This week @Prem's Notes! (July 20th 2025)
5 news highlights featuring Qualcomm, TATA Electronics, Renesas Electronics, Semicon India 2025 etc.
Welcome to This Week @
!These are the 5 news highlights that featured on Prem's Notes this week.
Japan's Renesas Electronics announced the appointment of Zaher Baidas as SVP and GM of the Power group, as Chris Allexandre (Ex-GM) leaves the company.
Before this role, Zaher served as Vice President of the Timing Division in the Analog & Connectivity group since April 2022.
What do you think of this strategic appointment?
Do you know the full form of the San Diego-based chip giant "Qualcomm" is "Quality Communications"? Yes, Qualcomm's founder, Irwin Jacobs, established a wireless communications business called "Quality Communications" in 1985.
Jacob was born in Massachusetts to a family of restaurant owners. Following his family, he enrolled in Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration. But after being teased by his roommate about his easy classes, he switched to electrical engineering.
Jacobs went on to earn his doctorate at MIT, eventually teaching and writing the "Principles of Communication Engineering" textbook used till today. But in 1966, when the University of California, San Diego needed help launching a new engineering school, Jacobs headed west from Boston.
While at UCSD, Jacobs teamed up with a couple of University of California, Los Angeles professors to start Linkabit Corp, a consulting company. In July 1985, he and six Linkabit colleagues founded Qualcomm.
With Jacobs at the helm, Qualcomm pioneered the use of CDMA technology for commercial cell phone networks. Despite the naysayers, Jacobs and his team persevered, and today, CDMA technology powers all 3G cellular networks, connecting billions of people.
Over the years, Qualcomm has continued to innovate and invest in emerging technologies, including 5G networks, IoT, autonomous vehicles, and AI. Quality Communications, aka Qualcomm, continues to add quality to our lives by enabling us to communicate with each other effortlessly.
These are the country heads leading the top chip global capability centers in India:
1. Texas Instruments- Santosh Kumar
2. Infineon Technologies- Vinay Shenoy
3. Intel Corporation- Gokul Subramaniam
4. STMicroelectronics- Anand Kumar
5. Renesas Electronics- Malini Narayanamoorthi
Almost all the country heads are men, except for Malini Narayanamoorthi of Renesas Electronics. Kudos to her!
What do you think of them leading the country forward in achieving the goal of the India Semiconductor Mission?
The 4th edition of Semicon India 2025 will be organised from September 2-4 at Yashobhoomi (IICC) in New Delhi.
This year's conference will feature international pavilions, country roundtables, workforce development programs, and a Startups Pavilion.
With the theme “Building the Next Semiconductor Powerhouse,” this year’s event will unite over 300 companies from 18 countries on a single platform.
What do you think of this ambitious event by India?
Tata Electronics and Germany's Bosch signed an MoU for strategic collaboration on chip packaging and manufacturing.
Bosch to provide the chip volume to Tata Electronics’ upcoming assembly and test unit in Assam and the foundry in Gujarat as per the agreement.
Recently, TATA has also signed an MoU with Analog Devices, Bharat Electronics Limited, etc, to gain customers for its upcoming fabs in India.
What do you think of this TATA-Bosch collaboration?
I hope you enjoyed reading this Sunday newsletter. What stood as a key highlight for you this week? Comment below!
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