USA Roadshow 2026 Strengthens Global Partnerships for Bangladesh’s Semiconductor Future
The Bangladesh Semiconductor Industry Association (BSIA) successfully completed the Silicon Valley segment of the BSIA Silicon River USA Roadshow 2026, marking a series of high-impact engagements with global semiconductor leaders, research institutions, investors, and Non-Resident Bangladeshi (NRB) professionals.
The Silicon Valley portion of the roadshow was led by Professor Muhammad Mustafa Hussain, Chief Architect of Silicon River Bangladesh, together with leaders from BSIA and participating member companies. The delegation showcased Bangladesh’s growing capabilities in semiconductor design, advanced packaging, electronics, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, robotics, and innovation while advancing a long-term vision for transforming Bangladesh into a Nation of Innovation.
SanDisk: Establishing a Five-Year Strategic Collaboration Framework
On June 9, the delegation visited SanDisk and met with Matt Crowley, Senior Vice President, and Deepanshu Dutta, Vice President.
The delegation spent over two and a half hours touring SanDisk’s state-of-the-art R&D facilities and presenting a comprehensive five-year collaboration roadmap between SanDisk and Bangladesh.
The proposed engagement framework focused on:
Participating Bangladeshi companies also presented their portfolios and capabilities. Following the discussions, SanDisk leadership formed an internal committee to evaluate and advance potential collaboration opportunities with Bangladesh.
GlobalFoundries: Expanding Commercial and Technology Partnerships
Later that day, the delegation visited GlobalFoundries, hosted by Dr. Mahbub Rashed, Vice President, Design Technology Co-Optimization (DTCO). Participating companies presented their portfolios spanning semiconductor design, advanced electronics, healthcare technologies, AI, and innovation-driven products.
A major outcome of the meeting was the confirmation that two Bangladeshi companies will be added as primary vendors within the GlobalFoundries ecosystem.
The discussions also generated multiple action items involving:
The delegation additionally discussed a long-term vision for establishing an Advanced Packaging Design & Research Center in Bangladesh, connected to leading global universities and industrial partners.
Synopsys: Building the Talent and Innovation Pipeline
On June 10, the delegation visited Synopsys and met with Ron Duncan, Chief Innovation Officer. The delegation presented Bangladesh’s semiconductor ecosystem roadmap, highlighting BSIA, Silicon River, CREST, SICIP, SARA, STAR, BRAINGAIN, and BEAR Summit initiatives.
Several significant outcomes emerged from the discussions:
The MDK Center concept envisions collaboration among industry leaders, world-class universities, and Bangladesh’s emerging semiconductor ecosystem to develop next-generation methodologies for advanced packaging, AI-enabled design, digital twins, reliability, and semiconductor manufacturing.
CREDO: Strengthening High-Speed Connectivity and Design Ecosystems
In the afternoon, the delegation visited CREDO, where Dr. Shatil Haque serves as Associate Vice President.
The Silicon River Bangladesh vision was presented, followed by presentations from participating companies highlighting their products, technologies, and future growth plans.
The discussions explored future opportunities in:
Sacramento BRAINGAIN Reception Mobilizes NRB Semiconductor Community
Following the Silicon Valley meetings, the delegation traveled nearly 150 miles to Sacramento to engage semiconductor professionals and entrepreneurs from Northern California. The Sacramento gathering was organized by NRB semiconductor veteran Mr. Towhid Rahman, whose leadership and longstanding engagement within the semiconductor community helped bring together a highly accomplished group of professionals from across the region.
The delegation presented the progress of Silicon River Bangladesh, the National Semiconductor Strategy, CREST, SICIP, SARA, BEAR Summit, and upcoming opportunities for diaspora engagement. The Sacramento NRB semiconductor community immediately pledged support for the BRAINGAIN initiative and committed to helping strengthen Bangladesh’s growing innovation ecosystem through mentorship, collaboration, investment, strategic guidance, and future industry partnerships.
The event highlighted the growing momentum of the global Bangladeshi semiconductor diaspora and reinforced the critical role NRB professionals will play in connecting Bangladesh with the world’s leading technology companies, universities, investors, and innovation ecosystems.
Intel: Mobilizing Global Bangladeshi Semiconductor Leadership
On June 11, the delegation visited Intel Corporation and met with a large contingent of Bangladeshi-origin Intel technologists under the leadership of Dr. Mahbub Majumder. Numerous additional Intel professionals joined virtually from across the United States. Professor Muhammad Mustafa Hussain delivered a compelling presentation outlining Bangladesh’s semiconductor vision, progress, and opportunities.
Participating companies subsequently presented their capabilities and technology portfolios to Intel leadership and professionals.
Discussions focused on:
Arm: Advancing Future Technology Partnerships
On June 11, the delegation also visited Arm. The Arm engagement was led by Dr. Sayeed Badrudduza, Director of R&D, NXP, who presented Bangladesh’s growing semiconductor capabilities and opportunities for collaboration.
Discussions focused on:
The engagement was highly productive, and both sides identified multiple concrete action items for future collaboration.
Silicon River Banquet Reception Brings Together Global Leaders
On the evening of June 11, nearly 100 NRB entrepreneurs, technologists, researchers, investors, and executives from global semiconductor companies including Synopsys, SanDisk, GlobalFoundries, Intel, and others attended the Silicon River Banquet Reception. His Excellency Mr. Tareq Ariful Islam, Ambassador of Bangladesh to the United States, attended as Chief Guest. In his remarks, the Ambassador emphasized, “BRAINGAIN will serve as the brain, while Silicon River will serve as the engine powering Bangladesh’s transformation into a Nation of Innovation.”
Mr. M A Jabbar, President of BSIA, reflected on BSIA’s journey since beginning engagement with the global Bangladeshi semiconductor diaspora in 2017 and highlighted the remarkable momentum achieved over the last eighteen months.
Dr. Anisul Khan presented the Silicon River framework and outlined engagement opportunities for NRB professionals. Professor Muhammad Mustafa Hussain challenged attendees to move beyond discussing limitations and instead focus on execution, reminding the audience that meaningful transformation begins when people choose to act.
Yield Engineering Systems (YES): Building Equipment and Manufacturing Capabilities
On June 12, the delegation visited Yield Engineering Systems (YES) and met with company leadership, including the CEO, Senior Vice President, Corporate Vice President, and Dr. Zia Karim, Chief Technology Officer.
The discussions focused on:
YES leadership identified several areas where joint work can begin immediately, particularly in equipment design, engineering, manufacturing operations, maintenance systems, and advanced packaging workforce development.
The discussions also explored how Bangladesh’s future assembly and packaging facilities could become a platform for equipment innovation, workforce training, and digital manufacturing initiatives.
UC Berkeley SkyDeck: Connecting Bangladesh Innovation to Global Capital
In the afternoon, the delegation visited UC Berkeley SkyDeck, one of the world’s leading startup accelerators.
The discussions resulted in agreements to:
These initiatives are expected to strengthen Bangladesh’s innovation-to-commercialization pipeline and improve access to global capital.
Building the Future Together
Throughout the Silicon Valley engagements, Professor Muhammad Mustafa Hussain served as the principal presenter of the Silicon River Bangladesh vision, roadmap, and ecosystem architecture, while participating BSIA member companies showcased their technologies, capabilities, products, and growth plans.
The roadshow demonstrated growing global interest in Bangladesh’s semiconductor ambitions and highlighted the nation’s emerging strengths in talent development, semiconductor design, advanced packaging, AI, electronics manufacturing, innovation, and entrepreneurship.
Through initiatives such as Silicon River, BRAINGAIN, CREST, SICIP, SARA, STAR, and BEAR Summit, Bangladesh continues building the foundation necessary to become a globally connected innovation ecosystem capable of contributing meaningfully to the future of semiconductors, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, robotics, and advanced technology development.
