Semiconductors
Apple to acquire most of Intel’s smartphone modem business
26 Jul 2019
Almost 2,200 employees from Intel will join Apple, along with intellectual property, equipment and leases as Intel shifts focus on 5G technologies that will enable disruptive innovation in the network infrastructure
Signalchip unveils India’s first indigenous semiconductor chip
27 Feb 2019
Launching the chip at a function in New Delhi, telecom secretary Aruna Sundarajan said the launch of a world class product by Signalchip is the start of the third technology wave, after Software and Digital India
Qualcomm to set up $400 million campus in Hyderabad
08 Oct 2018
Work on the first phase of Qualcomm's Hyderabad campus, which involves construction of a built-up space of 1.7 million sq ft, with the capacity to house around 10,000 employees, is expected to start some time in 2019
Intel India trained 100,000 developers in AI
10 Aug 2018
Qualcomm backs out of acquiring Chinese major NXP Semiconductors: fallout of US-China squabble
28 Jul 2018
Plastic semiconductors could soon be a reality
25 Apr 2018
Broadcom to sweeten hostile bid for Qualcomm to $120 bn
05 Feb 2018
Broadcom is likely to raise its acquisition offer to about $80 to $82 per share, as Qualcomm had dismissed Broadcom's earlier proposal of $70 per share as not being worth considering
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Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation