Indian Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and his Cabinet of Ministers met to approve two more semiconductor projects under the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM). 

The projects include a commercial mini/micro-LED display facility based on GaN (gallium nitride) technology and a semiconductor packaging facility.

Two semiconductor manufacturing facilities will be set up in Gujarat with a cumulative investment of around Rs.3,936 crore and are expected to generate cumulative employment for 2,230 skilled professionals.

The details of the two approved proposals are as follows:

I. Crystal Matrix Limited (CML) will establish an integrated facility for compound semiconductor fabrication and ATMP in Dholera, Gujarat, for manufacturing mini/micro-LED display modules. The integrated facility will also provide GaN foundry services, including epitaxy on 6-inch wafers. The annual proposed production capacity for mini/micro-LED display panels is 72,000 square meters, and for mini/micro-LED GaN epitaxy wafers, it is 24,000 sets of RGB wafers. The proposed products will have applications in large displays for TVs and signage/commercial displays; medium-sized displays for tablets, smartphones, and in-car displays; and micro-displays for Extended Reality (XR) glasses and smartwatches.

II. Suchi Semicon Private Limited (SSPL) will set up an Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test (OSAT) facility in Surat, Gujarat, for manufacturing discrete semiconductors. The proposed production capacity of the Suchi Semicon is 1033.20 million chips per annum. The target applications include power electronics, analog ICs, and industrial systems, serving end markets such as automotive, industrial automation, and consumer electronics.

This boosts the semiconductor ecosystem in India as the total number of approved projects under the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM) reaches 12. The cumulative investments of around 1.64 lakh crore rupees, or nearly US dollars 18 billion.