| SemIndia hopeful of wedded bliss with AMD |
| BS Reporter / Hyderabad November 13, 2006 |
| SemIndia chairman Vinod K Agarwal is hopeful of taking the relationship with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) forward once the semiconductor policy is announced. The company already has a technology transfer agreement with AMD for its semiconductor unit in the proposed Fab City at Hyderabad. Any equity participation commitments from AMD will be determined only after a suitable policy from the central government is out, Agarwal said while responding to a query by Business Standard. "AMD's marketshare gains showcase the prowess of its technology...We are extremely happy that we have made an excellent selection. Also the process is fine-tuned so we can do a 'copy exact' and avoid any technology risks," he said. According to him, the largest foundry company in the world, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (TSMC), started about 20 years back with a similar kind of partnership - as SemIndia has with AMD - with Philips. Today, due to proper incentives from Taiwan in these 20 years and also due to TSMC |
