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Manickam: Whichever nation masters semiconductor manufacturing will rule the world
“Whoever, you know is able to master this is going to rule the world, right? I mean, this, I think, fundamentally, that has come to, you know, believe, right?”
Manickam: China will achieve self-sufficiency or cease importing US chips
“I think China will, you know, will be, you know, self-sufficient or at least, you know, make sure that they're not importing from us. So I think that is going to accelerate now.”
Manickam: Global tech innovation will fragment across India, China, Europe, and Japan
“Innovation is going to become not just concentrated in one country anymore. It is going to be India. It's going to be China. It's going to be Europe. It's going to be Japan, right? So there's going to be a lot more fragmented innovation that's going to happen.”
Manickam: Mega factories will give way to distributed manufacturing in 10-20 years
“I have this feeling that all this, you know, concentration of this, you know, whether it's a mega factory or mega bank, you know, everything mega mega, right. I think it's going to become more distributed in the next 10 to 20 years.”
Manickam: India Will Democratize Semiconductors Like It Did Pharmaceuticals
“And I think, you know, semiconductor will eventually be something like that. I, you know, I believe, right? Where, you know, it will become more and more affordable, right?... So I think, you know, India will democratize a lot of this, you know, in my opinion.…”
Manickam: India Reaching 3nm Chip Manufacturing in 10 Years Is Very Optimistic
“Definitely. I mean, 10 years is a good, you know, is very optimistic.”
Manickam: It will take India 20 years to match TSMC's manufacturing
“Now on the manufacturing, you know, if you want to be like a TSMC, it's probably going to take 20 years.”
Manickam: High pay will eventually draw US workers into semiconductor manufacturing
“You know, and, you know, money-wise, right, obviously, you know, a semiconductor pays really well. So I'm sure, you know, being a very capitalist society, people will eventually get into it. It's going to take a, take some time to do it.”
Manickam: Domestic Indian Firms Designing 2nm/3nm Chips Are 4-5 Years Away
“Indian company designing a two nanometer, three nanometer, Indian, Indian company, not a GCC. It's a ways off. I would say probably four, five years from now.”
Manickam: Global semiconductor market will double to $1T in ten years
“The semiconductor market is supposed to double, right? It's about half a trillion right now, right? 506 hundred billion dollars is a semiconductor market. It's supposed to double. Right. It took about 40 years. So, you know, to get to this level in the next 10…”
Manickam: India's Semicon 2.0 budget will target ecosystem and product companies
“The two point O is going to be announced, you know, the next budget. And there's significant amount of money that is coming. Now they may focus on the ecosystem guys, equipment guys there are chip product companies and so on. May not be as much for the manufac…”