At SEMICON India 2024, major Japanese semiconductor suppliers participated, with Tokyo Electron set to expand its presence in India, underscoring the strategy to tap into the growing Indian market while reducing reliance on China

Samsung's strategic expansion of its global manufacturing footprint in 2023 underscores its commitment to diversifying production, mitigating risks, and bolstering its regional market presence. By increasing production diversification, Samsung aims to enhance flexibility and cost-efficiency, with India, Brazil, Argentina, and Pakistan emerging as key hubs in this strategy, according to DIGITIMES Research

Dixon Technologies has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Padget Electronics, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Asus India for manufacturing notebooks, according to a corporate filing with the BSE and the National Stock Exchange of India

India's approval of one wafer fab and four integrated circuit (IC) backend projects has prompted semiconductor equipment providers from the US and Japan to expand their operations in the country. Applied Materials, the world's largest chipmaking tool supplier by revenue, has unveiled plans to collaborate with numerous semiconductor companies to establish a cluster of chipmaking facilities in India

China-based Lenovo has announced plans to begin manufacturing AI servers at its Puducherry plant in southern India and has established a dedicated AI servers R&D lab in Bengaluru. This initiative could position India as one of the few countries with significant AI server production capabilities

Across the world, countries are spending wagonloads of taxpayer money to develop or support their semiconductor industries. This pipeline of cash has yielded some successes and some failures; the difference is usually down to how strategically the money has been spent. The Indian government, which has also loosened its purse strings, needs to figure out a strategy — and soon

As Tata Electronics constructs India's first commercial wafer fab in three decades, it plans to leverage this experience to develop additional fabs in the medium to long term. The company will likely partner with Tata Group companies to produce the first made-in-India chips by 2026

Renesas Electronics aims to strengthen its end-to-end chip design and product development capabilities in India, setting itself apart from many global companies that typically handle only partial development based on specifications from their global teams

SEMI has formed a strategic partnership with the India Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA) to bolster India's position in the global semiconductor landscape, according to a press release published on the official SEMI website. IESA will become part of the SEMI family as its representative in India, maintaining its existing brand while adopting select SEMI processes and initiatives

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has determined that Amazon and Walmart-owned Flipkart, two major e-commerce companies in India, may have violated local competition laws through anti-competitive practices

India held SEMICON India 2024 from September 11-13. Tata Electronics shared progress on its wafer fab project, and NXP plans to double its investment in India

India has introduced a new electric vehicle (EV) scheme offering incentives for commercial EVs, electric two-wheelers (E2Ws), and electric three-wheelers (E3Ws). The scheme, which replaces FAME II, allocates most of its subsidies to e-buses, while electric cars do not receive any incentives under this program

Jabil, a US-based electronics manufacturing services (EMS) provider with a manufacturing base for Apple in western India, has announced an expansion of its operations in Tamil Nadu. This move aligns with the growing trend of Apple suppliers concentrating their activities in southern India

Padget Electronics, a subsidiary of India-based Dixon Technologies, has signed an MoU with HP to manufacture notebooks, PCs, and all-in-one PCs as part of India's initiative to encourage global PC vendors to produce electronics locally

India is hosting SEMICON India 2024 from September 11-13. Tata Electronics has announced that its wafer fab project in Gujarat—India's first commercial fab in three decades—has secured partnerships with major global chip suppliers and aims to expand its business further with these collaborators