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Ashish Rao: But the reality inside the Beltway right now is that there's a growing anxiety over the timeline. Washington is writing these massive checks, but the tech transfer approvals are still crawling. Policymakers are realizing a secure supply chain doesn't mean much if it takes longer than expected, not for a full-fledged manufacturing unit, but for a simple test facility in India 


Srinivas Reddy: And the view from Bangalore is that Washington is treating this like a software patch. You can't just code a workaround for a physical ecosystem. If the specialized chemicals and substrates are held up by Western customs, the cleanrooms here sit idle. The capital is waiting, the ground is broken, but the supply chain physics don't care about [00:01:00] diplomatic handshakes. 


Ashish Rao: Yeah. 


Srinivas Reddy: Full-fledged OSAT fabs in India need uninterrupted supply of equipment and materials twenty-four seven. 


Srinivas Reddy: From Bangalore, I am Sreenivas Reddy, India editor. Welcome to Silicon Bridge: DC to Delhi. This is audio briefing where we cut through the geopolitical talking points and analyze the structural realities of the semiconductor corridor connecting the US and India.