Overview
- Qualcomm announced a 2nm tape-out executed across its Bengaluru, Chennai and Hyderabad engineering centres, marking the final design stage before fabrication.
- Ashwini Vaishnaw said India is moving beyond back-office roles to full lifecycle work from product definition to silicon validation, highlighting the country’s growing design depth.
- Semicon India Mission 2.0 will prioritise indigenous design, productisation, and the build-out of equipment, materials and talent, with detailed policy roll-out expected in the coming months.
- The government reports about 67,000 semiconductor-trained engineers and EDA access across more than 300 universities, with students taping out designs and validating them at the Mohali lab.
- Officials outlined a multi‑decade manufacturing roadmap to progress from current 28nm capabilities toward 7nm, while projecting data‑centre investments in India could surpass $200 billion.