siliconindia | | October 20174In this new age when devices are becoming thinner but simultaneously smarter with each passing day, semiconductor companies are highly engaged in further reducing the size but enhancing the performance of chips that will set the stage for future innovation in the electronic industry. With smartphones and wallpaper TVs that can be folded like newspapers, future seems brighter for the semiconductor industry. However, the semiconductor companies are working on brining the cost down further and transfer it to their customers. However with Asia Pacific becoming the epicentre of such revolution and acceptance, countries like China, Taiwan and India will see be the major contributors to the sector. While in the recent times, Indian semiconductor industry has seen upward trajectory, it still has challenges to overcome. Even Indian ministry of electronics and information technology is revising its policy framework towards making India a major global semiconductor hub, in not just consumption but manufacturing as well. This effort will see the government taking a more active role (including investment) in order to attract private sector players. Aligning their vision with that of the government's, many fabless companies have come forward to put in efforts to innovate while also renovate and infuse new life to the slow breathing semiconductor industry of the subcontinent. In this edition of siliconindia, we bring to you the story of few such semiconductor companies who have been playing a prominent role in not just changing the landscape of the industry but also helping clients emerge as winner by offering semiconductor services that are matchless. Our current issue of `10 Most Promising Semiconductor Solution Providers - 2017' envisions providing you your partner in disguise that will help you fly high. Do let us know what you think! Anamika SahuManaging Editoreditor@siliconindia.comEditorialThen & Now ­ the Semiconductor Story siliconindia Vol 06 · Issue 3 - 2 · October 10, 2017 Publisher Alok Chaturvedi Managing Editor Anamika Sahu Assistant Editor Susila Govindaraj Editorial Team Ananth .V Anurag Bhol Karthik Muralidhar Kavya J Bhat Shefali Mathur Sujith Vasudevan Trisha Pragya VP - Sales & Marketing Virupakshi Pattar Advertising Managers Editorial queries editor@siliconindia.com To subscribe Visit www.siliconindia.com/magazine-in or send email to subscription@siliconindia.com Cover price is Rs.150 per issue. Printed and Published By Alok Chaturvedi on behalf of SiliconMedia Technologies Pvt Ltd and Printed at Precision Fototype Services at Sri Sabari Shopping Complex, 24 Residency Road Bangalore-560025 and Published At No. 124, 2nd Floor, Surya Chambers, Old Airport Road, Murugheshpalya, Bangalore-560017. Editor Alok ChaturvediCopyright © 2017 SiliconMedia Technologies Pvt Ltd, All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher.advertise@siliconindia.comSr. Visualiser MaitreyeeVisualisers S Sivasankar Mohana KrishnanGroup Art DirectorAshok KumarNoidaAshu SethiCirculation Manager Magendran PerumalPradeep Kumar Dalai Shashi Ranjan
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