The modernization of the SCL plant is likely to cost the government Rs 20,000 crore

The government’s modernization plan for the Mohali-based Semi-Conductor Laboratory (SCL) will require an investment of Rs 20,000 crore for a new fabrication plant (factory or foundry) with a capacity of 20,000 wafers per month, according to government estimates. (The Tata Fab plant in Dholera, Gujarat, will produce 50,000 wafers per month).

The plan also envisions moving SCL from its reliance on high 180 nanometer (nm) nodes, which have limited applications, to 28 nm and then to 14 nm.

The idea is to establish a research and development (R&D)/prototypes center processing 300 millimeter wafers at advanced

First print: April 23, 2024 | 7:36 PM IST