Summary
These chips power phones, cars, drones and even medical scanners.
The Semicon India program started in 2021 and has approved 12 factories with $20 billion.
Semicon 2.0 will add more factories, equipment, and training for engineers.
Key Points
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Goal to create a complete chip ecosystem: design, making, packaging, tools, materials, and skilled people.
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Three factories (Micron, Kaynes, CG Power) are already producing chips.
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Target to train 85,000 chip‑design engineers over ten years.
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Support for startups: 105 startups helped, many received funding.
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International companies are investing over $3 billion in India’s chip plans.
New Words to Learn
6 wordssemiconductor
a tiny material that can turn electricity on and off, used in many devices
ecosystem
all the parts that work together, like a community
fabrication
the process of building chips in a factory
nanometre
a very, very small measurement, one‑billionth of a meter
transistor
a tiny switch inside a chip that controls electric flow
venture capital
money given to new companies to help them grow
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