New Delhi:India’s state-owned computer hardware development organization C-DAC has partnered with the world’s leading semiconductor developer Qualcomm to support Indian startups in the field of designing and manufacturing microprocessors and semiconductors in the country. Qualcomm India Private Limited (Qualcomm India), which is a part of the Qualcomm group of companies, plans to initiate and conduct the Qualcomm Semiconductor Mentorship Program (QSMP) 2022 for select startups from the semiconductor space in India. The idea is to provide and facilitate mentorship, technical training, and industry outreach.
The San Diego based Qualcomm creates semiconductors, software, and services related to wireless technology. The company, which was incorporated in Delaware, owns patents critical to the 5G, 4G, CDMA2000, TD-SCDMA and WCDMA mobile communications standards. For 2022, Qualcomm India has announced a collaboration with the C-DAC, an autonomous scientific society of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India, who will be an outreach partner for the program and facilitate exposure for the participating startups.
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Under the partnership, C-DAC and Qualcomm India aim to nurture technical advancements and intellectual-property-driven innovation and product development required for semiconductor design in the Indian ecosystem. The partnership will also help reduce risks in innovation, accelerate the pace of business development; and develop the soft skills and knowledge base of Indian startups engaged in semiconductor design.