[🇧🇩] Semiconductor Industry in Bangladesh

[Saif]

The current global market for semiconductor is about $600 billion. Wall Street Journal's prediction is that the global market for semiconductor will reach to $1 trillion by 2030. Currently Bangladesh makes just $6 million by exporting semiconductor chips. So, there is a huge potential for Bangladesh to capture at least 10% of the global market for semiconductor.

 

[Bilal9]

The value addition possibilities in the Semiconductor sector can be divided into 3 sections,

1. Design

2. Fabrication

3. Testing/Packaging/Assembly/QC

Design (#1) is being already done in Bangladesh - and you need all sorts of CAD training and people, which Bangladesh possesses. Ultimately this is where labor value addition for Bangladesh for educated workforce will bear fruit.

Fab (#2) is incredibly expensive. requiring humongous capital outlay (in the order of hundreds of Billions) and existing status quo players like Taiwan/Korea/US) are unwilling to share that tech. So that is out for Bangladesh. But....

Packaging/QC/Testing (#3) is also a remote possibility for Bangladesh, though that is certainly less labor intensive than #1. Maybe not right now, but five/six years down the line, will be very appropriate option.

So for now - Design is the number one prerogative for Bangladesh in Semiconductor sector, and the one we should focus on.

 

[Saif]

The value addition possibilities in the Semiconductor sector can be divided into 3 sections,

1. Design

2. Fabrication

3. Testing/Packaging/Assembly/QC

Design (#1) is being already done in Bangladesh - and you need all sorts of CAD training and people, which Bangladesh possesses. Ultimately this is where labor value addition for Bangladesh for educated workforce will bear fruit.

Fab (#2) is incredibly expensive. requiring humongous capital outlay (in the order of hundreds of Billions) and existing status quo players like Taiwan/Korea/US are unwilling to share that tech. So that is out for Bangladesh. But....

Packaging/QC/Testing (#3) is also a remote possibility for Bangladesh, though that is certainly less labor intensive than #1. Maybe not right now, but five/six years down the line, will be very appropriate option.

So for now - Design is the number one prerogative for Bangladesh in Semiconductor sector, and the one we should focus on.

Very informative post