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WB woos semi conductor cos for 
100 Cr project
By siliconindia
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Friday, 10 August 2007, 19:30 IST
Kolkota: In Kolkota, the West Bengal government is in talks with undisclosed anchor investors for its proposed 
100 Cr semi conductor facility in Christen India design center. As per the proposal the large global semi conductor firm that will develop either an R&D unit or a state of art Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) facility at the proposed IDC complex.
The state, which plans to make IDC operational in nine months, is in talks with firms operating in the present Indian semi-conductor space involving VLSI design, assembling, testing and packaging, but excludes wafer fab manufacturing.
Among the bidders for the construction mandate are the DLF Group, unitech Group, and Infinity Infotech Parks. According to Debesh Das, West Bengal IT minister IBM has recently given a proposal to invest on a prototype fab development unit in IDC. The government is in talks with the apex members of the Indian Semiconductor Association (ISA). It may be noted that ISa members include MoserBaer, Texas Instruments, Synopsys, Wipro, TCS, Qualcomm, AMD India and Intel.
Presently, 130 odd-chip design firms are operating in India across Bangalore, Noida, Hyderabad, and Pune. The Indian semi conductor industry is growing at about 30 to 35 percent and IDC feels West Bengal will have a fair share, especially, in the VLSI segment.
100 Cr semi conductor facility in Christen India design center. As per the proposal the large global semi conductor firm that will develop either an R&D unit or a state of art Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) facility at the proposed IDC complex.
The state, which plans to make IDC operational in nine months, is in talks with firms operating in the present Indian semi-conductor space involving VLSI design, assembling, testing and packaging, but excludes wafer fab manufacturing.
Among the bidders for the construction mandate are the DLF Group, unitech Group, and Infinity Infotech Parks. According to Debesh Das, West Bengal IT minister IBM has recently given a proposal to invest on a prototype fab development unit in IDC. The government is in talks with the apex members of the Indian Semiconductor Association (ISA). It may be noted that ISa members include MoserBaer, Texas Instruments, Synopsys, Wipro, TCS, Qualcomm, AMD India and Intel.
Presently, 130 odd-chip design firms are operating in India across Bangalore, Noida, Hyderabad, and Pune. The Indian semi conductor industry is growing at about 30 to 35 percent and IDC feels West Bengal will have a fair share, especially, in the VLSI segment.