India now operates five commercial semiconductor units and has attracted equipment makers such as ASML, Applied Materials and Lam Research, marking a shift from policy announcements to tangible production. Experts say the next hurdle is building a full‑stack ecosystem that can turn capital into globally competitive output. While the country boasts a large engineering talent pool and strong chip‑design capabilities, it lacks specialised skills in process engineering, manufacturing operations, yield management and advanced packaging, which are essential [...]

SEALSQ Corp, WISeKey International Holding, and the Canton of Jura signed a memorandum of understanding to create a Post‑Quantum Semiconductor and Cybersecurity Center in the Swiss canton. The project will invest roughly CHF 40‑60 million over six years, focusing on the QS7001 Quantum Shield and related secure firmware personalization, testing, and certification. The initiative aims to generate about 40 jobs in two years, expanding to over 250 by year eight, with a majority of positions filled by local residents. [...]

DIGITIMimes Intelligence reports that the rapid evolution of AI accelerators and server CPUs is driving chips toward higher core counts, expanded I/O, and greater integration complexity. This escalation is moving the primary supply constraint in semiconductor manufacturing from upstream raw materials to the specialized equipment needed for advanced substrate processing. As manufacturers pursue denser, more powerful designs, the demand for precision lithography, wafer thinning, and interconnect technologies outpaces the current capacity of equipment suppliers. The shift forces [...]

India’s semiconductor saga, once marked by early ambition and a 1989 factory fire, is now shifting from design dominance to manufacturing execution. At SEMICON India 2026, officials highlighted the ongoing construction of a 300‑mm fab in Dholera, Gujarat, backed by the India Semiconductor Mission’s Rs 76,000 crore fund for foundational capabilities. By 2026, twelve projects—one silicon fab, two compound‑semiconductor fabs and nine packaging plants—represent roughly Rs 1.64 lakh crore in pledged investment, with twenty‑three chip tape‑outs completed and three units already producing [...]

President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping met in Washington as Huawei accelerated its Ascend AI‑chip roadmap, aiming to create a self‑sufficient Chinese AI ecosystem. The United States has long used export controls to block China’s access to advanced semiconductors and related manufacturing equipment, citing national‑security concerns over potential military applications. In response, Beijing intensified efforts to develop domestic AI hardware, with Huawei adapting software and models to run on home‑grown chips and investing in system‑level [...]

India’s technology strategy has shifted from resourceful improvisation to building core capabilities in chips, AI, and space. The government’s Semiconductor Mission, now in its second phase, has approved 12 projects across six states with investments exceeding ₹1.64 lakh crore, including silicon and compound‑semiconductor fabs, display fabrication, and advanced packaging. Three facilities are already in commercial production. The initiative covers chip design, equipment, fabrication, packaging, R&D, and talent development, positioning India to produce critical components for automotive, telecom, defence, [...]

ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) announced the start of mass production of its fifth‑generation DRAM process, the G5 platform, at the World Manufacturing Convention in Hefei. The new process reduces the active area half‑pitch to 11.95 nm via quadruple patterning, enabling a 50 % increase in potential dies per wafer for 8 Gb products and allowing 24‑Gb LPDDR5X chips that hold 3 GB per die. CXMT’s G5 platform matches the industry’s most advanced nodes, and the company now holds a 9.5 % share [...]