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Friday 18 September 2026

A 4-1 board vote has split Tata Sons from the charity that owns two-thirds of it

Tata Sons reappointed N. Chandrasekaran as chairman on September 17 and agreed to move toward a stock market listing, Reuters reported...

Friday 18 September 2026

Global chipmakers answer India's pitch with equipment, materials, and R&D — not fabs

The multinationals that filled Semicon India 2026 committed to almost every layer of the semiconductor value chain except the one India most wants: nobody announced a new fab. Applied...

Friday 18 September 2026

Tata Electronics put 16 MoUs on the record at Semicon India, join hands with Nexperia

Tata Electronics has attached a headline number to its supplier-recruitment drive at Semicon India 2026 — 16 memoranda of understanding — but only five have been documented...

Friday 18 September 2026

Modi says India's chip mission has reached commercial production as Semicon 2.0 lifts the purse to US$13.5 billion

India's government used the opening of Semicon India 2026 to reframe what it is asking the industry to believe: not that fabs will be built, but that they are already shipping. Prime...

Thursday 17 September 2026

Chip equipment, materials suppliers lead India investment pledges ahead of SEMICON India 2026

Foreign commitments timed around SEMICON India are moving deeper into the supply chain. In the three days before the 2026 edition opened...

Thursday 17 September 2026

Fujifilm to invest US$83 million in semiconductor materials plant in India

Japan's Fujifilm plans to set up a greenfield semiconductor materials manufacturing facility in India with a total investment of approximately...

Thursday 17 September 2026

Applied Materials announces 10-year investment plan ahead of SEMICON India

US-based semiconductor equipment maker Applied Materials will invest INR36 billion (US$375 million)) in the Indian state of Karnataka over the next 10 years, Karnataka Industries Minister...

Thursday 17 September 2026

Lam Research plans US$1 billion India manufacturing expansion

Lam Research plans to invest INR100 billion (approx. US$1.04 billion) in India over the next several years, adding its first silicon component manufacturing facility in the country...

Wednesday 16 September 2026

India's Eastern state clears SiCSem's SiC unit in SEZ

The Falta Special Economic Zone unit approval committee has cleared a proposal from SiCSem Private Limited to build an integrated silicon carbide (SiC) device plant near Bhubaneswar,...

Wednesday 16 September 2026

Why Wiwynn chose El Paso for its first US plant

Wiwynn held the grand opening for its first US factory on September 14 local time, choosing El Paso, Texas, over larger cities such...

Wednesday 16 September 2026

Samsung reportedly pushes conventional memory modules to partners in Vietnam and India as HBM crowds its back end

Samsung Electronics is reportedly handing the growth in its commodity memory module business to outside assemblers in Vietnam, India, and the Philippines, a sign of how completely...

Wednesday 16 September 2026

Exclusive: Wiwynn expands US, Mexico plants, aiming to double capacity by 2027

Wiwynn has officially kicked off mass production at its first US manufacturing facility. Departing from its previous strategy of leasing facilities in North America, the company is...

Wednesday 16 September 2026

US-based Teradyne opens Bengaluru office to support India's semiconductor push

Teradyne has opened a new office in Bengaluru as India expands its chipmaking ambitions, which could affect supply chains, pricing, and manufacturing capacity worldwide. The move gives...

Tuesday 15 September 2026

Edimax, Comtrend 1H26 operations under pressure from weaker India orders, rising component costs

Network equipment maker Edimax Technology and its subsidiary Comtrend were affected by changes in customers' shipping cycles in the first half of 2026. Coupled with rising costs for...

Monday 14 September 2026

Behind the BRICS handshake: How far can the China-India reset go?

China and India are again trying to stabilise one of Asia's most consequential bilateral relationships, with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi using...

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