INDIA’S FIRST INDIGENOUS SEMICONDUCTOR CHIPS

About: 

• Chips unveiled: four chips were unveiled at the event designed by SIGNALCHIP. 
  • SCBM3412: a single chip 4G/LTE modem including the baseband and transceiver sections in a single device.  
    
    
  • SCBM3404: a single chip 4X4 LTE baseband modem. 
    
    
  • SCRF3402: a 2X2 transceiver for LTE. 
    
    
  • SCRF4502: a 2X2 transceiver for 5G NR standards. 
    
    
  
  
  
• Significance: 
  • The launch of the chips was significant as India is entering an elite club. At present only 8 companies and a few countries can design and build semiconductor chips. 
    
    
  • This will have huge implications on the country’s data security and sovereignty besides having economic implications. 
    
    
  • India cannot afford to lag behind while US and China are battling it out for the upperhand in ICT technology. 
    
    
  • The launch of a world class product by SIGNALCHIP is start of the Third Wave, after Software and IndiaStack as First and Second wave.