Piyush Goyal pitches for opportunities to deepen India-Japan cooperation in chips, steel manufacturing

August 27, 2026 10:17 AM

Piyush Goyal pitches for opportunities to deepen India-Japan cooperation in chips, steel manufacturing

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday said he highlighted opportunities to deepen India-Japan cooperation in semiconductors, electronic components and steel manufacturing during his meetings with business leaders in Osaka. In his meeting with a delegation led by Katsumi Azuma, President and CEO of ROHM Co Ltd in Osaka, the minister said that “India's expanding electronics ecosystem offers significant scope for greater collaboration and investment”. He earlier met Satoru K...

How India is building its semiconductor ecosystem: From electronics manufacturing to Semicon 2.0

August 26, 2026 3:12 PM

How India is building its semiconductor ecosystem: From electronics manufacturing to Semicon 2.0

India is seeking to establish itself as a major global hub for semiconductor manufacturing and chip design, building on the rapid expansion of its electronics manufacturing industry over the past decade. In an article outlining the government's semiconductor strategy, Union Minister for Railways, Information & Broadcasting, and Electronics & Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw said India’s approach is focused not merely on setting up individual semiconductor plants, but on creatin...

Energy and chips anchor India’s five-layer AI mission: Ashwini Vaishnaw

January 22, 2026 11:15 AM

Energy and chips anchor India’s five-layer AI mission: Ashwini Vaishnaw

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday outlined the five-layer structure that underpins India’s artificial intelligence mission, saying global industry leaders are taking note of the country’s methodical approach. Speaking during an ongoing global summit, Vaishnaw said India is building AI capabilities across the entire value chain. He explained that the framework begins with the application layer, which focuses on real-world use cases, followed by the model layer that develops AI sys...

Apple eyes using AI to design its chips, technology executive says

June 19, 2025 1:25 PM

Apple eyes using AI to design its chips, technology executive says

Apple AAPL.O is interested in tapping generative artificial intelligence to help speed up the design of the custom chips at the heart of its devices, its top hardware technology executive said in private remarks last month. Johny Srouji, Apple's senior vice president of hardware technologies, made the remarks in a speech in Belgium, where he was receiving an award from Imec, an independent semiconductor research and development group that works closely with most of the world's biggest chipmaker...