IANS | 09 Mar, 2024
Union IT and Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday
commissioned the India Validation Centre (IVC) at semiconductor company
Applied Materials India here, which will enable early pilots, talent and
capability development for the upcoming India Collaborative Engineering
Centre.
The centre will add new capabilities to enable end-to-end
design, characterisation and qualification of semiconductor equipment.
US-based
Applied Materials also demonstrated the capability to process 300 mm
wafers at IVC, a first for the private industry in the country.
“Under
the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India’s semiconductor
ecosystem has achieved significant growth over the past few years,” the
minister said.
“The India Validation Centre is a testament to the
dedication and effectiveness of our approach to build India’s
resiliency in chip manufacturing, and Applied Materials has been a
trusted partner in enabling the Indian semiconductor dream,” he added.
Following
PM Modi’s meeting with Gary E. Dickerson, President and CEO of Applied
Materials, during his visit to the US last year, the company announced
plans to build a collaborative engineering centre in Bengaluru with an
investment of $400 million spanning over four years.
According to
Ashwini Vaishnaw, this centre “will further help develop manufacturing
capabilities in the sector and exemplify the trust that global companies
have placed in India".
Prabu Raja, President of the Semiconductor
Products Group at Applied Materials, said, “We will continue to develop
our capabilities in India to support our customers and work with supply
chain partners to strengthen the local ecosystem and help India’s
semiconductor industry succeed.”
Applied Materials, the leader in
materials engineering solutions, used to produce virtually every new
chip and advanced display in the world.