Odisha to start program for semiconductor designing and manufacturing
The Odisha government will start a swanky facility for semiconductor designing and manufacturing and generate high-end jobs.
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government shall soon start the Odisha Chip (O-Chip) program to design and manufacture semiconductor chips. The government will start a swanky facility for semiconductor designing and manufacturing and generate high-end jobs.
The chips will be manufactured in a fabless manner. This means that the company shall design and sell the hardware and semiconductor chips but will not manufacture the silicon wafers, or chips, used in its production.
Sources further informed that the Odisha government shall collaborate with top industries and will set up a centralised fabrication laboratory (FabLab). The government further plans to employee young engineers in this project.
The cost of the project is said to be around Rs. 200 Crores and it aims to generate as many as 5000 high-end jobs. Rs 30 crores has been sanctioned in the 2023-24 budget for the programme that will create skilled professionals under this scheme.
It is worth mentioning that in the post-Covid era, a major chip shortage had hit almost all the manufacturing sectors. The situation was so bad that the car, mobile manufacturers were forced to sell products without semiconductor chips.
The Russia-Ukraine war also worsened the supply situation of semiconductors market. Since both the countries were vital exporters of raw materials used in the manufacturing of various chipsets, industry players. The worldwide chip shortage is being felt even in 2023, according to the latest US Commerce Department report on semiconductor supply chain.
Hence, keeping in mind the need of manufacturing semiconductor chips the Odisha government has planned to set up a fabless company.
On the other hand, India plans to develop 85,000 semiconductor professionals over 10 years, informed Union Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw in a tweet on 18 February, 2023.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched SemiconIndia on 1st of January 2023. One of the key elements was that India will develop 85,000 semiconductor professionals over ten years. A new course curriculum has been developed in this regard, said reports.
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