Intel plans to set up a semiconductor test and assembly facility in India

CIOReviewIndia Team | Thursday, 29 October 2020, 04:29 IST

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Intel Plans to set up a semiconductor test and assembly facility in India

Although no definite plan seems to have been made, Intel Corp. may be exploring the possibility of setting up a test and assembly facility of silicon wafers in India. While we can find all types of electronic devices, Silicon wafer is a material used for producing semiconductors.  

 

As per the current situation, the India units of semiconductors companies such as Intel and AMD have been focusing only on designing and engineering.

 

“Assembly test manufacturing is an exciting area that I would want to think about and see how things are progressing," Nivruti Rai, country head, Intel India said in an interview. “When it starts happening, you generate an ecosystem of suppliers that unleashes the large potential India has…our supply chain organization is looking at growing significantly in India."

“The need to start full-scale manufacturing is a function of demand and supply. As of today, we have enough ability to meet the supply we have and as the situation changes, we will obviously change and grow," Rai added.

Supporting 100 fabless companies in the next five years to make the country self-reliant on semiconductors, India needs to set up a $1 billion seed fund with the goal of promoting innovation in this area. 

“India has to build a fabless ecosystem with a fund of $500 million, setup and spur up local chip assembly, test, marking and packing (ATMP) capability; semiconductor lab (SCL) fab should be upgraded to a 65 nanometer fab to meet growing strategic needs; 14 nanometer fab should be built jointly between government and India Inc. for fabricating emerging internet of things (IoT) chip and smart processors," Vinod Dham, founder and managing partner at IndoUS Venture Partners, a venture capital firm, said at the recent IESA vision summit.

“Out of over 100,000 employees globally, the US is the largest engineering talent base for Intel followed by India. Every single development that happens in the US also happens here. We are no longer an internal outsource as we are doing cutting-edge development and work," said Rai.

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