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NIELIT and SCL Launch 1.2-Micron Process Design Kit
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24 July 2026
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Fusion42 · 24 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
NIELIT and SCL have jointly launched a 1.2-micron process design kit, a foundational tool for chip design that reduces India's dependency on foreign semiconductor technology and accelerates domestic chip development.
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◆ The Wire takeaway
If you're building chips in India or selling design tools to Indian chipmakers, you just lost your moat. A domestic PDK means engineers can now design at 1.2 microns without licensing from abroad—call your customers and ask what they'll do with the cost saving and IP control they just won back.
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Semiconductors · semiconductor-design · process-design-kit · chip-sovereignty · indian-manufacturing