‘Aiming for 10% share of global ATMP/OSAT market in 5 yrs’
With the Cabinet recently clearing three more chip projects, which include a mega fab plant by the Tata group, India is set to enter the exclusive club of countries that have such facilities. In an interview with Surajeet Das Gupta in New Delhi, Communications, Electronics and Information Technology Minister ASHWINI VAISHNAW talks of what India’s semiconductor strategy will be in the next five to 10 years. Edited excerpts:
Now that four projects have been cleared, what is the government’s long-term semiconductor vision?
It is a vision for the next 20 years. The focus is to develop the ecosystem in India. In the coming five years, we would like to see four-six more fabs, six-ten compound semiconductor fabs, one-two display fabs, and eight-ten ATMP (assembly, testing, marking, and packaging) plants. This will go a long way in creating aatmanirbharta in semiconductor requirements. We have approved four major projects, including one fab and three ATMP/OSATS (outsourced semiconductor assembly and test), with a combined investment of ~1.48 trillion. The design, fab and ATMP value chain are here in India. Also, having our intellectual property for ATMP technology is a significant achievement.
Will India become a key export hub for OSAT and ATMP? Today Malaysia has 14 per cent of the global OSAT market while Taiwan has 40 per cent. What is the target we have given ourselves for the next five and 10 years?
Over the next five years, we should aim at 10 per cent of the global ATMP/OSAT market share, and in 10 years we will ramp it up to 25 per cent. The three ATMP plants will be exporting a significant portion of their production. “Made in India” chips will be used in all leading automobile companies in the world.
FOCUS IS TO DEVELOP AN ENTIRE ECOSYSTEM IN INDIA. IN THE COMING FIVE YEARS, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE 4-6 MORE FABS, 6-10 COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR FABS, 1-2 DISPLAY FABS, AND 8-10 ATMP PLANTS"