Made-in-India semiconductor chip

 

Made-in-India semiconductor chip


Addressing the nation on the 79th Independence Day, Mr. Modi said that six semiconductor units are already on the ground and four new units have been given green signal.

By the end of this year, made in India, made by the people of India, made in India chips will come to the market,” Modi said.

Semiconductors, key components for any electronic device, have diverse applications ranging from mobile phones and computers to home appliance and electric vehicles.

The Prime Minister said that the thought process for semiconductors in the country started 50-60 years ago, but it got stuck in the files while several countries have mastered it and are dominating the world.

The first known attempt to set up a semiconductor plant in India was made by American physicist and entrepreneur Robert Noyce in late 1960s before he co-founded Intel with Gordon Moore.

India’s semiconductor market is expected to more than double to grow in the range of $100-110 billion by 2030, according to industry estimates, an official statement said on Sunday.

The Indian semiconductor market was about $45-50 billion in 2024-2025 against $38 billion in 2023, according to an official statement which cited industry estimates.

The Union Cabinet this week approved four semiconductor plants, including a unit backed by U.S. technology major Intel and Lockheed Martin, entailing a total investment of ₹4,594 crore in three states of Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Punjab.Cabinet approved a 3D glass semiconductor packaging unit to be set up by 3D Glass Solutions Inc — which is backed by U.S. technology majors such as Intel, Lockheed Martin and Applied Materials, entailing an investment of ₹1,943 crore with an annual production capacity of 5 crore units.

This is the first semiconductor project that involves personal computer chip maker Intel Corporation along with other technology partners.

The Cabinet approved the country’s first commercial compound fabrication unit by SiCsem for making silicon carbide semiconductors. The plant will be set up in Bhubaneswar with an investment of ₹2,066 crore with a capacity to produce 9.6 crore chips per year.

A chip packaging plant in Andhra Pradesh, to be set up by Advanced System in Package Technologies with an investment of Rs 468 crore, was also approved by the Cabinet. It will have a capacity to produce 9.6 crore chips per year.

The Cabinet also cleared a semiconductor project of electronics component maker firm CDIL. The facility will be set up in Punjab with an investment of Rs 117 crore, having an annual production capacity of 15.8 crore units.

The new semiconductor projects raise the total number of chip plants in India to 10 with a cumulative investment commitment of around ₹1.6 lakh crore.

The chip plants that are setting up factories in advance stages include semiconductor wafer manufacturing units by Tata Electronics (TEPL) in partnership with Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp (PSMC) of Taiwan with a proposed investment of around ₹91,000 crore.

The other five plants are into the field of chip packaging, which include a unit by U.S. memory chip maker Micron Technology with ₹22,516 crore investment, one by CG Power & Industrial Pvt Ltd in partnership with Renesas; Stars with ₹7,600 crore investment, a Tata Semiconductor Assembly and Test Pvt Ltd (TSAT) plant worth ₹27,000 crore, a Kaynes Semicon unit of ₹3,307 crore and a unit of HCL-Foxconn JV entailing an investment of ₹3,700 crore.


SOURCE THE HINDU 

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