Electronics and Semiconductor Manufacturing Industry

[Hari Sud]

Amitesh Kumar Sinha appointed new CEO of India Semiconductor Mission

Amitesh Kumar Sinha, Additional Secretary at MeitY, has been reappointed CEO of the India Semiconductor Mission. With experience in electronics policy and incentives, his leadership comes as India prepares for ISMs second phase. He also recently served as Bengaluru DRM.

m.economictimes.com

Check out his qualifications & experience .

Bureaucrats are most unsuitable for speed work. They are trained to look at rules much more than businessmen.

 

[Anants]

Time for some reality check.

Zoho suspends $700 million chipmaking plan in latest setback for India

Zoho's retreat will be a setback to PM Modi who has for several years tried to lure companies in his pursuit to make India a global chip manufacturing hub.

indianexpress.com

Indian software firm Zoho has suspended its year-long pursuit of a $700 million plan to foray into chip manufacturing, sources familiar with the matter said, dealing another blow to the Indian government’s ambitious semiconductor plans.

Zoho struggled to find the right technology partner required to advise on the complex chipmaking processes, one of the sources said.

Reuters reported on Wednesday that Indian billionaire Gautam Adani’s group has also paused discussions with Israel’s Tower Semiconductor for its $10 billion chip project following an internal evaluation by the Indian group.

 

[Azaad]

Time for some reality check.

Zoho suspends $700 million chipmaking plan in latest setback for India

Zoho's retreat will be a setback to PM Modi who has for several years tried to lure companies in his pursuit to make India a global chip manufacturing hub.

indianexpress.com

https://www.reuters.com/world/india/adani-pauses-talks-with-israels-tower-10-billion-india-chip-foray-sources-say-2025-04-30/

 

[concard]

Time for some reality check.

Zoho suspends $700 million chipmaking plan in latest setback for India

Zoho's retreat will be a setback to PM Modi who has for several years tried to lure companies in his pursuit to make India a global chip manufacturing hub.

indianexpress.com

Was Zoho planning for a fab or design company? It looks like design or OSAT/ATP plant may be. On the other hand Adani has asked more financial commitment from Tower semiconductors to go ahead with the plant. What they need is definite customers who will be willing to buy their chips for long term. Without customers or market need no one will move ahead. Maybe GoI should sit down and sort out their issues. We need another fab along side Tata.

 

[shuturmurg]

Was Zoho planning for a fab or design company? It looks like design or OSAT/ATP plant may be. On the other hand Adani has asked more financial commitment from Tower semiconductors to go ahead with the plant. What they need is definite customers who will be willing to buy their chips for long term. Without customers or market need no one will move ahead. Maybe GoI should sit down and sort out their issues. We need another fab along side Tata.

Fab, but for compound semiconductors like GAN, GAA , etc. These have very specific uses for radars, laser diodes, medical equipments, etc. They are not the general purpose silicon chips used for computing.

 

[Nutcracker]

Not confirmed if fabricated in India or not.
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