The Economic Times
29 Jul 2023
The industry has faith in India as infrastructure is developing in every sector. Tech sector believes in India as technology is growing here. Semi-conductor industry trusts India as we have a massive talent pool
Gandhinagar :
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday pitched India as the next hub for semiconductor manufacturing, highlighting its stable, responsible and reform - oriented government, large talent pool and improving infrastructure that the industry can leverage.
Inaugurating the Semico India 2023 conference in Gujarat's capital, Modi said there has been a key change in the way chip companies are looking India after the first edition of the industry event held last year.
The question has transformed over a period of one year from "why invest in India " to "why not invest in India", the PM said, crediting the "directional change" in the view to "the efforts of the industry leaders".
Referring to the impact of the pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war, Modi said the world needs a reliable supply chain, and asked:"Who can be a more trusted partner than the world's largest democracy."
Meanwhile, US fabless chip maker AMD on Friday announced that it would invest $400 million to set up a new research and development design centre in Bengaluru. The investment will be made over the next five years and AMD will hire 3,000 engineers during this period for its unit, chief technology officer Mark Papermaster said at the semiconductor conference in Gandhinagar.
US chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices (AM) on Friday announced $400 million investment in India over the next five years and said it will build its largest design centre in Bengaluru. AMD chief technology officer Mark Papermaster made the announcement at the annual semiconductor conference in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
AMD said it will open its new 5,00,000 square foot design centre campus in Bengaluru by the end of this year and create 3,000 new engineering roles within five years. This campus will increase AMD's office footprint in India to 10 locations. The Santa Clara, California-based firm already employs more than 6,500 persons in India. "Our India teams will continue to play a pivotal role in delivering the high-performance and adaptive soltions that support AMD customers world wide, "Papermaster said.
India is luring prospective chipmakers into the country to reduce reliance on expensive imports and dependence on Taiwan and China.