[News] PSMC Collaborates with Tata to Establish India’s First Fab

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The semiconductor supply chain is accelerating its globalization strategy. On February 29th, PSMC announced its collaboration with Tata Electronics in India to construct the country’s first 12-inch fab in Dholera, Gujarat. The construction of the fab is expected to commence within this year.

According to Tata’s press release, following the approval from the Indian government for Tata Group and PSMC to establish India’s first fab in Dholera, Gujarat, the investment for the fab is estimated at INR 91,000 crores (roughly USD 11 billion) and will generate over 20,000 direct and indirect skilled jobs in the region . The preliminary plan outlines a monthly production capacity of 50,000 wafers.

Cited from PSMC’s press release, Frank Huang, Chairman of PSMC, pointed out that Tata Sons Group is India’s largest and internationally-renowned company. India not only has the world’s largest population, it also has a huge domestic market. At this critical moment of the global restructuring of high-tech supply chain, the cooperation between PSMC and Tata Sons Group is indeed timely.

Randhir Thakur, CEO of Tata Electronics, stated as follows, “We will be able to serve our global customers’ requirements for supply chain resilience and meet the growing domestic demand.”

As per PSMC’s press release, Tata Electronics plans to produce power management IC, display driver IC as well as microcontrollers and high-performance computing logic at the Dholera 12-inch fab, in order to enter the automotive, computing and data storage, wireless communications, artificial intelligence and other application end markets.

As key countries worldwide continue actively building their own semiconductor supply chains, TSMC has taken the lead in initiating globalization efforts. UMC, through its collaboration with Intel to develop a 12-nanometer process platform, not only advances in process technology but also expands its presence into the United States.

On the other hand, after entering the Japanese market last year, PSMC further declared yesterday its partnership with Tata to establish India’s first 12-inch fab. This marks the first time a Taiwanese semiconductor foundry has entered the Indian semiconductor supply chain.

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