AgenciesUS-based memory chipmaker Micron Technologies and a major supplier of Apple, is debuting in India and will set up a Centre of Excellence with the government of India. “Held a very meaningful discussion with CEO of Micron Technology Sanjay Mehrotra on further development of design, research and manufacturing of memory and storage systems,” Electronics and IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said in a tweet on Monday.
“Micron is very positive about growing the electronics manufacturing industry in India and is considering increasing its presence in India. Micron has agreed to set up a Center of Excellence in memory and storage systems in India with Govt. of India,” he said. Micron, which is one of only three major DRAM suppliers in the world, also makes NAND memory chips along with SSD, graphics memory and 3D NAND and LPDDR5 DRAM for 4G and 5G smartphones.
ET had reported in July that the company is looking to diversify its back-end semiconductor manufacturing and that “India is on a good path” to attract assembly and packaging type of investments from the global semiconductor industry, having developed capabilities in smartphone assembly. Semiconductor manufacturing comprises the front end fab manufacturing and the back end assembly, including packaging and testing. Globally, there are only a handful of companies that do actually do front-end leading-edge manufacturing at scale.
Micron, currently, has front-end fabs manufacturing facilities in Singapore, Japan, Taiwan, and the US. Its back-end manufacturing facilities are in Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, and China.
“Micron is very positive about growing the electronics manufacturing industry in India and is considering increasing its presence in India. Micron has agreed to set up a Center of Excellence in memory and storage systems in India with Govt. of India,” he said. Micron, which is one of only three major DRAM suppliers in the world, also makes NAND memory chips along with SSD, graphics memory and 3D NAND and LPDDR5 DRAM for 4G and 5G smartphones.
ET had reported in July that the company is looking to diversify its back-end semiconductor manufacturing and that “India is on a good path” to attract assembly and packaging type of investments from the global semiconductor industry, having developed capabilities in smartphone assembly. Semiconductor manufacturing comprises the front end fab manufacturing and the back end assembly, including packaging and testing. Globally, there are only a handful of companies that do actually do front-end leading-edge manufacturing at scale.
Micron, currently, has front-end fabs manufacturing facilities in Singapore, Japan, Taiwan, and the US. Its back-end manufacturing facilities are in Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, and China.
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