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packaging center, but still lacks semicon-
ductor fabs. While the chip assembly and
test industry in The Philippines has been
thriving for about 50 years, there is no
semiconductor fabrication.

This Asian nation and India share several
traits that make chip fabricators uneasy,
including inconsistent, frequently inter-
rupted energy.

Will there be an Intel megafab?
Will a foreign semiconductor giant, per-
haps Intel, decide to place a new fab in
India? That is unlikely, for the reasons
given.

Intel, like many international companies,
planted its flag in India in 1988 with a
sales office.

Ten years later, it opened the Intel India
Development Center (IIDC) for engineer-
ing design and development. The company
says it has invested $2 billion in the coun-
try.

In April 2022, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger
visited India and met with the Modi. Gel-
singer was given a plaque for Intel’s ser-
vice to the country. Certainly, much of the
conversation was about Intel expanding in
the country.

Sahastra Semiconductor has begun operations to package and
test various types of chips.

A visit to India
Last April, Intel’s CEO Pat Gelsinger visited
India to receive an award on Intel’s behalf.
Certainly, beside thanking Intel, the prime
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