Thanjavur, Nov 28: India has adequate scope for becoming a major producer of silicon chips, a top official of the Union Ministry of Information and Technology has said. Despite having adequate expertise in the field, the country's production of chips was meagre, Dr K S Chari, senior director and head micro-electronics division, Ministry of IT, lamented.

He was speaking after inaugurating the three-day national seminar on 'System on Chip', organised by the Sastra deemed university yesterday.

Grant Martin of Cadence System, US, delivered a lecture on “design flows for IP integration” through video conferencing. Bureau Report