Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated SEMICON India 2026 in New Delhi, unveiling the “Semicon 2.0” roadmap that aims to transform India’s semiconductor sector from policy‑driven incentives to full‑scale manufacturing. The event highlighted the emergence of a domestic ecosystem that now includes design, packaging and research capabilities, and featured the launch of new commercial production lines for chips. Modi invited multinational firms to set up fabrication facilities in the country, emphasizing India’s readiness to host advanced fabs. Government officials said the roadmap will [...]

At the AI Infra Summit in Santa Clara, senior engineers from Amazon Web Services, Oracle, Broadcom, Qualcomm and d‑Matrix detailed rapid advances in hardware and software designed to meet soaring artificial‑intelligence demand. Speakers highlighted the shift from GPU‑heavy training workloads in 2025 to inference‑centric processing in 2026, stressing that token consumption and power use have become critical cost drivers. Qualcomm’s Tony Pialis warned that “tokens per watt” is the new battlefield metric, while AWS senior vice president [...]

At Semicon India 2026 in New Delhi, senior executives from ASML, Yamaha Robotics, and Swedish firms underscored India’s rapid ascent as a semiconductor hub. They cited the country’s youthful talent, supportive policy framework, and expanding investment climate. The event highlighted the need for hands‑on training and modern equipment to develop a skilled workforce. Global leaders emphasized international partnerships, particularly between India and Sweden, to strengthen the semiconductor value chain and signal India’s clear strategy to the industry. [...]

India’s semiconductor strategy has moved from planning to production, as highlighted at SEMICON India 2026. L&T Semiconductor Technologies reports that about 40 of its products—power modules for HVAC, two‑wheelers, robotics, and communication modules for smart meters—are now in commercial production, with plans for vision and e‑passport chips. Lam Research announced a Rs 10,000‑crore investment to build its first silicon component plant and a 60,000‑engineer training program via the Semiverse platform. Fujifilm India is expanding into semiconductor cleaning materials, [...]

On 15 September 2026, the All‑Party Parliamentary Group for Semiconductors launched its paper “Defence and National Security: Delivering a Sovereign Semiconductor Capability” during a parliamentary reception. Speeches were delivered by Chair Ruth Jones MP, Secretary of State for Wales Stephen Kinnock, Minister for Defence Readiness Luke Pollard, and Minister for Artificial Intelligence Kanishka Narayan. The event gathered MPs, defence leaders, industry experts, and innovators from companies such as Vishay Intertechnology, KLA, and MBDA, underscoring the strategic importance of semiconductors for UK security and [...]

ASML Holding’s executive vice‑president Wayne Allan announced a partnership with Tata Electronics to back India’s first 300 mm semiconductor fabrication plant, unveiled at Semicon India 2026. The collaboration, formalised through a memorandum of understanding, aims to secure the fab’s success and lay the groundwork for additional 300 mm lines. Allan stressed that a complete domestic ecosystem—silicon production, packaging, testing and module assembly—is essential for meeting India’s growing chip demand. He projected the Indian semiconductor market will reach $110 billion by 2030 [...]

At Semicon India 2026, Tata Electronics CEO Randhir Thakur announced the signing of 16 memoranda of understanding with customers and partners in Europe, Japan, Malaysia and Singapore. The agreements are framed as mutual operational commitments rather than immediate financial deals, intended to anchor the company’s expanding semiconductor fabrication, packaging and electronics‑assembly network. Thakur said the pacts will support the construction and scaling of facilities at eight Indian sites, linking the plants to more than 400 global suppliers. He [...]