mar 27th, 2007
this after the debacle with burmese gas and also any number of other hydrocarbon deals where the indian offers were finessed by the chinese, probably with more money and all sorts of goodies to the countries concerned (eg. nuclear weapons and support in the UNSC, etc.).
didnt the UPA (and dayanidhi maran) make this somewhat of a prestige issue? so why did they lose? is it incompetence? is it the poor infrastructure?
although, objectively speaking, it is better for intel and for india to put this manufacturing facility, which demands lots of water and power, in china. let them pollute their land some more. i hope indian designers can continue to create fabless fab operations, designing the stuff and not manufacturing it.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/27/technology/27chip.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin
3 comments:
Rajeev
Eventhough I see your point in the last paragraph, I sincerely wish that at some point fab (and similar other "manufacturing" sector industries) pick up in India..
I would rather not do a "grapes are sour" excuse..
http://nanoarun.blogspot.com/2006/02/fab-in-india-what-does-it-mean.html
Water will be a very scare commodity in the 21st century. China is fast running out of water, and so is India. Our water table is fast receeding. Chip manufacturing is very water dependent. Chip manufacturing plants deplete the water table leading to adverse consequences for the community surrounding it. Watch out for China in the 21st century. It will have plenty of dollar reserves but will thirst for water. The same will happen to India soon.
Hey, the amount of water that a few fab plans would take up will be minimal compared to what one billion people will consume ! Yes, water is going to be a big issue in future - they say that the next world war will be fought on the issue of water - and we do need to do something serious about it. But to put forth that as an argument not to have chip plants is taking it too far IMHO.
by the way http://www.rediff.com/money/2007/mar/28chip.htm
Hindustan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation on Wednesday announced a $4 billion investment plan for setting up a fab city in India in partnership with German technology major Infineon.
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