The recent buzz over semiconductor technology in India is due to the announcement of the Government of India of $10 billion (about $31 per person in the US) India Semiconductor Mission (ISM). The aim of the GoI is to create 85,000 trained semiconductor professionals to fill the global workforce deficit related to chip talent. SemiconIndia 2023 is the second edition of SemiconIndia themed around ‘Catalyzing India’s Semiconductor Ecosystem’ inaugurated by the Prime Minister of India. The SemiconIndia 2023 is the conference organized as a part of ISM by GoI to create a conducive environment for collaboration between the semiconductor industries and academia. SemiconIndia plays as a platform for knowledge sharing, and understanding investment opportunities, and showcases the immense potential and capabilities of India in the field of semiconductors.
Location and Date
The event was organized at Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar, Gujrat from 28th to 30th of July 2023.
Who has participated?
- The main three stalls that Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi visited are Micron Technology, Applied Materials, and Gujrat Government.
- Giant semiconductor industries like Micron Technology and Applied Materials have participated. To strengthen the vibrant ecosystem of semiconductor industries in India, Micron Technology invested $825 million in the assembly and test plant in Gujrat. Applied Materials has already promised $400 million for their Engineering Collaborative Centre in Bangalore.
- The exhibition has a lineup of 80 companies represented by 150 stalls. The stalls showcased the products and activities. Some of them are CDIL, NXP semiconductors, HORIBA etc.
- 25 start-ups also showed up to showcase their innovations and to get connected to the industry leaders.
- There was a stall for Uttar Pradesh as well.
- Government organizations like ISRO, DRDO, SCL also attended.
- IITs like IIT Madras, IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, and IISC have also showcased their innovations. Other academic institutions like Nirma University, BITs Pilani, and Ganpat University have also taken part in the event.
About our stalls
At Semicon, the Centre for Semiconductor Technologies (SemiX) was able to secure two stalls to showcase their innovations. The stall numbers are 62 and 63.
SemiX has shown the below-mentioned research output :
1. GaN-based RF power amplifier Chip which enables critical RADAR for Space and Power Management for Electric Vehicles.
2. Energy-Efficient Optical Transceivers for Data Center Interconnects and AI Hardware:
a. The displayed hardware is an integral part of Short Reach Optical interconnects. Photonics provides enhanced range, higher bandwidth density, reduced power consumption, and lower latency within high-speed networks, enabling seamless rack-to-rack connectivity for data center purposes.
b. The displayed hardware support high bandwidth communication as high as 100Gbps.
3. Dhruva: Indigenous Global Navigation Receiver Chip for NavIC/GPS/Galielo/BeiDou
4. AJIT Processor: Indigenously designed and fabricated microprocessor for robotics/set-up box/ control panel applications
5. Neuromorphic chip for edge AI: A brain-like computing chip based on quantum tunneling for voice recognition, robotics, drones, and self-driving cars.
6. OTP memory technology enables hardware encryption to secure chips like e-passports, microprocessors, or smartcards based on 180nm nodes.
SemiX stalls and the demos that SemiX showcased at the stalls
On all five days, SemiX stalls were able to attract lots of visitors like industry people, students, start-up CEOs, government officials, and teachers from academia.
- Industry people seem to be very interested in the certification courses. Industries like HORIBA and NXP are interested in offering courses with us. 3B Semiconductor wants to associate with SemiX in terms of training, and collaborative research. These industries also showed some interest for IAP membership.
- Grauer and Weil or Growel showed their interest in the IAP program and collaborative research in semiconductors.
- CDIL has shown interest in an advanced packaging course. They showed interest in offering lectures on packaging from an industrial perspective.
- Students from different colleges also came to our stall to understand the fundamentals of the neuro chips and other technologies showcased by us.
