Applied intend to build new semiconductor research centre in Bangalore, India

With Micron announcing its plan to setting up assembly and test manufacturing facility in Gujarat India, another US semiconductor company Applied Materials joins the list in building new facilities in India. Applied Materials is world's top supplier of semiconductor equipment to leading foundries in the world. Applied Materials intend to invest $400 million over four years to build a new engineering centre in Bangalore, India to develop and commercialize semiconductor manufacturing equipment technologies. The new centre to bring in Applied' experts, research and academic institutes who work in semiconductor manufacturing and materials field, so that they can collaborate and work in sync to develop semiconductor manufacturing equipments and components for this growing market at one location. Applied works closely with Indian semiconductor research organisations such as IIT Bombay and Indian Institute of Science Bangalore. Applied is helping by supplying equipment to Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, where Applied has established a Materials Development Center focused on developing next-generation chemistry and materials for the semiconductor industry. IIT Bombay is training Indian engineers in semiconductor manufacturing. Applied Materials is also collaborating with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar...