Tata Electronics is building India's first commercial semiconductor fab at Dholera, Gujarat: a Rs 91,526 crore, 300 mm plant with technology from Taiwan's PSMC…
A flat, low-lying stretch of Gujarat's Bhal region near the Gulf of Khambhat, designated a Special Investment Region in 2009.
Two consortia won in-principle approval in 2013. Neither raised the money; HSMC's letter of intent was cancelled in 2018.
The India Semiconductor Mission programme approved in December 2021 pays up to half of a fab's project cost.
Vedanta and Foxconn chose Dholera in 2022 for a Rs 1.54 lakh crore plan. Foxconn quit in July 2023.
A 300 mm fab with Taiwan's PSMC, 50,000 wafer starts a month on 28 to 110 nm processes.
At the foundation stone, minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the first chip would come out in December 2026.
Process technology licences from 28 to 110 nm, fab design and construction support, and engineering help.
The Centre pays 50% of eligible cost in step with Tata's spending, under the March 2025 agreement.
Studies found Dholera's reclaimed land had low load-bearing capacity. Tata redesigned the foundations.
Tata and Intel signed an MoU in December 2025 to explore making and packaging Intel products in India.
A 66.166-hectare special economic zone for Tata Semiconductor Manufacturing, notified on 9 April 2026.
ASML makes the lithography machines every fab needs. Its May 2026 MoU covers set-up, ramp-up and training.
Production starts at 55 and 90 nm. The government now expects commercial operations in mid-2028.
Over 450 partners are engaged. Sumitomo Chemical, Kelington and Sojitz with NRS signed at SEMICON India 2026.
Keeping chemicals, gases and spare parts beside the cleanroom so production never waits.
Watch for tool move-in, first wafers in 2027, named customers, and commercial output by mid-2028.
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