- Hindustan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company
Hindustan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company ("HSMC") is a planned
semiconductor foundry near the city of Hyderabad in theIndia n state ofAndhra Pradesh .Company Management
HSMC is headed by a host of
Non-Resident Indian s chaired by Deven Verma.Board of directors and advisors are:
*Dr. Deven Verma -Chairman and ActingCEO
*Rajvir Singh -Founder of Redwood Ventures, Cerent, Stratum One
*Dr. Satish Gupta-Former Sr. Executive ofCirrus Logic -Former CEO ofCradle Systems - a processor company
*Prof Krishna Saraswat-Stanford University - Micro Electronics, -Former member of Rajiv Gandhi Semiconductor team
*Dr. C Kumar N Patel-CEO of Pranalytica,-Former Director ofBell Labs and Vice Chairman (R&D)UCLA -Former member of Rajiv Gandhi Semiconductor team**Raj Parekh-Managing Partner Redwood Ventures-FormerCTO ofSun Microsystems
*Prof. Sanjay Banerjee-University of Texas, Austin - Micro Electronics
*Anant Agrawal-Former Senior VP ofSun Microsystems
*Avtar Sani-Former Exceutive ofIntel Pentium and Director of Intel chip design group-Founding President of IntelSouth Asia /India
*Ankineedu Velaga-Worked as GM of a number offoundries -Siltera ,Chartered Semiconductor
*Vishal Verma-Partner, Edgewood Ventures, LLC.-Founder ofAkroria Network Product Focus
HSMC’s focus will be on
System On Chip (SoC) for products likemobile phones , wired line telecom products likebroadband ,sim card s,ID cards ,set top box es and automotive chip sets.Current Status
The fabrication unit's construction is supposed to start in
2007 . The initial investment expected in HSMC isUSD 1 billion which may be scaled up as the need arises for more production.Technology Partnerships
The company has roped in
Infineon Technologies as a technology partner and licensed its 130 nm technology [http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=D3X35P3CJWVRAQSNDLSCKHA?articleID=198700633] . HSMC will manufacture Infineon's chips forcell phone s,smart card s andautomotive segment for theIndia n market. Infineon has not bought equity in HSMC.ee also
External links
* [http://www.hsmcindia.com HSMC Website]
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