New Delhi, Sept. 18 -- India has the "building blocks" to strengthen its position in the semiconductor industry but must bridge knowledge and global market-exposure gaps, L&T Semiconductor Technologies CEO Sandeep Kumar said, highlighting artificial intelligence (AI) is "not a hype" but a reality and not an anomaly in the evolution of technology.

Speaking at SEMICON India 2026, Kumar said the current semiconductor boom is being driven by architecture, while India needs to increase global market exposure for its talent and move into advanced nodes and specialised technologies.

"AI is not a hype, it is a reality, but it is not an anomaly," he said, drawing parallels with the Industrial Revolution, when technological disruption similarly s...