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India's Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, has set a goal for the country to become one of the world's top five computer chip manufacturers by 2029. This is part of India's plan to become a leading global economy. The rise of artificial intelligence and geopolitical instability have led to a global race to build chip factories. While India faces challenges in terms of infrastructure and competition, it aims to focus on producing 28 nanometre chips for cars and household appliances, rather than cutting-edge technology. India already has a significant chip design workforce and hopes to succeed with prolonged investment in the supply chain. [Extracted from the article]

The author discusses research into the rate of autistic children born to parents with technical jobs such as engineering. The concept of assortative mating is described, and mate selection in humans, the genetics of autism, and the psychological factors of autism are discussed. Systemizing behavior in autistic children, the mechanical abilities of children with Asperger's syndrome, and the relationship between mathematics ability and autism rates are discussed. The author researched the children of people who work in Silicon Valley in California and Bangalore, India, where there is a concentration of computer researchers, as well as the effect of testosterone levels in pregnant women. INSET: IN BRIEF.

The article discusses about the development of information technology (IT) in India. The industry has nearly quadrupled in the past six years, exceeding sales of $1 billion in 1991-1992. In a year marked by global recession, Indian IT sales grew by nearly 24% over 1990-1991. Western computer and business publications have begun to draw attention to India's potential for developing software and providing on-site software services. International computer companies including Hewlett Packard, DEC and IBM have begun staking out positions in the Indian industry. Since 1991, the new government under Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao and Finance Minister Manmohan Singh has placed even greater emphasis on the growth of private sectors. Domestic IT companies can forge joint ventures with foreign corporations who are not allowed to acquire majority ownership. The domestic hardware and software industries continue to receive protection, often to the detriment of the Indian consumer. The Department of Electronics (DOE) is the primary agency over seeing government IT policy formulation and implementation.

The article discusses the information technology (IT) industry in India, examining the historical development of India's IT industry, as well as India's role in the globalization of IT. Four unrelated incidents in the 1970-1980 era helped shape India's IT industry, the article indicates, including an Indian law mandating a ceiling for equity shares held by multinational companies in their Indian subsidiaries. Other topics include the origins of Tata Consulting Services (TCS), the first software company in India.

Foxconn -- also known as Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. inChina as well as in its home base of Taiwan -- is expectedto manufacture Apple products, most likely Airpods, in thenew facility as Apple looks to shift some of itsmanufacturing from China. News The new unit in the state of Telangana is expected tocreate 25,000 new jobs, the state's IT minister KT Rama Raosaid via a tweet Apple's largest contract manufacturer, Foxconn, hascommitted to investing $500 million in setting up a newmanufacturing unit in the Indian state of Telangana. [Extracted from the article]

This article presents several news items related to the computer industry. A Seminar Mission sponsored by the U.S. Department of Commerce will visit New Delhi, Hyderabad, Bangalore, and Bombay, India, from April 19 to 27, 1982, and will feature computers and peripherals. India has accelerated its rate of imports of computers, with the U.S. share amounting to 80 percent. Demand is expected to triple by 1986, when total imports are estimated to reach $120 million yearly. The Computers in Education Division (CoED) of the American Society for Engineering Education publishes Application Notes bi-monthly. CoED is issuing a Call for Notes dealing with analog, hybrid, or digital engineering problems. Of particular interest are articles dealing with programmable calculators and microprocessors. "The Changing Role of the Computer Consultant" has been chosen as the theme for the 1982 Annual Conference of the Independent Computer Consultants Association, to be held during May 5-8, 1982, in Arlington, Virginia. The conference will feature presentations on how future changes in computer technology, the legal environment, government regulation, and economic trends could impact the role of the independent consultant and the relationship between consultant and client.

The article reports on the business expansion of IBM Corp. to Bangalore, India. The company's headquarter in India will be headed by Siddharth Purohit, an expert in developing reusable code. It is planning to employ 55,000 workers by 2007. The firm expresses confidence that the expansion to the country will be advantageous to both the company and its customers.

The article focuses on the continuous growth of the information technology industry in India that eventually require some changes in most technology services companies. Companies such as Infests Technologies Ltd, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. and Wipro Ltd. has lead the industry that has grown 200 times in revenue in the last 15 years. With this, the continuous growth of the industry in India need to innovate and the need to globalize. This challenge companies to develop changes wherein the world can see Indian companies establishing in the customers' own countries with offices staffed with local employees. Customers will also see Indian companies zealous to develop their own patent, intellectual property and license and will start to sell their own software products.

The article presents an interview with Nandan Nilekani was one of seven engineers in Pune who scraped together $250 to start a software company called Infosys Technologies Ltd. In a radical move for an Indian company they looked overseas for inspiration, sending employees to develop low-cost software in the U.S. In April 2004 Infosys became India's first publicly listed IT company to exceed annual sales of $1 billion. According to Nilekani, the Indian way of working, that is breaking down big software projects into chunks that can be tackled simultaneously by many groups worldwide, makes Indian software development stand out.

The article presents letters to the editor on the topic of the spread of the computer age in the East. Reacting to the article of Andries van Dam published in the August 2003 issue of the journal, a letter says that the reason computing has lost its allure among U.S. college students is not that they believe the computer revolution is over. Rather, they've watched it move to Asia. In a reply Andries van Dam says that it is doubtful that students have considered or indeed are very aware of the movement of the U.S. information technology (IT) work to Asia. Most professionals aren't even aware of how much software work has shifted to Asia and how countries like China and India, not to mention Singapore, are investing in building up their "machinery."

The article discusses the economic differences between India and China to assess their position in the global market. On comparison, one can find modest differences in the economic development of the two countries. Population growth of these countries have been a major concern. China has captured the attention of global market for direct foreign investment. The information technology industry has performed well in India.

The article offers information on providing the Office 365 productivity software in its Azure data centers in India by Microsoft as of October 11, 2015. Topics discussed include views of Bhaskar Pramanik, chairman of Microsoft India, on the transforming the way of computing India through Microsoft cloud, launch of Office 365 data centers in India and supporting the government's Digital India vision, and offering commercial cloud services with data security and storage.

Focuses on the market of Indian software in China. Shortcuts taken by the Indian software industry; Provision of cheap labor to developed countries.

Provides information on New Path Ventures, a venture capital fund launched by Indian entrepreneurs Vinod Dham and Tushar Dave to enhance the Indian computer hardware industry. Amount of the base investment for the fund; Purpose of the fund; Significance of the venture capital to the electronics industry in the country.

Reports on the increase of computer software exports from India for the year 2000. Revenue projections of the computer software industry; Primary destination for software exports; Remarks from Dewang Mehta, president of the National Association of Software and Service Companies.

Presents an excerpt from the article `From Boom Town to Gloom Town,' which appeared in the September 29, 1997 issue of `Der Spiegel.'

The article reflects on the plan of Eka, the 117.9-teraflop supercomputer built by the Computational Research Laboratories (CRL) in Pune, India, to turn their mainframe computer into a revenue generating supercomputer for hire and a supercomputer services consultancy. CRL intends to provide end-to-end supercomputing services such as renting, computer time, adapting and fine-tuning applications, and analytical services. The company is currently in talks with several clients from the automobile, aerospace, financial oil and gas exploration, and life sciences sectors, as of June 2008.

The article reports that the extension of a 10-year tax holiday for information technology (IT) companies affects many Indian chip design houses. It notes that more than 200 design houses in India launched under the Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) scheme that offers a 100 percent tax exemption to IT companies through April 2009. According to S. Janakiraman, chairman of the India Semiconductor Association (ISA), the government should extend the STPI scheme to the semiconductor sector.

The article reports that Indian government's delay in formulating a policy about chip manufacturing has forced Intel Corp. to look other Asian sites for its chip manufacturing plant. The company is considering China and Vietnam. Intel Corp. chairman Craig Barrett was quoted saying that the Indian government had no plan about chip manufacturing when the company began discussions with it on the issue.

The article provides some insights into the market opportunities for cameras and system integrators manufactured in India. The country has relied for economic growth on its domestic exports more than exports. The machine-vision industry is centered at the high-technology core of the country in Bangalore. Vision-system integrators around the country are expected to have the business advantage of local opportunities.

The article reports India-based Patni Computer Systems Ltd.'s purchase of Zaiq Technologies Inc., a Massachusetts-based company that specializes in design and verification work for companies developing products that use integrated circuits. The acquisition shows two trends about Indian outsourcers. They are doing high-level technology and engineering work and they are expanding in the U.S.

The article presents a reprint of a report about Indian information technology (IT) professionals' fear of outsourcing which previously appeared in the Weblogs of "Information Week." The Indians were worried that they would lose their jobs to Korea. The author cannot help but laugh at the situation because he himself was made redundant and replaced by an Indian IT worker.

The article presents information on some new developments in the computer industry. Apple Computer Inc. is going up against the Beatles' record company, Apple Corps Ltd., in court once again. Apple Computer Inc. is celebrating its 30th anniversary. Following other companies in the industry, Apple is planning to open a tech-support facility in India.

The article reports on recruitment of Indian executives by computer-related manufacturers in the U.S. Dell, Microsoft and other U.S. companies planning thousands of new hires in India can tap into the streams of students graduating each year from the country's universities to fill slots. Managers in India are also not as hard to come by as they are in China, but they nonetheless command a major salary premium over line workers, and their salaries have been rising quickly.

The article reports that Intel has launched a community PC platform designed to meet the needs of rural communities in India. The platform will handle high heat, humidity and dust while running on low power. Intel has released the platform as part of its Jagruti initiative to work with Internet service providers, businesses, governments and schools to get Internet kiosks in rural communities.

The article reports that IBM Corp. faces shortage in employees for its expansion in Bangalore, India. The information technology company needed an enormous number of people to be part of its workforce. Despite of the big number of engineering and computer science graduates yearly, only few of them have the capacity to handle complex problems in the business.

The article reports on an attack on the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, India. A gunman with possible ties to a terrorist group leapt from a car and opened fire at a science conference on December 28, 2005 and killed one person and wounded four. Bangalore is in a state of high alert, and Hyderabad, Chennai, and other cities that are home to computer hardware and software firms are increasing their security systems. Bangalore, which houses over a thousand technology firms, is said to be on the radar of terrorists. The police have not blamed any terrorist group directly for the attack and the possibility of a terrorist group's involvement has not been denied either.

The article reports on the murder of a female employee working in Hewlett-Packard Co. in Bangalore, India. According to the report, the incident raised fear for the women working night shift in India's information technology sector. Bangalore police asked tech companies to provide escorts to and from work for female employees.

Reports on the debut of China-based personal computer (PC) manufacturer Lenovo PLC in India. Plans to launch a brand under the Lenovo label, while strengthening the 'ThinkPad' brand; Percentage of growth of the PC market in India; Lenovo's acquisition of the PC division of IBM Corp.

This article discusses why the electronic industry in the U.S. should not outsource their jobs to India. U.S. engineers have strong personal and professional ties to some of the world's top electronics companies, many of which are based or have major operations in the United States. Indian design centers, while not lacking in talent, are too far from end customers to play the same role. As long as the United States remains the hotspot of design activity, employers will need smart, creative engineers for stateside jobs.

Reports that the Indian government has started to search for a foreign chip makers to help in setting up a semiconductor fabrication facility. Reason behind the government's action; Financial support from the government; Bureaucratic problem.

Reports on the growth of India's software and computer services exports during 2003-2004. Revenue of the industry for the period; Factors driving the growth of the country's software and computer services exports; Destination of the country's technology services.

The article focuses on Hewlett-Packard's plan to sell Linux-based computers. Whatever the reason, the second-largest computer maker in the world chose to let Japan-based Turbolinux Inc. announce its deal with HP to sell Linux-based personal computers in 12 Asian markets, including Japan, Taiwan and, most important, India and China. So HP's move to become the world's first major computer maker to offer Linux PCs in Asia appears to be geared primarily at getting a leg up in China, where it shipped just 2% of the 13 million PCs in that market in 2003, lagging its two major U.S. competitors. Although Windows has 95% or so market share worldwide, corporations and governments in Asia are far less beholden to Microsoft's operating systems and its Office suite of applications than in North America, largely because the region has developed so much customized software. Linux has a huge opportunity in Asia, where Microsoft and the Wintel platform haven't really had a chance to take hold yet. Strong market demand from Asia--and especially China--may be just the kind of boost Linux needs to become a viable counterweight to Microsoft's dominance in North America and around the world.

Reports on Sunnyvale, California-based Network Appliance Inc.'s decision to set up a software design team in Bangalore, India. Reasons for the company's decision; Network Appliance's continued commitment to building the company in the United States; Challenges experienced by the Bangalore design team.

Discloses the findings of a study by the National Association of Software and Service Companies about India's dominance as a provider of software exports services. Factors contributing to the country's success in information technology (IT); Comparison of the destinations for offshoring IT services in India, China and the Philippines.

Reports on the Indian government's elimination and reduction of excise duties and tariffs on various computer and telecommunication hardware components. Support of local trade groups on the government's move; Impact of the tariff cut on the telecommunication and computer industries.