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MP Semiconductor Summit in Indore Draws ₹5,800 Crore of Chip Proposals, Mostly Design, ESDM and OSAT Madhya Pradesh used the first day of its Semiconductor Summit in Indore on 23 October to collect investment proposals worth about Rs. 5,800 crore, which the state expects to create more than 10,000 jobs, Business Standard reports. This is not a wafer fab announcement. Most of the money is aimed at ESDM manufacturing, chip design, verification and packaging-related work, which is where a state… |
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MeitY Hits Snooze on Hard Drives: Standalone HDD Registration Now Starts 1 May 2027 India has pushed back the date from which standalone hard disk drives must carry BIS registration. In a Gazette notification, S.O. 5689(E), dated 16 October 2026, the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) says the implementation date of its May order "stands extended to 1st May, 2027". The earlier date was 5 November 2026. If you build NAS boxes, homelab servers or CCTV storage, or buy and… |
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A Single 1GB DDR4 Chip Now Costs More Than an Entire 1GB Raspberry Pi 5 A single mainstream DDR4 chip now costs more on the spot market than a whole entry-level Raspberry Pi. In its latest memory spot price report, TrendForce put the average spot price of a DDR4 1Gx8 3200 MT/s chip (8 Gb, or 1 GB) at US$46.357 for the week of October 20, up 0.84%. Raspberry Pi still lists the 1GB Raspberry Pi 5 at US$45. If you design boards or buy SBCs, memory now decides your… |
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DigiKey Commits $100 Million Investment Over Next 18 Months to Expand Global Distribution Operations THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn., USA — DigiKey, the global distribution leader of electronic components and automation products, today announced a $100 million investment over the next 18 months to expand its global product distribution center in Thief River Falls, Minn., and its order management system. This escalation of capacity and automation is designed to support sustained growth in… |
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DigiKey India Opens New Bengaluru Office BENGALURU, India – DigiKey, the global distribution leader of electronic components and automation products, proudly announces the opening of its new Bengaluru office, home to DigiKey India’s Global Capability Center (GCC), supporting innovation, technology enablement and business operations for teams worldwide. The company held an inauguration ceremony on Oct. 5, 2026, at its new office at… |
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India's First 5.56 km Free-Space Quantum Key Distribution Link Shown by QNu Labs, BISAG-N, IIT Gandhinagar Indian researchers and engineers have successfully established a free-space quantum key distribution link spanning 5.56 km, marking the country’s first such demonstration at this distance. The field trial, conducted on the night of 27-28 September 2026, connected the Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Applications and Geo-informatics (BISAG-N) with IIT Gandhinagar. QNu Labs supplied… |
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Morphing Machines Unveils MuDRA-1, First Silicon for an Architecture Aiming for ASIC Performance, FPGA Flexibility Bengaluru-based fabless semiconductor startup Morphing Machines has unveiled MuDRA-1, its first taped-out chip, at SEMICON India 2026 in New Delhi. The event ran from 17 to 19 September at Yashobhoomi. The company, incubated at the Indian Institute of Science, describes the chip as a first-silicon milestone and says it was designed in India. MuDRA-1 is a test chip for REDEFINE, the… |
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Messe Muenchen India and dmg events Announce Partnership to Launch AiX DataWorld 2027 Mumbai: As India’s data centre market expands rapidly alongside growing demand for artificial intelligence, cloud computing and digital services, Messe Muenchen India, in partnership with dmg events, will launch AiX DataWorld 2027, a dedicated conference and platform with two editions in Mumbai and Chennai for the country’s data centre industry. The partnership announcement reflects a defining… |
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Circuit Digest Named Digital Content & Outreach Partner for electronica India 2026 21 August 2026: Circuit Digest has been named the Digital Content & Outreach Partner for electronica India 2026, taking place from 16–18 September at BIEC, Bengaluru. As part of the collaboration, Circuit Digest will identify relevant industry voices, shape discussion themes, host the conversations and distribute the resulting content across its website, YouTube channel and social… |
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Genrobotics to Manufacture Sewer-Cleaning Robots and Wilboar Units in Tamil Nadu, ₹150 Cr Bet Kerala-based robotics firm Genrobotics has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Tamil Nadu government to set up a manufacturing facility for its robotics product line, with plans to invest ₹150 crore over the next five years. The MoU was inked at the Vettri Tamil Nadu Investment Conclave 2026, held in Chennai, where the state government signed agreements with 97 companies for a… |
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Mindgrove & AtumX to Put Dev Boards Built on Indian Chips in Hands of 1,000 Chennai Students Chennai-based fabless semiconductor startup Mindgrove Technologies has teamed up with ed-tech company AtumX to launch AGNI, a developer board built around an indigenously designed chip, aimed at government school classrooms. The initiative marks one of the first attempts to put a domestically designed SoC directly into the hands of students rather than professional engineers. The… |
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US Slams the Door on Chinese Humanoid Robots Over National Security and Backdoor Risks The Federal Communications Commission added humanoid robots, quadruped robots, and networked power inverters to its Covered List on July 28, 2026, blocking new equipment authorizations for these device categories going forward. The move effectively halts new imports of foreign-made robots that mimic human or animal movement, along with grid-connected inverters used to link solar panels,… |
