Bengaluru: Union Minister for Electronics and IT Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday inaugurated ARM’s new office in Bengaluru and said the company will design two-nanometer chips at its new unit.
He said India has made significant progress in the semiconductor sector since 2014 due to a stable and forward-looking policy framework under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership.
“Our prime minister has given us a totally new energy, a new way of thinking for working towards becoming ‘Viksit Bharat’ by 2047,” he said.
The minister congratulated ARM and its team for choosing India as a hub for such cutting-edge work. ARM’s 2nm chip design programme would make it only the second company after Renesas to hit this milestone in India.
“As we develop the semiconductor ecosystem in the country, we must go to more leading nodes,” said the minister, adding that the government is in continuous engagement with companies like ASML, IBM Albany, and IMEC.
Under the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM), the government’s emphasis remains on supporting industries that need 28nm and larger chips, which account for around 60% of global semiconductor demand, catering to sectors such as automotive, telecom, consumer electronics, and industrial manufacturing.
Currently, under the ISM, there have been 10 semiconductor units announced – two fabrication plants and eight ATMP units – of which the CG Semi unit in Gujarat’s Sanand will be creating the first made-in-India chip for the country. Another two ATMP units in Gujarat are expected to begin pilot production very soon.
