Centre targets global majors for semiconductor fabrication plants.

In an ambitious move, the government is targeting global leaders for setting up semiconductor fabrication (fab) plants in the country.

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) is coordinating the effort and has drawn up a target list of potential companies. They include Taiwanese majors Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, VIA Technologies Inc., and United Microelectronics Corporation, US giants Intel, Micron Technology, Inc., NXP Semiconductors, and Texas Instruments, Japanese players Fuji Electric Co. and Panasonic.

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