The Indian government has not only given its approval for the fabrication of high-tech semiconductor wafers, but has also extended several incentives to two business consortia – Jaiprakash Associates Limited in association with IBM as its technology partner, and HSMC Technologies India with the technical collaboration of ST Microelectronics who...
India to receive $8 billion semi-conductor fab investment
The EE Times reports that Indian Minister for Communication and Information Technology, Kapil Sibal announced major semiconductor investments. Two consortia have proposed to build semiconductor wafer fabrication units in India. One consortium comprises IBM, India's Jaiprakash Associates and Israel's Tower Jazz. The second comprises Hindustan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (HSMC), ST...