Micron to roll out first India-made chips by early 2025, but not for India
Mint. “No factory in India will ever be building for India only. It will be a small part, and bulk of it will be for exports, and that's actually a good thing because we want our factories to be globally viable," he added.
Also Read: Micron’s investment will boost India’s tech chops and spur economic growth Ramamoorthy said the semiconductor chips from the Sanand unit could be used in several sectors, including data centers, smartphones, notebooks and internet of things, or IoT, but the allocation would be decided closer to final production. “We want to serve all customers. How we route those bits into different verticals will be based on various factors like turnaround time, pricing dynamics, customer needs, their inventory position, so we have to be agile.
Overtime, all the verticals that will be serviced (from here)," he said. Micron could also look at new opportunities in two-wheeler electric vehicles and government contracts that are unique to the Indian market, he added. On the possibility of working with Tata Electronics Ltd’s semiconductor fabrication units coming up in Assam and Gujarat, Ramamoorthy said some partnerships could emerge with Tata Group companies since they were already customers.
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