Semicon 2.0: India targets 200 chip design startups under new mission

India’s Semicon 2.0 mission aims to boost chip design startups with six pillars including advanced packaging and talent development. The government targets 200 startups amid progress in EDA tools and training 70,000 engineers. Semiconductor ecosystem expansion gathers pace.

Semicon 1.0 focused on building foundational talent and ecosystem capacity. Semicon 2.0 will now expand on that base through six pillars.