Made in India Chip Soon: CG Semi Pilot Facility

Sanand (Gujarat), Aug 28 (PTI) Semiconductor company CG Semi is expected to roll out the first 'Made in India' chip from its pilot facility here soon, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Thursday.

CG Semi's G1 or pilot facility was inaugurated by Vaishnaw along with Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendrabhai Patel.

"CG Pilot line has started today. It is a very important milestone in India's semiconductor journey. Among all the plants that started (chip) projects in Gujarat, CG Semi plant is the first one to start a pilot line," Vaishnaw said.

He said that the pilot line helps customers in testing the chips before placing the order.

"Hopefully, we will have the first Made in India chip rolled out of this plant very soon," Vaishnaw said.

The pilot facility of CG Semi will operate at a peak capacity of approximately 5 lakh units per day. The facility is equipped to handle end-to-end chip assembly, packaging, testing, and post-test services.

Backed by central and state governments, and in collaboration with Renesas and Stars Microelectronics, CG Semi is investing over Rs 7,600 crore (around USD 870 million) over five years to develop two facilities (G1 and G2) here with a total production capacity of 15 million or 1.5 crore units.


Vaihsnaw said that CG Semi will start operating at full scale by 2027.

Located about 3 km from G1, the G2 facility is under construction and expected to be completed by the end of 2026. Once operational, G2 will scale up to a capacity of 14.5 million units per day. Together, the two facilities are projected to generate over 5,000 direct and indirect jobs.

CG Power Chairman Vellayan Subbiah said that the qualification, which is testing and inspection of products and manufacturing facility, will start in September, and the commercial production of the chip is expected to start in six to eight months from now.

Subbiah appealed to the Indian industry to work in collaboration and support Made in India chips in the same manner as companies in China did.

He said that CG Semi will welcome Indian semiconductor technical experts who plan to come back to India.

CG Semi said that it is on track to commence commercial production in calendar year 2026, as committed under the India Semiconductor Mission.

Sharing an update on US-based Micron's chip plant in India, Vaishnaw said it is expected to start its pilot plant by December or January.

The minister said that various ecosystem partners of approved semiconductor projects, including gas companies, have started setting up their plants around the chip plants in Gujarat.