Bangalore is likely to have a Rs. 100-crore incubation centre for very-large-scale integration (VLSI) design companies.

Omkar Rai, Director-General, Software Technology Parks of India, on Monday said STPI in conjunction with India Electronics and Semiconductor Association have proposed a common, cloud-based infrastructure to support VLSIs .

Semiconductor association IESA and Germany’s Messe Muenchen International on Monday signed an MoU for jointly hosting a two-yearly conference and exhibition focussing on electronics for the defence and aerospace industry. The first one is to be held in Bangalore on September 23 and 24, said IESA president P.V.G. Menon.

IESA awards

Six of the 13 annual IESA Technovation awards this year have gone to State-based organisations or individuals. Winners include: the CSIR’s National Aerospace Labs; Terminus Circuits Pvt. Ltd.; Silab Tech Pvt Ltd.; Bosch Automotive Electronics India P Ltd.; Synopsys India Pvt. Ltd., all Bangalore and Mysore-based Skanray Technologies.

P.N. Dhoot, Director, Videocon group, has been named for the industry award.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Bangalore / by Special Correspondent / Bangalore – February 04th, 2014