According to reports, Lam Research India will open an office and provide support for Tata Electronics' first semiconductor fabrication facility in Dholera, Gujarat, which is being built in collaboration with Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (PSMC).

The plant will be able to produce up to 50,000 wafers every month. All of its clients and fabs worldwide actively use Lam Research India's virtual fab, The Semiverse, to simulate their fab processes.

Rangesh Raghavan, corporate vice president and general manager, Lam Research India says, “We have engineering centers in the US, in California and Oregon, in Villach, Austria, and Bengaluru, India. In terms of technology close to our customers, we have centers all over, wherever our customers are. So, if the Tatas complete the fab in Dholera, we’ll have an office there in Dholera and support them as well. We won’t support them from here in Bengaluru. Customers need immediate access.”

“PSMC has many of our equipment. We work closely with them. When the Tata fab comes up, there will be teams from Lam, PSMC, and the Tatas that will be collaborating,” adds Rangesh.

“If one must do 600 experiments, it could cost you $6 million to get the data you need to decide. With Semiverse, I can simulate all those 600 conditions and identify the 20 conditions where I’m likely to find a solution. This will reduce the cost of experimentation. Tatas will see the value. Our India center is much better aligned to serve our customers than the US centers. An Indian team does not touch any product at LAM. Every product, in some way, shape, or form, is made by an Indian team. The Indian team is the largest team outside the US,” says Rangesh.