siliconindia | | September 20179nologies ­ capacity capability and cost. Our industry has been the best in the world of driving up capacity capability and orders of magnitude, while driving down cost by or-ders of magnitude, which is why people today can walk around with almost a computer in their hands in the form of smartphone. It also has the capacity to do all things that a mainframe computer can do. When you reduce cost and in-crease capacity capability, you actually enable widespread adoption of the semiconductor technologies in day-to-day living. For example, in your car today, the whole instru-ment cluster is digitised. It is now cheaper to have a new digital instrument cluster than an old analog cluster. This was driven by technology. With the Indian Government coming-up with Smart Cities across the nation, how important is the role of Indian Semiconductor industry in fulfilling this initiative?Enormous amount of data will be generated. The data will be then processed & analysed, and then it will drive de-cision making. Also, the infrastructure needed for these smart cities ­ be it telecom or internet infrastructure ­ will all have semiconductor content in them. For us, the smart city initiative is the best way to solve two problems ­ one is to relive the current urban crowd in Indian cities; the sec-ond is to use technology to do this in a way that is efficient. Automation of Processes in IndiaA large number of Governance processes are be-ing automated. These days, there are a lot of ini-tiatives to get most of the Government services through online process. B2B and supply chain relationships are all automated and done through the internet. The way companies increase effi-ciency through the use of computational power increases their ability to do business. Industrial setups and big plants are built in an automated fashion delivering high value. All these things could be enabled through semiconductors. What is the role of Semiconductor in the Indian Healthcare Industry?The storage of information and digitisation of infor-mation; India is already a fairly large industry which actually does digitisation of healthcare records to people abroad, and also remote di-agnostics using those records. That is one area where semi-conductor and healthcare intercept. Second area where semiconductor has a play in healthcare is the upcoming area of wearable flexible electronics, where you can embed cheap sensors into people's clothing or other wearables as a way to constantly monitor their health condition and to drive healthcare on a predictive basis. Has Lam Research Partnered with Any of the Government Organisations or Private Entities in India?We don't sell directly to the Government; we sell to the semiconductor manufacturers. In the technical capacity, we have not partnered with the Government of India, but we are always willing to partner with the Indian Government to cipher the semiconductor ecosystem. But we do continue to partner with various local CSR activities where we interact with local governments. Lastly, what is your Advice to startups foraying into the Semiconductor segment in India?Always figure out what is your competi-tive advantage that other companies in your segment do not possess and leverage it. Understand the critical aspect of what you are innovating and bring that into the market. (As told to Ananth.V) The manufacturing ecosystem for semiconductors is very complex, thus requiring an ecosystem to be built around the semiconductor manufacturing capabilityKrishnan Shrinivasan
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