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#ChipsAreReadyToRoll

Feb–Mar 2026
Micron and Kaynes begin commercial production.

Press Information Bureau +1

Mid–Late 2026
CG Power and Tata Electronics (Assam) are expected to start commercial production, taking India to four operational semiconductor plants.
PIB+1

Late 2026
India's first true silicon wafer fabrication plant—Tata Electronics–PSMC at Dholera—targets "first silicon" (the first chips manufactured on wafers in India).
IMARC Engineering +1

2027–2028
Capacity ramps up, with billions of chips annually for automotive, telecom,

AI, consumer electronics and industrial applications, while additional approved projects come online.

The key distinction is this:

2026 is India's "packaging and assembly" breakthrough—the four plants will assemble, package and test billions of chips.

Late 2026 onward marks the beginning of actual wafer fabrication at Dholera, which is the much more technologically demanding process and the foundation of a complete semiconductor ecosystem.

India Briefing +1

technologies.

If all goes according to plan, historians may well look back on 2026 as the year India truly entered the global semiconductor industry, with the following decade focused on scaling up and moving to more advanced chip!
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