India’s reliance on imported semiconductors is a strategic weakness. In 2023-24, it imported $89.8 billion worth of electronic and telecom goods—with China accounting for nearly 44 per cent of that total.
Between 2022 and 2023, exporting the H800 chips to China was entirely legal. Not only DeepSeek but many other Chinese firms stockpiled them in anticipation of future restrictions.
The so-called ‘showdown of the century’ between the two nations’ semiconductor industries has driven China’s innovation, fuelled by market demand and US restrictions.
While addressing Semicon India 2024, PM Narendra Modi says India's favourable policies have helped attract investments more than Rs 1.5 trillion in this sector.
Legacy chips, defined by US law as semiconductor chips that are 28 nm or larger, are integral to everyday consumer products. China's called US attempts to control its exports 'economic bullying'.
Advanced semiconductor chips are pivotal for the next generation of artificial intelligence technologies, which is one reason why the US isn't letting NVIDIA sell directly to Chinese firms.
The new 500,000-square-foot campus will increase AMD’s office footprint in India to 10 locations. It already has more than 6,500 employees in the country.
India wants to establish itself as a semiconductor hub and the high demand for chips means the local market will be worth $80 billion by 2028, almost 4 times its $23 billion size now.
Taiwanese tech giant says it sees India 'establishing robust semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem' and that its working to submit application under govt’s chip manufacturing incentives.
Most semiconductor companies said China's export control of rare earth minerals won’t impact their business. Germany's Volkswagen said it was assessing the impact.
According to government reply in Lok Sabha, the pilot phase of PMIS is being used to test concepts, strategies and systems before a full-scale implementation of the scheme.
Order for 87 MALE drones will be split between 2 Indian firms in 64:36 ratio to ensure there are 2 independent manufacturing lines with at least 60% indigenous components.
The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.
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