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India, however, has t wo major systems vision has the best potential to The most well-known models in this area
weaknesses. It doesn’t have adequate move India from its current design-centric are: IME (Singapore), ITRI (Taiwan), IZM
infrastructure, expertise and resources status at the device level, to a system-centric Fraunhofer (Berlin, Germany), and Georgia
in semiconductor, packaging and system status, serving both growing domestic and Tech in the U.S. While all the former
technologies for R&D. Similarly, it doesn’t global markets. This is particularly true organizations are national institutes well-
have adequate manufacturing infrastructure, as the global industry moves into post- known to collaborate closely with industry
expertise and resources. Moore’s Law devices and systems that are – mostly in technology developments – they
currently at 2nm in R&D and that provide have minimal research and educational or
Potential technical vision for India: <15% transistor performance improvement skill development contents. Georgia Tech,
integrated systems from node to node, in contrast to the 35% however, does both, as an academic institute.
A technical vision for India can be improvement during the peak of Moore’s
semiconductors, packaging or systems, Law achievements. Semiconductors vs. systems
or combining all to form integrated I nd ia ha s a st r ateg ic need for
systems, i.e., integrating devices, system Global models for semiconductors, semiconductors and advanced components
components and interconnecting them packaging and systems so it can develop and manufacture leading-
into integrated system packages. Such Imec (Belgium) is well known for edge devices and components. It can also
integrated system packages serve a its industry consortium in advancing design and buy these to integrate into
variety of needs in emerging automotive semiconductors. But integrated systems systems. It is hard to imagine that India can
applications including power electronics packaging is more than semiconductors be a global leader in semiconductors, but it
with compound semiconductors, computing (Figure 2). It includes devices and doesn’t have to be because semiconductors
and artificial intelligence (AI), 6G and components such as power, interconnecting are not systems. India can be a global leader
beyond communications, and integrated substrates, power regulation and delivery, in integrated systems without being a global
sensors for Internet of Things (IoT), medical and system assembly and test. In addition, leader in semiconductors because of its
and other applications. This integrated it involves system design and architectures. strength in system design and software and

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