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Micron CEO meets PM Modi to discusses

semiconductor manufacturing in India

OUR BUREAU
Sanand
A
meeting was held between PM
Modi and Sanjay Mehrotra,
an Indian-American business
leader and the CEO of Micron Tech-
nology. In Gandhinagar, they dis-
cussed Micron’s efforts to enhance the
semiconductor manufacturing eco-
system in India. Micron Technology,
headquartered in Boise, Idaho, is an
American producer of computer mem-
ory and computer data storage includ-
ing dynamic random-access memory,
flash memory, and USB flash drives.
“They discussed Micron’s ef-
forts to enhance the semiconductor
manufacturing ecosystem in India,”
PMO said in an X post. Speaking af-
ter his meeting with PM Modi, CEO cron’s engagement with a social with mitted that it will invest up to USD The Union Cabinet had approved
of Micron Sanjay Mehrotra said that community here (the Atal Tinkering 825 million to build a new semicon- the comprehensive Semicon India
he had discussed the progress of Lab),” he added. ductor assembly and test facility in programme with a financial outlay
Micron’s project in Sanand with the “I think it’s a great opportunity India with support from the Indian of INR 76,000 crore for the develop-
Prime Minister. and India’s time has come in this re- government. ment of a sustainable semiconductor
“We were pleased to have the gard and Micron has taken the pio- Micron had selected Gujarat’s and display ecosystem in 2021. India
opportunity to update Prime Minis- neering step of starting manufacturing SANAND Industrial Park (Gujarat Semiconductor Mission (ISM) is a
ter Modi on the progress that we are plant here and we hope the ecosys- Industrial Development Corporation specialized and independent Busi-
making with our Sanand project. So tem can follow successfully in this re- - GIDC) due to its manufacturing ness Division within the Digital India
our meeting was dedicated to that as gard” the Micron CEO further said. infrastructure, conducive business Corporation that aims to build a vi-
well as Microns focus on continuing During PM Modi’s US State visit environment and firm talent pipeline. brant semiconductor and display eco-
to increase the workforce for semi- last year, the semiconductor manu- India hopes to become a major system to enable India’s emergence
conductor manufacturing here in In- facturer announced its India invest- global hub in semiconductor man- as a global hub for electronics manu-
dia and we also talked about my Mi- ment plans. Micron Technology com- ufacturing over the next 10 years. facturing and design.

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