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United States Vice President Mr.JoeBiden has accused Mitt Romney, the front runner Republican presidentialcandidate, of outsourcing jobs to India when he was the Massachusetts Governor. "When he (Romney) was Governor of Massachusetts, he vetoed a bill passed by the Massachusetts legislature that would have stopped the state from outsourcing contracts overseas. That resulted in millions of dollars flowing to companies running call centres in India," Biden said in a campaign speech in Davenport, Iowa. It's no surprise that Massachusetts was losing manufacturing jobs twice as fast as the rest of the country while Governor Romney was in charge. The third worst rate in the country, Biden alleged. "We're both talking about tax cuts to manufacturers. The difference is: Our tax cuts go to companies that create jobs over here. Governor Romney's tax cuts go to companies that create jobs overseas. It's fundamentally different philosophy from ours," Biden said.

Outsourcing USA

Governor Romney is leading among the Republican presidential aspirants to bag the party's nomination to challenge Barack Obama in the November elections. Biden also claimed that manufacturing was coming back. "And that's good news for America, and for America's middle class. In America 430000 new manufacturing jobs since January year 2010. More than 15000 right here in the state of Iowa. Fastest growth since the 1990s," Romney's said. "After years of hearing about outsourcing, a new word has come into our vocabulary: insourcing. Jobs that left the United States are coming back. Plants that closed are opening, reinvented," the US Vice President said.

Source: The Financial Express

New York U.S. Federal Communications Commission recently revoked

When you think of basic human rights, access to wireless broadband Internet probably isn't at the top of the list. But a new company backed by a Skype cofounder disagrees, and plans to bring free mobile broadband to the U.S. later this year under the slogan "The Internet is a right, not a privilege." Called Freedom Pop, the service will give users roughly a gigabyte of free high-speed mobile Internet access per month on Clearwire's WiMAX network and forthcoming LTE network. It will offer other low-cost prepaid plans that provide access to more data. FreedomPop vice president of marketing Tony Miller gave few specific details about the company's offerings and how it plans to make money—and won't yet name executives or founders—but says he expects the service to roll out in the U.S. sometime between July and September and to eventually branch out to other countries as well. FreedomPop's arrival coincides with the rapid rise in smart-phone users and rollout of 4G networks as wireless carriers try to keep up with the growing demand for mobile data. The company is not the only one that sees an opportunity to launch a free 4G service: NetZero recently rolled out its own free and low-cost plans. But while NetZero offers 200 megabytes of free wireless data per month, FreedomPop will offer about five times that amount—more than most data users currently consume in a month.

"In our minds, the access piece is already a commodity we're looking to further commoditize, in the same way Skype did with voice," Miller says. Miller says the company's founders are friends with Skype cofounder Niklas Zennstrom New York, NY 10104, who has long wanted to work on a startup related to free Internet access. Zennstrom is a backer and an advisor, Miller says, but he is not an active manager at the company. Miller says that, similar to Skype, FreedomPop will follow a "freemium" model where users receive some aspects of the service for free and must pay for more. After users surpass their monthly allotment, they will be charged a fee for going over that allotment (Miller says the overage charges will be "cheap"—probably about a penny per megabyte, though maybe a bit lower for prepaid customers—since FreedomPop wants to encourage use).

Without getting specific, Miller adds that users will be able to earn more data usage through some social features built into the service, and share some of their allotted data with other users. Miller says FreedomPop will offer three mobile broadband devices at first. There will be a USB dongle for laptops, a Wi-Fi hotspot device that can connect up to 20 devices to the Web, and an iPhone case that will allow the smart phone to circumvent the user's wireless carrier and can also charge the phone and act as a hotspot for up to eight additional devices. Users won't pay for the devices, but they will have to fork over a refundable deposit fee. Miller says this is meant to discourage abuse, such as people reselling a hotspot or iPhone case on eBay. While the devices will be sold primarily online, Miller says, they may be available at some brick-and-mortar stores as well. FreedomPop will also sell prepaid wireless data plans that Miller says will be priced "significantly lower" than existing prepaid and contract plans on the market. Prices vary, but AT&T charges dollar 50 per month for a two-year contract that gives users five gigabytes of data for use with a USB modem or mobile hotspot, while smart phone plans include a three-gigabyte option that costs dollar 30 per month. On the prepaid side, the company's GoPhone service offers 500 megabytes of phone data for dollar 25.

Miller says FreedomPop expects most of its revenue will actually come from services it will offer on top of the Internet access. He won't say what these will be, exactly, but says that a security offering such as virtual private networking won't be one of them—it didn't do well in an early test. He says the company is also looking into some sort of advertising opportunities, which could be another revenue source. Brian Rich, a partner at venture capital firm Catalyst Investors, which has invested in Clearwire, says FreedomPop is a clever idea, as it's taking advantage of the capacity offered by Clearwire's network, which is less constrained that the networks of AT&T and Verizon Wireless. He wonders if FreedomPop will be able to make enough money off reselling Clearwire's service to make its efforts worthwhile. Neil Shah, an analyst with Strategy Analytics, feels similarly, saying FreedomPop will also need to forge deals with other mobile broadband partners because Clearwire's range is still limited. The service currently reaches more than 130 million people in over 70 U.S. cities. FreedomPop also has a deal with LightSquared, which has been planning a nationwide wholesale LTE network, but the U.S. Federal Communications Commission recently revoked LightSquared's permit. Miller says FreedomPop is working on another U.S.-based deal, though. Shah also cautions that as people get more used to using data on their cell phones, FreedomPop will have to give away even more to lure users to its service. "Eventually, one gigabyte won't be enough," he says.

Source: Massachusetts Institute of Technology




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California United States based Integrated Device Technology is pushing a set of microchips

It’s human nature to fantasize about the future. But have you ever imagined your mobile changing its shape to fit your pocket or having a two inch music player, which can store all your music achieves? This is how technology around you is evolving and in five to ten years from now, companies including IBM, Intel and Microsoft will commercialize many of these technologies which were once, just a fantasy.

SkinDisplay

The technology was developed by Clara Gaggero, head of Vitamins Design Ltd in a BlackBerry sponsored project. SkinDisplay uses piezoelectricity to display raised-up letters on the back of your phone, which can be imprinted into your thumb with a press. The raised-up message includes caller name, reason for call and the urgency, which is represented by three dots. "If you're in a meeting and you hear your phone ring, you immediately get stressed out because you can't answer it. Is it an emergency? Is something wrong with the kids? We wanted to give the phone a chance to be discreet," Gaggero says. So you simply put your hand in pocket, press the raised portion in mobile and read the imprinted message in your hand without anybody knowing it. The technology was patented by Research In Motion, the Black Berry maker in 2011.

Microsoft’s Future Home

People who visit Microsoft’s executive briefing home in Redmond, Wash will be welcomed with a full scale model home of the future including kitchen, living room, dining room and a foyer. As soon as you enter the home, it will start briefing you on things that happened since you left including news that your son got A grade in math test, The air conditioner stopped working, your electric scooter will be charged in 27 minutes and you have six voice mails. The home is completely equipped with micro sensors which help it to learn a lot including your daily routines. It will tell how to cook a dish, referring the things yo u have in fridge, remind you to take the medicines and automatically send a message to you or relatives if it finds anything out of ordinary like leaving the doors unlocked. According to Microsoft, the technology based on internet and “cloud” will become affordable and common within five years.

Intel’s Programmable matter

Imagine you stretching the mobile to make it big or pressing a button to convert it instantly to a lap top. It seems impossible, but that is what Intel is currently working on i.e. shape shifting technology and the company things it will be possible within next decade. Intel has already built sphere shaped microrobots called “catoms,” which has enogh computing power to be self programmable. Millions of them work together to take a particular shape.  Intel currently is successful in making catoms with 1 millimeter diameter and is trying to make the diameter tenth of a millimeter. If this material were used to make a device's casing, it would be theoretically possible for your smartphone or tablet to change shape whenever you want. Intel plans to use the technology first in health field, where doctors can model the 3-D structure of organs for diagnosis.

IBM’s 12 atom memory storage

To store one bit of data, you now need about 1 million magnetically charged atoms, a main reason why hard drive capacity is not getting much bigger related to physical size. But in January this year, IBM announced that it stored one bit in just 12 atoms, a technology which could increase the capacity of hard disks to 100 times without increasing size. Eventhogh IBM achieved the success in limited conditions in a lab with an electron microscope, the company believes that it can eventually use the results to bring something significant into market. So you could see a 2 inch iPod shuffle which can store an entire archive of pop songs back from 1950’s or a hard drive with 300 TB capacity in the near future.

IBM’s Lithium Air battery

The batteries currently used in electric cars have the same limitation as the magnetic tapes. If you want more mileage on a single charge, you will have to pack more batteries into the vehicle. That is where IBM’s next generation Lithium- Air battery technology will play. It can power a car for 500 miles on a single charge. The battery generates electricity from a reaction between Lithium and Oxygen ions and it will be much denser and can store more than the existing Lithium-ion batteries. IBM plans to produce a working prototype next year and is collaborating with several labs on the project. 

Seeweed-powered supersonic airplane

Aero planes are the fastest means of travel but on the other hand it’s a major contributor to air pollution. But imagine travelling 3 times faster than the airplane which has zero emissions- offered by aircraft manufacturer EADS's Zero Emission Hyper Sonic Transport (ZEHST). A prototype was first unveiled in Paris Air Show last year and is due out in 2050. The high speed aircraft uses bio-fuel made of seaweed and has three engine types- jets, rockets a nd “ramjets” which is the supersonic version. It speeds the aircraft to 5000 kmph, which will significantly cut down the time. For a clear picture it will take you from Paris to Tokyo in 2.5 hours which now takes 11 hours.

Source: Silicon India

Can’t find a socket to charge your phone? IDT’s got a solution - IDT’s wireless recharging chips, on right, versus a rival product

Ted Tewksbury wants to get rid your iPhone cable. The chief executive of San Jose, California United States based Integrated Device Technology is pushing a set of microchips he hopes will eventually render “contactless charging” charging your smartphone by simply placing it on a specific spot — commonplace and eventually make phone-charging cables a thing of the past. On a recent visit to IDT’s offices, Tewksbury showed me the chips he’s just started selling. They’re IDT”s twist on existing technology, using inductive coupling, which has yet to reach critical mass. The idea is, instead of plugging your smartphone into the wall when its battery runs low, you toss it onto a wireless charging surface that could be built into your desk, a cup holder in your car, or even the armrest of an airplane seat. And there it would juice up. If Tewksbury has his way, that sort of inbuilt design will become de rigeur in cars, homes, airports and elsewhere, so people may not even notice when their devices are charging. Competing ”wireless” charging products on the market now require the user to tote around a charging pad that itself must be plugged into a socket, making them less-than-truly mobile and defeating the purpose of going “wireless”. IDT hopes to grab a slice of a small but potentially sizeable market for wireless smartphone charging chips that he reckons could reach dollar 800 million by 2014.

How does it work? An electric current passes through a wire coil built into a trasmitter, creating an electromagnetic field. A similar coil in the back of a smartphone turns that electromagnetic field back into electricity if the phone is within range. IDT’s chips keep the whole process working smoothly. For example, the chips can recognize different phone models, or detect if lint or other foreign objects are between the phone and the charging pad. Tewksbury believes that if enough phone manufacturers back that techology and builds it into their smartphones, then carmakers, airlines and eveb furniture makers may jump on board and start building it into their products as well. And tangled phone charging cords, multiple chargers, and expensive replacement gear really could become a thing of the past. It’s unclear how IDT’s technology might boost cost to both producers and consumers. IDT’ says that in mass production, the chips by themselves would add less than dollar 2 to the cost of a smartphone. Wireless charging technology could also be used for laptop computers, digital phones, tablets and MP3 players. Texas Instruments and other chipmakers are offering competing chips but IDT’s are smaller and cheaper, Tewksbury argues. “We expect some revenue by the second half of the year,” he said. “By 2014 you can expect IDT will be the market share leader. How much revenue? That will depend on how many other players there are and how fragmented the market becomes.”

Source: Reuters India

100 million discarded mobile phones in China

Mobile West : Believe it or not, 1,500 kilogram of gold, one million kilogram of copper and 30,000 kilogram of silver can be extracted from the 100 million discarded mobile phones in China. People's Daily reported Thursday that about 400 million mobile phones were discarded each year, China accounting for nearly 100 million. According to the daily, a mobile phone has various precious materials including 0.01 percent of gold, 20 - 25 percent of copper and 40 - 50 percent of recycling plastic. A study shows that 150 grams of gold, 100 kg of copper and 3 kilogram of silver can be extracted from one tonne of discarded smart mobile phones. Under current situation, 100 million discarded cell phones in China weigh 10,000 tonnes. And this would fetch a bonanza of 1,500 kilogram of gold, the daily said.

Source: Silicon India

Indian printer copier and multi functional product

Slow consumer spending and proliferation of smart mobile phones and tablets led to 5.9 per cent decline in the Indian printer copier and multi functional product market to 6.41 lakh units in the fourth quarter last year, Research Company Gartner said today. In contrast, 6.81 lakh units had been shipped in the October December quarter of 2010. "Q4 of 2011 did not meet expectations when compared to the previous quarter in india. Inkjet and page products registered mixed sales as organizations controlled purchasing of printdevices and looked for services rather than products," Gartner Research analyst AmritaChoudhury said. The growing proliferation of electronic media, such as smart mobile phones and tablets, as a means of communication also contributed to the dismal outcome, the research firm said. HP remained the leader with 53 per cent market share in the Q4 2011, though it lost share by 2.7 percentage points as compared to the fourth quarter of 2010, Gartner Research said. Canon followed with 21.8 per cent market share, while Epson and Samsung followed with 9.8 per cent and 7.9 per cent market share, respectively, it added. 

 

In the A4 multi functional product space, which includes inkjet and page technology, HP maintained its leadership position with 52.2 per cent market share, followed by Canon printer, Epson and Samsung electronics with 20.6, 10.9 and 8.6 per cent share, respectively. 





 


In the A3 flatbed copier multi functional product segment, Canon led the market with 24.7 per cent share, followed by Ricoh, Konica Minolta and Xerox with 19.4 per cent, 15.1 per cent and 11 per cent share respectively, the study said. The inkjet printers market experienced a decline of 24.9 per cent compared to the fourth quarter of 2010, the research said. In the inkjet segment, HP witnessed a shipment decline of 35.6 per cent compared to fourth quarter of 2010. 




HP's share of the market too declined from 71 per cent in Q4 of 2010 to 61 per cent in Q4 of 2011, Gartner Research said. But Epson company witnessed a 16.7 per cent growth in its sale to command 31 per cent market share, Gartner Research said. Canon printer saw a decline of 34 per cent compared to the fourth quarter of 2010, but it did not have much effect on its market share, as it shrunk to 8 per cent from 9 per cent in Q4 of 2010, it added.

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Source: The Economic Times

Research In Motion Ltd , the Canadian company that makes the BlackBerry

Research In Motion Ltd , the Canadian company that makes the BlackBerry, announced plans Thursday to focus on its core business customers. It was the latest in a series of developments as the company struggles to compete with Apple's iPhone and Apple's iPad and phones running Google's Android system.

Sept. 15, 2011: Research In Motion Ltd reports a sharp drop in net income and revenue in the fiscal second quarter and says it has sold far fewer PlayBook tablet computers than it expected.

Oct. 10: Email and Internet services are disrupted for three days, primarily outside North America. Research In Motion Ltd says a crucial link in its infrastructure had failed, and a backup didn't work either. By the third day, other users, including those in the US and Canada, were affected by a backlog of traffic.

Oct. 25: Research In Motion Ltd says it is delaying the launch of an upgraded operating system for the PlayBook until February, saying it isn't up to its standards yet. The company also says the new version initially won't have the popular messaging service Black Berry Messenger. It's the third delay announced since the features were promised in April.

Dec. 1: Research In Motion Ltd suspends two employees after their drunken rowdiness forced an Air Canada flight from Toronto to Beijing to be diverted to Vancouver. The two are later dismissed from the company.

Dec. 2: Research In Motion Ltd says it is writing off much of its inventory of PlayBook tablets after it had to sell them at a deep discount. The model originally priced at dollar 500 now costs dollar 200. The company says it's taking a pre-tax charge of dollar 485 million in the just-ended quarter. RIM also says it will sell fewer BlackBerrys in the holiday quarter than in the one that just ended. It also says it won't meet full-year earnings guidance of dollar 5.25 to dollar 6 per share, the third cut in a row.

Dec. 5: Police in Indonesia say a senior Research In Motion Ltd executive is a suspect in a stampede at a BlackBerry promotion there in November. Police say several people fainted and dozens were injured at the global debut of the BlackBerry Bold 9790.

Dec. 6: Research In Motion Ltd says ``BlackBerry 10'' will be the new name for its next-generation system after the company loses a trademark ruling on its previous name, BBX.

Dec. 15: Research In Motion Ltd says new phones deemed critical to the company's future won't be out until late 2012. The company says the Research In Motion Ltd BlackB erry 10 phones will need a highly integrated chipset that won't be available until mid-2012, so the company can now expect the new phones to ship late in the year. The company also says BlackBerry sales will fall sharply in the holiday quarter compared with the three months that ended Nov. 26. RIM says it would only ship between 11 million and 12 million Black Berrys in the fourth quarter, down from 14.1 million in the third quarter.

Jan. 22, 2012: Research In Motion Ltd founders Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis announce they will step down as co-CEOs. Thorsten Heins, a chief operating officer who joined RIM four years ago from Siemens AG, was named as their replacement.

Feb. 21:  Research In Motion Ltd finally releases an upgraded operating system for its PlayBook. The free upgrade allows for built-in email, calendar and contacts on the tablet, features promised within 60 days after the PlayBook's launch last April. The PlayBook had received negative reviews because it launched without an email program and the popular messaging service BlackBerry Messenger. The new version still doesn't include the messaging service.

Thursday: Research In Motion Ltdsays it plans to return its focus to its corporate customers after failing to compete with flashier, consumer-oriented phones. RIM says it will focus its consumer efforts on targeted offerings that tap the company's strengths and will explore partnerships and other opportunities for consumer products that aren't deemed central. Research In Motion Ltd says Balsillie has resigned from its board, and two top executives are leaving.

Source: The Economic Times

Low price tablet Asia based computer hardware

Low price tablet

Google is teaming with Asia based computer hardware Parts makers on a low price tablet, 7-inch tablet computer to challenge offerings by Amazon.com eCommerce website portal and Apple inc United States, reports said on Thursday. Android software backed by the California United States Internet giant will power computer hardware prats built by partners including Samsung company and Asustek company to compete with Apple iPad and Kindle devices, according to Digitimes and the Wall Street Journal United States. 

An Asustek tablet could be fast released as early as May with a low price of dollar  199 to make it an option for shoppers considering the Amazon website Kindle Fire made by Amazon.com website, said Digitimes. Google putting its weight behind an economical low price tablet would likely put pressure on other gadget makers to lower prices (tablet). ON low price tablet issue Google did not respond immediately to an AFP request for comment.

Source: The Economic Times

U.S. government agencies will spend more than dollar 200

United States of America : Six U.S. government agencies will spend more than dollar  200 million to help the government better organize and analyze large volumes of digital data, in a new "big data" research&development effort announced by United States  President Mr.Barack Obama's administration Thursday. The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy's Big Data Research and Development Initiative will focus on building state-of the-art technologies to collect, store and manage huge quantities of data. Office of Science and Technology Policy's wants to use the technology to accelerate discovery in science and engineering fields and improve national security and education, the White House said. Among the new research is a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) effort, which costs about dollar  25 million a year, to develop methods to analyze large volumes of data, including unstructured data such as text documents and message traffic. "In the same way that past federal investments in information-technology R&D led to dramatic advances in supercomputing and the creation of the Internet, the initiative we are launching today promises to transform our ability to use big data for scientific discovery, environmental and biomedical research, education, and national security," MR.JohnHoldren, director of Office of Science and Technology Policy's, said in a statement. The IT industry has been buzzing about the use of big data in recent months, and the U.S. government collects and holds massive amounts of digital data. Universities and private companies can join the White House effort to explore the benefits of big data, MR.Tom Kalil, Office of Science and Technology Policy's deputy director for policy, wrote in a blog post.

"We also want to challenge industry, research universities, and nonprofits to join with the administration to make the most of the opportunities created by Big Data," MR.Tom Kalil, wrote. "Clearly, the government can't do this on its own. We need what the president calls an 'all hands on deck' effort." Some companies are already sponsoring big data competitions, and universities are creating courses to train a new generation of data scientists, MR.Tom Kalil added. Agencies involved in the new initiative include the National Science Foundation (NSF), the United States  Department of Defense and the Department of Energy, the White House said in a press release. Among the new projects at the NSF are a $10 million project based at the University of California United States, Berkeley, that will explore three approaches for turning data into useable information, machine learning, cloud computing and crowd sourcing. The NSF will also provide grants to support EarthCube, a project to allow geo scientists to access, analyze and share information about the planet. The United States  Department of Defense will spend about dollar  250 million a year, includingdollar  60 on new research projects related to big data. One United States  Department of Defense goal is to harness big data in ways that can lead to autonomous robotic systems. The United States  Department of Defense will announce a series of big data prize competitions in coming months, the White House said.

Source: Computer World

India Semiconductor Market Update - telecom revolution

With India at the cusp of a third telecom revolution following the expected roll out of Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks to offer broadband wireless services and ensure last mile connectivity, the semiconductor industry is poised for a huge growth in 2012, as domestic telecom equipment vendors firm up plans to enhance production to meet the growing local demand.


 






 If 2011 saw the strengthening of the impetus for 'design-led manufacturing', the year 2012 will witness the commencement of the 'demand-led manufacturing' strategy in the country.


 



 It means, several local telecom vendors, who have not been able to compete with the global giants so far, will have the first mover advantage in the Indian telecom market. The Electronics Design & Manufacturing (ESDM) sector in particular, including the semiconductor industry at the core, will witness major growth in the coming years as the Indian government plans to boost domestic production of telecom equipment to reduce the inflating import bill on electronics. Clearly, Telecommunications and Mobile Devices segment are set to drive the Indian semiconductor industry in 2012. 


 



While Mobile Devices market share is likely to be 33.1 per cent, the Telecommunications market share will be approximately 29.9 per cent, according to the India Semiconductor Association (ISA)-Frost & Sullivan India Semiconductor Market Update for 2010-2012.
 

The findings are complemented by the plans of the Indian government to meet 80 per cent of the Indian telecom sector demand for equipment through domestic manufacturing by 2020. The value addition of the same is being targeted at 65 per cent by 2020. In addition, the government intends to provide preferential market access for domestically manufactured telecommunication products including mobile devices and SIM cards. In other words, the Indian semiconductor industry is set to witness a new revolution, on a never-heard-before scale.


 





 The India Semiconductor Association (ISA)-Frost & Sullivan India Semiconductor Market Update for 2010-2012, estimated the Total Available Market (TAM) revenue at US$ 3.88 billion. The same is expected to touch US$ 4.71 billion during 2012. However, the Telecommunications and Mobile Devices sectors are the fastest growing segments for the Indian semiconductor market. 



 






The TAM revenue for telecom was US$ 998.5 million while Total Market (TM) was US$ 1587.3 million in 2011. The corresponding figures forecast for 2012 are US$ 1411.6 million and US$ 1915.3 million respectively.



 






 The key drivers for the TM revenue are the National Broadband Plan and the expanding telecom infrastructure and enterprise markets. Similarly, for the TAM revenue, Electronic Manufacturing Services’ contribution to telecom infrastructure equipment manufacturing will be significant. 




 

The Indian government has estimated that the national broadband network would entail an investment of US$ 13.5 billion to provide 175 million broadband connections, including 60 million wireless links by 2014. This in itself is a separate growth segment for the Indian semiconductor industry. 

 





The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India in its recommendations on ''Spectrum Management and Licensing Framework,'' estimated that the number of smart phones will be about 120 million by the year 2014. It indicates a high growth rate in wireless broadband segment. Most of the smart phone users will be expected to become wireless broadband subscribers by 2014. A lot of network evolution both in wireline and wireless segment is expected 2014, providing scope for the growth of the semiconductor industry on a wider scale. The Indian semiconductor market grew by a phenomenal 28.3 per cent in 2010. Incidentally, the global semiconductor market's cyclical trends had minimal impact on India.



 






 At the global level, in 2011, the growth drivers for semiconductor consumption were clearly smart phones, media tablets and sold-state drives (SSDs). In the smart phone segment, firms such as Apple, Samsung and HTC, which improved their market share, significantly increased consumption of semiconductors.



 







 Apple climbed to the No 1 position in 2011 from No 3 in 2010 as the largest customer of chip vendors.  It is widely expected that the double dip US recession would continue in 2012 as well, hurting semiconductor sales at a global level. 

 






But the emerging trends in electronics consumption in specific countries like India should keep the semiconductor industry stable this year. (PVG Menon is the president of India Semiconductor Association)



 

Source: CIOL Bureau

Surat (Gujarat), brassware cluster in Moradabad (UP) and textile cluster at Tirupur (Tamil Nadu)

 The National Innovation Council aims to have around 50 innovation clusters covering the entire country by the end of 2012 to help out the Micro Small and Medium Enterprises, chairman Sam Pitroda said on Wednesday. "We plan to finish pilot, learn from it and then take this project to 50 clusters. I would like to see 40-50 clusters doing such innovations by the end of 2012. Ideally, we would want 150 clusters in India to have innovation centre by the end of next year," Pitroda said, giving an update on the Innovation Cluster initiative launched in November 2011. The Indian government has declared 2010-2020 as the "Decade of Innovation". The cluster initiative aims to facilitate creation of ecosystems that will enable generation of new products, services, processes and business models, spurring job creation and inclusive growth. In both developed and developing countries, MSMEs and start-ups are viewed as major engines of growth and employment. In 2010-11, Indian MSMEs represented 45 per cent of manufactured output and 40 per cent of exports. India is estimated to have 5,000 regional MSME clusters that include the gems cluster in Surat (Gujarat), brassware cluster in Moradabad (UP) and textile cluster at Tirupur (Tamil Nadu).

But most Micro Small and Medium Enterprises clusters in India suffer from lack of access to technology, research and development, financing and skills which in turn impact their growth and productivity. National Innovation Council aims to create models for transforming regional MSME clusters into innovation ecosystems with collaborative partnerships among stakeholders. Mr.Samir Mitra, a senior expert at National Innovation Council, said the Cluster Innovation Centers (CICs) acting as networking hubs for innovation ecosystems are being created in eight clusters. In many instances, interactions between industry, research and development, academia and others had happened for the first time within the cluster. The National Innovation Council has partnered with the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services Ltd (ILFS), Foundation of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises Clusters (FMC), Tata Management Training Center (TMTC) and industry lobbies CII and FICCI for the 6-month pilot phase of this initiative which started in November 2011.

Source: CIOL Bureau

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