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NIELIT, SCL Collaborate to Strengthen India's Chip Ecosystem
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Fusion42 · 28 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
NIELIT and Semiconductor Laboratory (SCL) have integrated SCL's indigenous 1.2 µm Process Design Kit (PDK) with eChipHub, an MeitY-funded education platform, to provide students, researchers, startups and MSMEs access to India's domestic chip design and fabrication technology. The collaboration creates an end-to-end design-to-fabrication learning pathway using open-source tools and indigenous process technology, with NIELIT targeting training of 30,000 students in semiconductor design.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Semiconductors, and 3 sources have reported it between 24 Jul 2026 and 28 Jul 2026.
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Indian chip designers and startups now have a free, domestic process technology and design tools chain to build fabrication-ready chips without vendor lock-in. This is the first time India's own fabs and tools are accessible through a single platform—your design bottleneck just moved from tooling cost to engineering talent.
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3 sources · first reported 24 Jul 2026 · latest 28 Jul 2026
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