The new facility, named ‘Shakti,’ will specialise in advanced sensing, advanced communications, and high-voltage power electronics, making it one of the world’s first multi-material fabrication plants focused on national security.
hailed the India-US semiconductor fabrication partnership as a “watershed arrangement”.
India will set up its first national security semiconductor fabrication plant, aimed at producing chips for military hardware and critical telecommunications and electronics, under a transformative collaboration with the United States. This ambitious joint project was announced following talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden in Wilmington on September 22.
Both leaders hailed the India-US semiconductor fabrication partnership as a “watershed arrangement,” as detailed in a joint fact sheet released after their discussions. The initiative will be supported by the India Semiconductor Mission and will involve a strategic technology partnership among Bharat Semi, 3rdiTech, and the US Space Force.
