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Taiwanese electronics manufacturing services company Foxconn has submitted an application for setting up a semiconductor fab in the country, Parliament was informed on Wednesday. Minister of state for electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said in a written reply to Lok Sabha that the government has taken several measures to boost electronics manufacturing, including semiconductors, incentivising large investments in electronic goods and appliances, and promote exports.

To leapfrog in the semiconductor products business, the process of setting up business needs to be swift, and the logistics process needs to be expedited. The government has to play a bigger role directly.

Vedanta group firm AvanStrate Inc is headquartered in Japan. Late last year, the company signed agreements with 30 Japanese technology companies to foster the development of Indias semiconductor and glass display manufacturing ecosystem.

Semiconductor Manufacturing: He said that with the success of US-based storage chip maker Microns investment in India, the entire world has become very comfortable about Indias capability.

Moneycontrol goes behind the scenes to show how Intel makes the tiny chipsets that power your devices. Till date, Intel has invested over $14 billion to set up its Malaysia facilities.

Ashwin Rangan, Senior VP of Engineering and CIIO, ICANN sheds light on emerging technologies, the complexities of semiconductor manufacturing and other issues.

ATMP plants focus on the latter stages of semiconductor production. While these steps might not involve the intricate process of creating semiconductor wafers, they are indispensable in transforming semiconductor components into functional devices ready for integration into electronic products

The total investment for the project is expected to be $19 billion-$20 billion.

Taiwan is very good at the manufacturing of semiconductors. We would like to have at least one Taiwanese company coming to India and manufacturing semiconductors here.

On July 7, Vedanta Group Ltd announced that its board of directors has approved the acquisition of 100% of Vedanta Foxconn Semiconductors Pvt Ltd.