India targets creating homegrown GPUs within 2 years and plans to commercialize indigenous SHAKTI and VEGA processors

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According to ETGovernment, S.Krishnan, secretary of India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), said in a November 4 interview that under India Semiconductor Mission 2.0, India targets developing an indigenous GPU chip in approximately 24 months (two years), as the country steps up efforts to build a domestic semiconductor industry and reduce its dependence on foreign chip suppliers; the proposed GPU remains an early-stage target, and Krishnan did not identify a manufacturer, chip supplier, or builder for the project. India also plans to bring its homegrown SHAKTI and VEGA processors to commercial markets; both are based on the open-source RISC-V architecture and are CPU designs, separate from the GPUs now being targeted. Background: C-DAC has developed its Rudra server range, and the Aries 3.0 development board, introduced in 2024, uses C-DAC's VEGA ET301 processor (32-bit, up to 100MHz, 26KB SRAM, intended for sensors, wearables and IoT devices rather than graphics-intensive workloads); at the September 26 SEMICOM India event, the government highlighted a water-cleaning robot around SHAKTI, a digital telescope using VEGA, and another VEGA-based forest environment monitoring project; MeitY says 24 companies received assistance under the Design-linked Incentive (DLI) program. Additionally, ASML is partnering with Tata Electronics to equip India's first commercial semiconductor fabrication facility in Dholera, Gujarat, a planned facility expected to use 300mm wafers and eventually reach a capacity of 50,000 wafers per month, and Intel announced a strategic partnership with Tata Group covering semiconductor manufacturing and packaging for the Indian market. According to an IESA report, India's semiconductor market is currently valued at about $50 billion and is expected to approach $100 billion by 2030.

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Source: Tom's Hardware · 11/5/2026 · View original source