Company
Texas Instruments
TL;DR
TI's Bangalore center helped establish India's credibility in technology development.
Texas Instruments plays two roles in the chapter: as the company that rejected Morris Chang's foundry model in 1985 (later becoming dependent on the ecosystem he created), and as the pioneer that opened Bangalore's first major chip design center in 1985, attracted by engineering graduates and cost advantages. TI's Bangalore center helped establish India's credibility in technology development.