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Made in India (from 6) The report in Semiconductor News India,

also says that Tata “plans to enter chip
venture with a specialization in manufac- manufacturing in a few years.”
precision components” that will set up an
OSAT. Fabrication technology
To enter chip manufacturing, adds the
report, “Tata will have to partner with a
Known as Assembly, Testing, Marking and company that can transfer an existing,
Packaging (ATMP) unit, “the ATMP process in-production technology. The option, says
takes up 6% of the total Semiconduc- the article will be for Tata to develop its
tor industry value, where China leads the own technology. “That will take a long
globe,” Indian sources said. time, and the process is not really easy.”

“Picking up the pace” Meanwhile, a joint Japanese venture with
A local India publication reported, “With Sekisui Polymatech says it is the fi rst com-
Tata Group’s plan to invest $300 mil- pany in India to produce semiconductors.
lion into a semiconductor manufacturing
unit on hold for now, the right decision to According to reports in ET Auto.com, the
put up an ATMP unit will pick up the pace main plant is based in Chenai, Kanchee-
now.” puram, state of Tamil Nadu and currently
produces 400,000 chips per day.
Tata said it will invest $90 billion into the
semiconductor market over the next fi ve The company, as described in media re-
years. Raja Manickam was named CEO of ports, is producing opto-electronic parts as
the new Tata Electronics unit. well as memory chips. Last July, the com
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Strategic partnership
Last June, Tata Motors Ltd.
and Tejas Networks formed
a strategic partnership with
Japanese chipmaker Rene-
sas Electronics.

The venture, according to
Semiconductor News In-
dia, is aimed at developing
semiconductor solutions for
automotive, IoT and 5G sys-
tems.”

Renesas and Tata Consul-
tancy Services Limited will
also establish a Joint System
Solution Development Cen-
ter in Bangalore to focus on
system solutions.