Global leaders participate in Semicon India 2023
31 July 2023: India Semiconductor Mission organised SemiconIndia 2023 Conference at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. More than 8,000 people from over 23 countries participated including industry leaders from major global companies such as Micron Technology, Applied Materials, Foxconn, Cadence and AMD, and the industry association, SEMI.
The three-day event was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi who emphasised the role of semiconductors in day-to-day lives of the people and how India is committed to build the semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem under the Semicon India Programme. Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister of Electronics and Information Technology, Communications, and Railways, Government of India highlighted the PM’s role in transforming every sector in India with a focus on electronics manufacturing, particularly semiconductors. Bhupendra Patel, CM of Gujarat applauded the visionary guidance of PM around manufacturing landscape, especially electronics and semiconductors.
In his keynote address on “Catalyzing India’s Semiconductor Ecosystem”, Sanjay Mehrotra, speaking on behalf of Micron, highlighted the significant opportunities for India to strengthen and expand its manufacturing ecosystem. Micron, a major player in the semiconductor industry, is proud to be a part of India’s semiconductor journey. Anirudh Devgan, President and CEO, Cadence said that India’s key strengths in the semiconductor industry include strong government support and initiatives, a pool of technology talent, the presence of multinational companies, and the ongoing Digital India transformation.
Mark Papermaster, CTO, AMD spoke about the AI inflection point and its tremendous potential for India. AMD is actively driving innovation in this domain, investing US$ 400 million in India over the next 5 years to establish India as the world’s largest design center for AMD. S.Y. Chiang, Chief Strategy Officer, Foxconn presented the challenges and opportunities in the post Moore’s Law Era. He pointed at emerging requirements in semiconductor industry in the areas of system design and partition, packaging and PCB technology and in meeting requirements of applications like IoT.
Prabu Raja, President, SPG, Applied Materials said that semiconductor industry is experiencing growth driven by factors such as Artificial Intelligence, Clean energy initiatives, and digital transformation through cloud computing, advanced data generation, and transfer systems. Siva Sivaram, President, Western Digital, a leading company in flash memory and essential storage infrastructure, was of the view that to establish a semiconductor supply chain in India, intellectual property creation is essential.
