China is both a model and a warning for India’s chip ambitions: US professor on what New Delhi should do

“China serves both as a good role model as well as a cautionary tale,” Kumar said in an exclusive interview with Business Today. “They’ve spent so much money, but in spite of this, all it takes is for the US or the Netherlands to stop shipment of some chip or some chipmaking equipment, and then you’re stuck.” For India, Kumar, a Professor at the University of Illinois, argues that the lesson is to be more strategic about where it puts its money – strengthening chip design, building expertise in packaging and testing, and developing capacity in legacy chips rather than…