[🇧🇩] 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

 

[Saif]

National Semiconductor Symposium 2025 kicks off

The inaugural session of the country's first Biotic Electronics AI and Robotics (BEAR) Summit and Bangladesh National Semiconductor Symposium 2025 was held at Dhaka on July 16.

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National Semiconductor Symposium 2025 kicks off

Press conference ahead of BEAR Summit and Bangladesh National Semiconductor Symposium 2025 on July 15. Image: Md. Zahidur Rabbi.

The inaugural session of the country's first Biotic Electronics AI and Robotics (BEAR) Summit and Bangladesh National Semiconductor Symposium 2025 was held at Dhaka on July 16.

The two-day event, taking place on July 16 and 17 at the National Science and Technology Complex in Agargaon, is jointly organised by the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Division, the EDGE Project, and the Bangladesh Computer Council.

Earlier, at a press conference on July 15, ICT Division Secretary Shish Haider Chowdhury described the event as a landmark collaboration between the government, the semiconductor industry, academic institutions, and members of the Bangladeshi diaspora. He noted that the government is prepared to provide full policy support to foster growth in this sector, adding that a draft of the National Semiconductor Policy has already been prepared and will soon be finalised.

Shish Haider Chowdhury also stated that proposals have been submitted to policymakers to offer cash incentives of five to ten percent for the export of semiconductor-based products and services. He projected that with a workforce of 20,000 skilled professionals, Bangladesh could generate USD 150 billion in semiconductor exports over the next decade.​