Infineon CEO Says India Headcount Rose 28% Over Past Year

The disclosure is notable less for its size than for its specificity: a German chipmaker putting a hard number on India hiring is a rare concrete datapoint on how semiconductor capacity and design work are shifting toward the country. It matters for India's engineering talent pool and for rivals weighing their own local footprints. Whether the pace is sustained, or whether the company attaches investment figures to the headcount, is the open question.