Kaynes Semicon plots massive leap into full chip value chainKaynes Semicon plans to pursue these areas through joint ventures and technology partnerships rather than developing the technologies indep...
28 Jul, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Cabinet approves India Semiconductor Mission 2.0; earmarks Rs 1.27 lakh crore for the projectThe Union Cabinet approved India Semiconductor Mission 2.0 with significant funding. A Rs 62,500 crore Mobile Phone Manufacturing Scheme wa...
15 Jul, 2026, 03.26 PM IST
Chip startup AGNIT sets up GaN testing lab at IISc with Rs 3 crore investmentIndian semiconductor startup AGNIT Semiconductors has established a new GaN testing laboratory at IISc Bengaluru. This facility, built with...
09 Jun, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Agnit Semiconductors raises $2.6 million from Shastra VC, 3one4 Capital and Zephyr PeacockThe company has raised $7.47 million to date and will use the new funds to scale production to about 100,000 GaN components over the next t...
16 Mar, 2026, 12.17 PM IST
MIT spinout Vertical Semiconductor raises $11 million for AI power chip techVertical Semiconductor, a startup spun out of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, on Wednesday said it raised $11 million in funding...
15 Oct, 2025, 05.52 PM IST
GlobalFoundries boosts investment plans to $16 billion, with research focusThe Malta, New York-based company said it is working with the Trump administration to bring chip manufacturing technology and various compo...
05 Jun, 2025, 12.24 AM IST
Foundation stone for India's first GaN-based semicon plant laid in RaipurChhattisgarh is set to become a semiconductor hub with Polymatech Electronics launching India's first Gallium Nitride chip manufacturing pl...
11 Apr, 2025, 03.49 PM IST
Chhattisgarh to get semiconductor plant; GaN chips to power 5G, 6G from Nava RaipurThe chips produced at the factory will just not power everyday devices, they will fuel the future, enabling next-gen 5G and 6G networks, hi...
10 Apr, 2025, 07.35 PM IST
First made-in-India chip will come out in September-October 2025: IT ministerThe govt has granted Rs 334 crore to the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, “for new research and development (R&D) in gallium ...
17 Feb, 2025, 09.57 AM IST
Agnit Semiconductors raises $3.5 million in seed roundThe five-year-old Bengaluru-based startup, which was also one of the nominees for the 'Top Innovator' category at the ET Startup Awards, ha...
17 Oct, 2024, 04.48 PM IST
IIT Guwahati-led multi-institutional team achieves breakthrough in ultra-wide bandgap semiconductorsThis semiconductor has the potential to significantly enhance the efficiency of power electronics used in high-power applications such as e...
05 Feb, 2024, 05.00 PM IST
China gallium curbs raise chip questions for future EV modelsChina's upcoming export restrictions on gallium, which has become a sought-after semiconductor material for its use in electric vehicles (E...
11 Jul, 2023, 11.52 AM IST
China to restrict exports of chipmaking materials as US mulls new curbsChina has announced that it will control the exports of certain metals used in the semiconductor industry, including gallium and germanium ...
04 Jul, 2023, 11.18 AM IST
US firm AXT applying for permits after China restricts chipmaking exportsChina's commerce ministry said it would control exports of eight gallium products and six germanium products from Aug. 1 to protect its nat...
04 Jul, 2023, 10.08 AM IST
Govt has Rs 100 cr budget for chip design related activities this fiscal: IT Minister Ashwini VaishnawCurrently, semiconductor wafer fabrication facilities for strategic requirements are available at SemiConductor Laboratory (SCL), Mohali; G...
03 Dec, 2021, 05.29 PM IST
Isro eyeing new chip unit as more firms take to skiesThe agency looks to build an additional fab at SCL, its Chandigarh chip making facility.
28 Dec, 2020, 04.24 PM IST
India could develop a gallium nitride fab, if the government is willing to investWhile a section of the semiconductor industry feels that a domestic fab is of strategic importance, other industry observers feel the money...
05 Jul, 2018, 08.04 AM IST