India's first analog semiconductor fab in Madhya Pradesh

Building of semiconductor fab in India getting more real. Along with the two semiconductor fabs which have already got approved, the third semiconductor fab is expected to be constructed in State of Madhya Pradesh. The U.S. based company called Cricket Semiconductor has agreed to invest US dollar 1 billion ( approx 6000 crore rupees) in building an analog integrated-circuit and power supply integrated-circuit specific semiconductor fab/foundry in Madhya Pradesh. Cricket Semiconductor is a US-based company focused on the creation of a foundry with a footprint in India. Cricket Semiconductor says its goal is to establish India's first high-volume, globally competitive production wafer fab, accelerated by a mutually beneficial strategic relationship with a leading specialty foundry. "Our mission is twofold—to build a wafer fab that can: Enable the electronics industry in India to use semiconductor products manufactured internally. Serve as the heart of an Indian ecosystem for electronics system design and manufacturing." said in the cricketsemi.com The investment required for building analog semiconductor fab is comparatively less than most cutting-edge 28nm or even deeper node based digital semiconductor fabs. But the employment generation and the value creation is more significant for that investment. Cricket semiconductor is estimated to create approximatel...