INDIA’S FIRST INDIGENOUS SEMICONDUCTOR CHIPS

Feb. 28, 2019

Bengaluru-based semiconductor manufacturing company Signalchip launched “India’s first indigenous” semiconductor chips which could be used in 4G/LTE and 5G NR Modem applications.

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. 



Source : The Hindu

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