focus<\/a> is not full autonomy, but reducing dependency on specific nations. For instance, ever since US sanctioned Huawei in 2016, the tech giant has disappeared from the global map and now only serves China. As the world gets fragmented amid geopolitical tensions, autonomy in chip design and patents, and establishing a supply chain locally is imperative. Also, chips account for at least 40% of the overall cost of smartphones to laptops. So far, India imports all chips. Localizing chipmaking will boost earnings of the domestic electronics industry\u2014which India projects would be worth $500 billion in the next five years.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Is India making any progress on this front?<\/h2>\n Yes. Chip testing factories, the final gate of the supply chain, have commenced pilot operations in India\u2014and commercial chip assemblies are said to begin by year-end. India\u2019s first chip fabrication plant or \u2018fab\u2019 is expected to roll out chips by 2027. Also, Qualcomm, Intel, AMD, Applied Materials and Lam Research have stepped up semiconductor design in the country.<\/p>\n
So, what would all of this mean for a user?<\/h2>\n It is unlikely that local chips will reduce the cost of your next TV or phone. But increasing autonomy in the semiconductor supply chain will create an electronics economy that will depend lesser on patents from the US, Europe, China, Taiwan or any other country. This would reduce chances of unpredictable disruptions and increase economic stability. In the long run, companies will be able to increase the size of the domestic electronics ecosystem, boosting employment, entrepreneurship and more.<\/p>\n
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Can we take on China, Taiwan one day?<\/h2>\n Experts advise against it. India\u2019s big opportunity is to cater to use cases that developed chip nations do not. For instance, Tata Electronics\u2019 upcoming fab is expected to make chips between 28 nanometres (nm) and 110nm in size. In comparison, the latest cutting-edge chips in consumer devices are at 3nm in size\u2014and are getting smaller. India is focusing on localizing chips for mainstream industrial solutions to begin with. Experts call this a right approach\u2014acquiring niche engineering specialty takes far longer.<\/p>\n
IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday presented the prime minister a showcase of some chips made in India\u2014by research bodies, private firms, and university students. India has already handed out $18 billion in incentives to make chips locally. Why? Mint explains: Can we manufacture chips indigenously? Semiconductor fabrication is complex. No country has singular control […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":403986,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[188,183,297,3128,3719,185,186,40174,289,187,184,675,40173,189,657,150,182,190],"class_list":["post-403982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-blockchain-tech","tag-blockchain-technology","tag-china","tag-chip-manufacturing","tag-chips","tag-crypto-technology","tag-cryptocurrency-technology","tag-electronics-economy","tag-india","tag-metaverse-technology","tag-nft-technology","tag-semiconductor","tag-semiconductor-fabrication","tag-soul-bound-token","tag-taiwan","tag-tech","tag-technology","tag-token-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403982"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403982\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":403988,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403982\/revisions\/403988"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/403986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}