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December 2011 Blog Posts (3)

Is this the Indian tech Renaissance?

India seems to be going through a new era in high-tech – whether it is in software, with new product entrepreneurs emerging in huge numbers, or electronics and telecoms which are both in the process of having new national policies formulated.

There is certainly a wave of enthusiasm among technology businesses, and among policy-makers who want to create the environment for Indian companies to both serve the growing domestic market in…

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Added by Nitin Dahad on December 21, 2011 at 10:09 — No Comments

New models for building scale in the electronics industry

Tech entrepreneurs Nigel Toon and James Collier had much advice for the electronics industry at the NMI Industry Summit in London in November 2011, particularly about building scale and using new business models to overcome current limitations to growth for the semiconductor start-up and entrepreneur community. In particular they talked about how semiconductors are not seen as good investments any more, and a future for semiconductors in which the silicon is free and is merely a vehicle to…

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Added by Nitin Dahad on December 21, 2011 at 10:05 — No Comments

Industry taking care of its own needs...

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS or "DTI" in old money) ran a showcase of British electronics early in December at 1 Victoria St., London. It was a great opportunity to exhibit to Ministers, civil servants, the passing public and the many visitors to the building. It illustrated…

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Added by John Moor on December 19, 2011 at 9:09 — No Comments