India semiconductor fab dream: One more bus to get in

At the recently held 17th IESA Vision Summit 2022 in Bangalore, you could see the presence of most of the US and Europe based top 10 global semiconductor-industry focused companies except chip foundries. John Neuffer, President of U.S.-based Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) was himself present at the event. The speakers from three leading semiconductor equipment manufacturing companies namely Applied Materials, Lam Research, and KLA gave keynotes covering global semiconductor industry trends and its implications on India's semiconductor market. The speakers from the semiconductor equipment companies include: Prabu Raja - Senior Vice President, Semiconductor Product Group - Applied Materials, Rangesh Raghavan - Corporate VP and GM - Lam Research Corporation, and Dominic David - President - KLA India. Electronics Design Automation (EDA) software tools is another important part of the semiconductor eco. You could see all the top three EDA companies namely Synopsys, Cadence and Siemens were present at the event and share lot of their latest gyan on chip-design-automation to the attendees. The keynotes/talks delivered by Ravi Subramanian - GM Corporate staff - System Designs Group, Synopsys, Anirudh Devgan - CEO - Cadence Design Systems and Ruchir Dixit - Vice President and Country Head - Seimens EDA. Semiconductor equipment and EDA tools are basic foundation o...