How Micron planned its Sanand project to match India's semiconductor play

Critics say the project is hyped, as Micron will be merely importing its wafers and doing low-value ATMP processing

It is easy to miss the freshly painted two-storey building with large glass windows in Sanand Industrial Estate, a smooth 45-minute drive from Ahmedabad, in Gujarat, hidden as it is behind tall neem and Ashok trees. A blue board says you are on the premises of Micron Technology.
 

The United States-based memory chip company is the world’s fifth-largest in semiconductors. A few months ago, it acquired 10 acres of land, building and factory from a troubled auto components maker here in Sanand. The facility is being converted into a pilot assembly, testing, marking and packaging (ATMP) plant.

The ATMP plant