In an exclusive interview with indica, SEMI chief Ajit Manocha said, “The semiconductor industry is poised to nearly double in revenue by the end of this decade to support emerging applications with more chip content such as electric vehicles, autonomous machines, smart medical devices, 6G communications, etc. The industry is facing a talent gap as it seeks to expand manufacturing to support this expected growth, opening up opportunities for new locations for semiconductor fabs.”
India’s communications, electronics and information technology minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, who is currently visiting Silicon Valley with his team, had a series of closed- door meetings with Stanford University professors to chip-making corporates Intel and Applied Materials as well as with IT-based industry leaders and venture capitalists.
Purdue University and the Indian government have announced a semiconductor alliance, a partnership that makes the Indiana-based university the flagship academic partner and collaborator with New Delhi.
India’s Minister for Communications and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday met Google CEO Sundar Pichai at the company headquarters in Mountain View, California, and held a discussion on India Stack and ‘Make-in-India’ program.
Aiming to protect personal data breach, the Indian government released the draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2022 last Friday, which entails the provision of fine of up to ₹250 crore on data-managing entities that fail to adopt reasonable security safeguards.
