India's Semiconductor Ambitions: Checkpoint 1

Quick checkpoint - five questions on chips, chipmaking stages, India's design role, the Semiconductor Mission and the Dholera fab.

Quick checkpoint - five questions on chips, chipmaking stages, India’s design role, the Semiconductor Mission and the Dholera fab.

Question 1 of 5 What did the 2021-22 chip shortage show?

Chips are unimportant Many industries depend on a few chip suppliers India makes most chips Cars don't need chips

Carmakers and others cut production when chips ran short.

Question 2 of 5 Which chipmaking stage is the most capital-intensive?

Design Fabrication Marketing Sales

Fabs require billions of dollars in equipment and clean rooms.

Question 3 of 5 What is India particularly strong in?

Leading-edge fabrication Chip design Lithography machines Silicon mining

Many global chip firms run large design centres in India.

Question 4 of 5 How much was approved for the India Semiconductor Mission in December 2021?

7,600 crore rupees 76,000 crore rupees 7.6 lakh crore rupees None

It offers support of up to around 50 percent of project costs.

Question 5 of 5 What kind of chips will the Tata-PSMC Dholera fab focus on?

The most advanced 3 nm chips Mature nodes of 28 nm and above Only memory chips Only solar cells

Mature-node chips are widely used in cars, appliances and industry.

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