New Delhi . The central government said on Friday that India's position on the global tech stage will be strengthened in the year 2024. Four new semiconductor manufacturing units and three 'Param Rudra' supercomputers were installed.
Tata Electronics Private Limited's (TEPL) proposal to set up a semiconductor fab facility in India with an investment of Rs 91,526 crore was approved in February 2024.
The fab facility will be set up in technology partnership with PSMC, Taiwan. The production capacity of the project will be approximately 50,000 Wafer Starts per Month (WSPM).
Tata Electronics Private Limited's (TEPL) proposal to set up an OSAT facility in India with a second investment of Rs 27,120 crore was also approved in the same month.
Indigenous semiconductor packaging technology will be used in this facility, which will have a production capacity of 48 million per day.
According to the Ministry of Electronics and IT, the proposal of CG Power and Industrial Solutions Ltd to set up an OSAT facility in India with an investment of Rs 7,584 crore was also approved in February 2024.
The facility will be set up as a joint venture partnership with Renesas Electronics America, US and Stars Microelectronics, Thailand.
The technology for this facility will be provided by Renesas Electronics Corporation, Japan and Stars Microelectronics, Thailand, which will have a production capacity of approximately 15.07 million units per day.
The proposal of Keynes Technology India Limited (KTIL) to set up outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) facility at Sanand, Gujarat for wire bond interconnect, substrate based packages was approved in September.
This facility will be set up with an investment of Rs 3,307 crore. The facility will have the capacity to produce more than 6.33 million chips per day.
On September 26, Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated three Param Rudra supercomputers to the nation through video conferencing.
These supercomputers, developed under the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM), are located at the InterUniversity Accelerator Center (IUAC) in New Delhi (3 petaflop), the Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope (GMRT) at the National Center for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA) in Pune (1 petaflop) and S.N. Kolkata (838 teraflops) Bose National Center for Basic Sciences.
These supercomputers will advance research capabilities for young scientists in India, facilitating advanced study in physics, earth sciences, cosmology.
These supercomputers facilitate more than 10,000 researchers, including more than 1,700 PhD scholars, from more than 200 academic institutions and Research and Development laboratories across the country.
According to the government, nine projects have been approved under the Scheme for Promotion of Manufacturing of Electronic Components and Semiconductors (SPECS), which is expected to generate 15,710 units.
Additionally, 6.39 crore persons have been trained under the Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (PMGDISHA), exceeding the target of 6 crore.
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