'Seeing shift from component to system play, driven by AI'

In June 2023, US-based chipmaker Micron announced its plan to invest $825 million to set up a semiconductor assembly, testing, marking, and packaging (ATMP) unit in Gujarat’s Sanand. In September, the company carried out the groundbreaking ceremony of the plant and now plans to roll out the first made-in-India chip by December 2024. 

- Shraddha Goled

TechCircle interviewed Anand Ramamoorthy, the country head and the founding managing director of Micron India, about the progress in the Sanand plant, India as a destination for semiconductor manufacturing, and the overall industry outlook. Edited excerpts:

What is contributing to Micron’s presence and growth in India?

We set up a base in India in 2018-2019 period. Since our entry into India was a little later than some of our peers, we had to leapfrog in terms of the work we do. Our intention was not to be just an augmentation or a back office but to hire the right kind of mandate and establish collaboration corridors so that we contribute directly to global operations. We started with a few hundred employees and today we are more than 3,500 in India. We have ramped up pretty well in terms of both hiring and building competencies.