Editorial Comment Semiconductor India
Editorial Comment
Growth, but not as planned
The semiconductor policy was supposed to create a new centre for We have also being luck enough to obtain important opinion pieces
semiconductor manufacturing. The world certainly believed it and from key individuals from Freescale and Credence discussing the
rushed to India to take advantage of the support being offered. impact the policy has had on companies and decisions. With
Nobody understood that the Policy was not just about photovoltaics the buzz word at the minute I thought it was
manufacturing in the region but more about building sustainable appropriate to gather some useful information on the topic. To that
long term industries that would benefit India and provide new end we have a n excellent technology manufacturing piece from
opportunities for her future. leading research centre IMEC. The European
company has signed a number of
The desire to maintain independence and control over proceedings collaborative efforts within India
may have stemmed from a colonial past and as an Australian I can and will a key player in ensuring
fully appreciate this. However the rest of the world was not success in the region.
expecting this and the hoped for international involvement never
developed. Little did these companies realise that India is a stubborn Finally I would like to
beast and would rather take a different path than relinquish control thank all the support
over such a potentially impactful part of their future. we have received in
response to the first
That new path that was finally taken was photovoltaic editions of Semiconductor
manufacturing and the country is grabbing this new opportunity India. It has been such a
with both hands. There is a broad overview of the developments in pleasure to have such positive
the region as well as a look at how PV manufacturing will impact feedback and I look forward to a
on the entire country and to just the manufacturing sector. As an continued positive interaction with Indian companies and industry
observer I have been impressed with how, despite some criticisms, groups. Growth tends to build slow and then accelerate as key points
the results from the Semiconductor Policy has led to an important are reached. India is coming up to one of those key points and as
step in the long term development of the Indian electronics’ long as projects continue as planned I would expect the region to be
manufacturing industry whilst maintaining as much local control one of the key global regions for such development.
over projects as possible. The current growth should lead to more
advanced manufacturing facilities as lessons are learnt from the David Ridsdale
current set up. Editor-in-Chief
Autumn 2008 |
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