India must localise chip IP, materials by 2047: SSPL Director

Bengaluru, Oct 13 (UNI) India must move beyond semiconductor design services to develop indigenous intellectual property, manufacturing capabilities and a resilient domestic supply chain, with a long-term goal of sourcing up to 90 per cent of semiconductor materials domestically by 2047, Aneesh Kumar Sharma, Director of the Solid State Physics Laboratory (SSPL), said on Tuesday. Although India accounts for nearly 20 per cent of the global semiconductor chip design workforce, the country has historically remained confined largely to design services, with limited ownership of intellectual property, Sharma said while outlining a roadmap for semiconductor self-reliance. He was speaking at the…