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India chip design startups near production but face high fab costs
Nikkei Asia said government-backed Indian chip design startups are nearing commercial production but face high fab costs from low volumes and supply-chain bottlenecks.
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India's chip design startups are nearing commercial production with government support, but steep fabrication costs tied to low volumes and supply-chain bottlenecks are complicating the path to market, Nikkei Asia reported Monday from Bengaluru1.
The newspaper said capital constraints and a longer development cycle leave the companies struggling to produce semiconductors at volumes needed for competitive pricing1.
Nikkei Asia's publicly readable dispatch did not name the startups, order volumes, foundry partners or subsidy amounts in the unpaywalled text1.
Independent confirmation of company names, volumes and remaining commercial details was not available from the publicly readable text1.
