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Semiconductor India
Policy impact on
companies
It is eighteen months since the Indian
Government implemented the
Semiconductor Policy and in that time the
indigenous semiconductor industry has
discovered that opening the doors to
investment is only the first of many steps.
Semiconductor India asked Indian company
Wipro how the policy has impacted
1. What has been the response within the 2. What challenges does the electronics
electronics community to the industry face in order to achieve
Semiconductor Policy? technology and industry goals?
The policy has been largely viewed as The cost of design is increasing as the
favourable to the electronics community in technology keeps improving from node to
India. The absence of manufacturing has node. This puts a lot of pressure on
been viewed as a gap in India’s high tech generating adequate revenue for each
story so far. The policy provides special product category that a company is
incentives for setting up semiconductor investing in to justify the return on
fabs. Considering the exploding local investment. For a semiconductor fab, having
demand for electronics products, the policy the right partners to create process IP and
is expected to attract significant investments getting the manufacturing cost and yield
in semiconductor fabs. The presence of rate to the right level is a huge challenge.
semiconductor manufacturing can augment
the electronics manufacturing that has been 3. As an end user of silicon product how
growing in the last few years. much input into design and
The policy is already attracting investors in manufacturing would your company
areas such as solar cells, photovoltaics, and have to ensure appropriate costs and
displays for manufacturing. devices?
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