Tata Electronics, a company based in Bengaluru, India, has begun exporting small amounts of semiconductor chips. This is a significant step that could improve India s ability to produce these important components. The chips are being packaged at a pilot production line located at Tata Electronics research and development center. This information comes from people with knowledge of the situation but who do not want to be identified publicly.
Tata Electronics: A second person said the company is also in near final stages for a successful tape-out of semiconductor chips in 28, 40, 55, 65 nm (nanometre), and some other higher nodes. A tape-out refers to the final result of the designing process for integrated circuits or printed circuit boards before they are sent for manufacturing.
Tower s Indian chip foundry project is pegged at $9-10 billion, of which 50% will be subsidised by the Centre under the Indian Semiconductor Mission (ISM). States provide an additional 15-25% subsidy.
Tower Semiconductor Indian Chip Foundry: Tower s Indian chip foundry project is pegged at $9-10 billion, of which 50% will be subsidised by the Centre under the Indian Semiconductor Mission (ISM). States provide an additional 15-25% subsidy.
Government-backed Japanese chip foundry venture Rapidus is hunting high and low - including among industry veterans and overseas - to find engineers to help it revive a chip industry that was once the envy of the world. Underpinned by billions of dollars in subsidies, Rapidus aims to mass manufacture 2-nanometre logic chips, competing with industry leading companies such as Taiwan's TSMC, which has spent decades refining its processes. Securing engineers in a country with a declining population is among the most pressing issues for the company, which is partnering with IBM and research organisation Imec and in September broke ground at its fab on the northern island of Hokkaido.