Arvind Mohan
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. President Joe Biden met at the fourth Quad Leaders’ Summit in Delaware in late September. Among various decisions, they announced a plan for the two countries to establish India’s first national security semiconductor fabrication plant (a “fab” or “foundry”) which will be dedicated to manufacturing chips deployed in military hardware, critical telecommunication networks, and electronics.
Established under the aegis of the India Semiconductor Mission, the fab will produce infrared, gallium nitride, and silicon carbide semiconductors. Under the strategic technology partnership between Bharat Semi, 3rdiTech, and the U.S. Space Force, India will get 100 percent technology transfer for making compound semiconductors.
The fab, named Shakti, is expected to be established in 2025. Within three years, 3rdiTech hopes to start with phase one production of 50,000 semiconductors a year. The start-up founders have stated that the primary objective is to plug the gaps in the supply of semiconductors for the Indian Armed Forces while in subsequent phases they will look toward exports.
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