{"id":261838,"date":"2023-09-26T20:06:09","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T14:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=261838"},"modified":"2023-09-27T14:44:27","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T09:14:27","slug":"our-chip-making-game-shows-welcome-realism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/our-chip-making-game-shows-welcome-realism\/","title":{"rendered":"Our chip-making game shows welcome realism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>&#8211; The post is based on the article <strong>\u201cOur chip-making game shows welcome realism\u201d <\/strong>published in the <strong>\u201cmint\u201d <\/strong>on <strong>26th September 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Syllabus: <\/strong>GS3- Economy<\/p>\n<p><strong>Relevance- <\/strong>Semiconductor manufacturing<\/p>\n<p><strong>News<\/strong>&#8211; Recently, India\u2019s electronics and infotech minister Ashwini Vaishnaw talked about\u00a0 focus on the emerging segment that remains largely unexploited in semiconductor manufacturing<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What are some facts about &#8216;compound semiconductors&#8217;? <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>It is the next major innovation. These chips are claimed to be more <strong>energy-efficient<\/strong> and offer <strong>superior thermal conductivity.<\/strong> It enables f<strong>aster processing speeds. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, their high production cost has limited their usage to <strong>specialized application<\/strong>s in fields such as<strong> telecommunications, power equipment, and automotive technology.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This segment holds <strong>significant sales potential<\/strong>, but its <strong>growth trajectory<\/strong> will depend on factors such as the availability of raw materials and the enhancement of <strong>chip performance.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Why does a strategic approach, focusing on a specific niche rather than competing with major chip manufacturers appear more realistic? <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In e<strong>merging fields<\/strong> where all participants are still developing their capabilities, local chip producers in India have a better chance of <strong>attaining global competitiveness.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In contrast, the silicon industry is already <strong>highly competitive<\/strong>. <strong>Substantial investments<\/strong> are being made in fabrication facilities in the EU, US, and China, primarily aimed at reducing reliance on imports from Taiwan.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What are the challenges in achieving global leadership in a specific niche?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The semiconductor industry is influenced by <strong>geopolitics.<\/strong> China has restricted the <strong>exports of gallium<\/strong> in response to tech restrictions imposed by the US.<\/p>\n<p>Gallium is a <strong>key component <\/strong>used in <strong>chip production <\/strong>and is found in bauxite and zinc ores. Other players like the Vedanta Group could potentially secure a supply source for gallium compound chips.\u00a0 However, the actual progress of<strong> locally produced niche chips<\/strong> in the chip-making process remains uncertain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source&#8211; The post is based on the article \u201cOur chip-making game shows welcome realism\u201d published in the \u201cmint\u201d on 26th September 2023. Syllabus: GS3- Economy Relevance- Semiconductor manufacturing News&#8211; Recently, India\u2019s electronics and infotech minister Ashwini Vaishnaw talked about\u00a0 focus on the emerging segment that remains largely unexploited in semiconductor manufacturing What are some facts&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/our-chip-making-game-shows-welcome-realism\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Our chip-making game shows welcome realism<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[216,8184,11125],"class_list":["post-261838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-3","tag-indian-economy","tag-mint","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261838\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}