122 design tapeouts by 46 Institutions across the country in 5 MPW Shuttles organized in past one year. 175 Lakh hours of EDA tools usage by over 380+ organizations supported by the ChipIN Centre. ‘This kind of large-scale semiconductor development ecosystem is unique to India’, says Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.
Union Minister for Electronics & Information Technology, Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw, handed over 28 chips fabricated at Semiconductor Laboratory (SCL) Mohali (including 600 bare dies & 600 packaged chips) by students from 17 academic institutions under the Chips to Start-up (C2S) Programme. The chip handover ceremony was organized during his visit to the Semiconductor Laboratory (SCL), Mohali, on 28th November 2025 to review the progress of work and ongoing modernisation activities.
During the ceremony, the Minister stated that India is rapidly emerging as a distinctive leader in the global semiconductor landscape. Today, institutions across the country have access to some of the world’s most advanced design technologies, creating a large-scale semiconductor development ecosystem that is unique to India. The following image details out the number of organizations supported with EDA tools in different states of the country.
Director General, SCL and the team gave a detailed presentation on the chip design and fabrication process adopted under C2S Programme leveraging SCL and ChipIN Centre collaborative approach under C2S Programme, on this occasion.
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