New Delhi, Jan 27 (UNI) Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday expressed confidence that as the country moves towards 2029, and the Semicon 2.0 (second phase of country’s semiconductor mission to expand chip making) matures, India will become a major player in the semiconductor industry.
The minister shared that the country has mapped out the path from going to 28 nanometer to 7 nanometer, 7 to 3 nanometer, adding that the country has studied as to how Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and other nations have taken forward this journey regarding chip building, and after studying all of this, also based on the talent India has, the nation has chalked out a path towards 2 nano meters.
Vaishnaw exuded confidence, claiming that the world now believes that by 2035 India will be amongst most important semi- conductor nations in the world.
Speaking on the sidelines of an event in New Delhi on Tuesday, Vaishnaw stated that the country is going to create its own Intellectual Property in six systems including Radio Frequency, networking, power, sensor and memory under its semiconductor mission.
Vaishnaw said that upon completion of four years of the country’s semiconductor mission, around ten projects are under development, while production on four is going to begin in this year.
He also shared that so far 24 project startups that have come forward in the domain have designed semiconductor chips, while in over 300 institutions, the students have been imparted skills and training for designing semiconductor chips.
Vaishnaw, who was addressed a gathering of chip designs startups here, said that the conversion is taking place, and the country is becoming not just a service provider, but also a product nation.
