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Lam Research said that its platform will train up to 60,000 engineers over 10 years. Vivek Tyagi, advisor to the India Electronics and Semiconductor Association, said that while fabs are largely automated, it is the assembly and testing plants that will generate more jobs.

Good quality LED lights have a higher cost than conventional lights as a result of the complicated assembly and high raw material cost. Manufacturers, however, are trying to lessen their production costs by employing new technologies and designs.

Amid growing geopolitical tensions, India has an opportunity to establish itself as a reliable player in the semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem, Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said.

This time, however, the buy-in from US business is more positive. Micron, already facing serious difficulties in China, Applied Materials and Lam Research have committed to investments in developing the semiconductor industry in India.

Designing chips from scratch is a costintensive affair, because of which smaller semiconductor design firms typically prefer to license chip design IPs from larger companies, in order to build their custom chips on top of a base design.

Shares of a small Japanese chip design firm have quintupled since it listed in October, supercharged by expectations of a boom in silicon demand driven by artificial intelligence. Socionext Inc. has jumped more than 245% this year, with its market value touching a high of around 957 billion (Rs6.7 billion), making it the bestperforming stock on the Topix index.

There is good news for the youth of Madhya Pradesh. Before the upcoming elections, the Shivraj government of the state is preparing to give a big gift to the youth. For this, Madhya Pradesh s ITITES and ESDM policy will be announced and implemented soon.