Union Minister for Electronics & Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw revealed the name of semiconductor plant which is likely to manufacture India’s first home-made chip.
The first Made-in-China semiconductor chip may be manufactured from CG Semi Pilot Line soon, Union Minister for Electronics & Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw announced on Thursday.
Taking to X, formerly Twitter, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said, “1st ‘Made in India’ chip to come from CG Semi Pilot Line soon.” The CG Semi Pilot line is being set up in Gujarat’s Sanand.
1st ‘Made in India’ chip to come from CG Semi Pilot Line soon. pic.twitter.com/aOnAilVSMk
— Ashwini Vaishnaw (@AshwiniVaishnaw) August 28, 2025
The CG Semi’s G1 or pilot facility was inaugurated by Ashwini Vaishnaw along with Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendrabhai Patel.
“CG Pilot line has started today. It is a very important milestone in India’s semiconductor journey. Among all the plants that started (chip) projects in Gujarat, CG Semi plant is the first one to start a pilot line,” Vaishnaw said.
CG Semi की pilot line का ‘प्रारंभ’
📍Sanand, Gujarat pic.twitter.com/hu8tdv3hOX
— Ashwini Vaishnaw (@AshwiniVaishnaw) August 28, 2025
He said that the pilot line helps customers in testing the chips before placing the order.
“Hopefully, we will have the first Made in India chip rolled out of this plant very soon,” Vaishnaw said.
The pilot facility of CG Semi will operate at a peak capacity of approximately 5 lakh units per day. The facility is equipped to handle end-to-end chip assembly, packaging, testing, and post-test services.
Backed by central and state governments, and in collaboration with Renesas and Stars Microelectronics, CG Semi is investing over Rs 7,600 crore (around USD 870 million) over five years to develop two facilities (G1 and G2) with a total production capacity of 15 million or 1.5 crore units.
CG Plant To Operate At Full Capacity by 2027
Located about 3 km from G1, the G2 facility is under construction and expected to be completed by the end of 2026. Once operational, G2 will scale up to a capacity of 14.5 million units per day. Together, the two facilities are projected to generate over 5,000 direct and indirect jobs.
CG Power Chairman Vellayan Subbiah said that the qualification, which is testing and inspection of products and manufacturing facility, will start in September, and the commercial production of the chip is expected to start in six to eight months from now.
Subbiah appealed to the Indian industry to work in collaboration and support Made in India chips in the same manner as companies in China did.
