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India To Incentivise 2nm, 3nm Chip Development As Centre Clears Over Rs 1 Lakh Crore For ISM2.0, Cabinet Nod Likely Before April-End: Report
2+ hour, 33+ min ago (341+ words) Apr 01, 2026 | Updated 01:22 PM GMT+5:30 In a significant push to strengthen India's semiconductor ecosystem, the Finance Ministry has cleared an allocation of over Rs 1 lakh crore for the India Semiconductor Mission 2.0 (ISM 2.0), CNBC-TV18 has reported, citing sources. After the Finance Ministry's…...
PM Modi To Inaugurate Rs 3,300 Crore Semiconductor Chip Facility In Gujarat On 31 March: Report
3+ day, 16+ min ago (279+ words) Mar 29, 2026 | Updated 03:40 PM GMT+5:30 Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate Kaynes Semicon's outsourced semiconductor assembly and test facility in Sanand, Gujarat, on 3 March. The Rs 3,300 crore project, approved under the National Semiconductor Mission in September 2024, represents a significant milestone in…...
Elon Musk Launches Terafab Chip Manufacturing Project With 1 TW Annual Capacity
1+ week, 3+ day ago (294+ words) Mar 22, 2026 | Updated 03:05 PM GMT+5:30 Elon Musk has officially launched the Terafab project, an ambitious semiconductor manufacturing venture jointly operated by Tesla, SpaceX and xAI. The billionaire entrepreneur unveiled the initiative at a presentation in Austin, Texas, yesterday (21 March), describing it…...
India Moves Closer To Training 85,000 Chip Designers As Semiconductor Mission Expands To 500 Institutions
3+ week, 3+ day ago (330+ words) Mar 08, 2026 | Updated 12:42 PM GMT+5:30 India has made notable progress in building a skilled semiconductor workforce as part of its broader strategy to strengthen domestic chip design and manufacturing capabilities, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has said. Speaking about the government's talent…...
Micron’s Rs 22,500 Crore Sanand Facility To Begin India’s First Semiconductor Memory Module Production From 28 February
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (235+ words) Feb 27, 2026 | Updated 04:07 PM GMT+5:30 Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate Micron Technology's Semiconductor Assembly, Test and Packaging (ATMP) facility in Sanand, Gujarat, on Saturday (28 February), marking a major milestone in India's efforts to establish a domestic semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem. The…...
Indian Scientists Develop New Cathode Material To Advance Zinc-Ion Batteries For Grid Storage
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (274+ words) Feb 19, 2026 | Updated 05:11 PM GMT+5:30 Indian scientists have developed a novel cathode material that significantly enhances the performance and stability of aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs), marking a step forward in grid-scale renewable energy storage. The research was carried out by scientists…...
India To Add 20,000 GPUs, Expanding National AI Compute Base To 58,000: Ashwini Vaishnaw
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (276+ words) Feb 17, 2026 | Updated 11:42 AM GMT+5:30 India will add 20,000 graphics processing units (GPUs) to its existing stock of 38,000 GPUs in the coming weeks, Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw announced on the second day of the India AI Impact…...
India’s Design Ecosystem Advances As Qualcomm Completes 2-Nm Chip Tape-Out From Engineering Centres Across Country
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (291+ words) Feb 08, 2026 | Updated 09:27 AM GMT+5:30 American semiconductor giant Qualcomm has completed the tape-out of its 2-nanometre chip design from engineering centres across India, marking a significant milestone for the country's semiconductor ambitions. The design work was carried out at facilities in…...
iPhone 16 Crowned India's Best-Selling Smartphone In Historic 2025 Market Shift
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (311+ words) Jan 31, 2026 | Updated 11:39 AM GMT+5:30 India's smartphone market witnessed a dramatic shift in 2025 as Apple's iPhone 16 base variant emerged as the country's best-selling handset by volume. The device captured four per cent of the overall smartphone market, selling roughly 6.16 million units…...
India Aims To Design And Manufacture 70–75 Per Cent Of Domestic Chip Demand By 2029: Report
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (282+ words) Jan 30, 2026 | Updated 10:47 AM GMT+5:30 India Semiconductor Mission 2.0 will be announced in three months, a Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) official told the Hindustan Times on condition of anonymity. According to the official, it will be revealed after the…...