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Ericsson Expands Bengaluru ASIC R&D For Next-Generation Telecom
Ericsson is strengthening its application-specific integrated circuit research and development in Bengaluru, as India takes on a broader role in the company’s telecom innovation, a senior executive told ETElectronicsWorld. Raman Rengarajan, head…
The Story in Brief
Ericsson is strengthening its application-specific integrated circuit research and development in Bengaluru, as India takes on a broader role in the company’s telecom innovation, a senior executive told ETElectronicsWorld. Raman Rengarajan, head of Ericsson Silicon India, said the focus is shifting from engineering execution to chip architecture, intellectual property, product definition, verification and responsibility for commercial silicon.
The company sees opportunities in telecom silicon, AI inference, edge computing, embedded systems, security and software-defined hardware. Rengarajan said India’s next phase could include telecom-grade AI, programmable networks and 6G systems. He described AI in telecom as both a tool for improving radio access network performance and a way to support AI workloads across devices, edge, cloud and network infrastructure.
The Indian Opinion
The easy narrative is that India has already become a semiconductor power, while the opposing claim says it remains just a back-office design centre. Both go too far. Ericsson’s stated ambition is meaningful, but an expanded R&D operation is not the same as owning major chip products or building manufacturing capacity. The useful test is whether Bengaluru teams take responsibility for commercial silicon, patents and product decisions, rather than simply adding engineers to existing projects.
Source: telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com
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