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would meet increasing local demand and supply and transport need to be met to One of the major sticking points was the
lead the country to become a financially ensure global capacity. As the Indian lack of decent roads to the airport. Potholes
success global provider of semiconductor government was to discover, existing during transport can be damaging to
devices. Special Economic Zones (SEZ) manufacturers expected a great deal to sensitive wafers and semiconductors. The
were set up around the country and millions entice them to set up a major facility in a Indian government suggested a
of dollars were set aside to develop the region. Especially a region that did not have private/public partnership that would be
burgeoning industry. The government the required infrastructure and little funded by both and named after the
intended to capitalise on the country’s experience in such ventures. Despite a company.
success as a leading designer of procession of high level executives from
semiconductors and assumed it was a some of the world biggest chipmakers not The Chinese asked how many lanes were
natural progression to set up a one of them committed to setting up a required. With such a generous competitor
manufacturing base. The government was manufacturing facility in the region. the Indian government found it hard to
also keen to ensure Indian interests were attract existing manufacturers.
maintained in any proposal. Another major factor impacting on the
multi-nationals decision was India’s Such concerns did not dent the Indian
Things did not go as planned as the competition in this endeavour in China. The enthusiasm and desire to develop a high-
government began to realise how much Chinese were a long way ahead of the tech manufacturing industry and the
infrastructure and support a modern fab Indians in providing what the manufacturers attention turned to attracting Indian
manufacturing semiconductors actually wanted. One story goes that a major companies to take up the challenge and
required. It is not enough to just have a site manufacturer was in discussions with both apply for the monies being offered through
set aside to build a fab but the logistics of China and India on setting up a new fab. the policy. This meant starting a
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