Highlights Leading chip manufacturers like Foxconn, AMD, Micron, and IBM to participate in the Semicon India conference The event aims to foster collaboration and growth in India s semiconductor sector The forthcoming Semicon India conference in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, will witness the presence of several chipmakers, including Foxconn, AMD, Micron, and IBM.

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It will include representatives from 23 countries, as well as other major chip manufacturing companies including Foxconn, Micron, AMD and IBM. Through this event, the government wants to attract investors in India s chip industry.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the conference in Gandhinagar on Friday to showcase India as a vibrant and sustainable manufacturing destination for global corporations. Top executives of global semiconductor and electronics companies including Micron Technology, AMD, NXP Semiconductors and Applied Materials will take part in the event.

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It will serve as a testament to the efforts the Odisha government has put in to develop a semiconductor ecosystem in the state, said an official statement of the chief minister s office released on Thursday

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Top executives from Foxconn and semiconductor firms Micron and AMD will this week attend a conference in Prime Minister Narendra Modi s home state, as the government tries to lure investments into India s nascent chip industry. India wants to establish itself as a semiconductor manufacturing hub, rivaling the likes of Taiwan, and the high demand for chips means the local market will be worth $80 billion (roughly Rs. 6,600 crore) by 2028, almost four times its $23 billion (nearly Rs. 1,88,614 crore) size now.

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The government recognises the economic and geopolitical significance of this industry and its vision is now matched with concrete action. It is actively engaging with the industry and committing to unprecedented fiscal support. It is evident that India has resolved to not miss the semiconductor bus again. Instead, in this decade, it will lay down the foundation of a robust global semiconductor industry.

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Chandrasekhar s statement and the annual semiconductor conference in Gandhinagar comes at a time when the Indian government wants to establish a thriving semiconductor manufacturing hub in the country, rivaling countries like Taiwan. Major players such as Foxconn, Micron and AMD are set to attend the conference.

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India had in the past missed the bus on electronics and semiconductors and it is the current government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi which is rebuilding India s electronics ecosystem and pushing the country to become one of the world s fastestgrowing electronics manufacturers, said Union Minister of State Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar.

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Ommic is a semiconductor company based near Paris, employing just over 100 people. US chip maker Macom Technology agreed earlier this year to acquire Ommic and said it would make the French site its European semiconductor centre.

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Foxconn is also in talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi s home state Gujarat as it eyes entry into India s semiconductor sector. On Friday, PM Modi will inaugurate a conference in Gandhinagar wherein Foxconn Chairman Young Liu will also be present.

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India is on track to becoming a key player in the global semiconductor supply chain in the next decade with USD 10 billion of incentives and assistance provided to encourage local chip manufacturing, Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Thursday.

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REL is looking at a capital outlay of Rs 100 crore annually for investing in solutions offered by startups in technologies such as AI, Machine Learning (ML), blockchain and IoT, REL executive chairperson Rashmi Saluja told DH during the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signing.

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India is on track to becoming a key player in the global semiconductor supply chain in the next decade with $10 billion of incentives and assistance provided to encourage local chip manufacturing, Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Thursday. (Micron)

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A Foxconn subsidiary is in talks with the Tamil Nadu government to invest up to $200 million to build a new plant for electronic components in the state, two people with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Wednesday.

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India is 12 generations behind in chip manufacturing because of the previous government’s lack of political vision and strategic clarity, said Meity minister Rajeev Chadrasekhar on Thursday. While speaking to reporters a day ahead of India’s second edition of Semicon India Conference, the minister said that it has been only 19 months since the country set the ball rolling in the semiconductor ecosystem.

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What is ISM’s strategy to put India on the global semiconductor map? Design and manufacturing must go hand in hand for ISM to succeed. The focal point is to have a full ecosystem — from beginning to end. Design is a key element in chip manufacturing.

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