India’s chip hopes
The Tribune Editorial: India needs to build on the gains — around 20 per cent of the world’s chip design engineers are based here.
Updated At : 07:05 AM Sep 03, 2025 IST
THERE are some glad tidings for India in the fiercely competitive chip sector. The Semiconductor Lab of ISRO has developed the country’s first fully indigenous 32-bit microprocessor. The first ‘Made in India’ chip is set to be rolled out from the pilot facility at Sanand (Gujarat), even as 10 semiconductor projects, involving a total investment of over $18 billion, are underway — including one in Punjab’s Mohali. India is keen to become a major global player in this field, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi hopeful that “the day is not far when India’s smallest chip will drive the world’s biggest change”.
