Sindh Department of Information Technology and experts declared Thar sand as the most suitable for making computer chips. According to experts, the digital world can meet the huge market demand by manufacturing the chip layer from Thar sand. The Department of Information Technology has submitted plans for a silicon chip wafer foundry to the federal and provincial governments. Experts also said that coal, sand, water and electricity are needed to make chip wafers and Thar’s sand has been declared the most suitable for this. The CPEC project can cover the projected $450 million cost of the chip wafer foundry concept. In Islamkot's Tharparkar neighbourhood, 150 acres of land are also available for the planned chip wafer factory. The Sindh Information Technology Department has prepared the preliminary paperwork related to the Chip Wafer Foundry project and sent it to the concerned ministries.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan