The First Made-in-India Chips

How India's first commercially packaged chips emerged from pilot lines in 2025, what they mean, and how long it takes to scale up production.

Building a chip industry takes years. In 2025, India reached early milestones.

Pilot production

In 2025, early Made-in-India chips from pilot assembly and testing lines, including from CG Semi, were showcased at events like Semicon India in September 2025.
Micron and other OSAT projects moved toward production.

Why pilots matter

Proving processes work.
Training workers.
Qualifying with customers, who must test and approve chips before buying at scale.

From pilot to scale

Scaling up requires:

Yield improvements: the share of chips that work must be high to be profitable.
Customers willing to commit.
Supply chains for materials and services.
Time: new plants often take years to reach full, profitable output.

Government-owned SCL

India’s government-owned Semi-Conductor Laboratory in Mohali, Punjab, has made chips for strategic uses, like space and defence, using older technology. The government has plans to modernise it.

Realistic expectations

Early milestones are significant, but global leaders spent decades building their industries. Success will be judged by whether India’s plants become competitive and profitable.

The customer test

An electronics maker receives sample chips from an Indian OSAT plant. It tests them for months before approving them for mass production, a necessary step before large orders.

Thinking one milestone means an industry is established

Scaling from pilots to competitive mass production takes years.

Key takeaways

Early Made-in-India chips from pilot lines were showcased in 2025.
Pilots prove processes, train workers and qualify with customers.
Yields, customers and supply chains determine scaling.
The government-owned SCL in Mohali makes chips for strategic uses.