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NIELIT, SCL Mohali Launch Indigenous 1.2 µm Process Design Kit on eChipHub to Boost ...
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India's NIELIT and SCL Mohali have released an indigenous 1.2 µm Process Design Kit on eChipHub, a government platform for semiconductor education, enabling students, startups and researchers to design chips using Indian process technology rather than foreign alternatives.
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If you're building semiconductor design tools or chip design services in India, your addressable market just grew: 30,000 students are now learning on indigenous tools and process, and they'll need to solve real problems your startup can sell into. The government has given you the distribution channel; now you need to be the thing they buy when the PDK isn't enough.
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