There has been some recent news that appears to be significant for the development of the Indian semiconductor industry. In actuality, Dhalera, a city in Gujarat's Ahmedabad district, is home to a manufacturing facility owned by the Tata Group. By 2026, the plant is expected to create the first semiconductor chips that are "Made-in-India." The story was verified by an executive from PSMC, a partner of Tata Electronics, the company that controls Dhalera's semiconductor fabrication factory, which is valued at Rs 91,000 crore.
By the way, up to 50,000 wafers can currently be produced monthly at the Dhalera plant. In this instance, a wafer is a very thin silicon semiconductor material. Integrated circuits and semiconductors are produced using it. In a Halfil interview, PSMC Chairman Frank Huang stated that the Dhalera plant will first manufacture 28 nm chipsets. On the other hand, SoCs as small as 22 nanometers might be constructed in the future. There is no stopping the advancement of India's semiconductor ecosystem if this is actually put into practice.
The manufacturing facility plans to produce power management chips in addition to high-performance compute chips. These chips will be used in a wide range of products, including telecom, defense, automotive, electric vehicles (EVs), consumer electronics, displays, and power electronics. Thus, the combined efforts of PSMC and Tata Electronics have the potential to open up a wide range of new opportunities for the Indian semiconductor sector.
Coincidentally, in an effort to increase the output of semiconductor products, the central government has approved a plan to establish two semiconductor plants: one in Assam and one in Halfil, Gujarat. This will require an estimated investment of Rs 1.26 lakh crore.