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Semiconductors in Pakistan: Where we stand and what could we do?

Does anyone of you know about any *reliable* research study on semiconductors in Pakistan? What the current status is and the potential areas of growth?

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Permalink Reply by Riaz Haq on July 26, 2014 at 9:50pm

As far as I know, there's no semiconductor fab in Pakistan. However, there are chip design centers operated by companies like Palmchip, Whizz Systems, OpenSilicon, etc.

http://www.riazhaq.com/2014/04/pakistani-technologist-umar-saif-vis...

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Permalink Reply by Syed Shaheer Javaid on July 31, 2014 at 9:39am

Thanks for that... There is plenty of information there for me to go through. I will get back to you, if any questions.

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