Siliconindia Magazine

BlackPepper Technologies: Transforming Ideas into Commercially Viable Products

The Indian semiconductor market holds high growth potential. With the rising number of mobile devices, telecommunication equipment, industrial machinery, automobiles and several other industries, the demand for semiconductors has increased tremendously. According to a report by the Department of Electronics a nd Information Technology (DeitY), nearly 2,000 chips are being designed every year in India and more than 20,000 engineers are working on various aspects of chip design. With the Indian government’s strong emphasis on developing the Electronics System Design Manufacturing(ESDM) industry and the ‘Make in India’ initiative, a lot of companies a restepping ahead to march into the semiconductor space. Hari Krishna Puravankara, an industry veteran with over18 years of...