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so 2200 tera flops would 2.2 petaflopsBy 10 times gap.
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so 2200 tera flops would 2.2 petaflopsBy 10 times gap.
1 Petaflop = 10³ Teraflops
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat is set to get its first semiconductor wafer fabrication manufacturing facility by late 2017 in Prantij of Sabarkantha district.
To be set up by Hindustan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (HSMC), the facility will employ over 25,000 people including 4,000 direct employees.
Last year in September, the central government had approved setting up of two semiconductor wafer fabrication (FAB) manufacturing facilities in the country including one in Gujarat with an aim to provide a big boost to the electronics system design and manufacturing eco-system in the country.
HSMC along with ST Microelectronics (France/Italy) and Silterra (Malaysia) will set up two manufacturing units each with capacity of producing 20,000 wafers per month. Of the two, the first will come up by 2017.
"We got the go ahead in March this year and are in the process of finalizing the land and working on detailed project reports. We will be hiring 4,000 direct employees in the initial phase," said Vishal Verma, president, HSMC. The company is also in talks with top device manufacturers of the US for tie-ups.
The central government will get 11% equity in the project. The state government has cleared 1,000 acre of land for setting up the manufacturing facility in the proposed electronic park in Prantij. Siemens will be IT partner for the project and Fairwood Consultants will be the design and architect partner.
The facilities are expected to attract more than Rs 30,000 crore investments in the region of which more than Rs 6,000 crore will be invested by the central government.
The other unit is being set up by Jaiprakash Associates along with IBM (USA) and Tower Jazz (Israel) in Greater Noida. The outlay of the proposed project is about Rs 26,300 crore.
India currently imports $8 billion of semiconductors and is likely to import more than $20 billion of semiconductors by 2020. Government believes that the setting up of semiconductor manufacturing facility will not only stimulate flow of capital and technology and create employment opportunities, but will also reduce India's dependence on imports and help higher value addition in the electronic products manufactured in the country.
Actually, there were two such type of semiconductor plants planned earlier, one in Noida, other here in Prantij but one of Noida's financer pulled out amid concerns with commercial viability.Semiconductor fabrication is the process used to create the integrated circuits that are present in every day electrical and electronic devices such as phones, computer hardware, set-top boxes and host of other such devices. It is a multiple-step sequence of photolithographic and chemical processing steps during which electronic circuits are gradually created on a wafer made of pure semiconducting material. Silicon is almost always used, but various compound semiconductors are used for specialized applications. The entire manufacturing process, from start to packaged chips ready for shipment, takes six to eight weeks and is performed in highly specialized facilities referred to as FAB.
In a step towards self-reliance to meet defence requirements and to cut the dependence on imports, especially from China, India is all set to produce its first lithium ion (Li-ion) battery.
The Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CECRI), Karaikudi in Tamil Nadu, has set up the first indigenous Li-ion fabrication facility that has applications in defence, solar powered devices, railways and other high end usages. The facility is to start industrial level production in two months.
"It's the first time that we will have our own technology and potential to produce Li-ion batteries domestically. This would help in cutting costs as well as our dependence on the foreign market," professor Vijayamohan K. Pillai, CECRI Director, told IANS. CECRI is part of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
They have got already.:biggrin2:"In two months we will attain capacity to produce at least 100 batteries in a day at our lab," he added.
Over 33 billion Li-ion batteries are used globally. China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and some Western countries are the major manufacturers of lithium ion batteries. India has one billion users of lithium ion batteries, mostly used in mobiles and laptops.
CECRI has also invited investors for mass production.
According to experts, mass production of indigenous Li-ion batteries would reduce the cost manifold as compared to the imported batteries.
"Imported batteries are very expensive. The domestic programme can bring the price down".
For now, 100 percent of Li-ion batteries or cells are imported.
"Some investors have already shown interest. A Canada-based NRI is willing to install a plant in India. On June 3, we have (former DRDO chief) V.K. Saraswat visiting our fabrication facility. His visit gives hope for good investments," Pillai said.
The CECRI technology includes solution for a 400 mAh (milliampere hour) battery to power solar lanterns. The other versions have different user-end capabilities, including heating power tools and those used in firing torpedoes, for which India procures batteries from France.
"The application is also for railway lighting and signalling, for which Indian Railway majorly uses lead acid batteries which are polluting. Railways also use Li-ion batteries which are imported and expensive," Pillai said.
However, domestic manufacture of Li-ion batteries for laptops and mobile phones still seems a distant dream.
"For laptops and mobiles, we have a long way to go. Although there's a plan, we must understand that we for now don't have that kind of expertise here and depend on China, Japan and Taiwan. They have several years' head-start," said Pillai.
He added that even if India produces its own Li-ion batteries for laptops and mobiles, "we will not be able to justify the cost".
Beside Li-ion, to cope with India's ambitious clean energy programme, CECRI is also working on indigenous "zinc bromide redox flow battery", with target capacity of 500 Watts.
"This is for the grid level storage of energy harnessed from solar and wind energy. The target is 2022. However, we will have something to show by two years," said Pillai.
Local development of expensive lithium ion battery technology, specifically for automotive applications, got a boost when last year Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways, and his team of advisors initiated discussions with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
ISRO is known to have access to lithium ion technology for space applications, which, as experts say, are characterised by high-end specifications as compared to the ones suitable for automotive industry. ISRO and ARAI (Automotive Research Association of India) have been working on a joint project undertaken to develop lithium ion technology capability indigenously.
Talking exclusively to Autocar Professional in this context on the sidelines of the ongoing Automotive Testing Expo 2016 in Chennai, Mrs Rashmi Urdhwareshe, director, ARAI, said, “This is a joint project with ISRO. They already have access to lithium ion battery technology, which they use for space applications. For automotive, we would like to lower down the specifications as well as have it more suitable for the relevant duty cycles. This is our job. ISRO, on the other hand, has the right chemistry and technology that can translate into compact lithium ion battery systems.”
ISRO is learnt to have delivered a cell-level (lithium-ion) prototype to ARAI, which was being tested for the automotive duty cycles at the latter’s facility in Pune.
The automotive research authority has compiled a report with its inputs on suitable specifications required for automotive applications. These inputs are now shared with ISRO.
Prototype testing and validation by end-2016Disclosing the latest updates on this, Mrs Urdhwareshe added, “The next step would be to reduce the specifications, use indigenously developed materials and also to make it cost effective, which is our primary objective. This is what is being done now. It is a very promising project. About components that are used in the lithium ion batteries such as chemistry, packaging and other specifications related to energy density, we are working upon jointly. This was a complete one-year project of which 50-60 percent or 6 months are already over. We will be sending the final report to ISRO on which they will work upon and then they will submit us (the technology with) revised specifications.”
ARAI expects to have the lithium ion cells (put together to form battery packs) with proper improvised automotive specifications from ISRO to run final prototype testing and validation processes by end-2016. These final stages may take a few months before the authority makes formal announcements.
The road ahead“Yes, we will by then have the cells with relevant device specifications. We will then package these cells into battery packs using our own battery management system (BMS). We are developing our own BMS. We also have a target electric vehicle on which we will try the first actual locally developed (lithium ion) battery prototype. After these tests, we will be more confident in announcing the final product development and battery technology. It could be another year or so before it could even enter commercial production here,” stated the senior ARAI official.
This development clearly signals the readiness of the first ever indigenously developed lithium ion battery technology put together for automotive industry applications as early as the Q2 CY2017. ARAI will then scout for technology partners from the industry for proper technology sharing that will involve setting up a manufacturing facility and commercial production of automotive batteries for electric and hybrid vehicles.
Commenting on commercial production of lithium ion batteries in India, Mrs Urdhwareshe said: “Once the design is proven, we will look for a technology partner who can do the commercialisation because neither ISRO nor ARAI are organisations that can commercialise the production of products. So this would be done through incubation or other ways.”
Existing battery manufacturing companies such as Exide Industries, Amara Raja Batteries, HBL Power Systems, Base Corporation and others could be the potential players reviewing the prospects of venturing into Li-ion battery project for the automotive industry.
Industry experts, however, point out that while the local production will certainly bring down the costs associated with the lithium ion batteries, the demand forecast and the drive to create suitable infrastructure of charging stations across regions will solely dictate the willingness of private companies to make investments in this area.
The basic lithium ion cell prototypes being developed are suitable for small passenger cars. However, according to ARAI, these cells are capable of being integrated into larger battery packs for bigger or smaller vehicle types.
The technological evolution has led to massive shift from huge computing machines to gadgets that fit into our forms. To make it even more precise the next big thing will be implants.
As per reports
IoT industry would be USD 300 billion by 2020 globally and NASSCOM reported that IoT has over a $15 billion dollar market. The global wearable technology will reach US $5.8 billion in 2018, up from a valuation of US $750 million in 2012. This indicates a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 40.8% from 2012 to 2018as per the reports of Transparency Market Research. India is eyeing share of 5-6 per cent in USD 300 billion global internet of things (IoT) industry in the next five years.
Under Internet of Things technology various devices will be connected with internet that will automatically share data among concerned person. Wearable devices like Smartwatches, fitness band, solar backpack, connected glucometers etc., have begun to create a big buzz. Globally, the growth of wearable devices and IoT applications are being largely driven by innovations in wireless technologies such Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Smart, NFC, and GPS. And, Broadcom, through its solutions, plays around these technologies. The wrist-worn wearables, including bands, bracelets, and watches, are expected to account for more than 80 per cent of all wearable device shipments by 2019.
Consumers are interested in buying fitness monitors and smartwatches since they make life simpler for them on a daily basis. wearables are expected to change into utilitarian and will impact our lifestyle on a larger scale.
CarIQ Technologies:Let us take a glimpse of companies that have forayed into the various applications of IoT in India.
Incepted in 2012, Pune based
CarIQ turns cars smarter by enabling the car and the driver take decisions based on real-time data. Cars connected through the CarIQ platform will assist businesses deliver personalized services to car owners. The connected car platform derives data from the car’s microcomputer, and posts it to the servers hosted on the cloud. This data is analyzed and reports generated on the condition of the car, driver credibility, and much more.
CarIQ is supported by all the major car manufacturers like Toyota, Mahindra, Tata, Hyundai, etc. manufactured after 2008. CarIQ is available on pre order for INR 5999 for a two-year subscription.
RHL Vision Technologies:CarIQ Technologies was recently funded by One97 Communications and Persistent Systems.
Robotic Human Logic Vision was founded by Rohildev N in 2012. The startup has developed a Bluetooth-enabled device called Fin.
Fin is a Bluetooth-enabled ring that could be worn on fingers, converting the whole palm into a numeric keypad or gesture interface to interact with appliances such as TV. The gadget would have three in-built sensors beaming signals into a TV loaded with the software developed by RHL Vision.
Connovate Technology:One can assign each activity of the connected devices such as smartphones and TVs to each segment of his/her fingers which can then act as hot keys.
Connovate is a design-engineering and product solution firm with a focus on consumer electronics and home automation markets founded in 2012 by Bahubali Shete, Kirankumar Rajarao, and Sundaraparipurnan Varadarajan.
Gecko developed by Connovate is a multi-function Bluetooth device that can work as a camera trigger and alerts on motion. It can also work as a track-and-find leash for Android device, etc. It currently supports iOS and Android 4.3 devices.
Mango Man Consumer Electronics Pvt Ltd:Gecko gets connected to your smart phone with a smart application that can help keep track of Gecko. Whenever Gecko moves out of the range set, both Phone and the Gecko alert the user. If the Gecko is tagged to the key chain, one can find the phone by shaking the key chain.
Founded in 2013 by Sai Srinivas Kiran G and Shubham Malhotra. Based out of Bangalore, the startup enables consumers to watch digital content like movies, TV shows and live streams on their TV with its HDMI dongle called
Teewe. It allows users to stream media wirelessly via a smartphone application to their television. Users can play YouTube videos and files on their phones or laptops on TV.
Pluggx Labs:Teewe lets users connect their computers and mobile devices to a television, and is compatible with Android, iOS, Windows, Mac OS, Linux, and Chrome. The device is most suited for people who enjoy watching content online or prefer to download and enjoy their media. Rather than watching it on a laptop, it makes much more sense to watch it on a much larger television screen and get a better experience.
Founded in 2012 by Srihari T and Hari Narayanan, Pluggx offers a smart device that allows users to control their home appliances and electronics via smartphones. The users can use the app as well as the manual switches.
It requires no internet connection both at server and user-end. Pluggx work on an upfront one-time payment model where most of the companies in the space have a monthly fee.
Pluggx claims to learn from user habits, lifestyle and schedule, to automatically suggest ways to use electricity efficiently. Its solution ranges from mono-room to whole house automation, including offices, showrooms, hostel rooms, hotel rooms, hospital rooms and other living spaces.
Q4 2017, already told on thread many times.China has 10 300mm semiconductor fabs and other two in construction
...and planning for another 10..
When will india constructs it's first one..?
https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/technology/pdf/china-semicon-2015-report-1-5.pdf
FPGAs are going to be used initially version the plane latter they are going to shift to ASICs.I mean there are different chips with different names...i can't figure out what is used for what...
And we need FPGA's (Field Programmable gate array) F-35 uses these fpga's in huge numbers....
Things are changing many are preferring FPGA over dedicated once because it's easy to swap on field..FPGAs are going to be used initially version the plane latter they are going to shift to ASICs.
Its not commercially viable to develop and manufacture FPGA for such a limited market.
What do you mean by swap on field?Things are changing many are preferring FPGA over dedicated once because it's easy to swap on field..
And FPGS can also be used in many sectors like telecom,datacentre,automotive
Hero Electronix, electronics investment division of Hero Group has invested in Tessolve Semiconductor, India's best semiconductor packaging company, which is also a globally known player.
Hero Electronix own another electronics venture called MyBox, for making set-top boxes.
Hero Electronix is getting into make in India ESDM (electronics system design and manufacturing) by investing into key areas such as set-top box design manufacturing and also semiconductor manufacturing.
India gets the technology-freedom in one of the key areas of global positioning systems (GPS), which is important not only for improving the lives of most of Indians and also for strategic purposes.
With the launch of seventh satellite by ISRO for global positioning Systems application, India's indigenous GPS system named NAVIC is up and running fully. NAVIC is the sixth GPS satellite constellation system in the world.
So with this Make-in-India achievement in space technology, there is also another Make-in-India achievement in electronics components, where an India owned Bangalore company called Navika Electronics is making GNSS/GPS semiconductor chipsets for receiving GPS data. This is also significant because there are hardly very few Indian companies designing and selling semiconductor chips in their own brand. Navika has offices both in Bangalore and Singapore.
AST-230 from Navika is a GPS SOC for portable electronics applications. The AST-230 SOC is powered by ARM processor core ARM7TDMI. AST-230 features 16-Channel high performance GPS-SBAS baseband supporting indoor positioning. A internal memory of 2MB SRAM, USB 2.0, CAN2.0, SPI, I2C, UART are some of the features available in this chip.
AST-400 is another similar product from Navika. AST-400 integrates GPS-SBAS RF front-end with a high performance GPS-SBAS digital baseband/processor, making it suitable for applications which require smaller footprint.
Another product AST-GPSRF from Navika also packs RF front-end chip for down conversion and amplification of GPS and Galileo signals. AST-GPSRF is designed for L1 (1575.42 MHz), C/A GPS band receivers and OS Galileo band receivers.
There are lot more GPS/GNSS product solutions from Navika for different GPS/GNSS applications.
@airtelCheck out the website http://www.navika-electronics.com for more details on this fabless Indian semiconductor company.