India is now rapidly making its place in the world of semiconductor. Now for the first time 3 nanometer chip will be designed in India – and this chip is considered the world’s most advanced technology.
Inaugurating the new design center of Japanese company RENESAS in Noida and Bangalore, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said that it is a milestone for India. Till now India had worked up to 7Nm and 5Nm, but designing 3Nm chips is the next generation jump.
India’s big jump: from domestic design to manufacturing
Vaishnav said that the entire semiconductor ecosystem is being prepared in India till design, construction, assembly, testing, packaging, gas-chemical supply. This rapid progress is part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “self -sufficient India” vision.
She also stated that international companies like Applied Materials and Lam Research have already invested in India, and now the entire system will be strengthened by the renesas entry.
There were also three important agreements
RENESAS has signed MoUs from two startups under the C-DAC (Center for Development of Advanced Computing) and Meity’s “Chips to Startup (C2S)” program. Its purpose is to support startups and strengthen Make in India.
🌏 What is TSMC doing on the other side?
TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) is the world’s largest and most advanced semiconductor fabrication company. Right now TSMC:
3Nm is producing chips, which are supplied to companies such as Apple, NVidia and Intel.
TSMC has also started work on 2Nm chip, and plans to start production by 2025.
The company is also opening a fabrication plant in the US, Japan and Germany to reduce the risk due to China-Taiwan stress.
India is just designing, but manufacturing units are also expected to open in the coming years. That is, India is slowly moving towards veterans like TSMC to join the league.
