Semicon India 2025 Showcases Indian Startups Driving Self-Reliance in Chip Design

Indian Startups Showcase Indigenous Chip Design Innovations, Boosting Self-Reliance Under the DLI Scheme at Semicon India 2025

New Delhi-  On the second day of Semicon India 2025, held at Yashobhoomi, New Delhi, Prime Minister  Narendra Modi visited the exhibition stalls, accompanied by Minister of Electronics and Information Technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw, and Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, Jitin Prasada. The Prime Minister highlighted the critical role of startups in accelerating India’s semiconductor ambitions and emphasized the importance of creating Indian Intellectual Property (IP).

The exhibition featured startups supported under the Design Linked Incentive (DLI) Scheme, demonstrating India’s growing self-reliance in chip design. So far, 23 chip design projects have been sanctioned under DLI, with 72 companies gaining access to industry-grade Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools. These startups are actively contributing to sectors such as surveillance, energy metering, networking, motor control, and smart devices, showcasing India’s increasing capability in semiconductor innovation.

A major highlight of the event was InCore Semiconductors’ RISC-V based System-on-Chip (SoC) Generator Platform, developed by the creators of India’s SHAKTI processors. This platform drastically reduces frontend chip design time from months to minutes, enabling faster innovation, lower costs, and reduced design risks. A test chip fabricated on TSMC’s 40nm node demonstrates six heterogeneous RISC-V cores, a custom Network-on-Chip (NoC), multiple peripherals, and a complete software stack including a real-time operating system.

Other notable showcases included:

• Aheesa Digital Innovations – Launching the Vihaan SoC for networking and broadband solutions by early 2026.

• 3rdiTech, Netrasemi, BigEndian Semiconductors, Mindgrove Technologies – Developing indigenous SoCs for surveillance and CCTV cameras, collectively raising over ₹300 crore in funding.

• MosChip Technologies – Developing Vidyut, a fully indigenous Smart Energy Meter chip, with fabrication planned in India.

• Vervesemi – Producing application-specific ICs for motor control, EVs, drones, and space-grade systems with ISRO.

• MBit Wireless – Launching a 4G-LTE modem chipset with complete protocol stack software, certified by the Global Certification Forum (GCF).

These efforts collectively align with India’s vision of becoming a full-stack semiconductor nation, moving from backend manufacturing to complete indigenous chip design and production.

RISC-V is an open, royalty-free instruction set architecture enabling custom processor design for applications ranging from IoT to AI. SoC Generator Platforms streamline chip design by automating IP integration, verification, and functional testing, significantly reducing development cycles and enhancing innovation efficiency.

Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India is steadily advancing toward designing world-class chips in India for global applications.

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