India Cabinet Approves Two Gujarat Semiconductor Units

India's Union Cabinet approved two new semiconductor manufacturing units in Gujarat on Tuesday, with a combined investment of Rs 3,936 crore expected to create jobs for more than 2,200 skilled professionals. The projects, cleared under the India Semiconductor Mission, bring the total number of approved semiconductor initiatives in the country to 12, with cumulative investments reaching approximately Rs 1.64 lakh crore.

Crystal Matrix Limited will establish an integrated facility for compound semiconductor fabrication and assembly, testing, marking, and packaging in Dholera. The unit, India's first commercial-scale operation of its kind, will produce mini and microLED display modules using gallium nitride technology. It will also offer GaN foundry services, including epitaxy on six-inch wafers, with an annual capacity of 72,000 square meters of display panels and 24,000 sets of RGB wafers. The products target applications in televisions, commercial signage, tablets, smartphones, in-car displays, extended reality glasses, and smartwatches.

Suchi Semicon Private Limited will set up an outsourced semiconductor assembly and test facility in Surat, focusing on discrete semiconductors....