India’s semiconductor push: Rs 40 crore-fuelled ‘VIHAAN’ chip hits first-pass silicon success, eyes 2027 production

A semiconductor startup hit a major milestone after successfully testing its own locally designed broadband internet chip. The first-pass silicon success of the VIHAAN chip means it worked correctly on the very first try, a key step toward mass production and greater self-reliance in semiconductors for India. This update came even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted the country’s push to build domestic chip-making capacity.

A Design Linked Incentive (DLI) Scheme-backed Indian semiconductor startup has achieved first-pass silicon success with ‘VIHAAN’, an indigenous broadband networking System-on-Chip (SoC) built using the VEGA microprocessor.