Telangana has potential to be part of global semiconductor supply chain 

Telangana has potential to be part of global semiconductor supply chain

With global semi-conductor supply chain complex interconnected at many levels, Telangana must leverage its unique strengths to integrate seamlessly into it, well-known author and professor at the Fletcher School, Tufts University, Chris Miller said.

The State has potential to become a part of the global chain, he said.

Mr. Miller’s latest book “Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology” is a New York Times bestseller and a winner of the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award.

The semi-conductor industry is both capital and labour-intensive. Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) is key to developing a resilient semi-conductor ecosystem, he said at an event “Making India a Semi-Conductor Product Nation” organised at T-Hub by the IT Department in association with the VLSI Society of India.

Industry leaders, startup ecosystem stakeholders, academia and senior government officials participated in the programme, the organisers said in a release on Thursday.

The IT Department is committed to creating an enabling environment for the semi-conductor industry through initiatives that promote policy support, infrastructure development, and public-private partnerships. VLSI Society of India president Satya Gupta, Venkata Simhadri from ASIP Technologies, Subhash Chintamaneni from Micron, Siva Vanjari from IIT Hyderabad and Col. Anurag Awasthi, senior consultant to the IT Department, spoke.

Discussions at the programme were focused on critical issues, including strategic implications of geographic positioning in the semi-conductor supply chain and the merits of adopting a top-down approach in ecosystem development, the organisers said.