South Asia First made-in-India chip will come out in September-October 2025: IT minister

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Date of Event: Feb 17, 2025 Source : https://www.msn.com/en-in/autos/news/first-made-in-india-chip-will-come-out-in-september-october-2025-it-minister/ar-AA1z7f6S?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=bde196dd1abc48b7d444e3a9e7b81659&ei=11

First made-in-India chip will come out in September-October 2025: IT minister​

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First made-in-India chip will come out in September-October 2025: IT minister
The first made-in-India chip from a commercial fab will come out in September or October this year, IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said in Bengaluru on Saturday.

Tata Electronics in partnership with Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (PSMC) is building the country’s first semiconductor fab in Dholera, Gujarat.

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The government has granted Rs 334 crore to the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, “for new research and development (R&D) in gallium nitride, a technology in semiconductors, which is used in telecom and power,” Vaishnaw said at a press conference on Union Budget 2025 announcements.

The government will soon come out with a production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for components, he said.

Gallium nitride (GaN) is touted to be India’s opportunity to mark its presence in the niche field of semiconductors as the technology is still evolving and it is less expensive than silicon to set up a foundry, IISc said on its website.

An interdisciplinary group of IISc faculty members has developed India’s first e-mode GaN power transistor, whose performance is comparable to some of the best reported till date, it said. GaN “is better suited for high power and high-frequency applications,” the site claims.


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Vaishnaw said the government will launch a portal for graphics processing units (GPUs) under the IndiaAI Mission in seven-to-eight days. He was responding to a question from ET on how many of the 18,693 GPUs proposed under the IndiaAI Mission are being offered at the lowest bidder (L1) prices by the 10 technically qualified companies.

February 14 was the last day for the companies to submit their response to the letter of intent sent by the IT ministry on February 7, asking them to match L1 prices.

India has seen Rs 13,162-crore investments in electronics manufacturing space in the recent past with many more investments coming, Vaishnaw said. Currently, the latest semiconductor design tools are being given to students in 234 universities, he added.

In response to a question from ET, Vaishnaw said the IT ministry is working with the industry first to complete the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM) 1.0, in which the modernization of Semiconductor Lab, Mohali, is still pending. Once that is completed, the ministry will work on the approval of ISM 2.0, he said. Budgetary allocation for ISM 2.0 will be revealed post the cabinet approval, he said.
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First made-in-India chip will come out in September-October 2025: IT minister​

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First made-in-India chip will come out in September-October 2025: IT minister
The first made-in-India chip from a commercial fab will come out in September or October this year, IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said in Bengaluru on Saturday.

Tata Electronics in partnership with Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (PSMC) is building the country’s first semiconductor fab in Dholera, Gujarat.

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The government has granted Rs 334 crore to the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, “for new research and development (R&D) in gallium nitride, a technology in semiconductors, which is used in telecom and power,” Vaishnaw said at a press conference on Union Budget 2025 announcements.

The government will soon come out with a production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for components, he said.

Gallium nitride (GaN) is touted to be India’s opportunity to mark its presence in the niche field of semiconductors as the technology is still evolving and it is less expensive than silicon to set up a foundry, IISc said on its website.

An interdisciplinary group of IISc faculty members has developed India’s first e-mode GaN power transistor, whose performance is comparable to some of the best reported till date, it said. GaN “is better suited for high power and high-frequency applications,” the site claims.


Related video: 2025 set to be bullish for Indian tech (WION)

Vaishnaw said the government will launch a portal for graphics processing units (GPUs) under the IndiaAI Mission in seven-to-eight days. He was responding to a question from ET on how many of the 18,693 GPUs proposed under the IndiaAI Mission are being offered at the lowest bidder (L1) prices by the 10 technically qualified companies.

February 14 was the last day for the companies to submit their response to the letter of intent sent by the IT ministry on February 7, asking them to match L1 prices.

India has seen Rs 13,162-crore investments in electronics manufacturing space in the recent past with many more investments coming, Vaishnaw said. Currently, the latest semiconductor design tools are being given to students in 234 universities, he added.

In response to a question from ET, Vaishnaw said the IT ministry is working with the industry first to complete the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM) 1.0, in which the modernization of Semiconductor Lab, Mohali, is still pending. Once that is completed, the ministry will work on the approval of ISM 2.0, he said. Budgetary allocation for ISM 2.0 will be revealed post the cabinet approval, he said.
For more news like this visit The Economic Times.

This is mostly speculative. No commercial chip-making or FAB construction going on in India - just optimistic BJP govt. projection of "what could be".

Producing a few one-off Chips in a lab (or making a few GaN power transistors) does not a commercial FAB make.

Sorry to break this to Pom-Pom Hindutvas and rain on their parade, but making FABs for commercial Chip making is not that easy.

FABs require investments in the hundreds of Billions of dollars and then - almost insurmountable technical challenges on top of it lasting for decades, several ecosystems which India currently does not possess the capability to implement.

Currently only Korea, Taiwan and China have that capability and they would have no reason in helping India come up as a competitor in that field.

As usual - just vote-getting feel-good Godi-Media propaganda and delusions of grandeur coming up from India.

Instead of practical steps to give the clamoring hundreds of millions in India some type of job, any job. Just for some basic Ruji-Roti....

Selfish Brahmin and upper-caste people don't care about the underclasses.

 

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This is mostly speculative. No commercial chip-making or FAB construction going on in India - just optimistic BJP govt. projection of "what could be".

Producing a few one-off Chips in a lab (or making a few GaN power transistors) does not a commercial FAB make.

Sorry to break this to Pom-Pom Hindutvas and rain on their parade, but making FABs for commercial Chip making is not that easy.

FABs require investments in the hundreds of Billions of dollars and then - almost insurmountable technical challenges on top of it lasting for decades, several ecosystems which India currently does not possess the capability to implement.

Currently only Korea, Taiwan and China have that capability and they would have no reason in helping India come up as a competitor in that field.

As usual - just vote-getting feel-good Godi-Media propaganda and delusions of grandeur coming up from India.

Instead of practical steps to give the clamoring hundreds of millions in India some type of job, any job. Just for some basic Ruji-Roti....

Selfish Brahmin and upper-caste people don't care about the underclasses.

Ok. When it happens, you can come up with other Ramdi rona. Success of you as a nation and quam lies in denial of success of others. We have many industrialists who has the big plans of Chip manufacturing. They will produce best performance chips. There is no doubt about it.