The group is also building an OSAT facility. This is in view of a larger plan to create a hub for chiplet integration and advanced system-in-package technologies.
India is projected to face a shortage of nearly 3 lakh semiconductor professionals by 2027. Without a coherent talent strategy, states risk creating infrastructure without a workforce to operate it.
Chinese analysts have accused the US of technological duplicity, undermining companies like Huawei on national security grounds while exporting its own surveillance-capable hardware.
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.
IOC, BPCL, and HPCL have lost about Rs 20,000 crore due to the fuel price freeze. These losses will accumulate on balance sheets, raise borrowing costs, and circle back to the govt as contingent liabilities.
Report on impact of AI emergence—drawing upon depositions from several ministries—confirms that the developments come in the absence of AI laws or considerations over them.
It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.
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