Govt aims to make 3-nanometre chips by 2032; achieve self-reliance in 75% tech categories in four years

The government is aiming to make high-tech small chips of 3-nanometre node — used in products like modern smartphones and computers — by 2032, Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Tuesday.

The minister said the government will focus on six categories of chips — compute, radio frequency (RF), networking, power, sensor, and memory — under the second phase of Design-Linked Incentive Scheme that will allow companies in the country to have major control on developing 70-75% technology products.