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CM assures help to chip manufacturing units

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Tech-savvy too: Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy going round the exhibition at the 21st International Conference on VLSI design & seventh International Conference on Embedded Systems in Hyderabad on Sunday. -

HYDERABAD: The State Government would extend support to chip-manufacturing and designing industry in terms of infrastructure and logistics, besides ensuring law and order.

This was stated here on Sunday by Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy while inaugurating the student conference organised as part of the 21st International Conference on VLSI design & seventh International Conference on Embedded Systems.

Dr. Reddy said Hyderabad was emerging as a “very good” destination for chip manufacturing and designing. He expressed confidence that the event would lead to a lot more innovations and give a fillip to the R&D in the sector.

Earlier, he visited an exhibition and went around the stalls.

Dirk Meyer, President and COO, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) industry, said the semiconductor industry, since inception, had been innovating and increasing performance through decreasing transistor sizes and correspondingly enhancing (transistor) densities.

While the model of innovation thus far served both the industry and the end customer reasonably well, there were unmistakable signs that it needed to change. Customers were beginning to demand more than just performance, power efficiency being among the foremost of them.

He said the R&D costs were rising as a percentage of revenue, industry-wise. Consequently, industry profitability was beginning to show signs of decline. Recognising this trend early, AMD has long since made customer centricity the driver of its innovation, and energy efficiency the cornerstone of its product offerings.

As part of the event, ‘Student Track on VLSI Design and Embedded Systems’ was organised in collaboration with VEDA IIT. The main aim of this track was to aid students joining the industry.

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