Page 24 - Semiconductor Industry

Alternatives to China: Vietnam, India slug it out for semicon investments

Vietnam has garnered investments of over $5 billion in the semiconductor space, which have been publicly announced or are in various stages of implementation

US-based LAM Research plans to set up a semiconductor lab in Karnataka

LAM Research has been present in Karnataka since 2000

Inox Air to invest Rs 500 cr on gas purification facilities for chip fabs

Fifty different and extremely pure gases are required for fabricating chips, of which only eight are available in raw form in India

Semiconductor chip crunch more or less resolved: Hyundai COO Tarun Garg

The company currently sells 13 models, including Creta, Exter and Venue, in India. He said that in 2022, only 18 per cent of the company's models had six airbags as standard

TSMC's $72 bn rout concerns investors of prolonged weakness in chip sector

The 12-month earnings estimate for TSMC has also been revised down by about 8% from a high in October last year, according to Bloomberg data

Electronics industry body seeks PLI scheme for non-semicondcutor sectors

Electronics industry body ELCINA has requested the government to come up with a production linked incentive scheme for non-semiconductor or computer chips sector which is dominated by imports, a senior official of the organisation said. According to Electronic Industries Association of India (ELCINA) report, total electronic component market in the country was estimated to be around USD 39 billion, of which 68 per cent requirement was met through imports in 2021-22. While speaking at 48th ELCINA Award Ceremony, organisation's new President Atul B Lall said that the government's scheme for devices has been hugely successful and the incentive scheme for semiconductor sector is seeing a lot of traction and some investments have started flowing in. "Our humble submission and perseverance is going to be to do the same for non-semiconductor component sector also. For which we request government's intervention," said Lall, who is Vice Chairman & Managing Director of Dixon ...

Govt forms committee for modernisation of Mohali semiconductor plant

The IT ministry aims to make SCL into a research and development-led Center of Excellence with semiconductor R&D capabilities

Focusing on niche areas in semiconductor space, says Ashwini Vaishnaw

Electronics & IT Minister says India can emerge as a global leader in this category

Two big semiconductor proposals are under process, says Ashwini Vaishnaw

Two big semiconductor proposals are under process and expected to take shape in the coming few months, Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Saturday. Without divulging specifics of the proposals, the minister said the projects will focus on a special area where India can emerge as a leader at the global level. While speaking with PTI on the sidelines of the groundbreaking ceremony of Micron's semiconductor plant, Vaishnaw said that the global semiconductor company is noticing the progress made by India in the segment and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's capability to execute large and complex policy decisions. "This has developed India as a major trusted geography in which global industry players want to come. We can see in the coming few months at least two more large semiconductor proposals taking shape," Vaishnaw said. He said that there are some specific areas where India can take the lead and the focus of the semiconductor projects will be in areas that can help the country .

Tata Projects to construct Micron's advanced semiconductor plant in Sanand

Tata Projects on Saturday announced its collaboration with Micron Technology to construct an advanced semiconductor assembly and test plant in Sanand, Gujarat. The company in a statement said the contract awarded to Tata Projects solidifies the company's proficiency in large-scale, sustainable infrastructure development in the Indian manufacturing landscape. According to the statement, situated in the Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation area of Chaarodi, Sanand, the project spans an expansive 93 acres of land. "This enduring project is a significant milestone and the largest investment under the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM)," the statement said, adding that the construction of Phase 1 will include a 500,000 square feet cleanroom space, scheduled to be operational by late 2024. The statement said the project encompasses the design and construction of a first-of-its-kind DRAM (dynamic random access memory) and NAND (non-volatile flash memory) assembly and test facility in

A tale of two Indian cities: How Singur's loss became Sanand's gain

This Saturday, Micron Technology, the world's fifth-largest semiconductor company, will commence the groundbreaking ceremony in Sanand

Micron set to break ground for Sanand semiconductor plant on Saturday

A few months ago, Micron acquired 10 acres of land, a building and a factory from a troubled auto components maker

Intel plans for 18A chips by 2025 to challenge Samsung, TSMC dominance

While TSMC and Samsung were making strides in reducing the transistor size in their chips, Intel was still stuck with its Intel 10 (10nm equivalent semiconductor manufacturing process) up until 2020

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

Chinese chipmaker raises over $1.8 bn as Beijing prepares new chip fund

With this injection of capital Shanghai-based GTA Semiconductor has in less than two years racked up over $2.7 billion of mostly state funds

TMS Ep514: G20 Summit, Sahasra chip plant, metal stocks, airline codes

What are the key things to look for at the New Delhi G20 Summit? What is the significance of the Sahasra chip plant? Do metal stocks have more mettle? What are airline codes? All answers here

A surprise inside

Huawei's new phone is a win for China

Huawei chip shows US curbs on China's semiconductor are porous, not useless

Regulations announced by the US Commerce Department in October last year restrict the export of manufacturing tools that can churn out processors at 16 nanometers or below

It's Sahasra Electronics, the chipmaker who came in from the cold

It could have been Foxconn. But the world's largest contract electronics manufacturer said on July 10 it had withdrawn from its $19.5 billion semiconductor joint venture with Vedanta

Value addition could hit 70% with memory chips made in India: Vaishnaw

Some players in the world do not want India to become a big manufacturer of these products, so they are engineering a problem, the Communications minister says