The facility will be set up with an investment of Rs 3.37 billion. The facility will have the capacity to produce more than 6.33 million chips per day.In 2024, four new semiconductor manufacturing units and three ‘Param Rudra’ supercomputers will be introduced, among several other initiatives, to strengthen India’s position on the global technology stage, the government said on Friday. It was announced on .
Tata Electronics Private Limited (TEPL)’s proposal to set up a semiconductor manufacturing facility in India with an investment of Rs 91,526 crore was approved in February 2024.
The factory facility will be established under a technical partnership with Taiwan’s PSMC. Production capacity for this project will be approximately 50,000 wafer starts per month (WSPM).
Another proposal by Tata Electronics Private Limited (TEPL) to set up an OSAT facility in India with an investment of Rs 27.12 billion was also approved in the same month. The facility will use indigenous semiconductor packaging technology and have a production capacity of 48 million units per day.
According to the Ministry of Electronics and IT, a proposal by CG Power and Industrial Solutions Ltd. to set up an OSAT facility in India with an investment of Rs 7,584 crore has also been approved in February 2024.
The facility will be established as a joint venture partnership with Renesas Electronics America (USA) and STARS Microelectronic (Thailand).
The technology will be provided to the facility by Japan’s Renesas Electronics Corporation and Thailand’s STARS Microelectronic. The production capacity will be approximately 15.07 million pieces per day.
Kaynes Technology India Limited (KTIL) in September approved a proposal to set up an outsourced semiconductor assembly test (OSAT) facility for wire bond interconnects and substrate-based packaging in Sanand, Gujarat.
The facility will be set up with an investment of Rs 3.37 billion. The facility will have the capacity to produce more than 6.33 million chips per day.
On September 26, Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated three Param Rudra supercomputers to the nation through video conferencing.
These supercomputers were developed under the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) and are located at the Inter-University Accelerator Center (IUAC) (3 petaflops), New Delhi, and the National Center for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA). It is installed on the Radio Telescope (GMRT). ) Pune (1 petaflops), and SN Bose National Center for Basic Science, Kolkata (838 teraflops).
The supercomputer will significantly enhance the research capabilities of young Indian scientists and facilitate advanced research in physics, earth sciences and cosmology. These supercomputers support more than 10,000 researchers, including more than 1,700 doctoral scholars from more than 200 academic institutions and research and development laboratories nationwide.
According to the government, nine projects under the Electronic Components and Semiconductor Manufacturing Promotion Scheme (SPECS) have been approved and are expected to generate 15,710 LOBs.
Also, 6.39 crore people have been trained under Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (PMGDISHA), exceeding the target of 600 crore people.
