring a sleek 122.5x62.5x9.8mm, it weighs about 110g. The ultra AMOLED capacitive touchscreen supports 256K colors. The panel is

Top 10 semiconductor growth drivers: Intersil

2012-02-16T15:30:00.005+05:30

Intersil is a strong company with long heritage, according to David Bell, president, CEO and director, Intersil Corp. It is currently building intelligent, innovative leadership products, and targeting fast growing markets. India is key to Intersil's success. He was speaking on the occasion of Intersil announcing expansion plans in India.The company is a leader in high perfornance analog and

Latest Cowan LRA model’s forecast for global semicon sales in 2012

2012-02-08T21:22:00.002+05:30

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.The latest Cowan LRA model parameter update incorporates 2011′s monthly sales results, thereby incorporating 28 years of historical, global

Ingredients for successful fabless Indian semiconductor industry: Dr. Wally Rhines

2012-02-07T22:31:00.006+05:30

According to Dr. Walden (Wally) C. Rhines, chairman and CEO, Mentor Graphics Corp., while fabless startups have declined substantially in the West during the past decade, they are growing in India. Given the time required to grow large fabless companies in the past, India should not be discouraged by current progress. India has key capabilities to stimulate growth of fabless companies, such as:*

Global semicon sales worth $299.5 billion in 2011!

2012-02-06T23:19:00.003+05:30

The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) announced that the worldwide semiconductor sales for 2011 reached a record $299.5 billion, a year-on-year increase of 0.4 percent from the $298.3 billion recorded in 2010. While this is a very small increase over 2010, the SIA has said this is a record! Perhaps, it is, as the $300 billion mark is about to be breached!!Source: Semiconductor Industry

Tariffs to slow growth in domestic demand for PV systems: The Brattle Group

2012-02-02T23:40:00.001+05:30

Recently, The Brattle Group came out with its report titled "The Employment Impacts of Proposed Tariffs on Chinese Manufactured Photovoltaic Cells and Modules". Here are excerpts from the report.At the request of the Coalition for Affordable Solar Energy (CASE), The Brattle Group has studied the employment impacts of a proposed trade restriction on Chinese-manufactured crystalline photovoltaic

Wireless leads in global semicon spends!

2012-02-01T22:57:00.002+05:30

Interesting, but not surprising! Wireless is now leading in the global semiconductor spends!! In fact, I was having a chat with a Frost & Sullivan executive this morning, and he mentioned telecom. Of course, that's the key driver!!According to IHS iSuppli, wireless has now displaced computers as the top semiconductor spending area for OEMs in 2011. And, this trend may continue in 2012, going by

WhipTail's SSD addresses bottlenecks beyond HDD capabilities!

2012-01-31T00:39:00.005+05:30

Recently, WhipTail, maker of high-performance, cost-effective solid-state storage arrays, landed AMD as a customer, as well as a Series B round of funding. It announced that AMD's System Optimization Engineering Department has replaced 480 15K spinning drives with WhipTail's solid-state storage arrays. The move will help eliminate slow response times associated with traditional storage

CIOs unfurl newer efficiencies out of IT operations

2012-01-26T00:44:00.001+05:30

How can today's CIOs be able to unfurl newer efficiencies out of their respective IT operations? At the same time, how can they, present solutions that can also empower their businesses even as the businesses work toward achieving their organizational goals? The answer perhaps lies in infrastructure optimization!IT spends are said to be increasing and in line with the overall aim of accelerating

India to allow imports of low-priced Chinese solar cells? Or, is it beaten?

2012-01-23T21:08:00.003+05:30

As per reports on the Internet, the Government of India has said that it has no objections to companies importing low-priced Chinese solar cells, so long as the cells imported meet the prescribed quality standards!Oh, well! This is yet another blow to the battling group of the domestic manufacturers. A week before, their plea for seeking imposition of import duty on finished solar equipment was

Redpine enters M2M market with fully-featured Wi-Fi module

2012-01-18T01:23:00.000+05:30

Redpine Signals Inc. has entered the M2M (machine-to-machine) market with its first fully-featured Wi-Fi module. Let's find out what the Wi-Fi module is all about, and specifically, M2M!According to a Redpine spokesperson, the M2M market is different from the traditional mobile and PC Wi-Fi market – in the sense that it requires ‘self-contained’ hardware and software. Traditional Wi-Fi

Trends to watch @ CES!

2012-01-10T00:36:00.002+05:30

CES 2012 is just around the corner! Let us look at some trends.First, according to Ovum, ultrabooks are shaping up to be a CES 2012 show stopper. It is expected that 20-40 devices will be introduced. Next, there will be more of mobile connecrted devices, which are likely to be more app friendly, have brighter screens and offer intuitive user interfaces. TV manufacturers are expected to

SonicWALL on securing mobile devices!

2012-01-05T16:31:00.000+05:30

Welcome to the new year! :) Thanks to Dixita at MutualPR, I had a conversation with Shubhomoy Biswas, country director, SonicWALL India, regarding securing mobile devices.First, users have come to expect secured access “anytime, anywhere”, whether over 2G or 3G networks or Wi-Fi, for both personal and business tasks. What is SonicWALL's take on this? Biswas said: "Smartphones and tablets operate