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flag India advanced its semiconductor goals by fabricating 56 chip designs from academic institutions, distributing 28 chips to students in Nov 2025.

flag India has made progress in its semiconductor ambitions, with 122 chip designs submitted by 46 academic institutions through the Chips to Start-up (C2S) Programme, 56 of which were successfully fabricated at the Semiconductor Laboratory in Mohali using 180nm technology. flag The ChipIN Centre in Bangalore facilitated the process by providing design tools, mentorship, and infrastructure, enabling batch fabrication every three months to reduce costs. flag Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw handed over 28 fabricated chips—600 bare dies and 600 packaged chips—to students from 17 institutions in November 2025. flag The initiative, part of a national push for self-reliance in strategic electronics, has engaged over 100,000 students and 90 startups, marking one of the world’s largest centralized chip design facilities.

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