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Can a friendly neighbourhood Mohali fab drive India’s chip plans?

By Andrew McCollum

Image credit: Getty Images; http://scl.gov.in

Synopsis

India’s only chip factory, the SCL in Mohali, is a glaring example of lacklustre vision and unexplored opportunities. Yet, for all its limitations, SCL is the best bet to get India’s long-delayed silicon story gain the traction it deserves, as global players scramble for a bigger slice of the coveted semiconductor pie.

Not many adorning the hallowed precincts of the global semiconductor industry would know that three years before global chip leader Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) set up shop, India had a desi fabrication facility in 1984.Nearly four decades have gone by, and the Semiconductor Laboratory (SCL still exists in Mohali in India’s northern state of Punjab. But it is a dot in the world’s semiconductor map while TSMC, founded by

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