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The next phase of growth in analog semiconductor chips will come from innovations in the industrial, high-speed communications, automotive and factory microcontrollers segments where size, power and cost will matter, Texas Instruments (TI) India managing director Santosh Kumar said. The company is focusing most of its investments in these areas and is in the process of developing products for these categories, Kumar told ET on the sidelines of the recently concluded Semicon 2024 event in Greater Noida. “Several of these products are designed and developed here but with a worldview.
When you work with so many customers here, you also see so many local requirements available that you can incorporate into the products,” Kumar said. Advt The company is trying to develop affordable and cost-effective solutions for Indian customers where the products have the right features and the right quality as required for the end equipment, he said. Texas Instruments, which established its first research and development centre in India in 1985, currently has offices at Bangalore, Pune, Delhi, and Ahmedabad.
For the next phase of the India Semiconductor Mission , India should also focus its energies on getting the supply chain right as it directly impacts quality and predictability in the chip fabrication and packaging business, Kumar said. “We need to have full control over the supply chain. The quality can change a lot with only a few things changing.
So, we must encourage as many companies and their suppliers as possible to come to India and set up their units here,” he said. Countries like India will also need to carefully evaluate and watch the global investments being made in the semiconductor segment and accordingly tweak their plans, Kumar said, adding that manufacturing in India would no longer mean making products just for domestic consumption. “Our view for this (semiconductor manufacturing) should be that we are doing all of this for the world.
India will benefit from that. Semiconductor has opportunities for everybody. We do not have to pick and choose (nodes).
We just have to be the best at what we are trying to do,” he said. ETtech Published On Sep 18, 2024 at 07:41 AM IST Telegram Facebook Copy Link Be the first one to comment. Comment Now COMMENTS Comment Now Read Comment (1) All Comments By commenting, you agree to the Prohibited Content Policy Post By commenting, you agree to the Prohibited Content Policy Post Find this Comment Offensive? Choose your reason below and click on the submit button.
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