'India can be semiconductor design hub'

With India focused on setting up its own semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem, Rajan Anandan, managing director of Sequoia Capital, has said the country capability to become a major player in the chip design space.

- Rituraj Baruah

Speaking at the Mint Zetwerk Smart Manufacturing Summit 2023 on the growing number of Indian companies in newer manufacturing spaces like semiconductors, he noted that Sequoia recently invested in a deep-tech startup focused on designing cost-effective and power-efficient system-on-chips (SoCS), Mindgrove.

He said while semiconductor manufacturing can be a highly capital-intensive business and mostly it is the big companies who get into the business, India has the capability to become a major player in the chip design space.