Tata Group is ready to advance its discussion with Analog Devices Inc., an American multinational semiconductor company, to manufacture semiconductor chips in India.
The development is viewed as a major step for the country as a competitive player in the global semiconductor industry. Tata Group, one of India’s largest conglomerates, has announced the collaboration with Analog Devices (ADI), a global semiconductor company, to manufacture chips in India. The alliance between the two firms is likely to result in India’s technological advancements and significant investments. Tata Group collaboration may bring advancement to manufacture ADI’s products at its Gujarat and Assam plants. The collaboration aligns with the Indian government’s ongoing efforts to promote domestic electronics manufacturing ecosystems.
What Is The Comprehensive Business Plan?
The companies declared that Tata Motors, Tata Electronics, and Tejas Network signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Analog Devices to increase strategic and business cooperation mainly to explore the opportunities for semiconductor manufacturing in India. The planning also states that India will use ADI products in Tata Applications including network infrastructure and electric vehicles.
In the first place, Tata Electronics declared that it is investing in its facilities with a total investment of $11 billion at India’s first fab in Dholera, Gujarat. It will be investing another $3 billion in a greenfield facility in Jagiroad, Assam for testing and the assembly of semiconductor chips. Tata Electronics and ADI will explore manufacturing opportunities for ADI’s products in Tata Electronics fab in Gujarat and OSAT in Assam. The collaboration will seek engagement in electronic hardware components for power electronics, energy storage solutions, and network infrastructure.
Driving Strategies In Automotive Solutions
Tejas Networks and Analog Devices aim to focus on exploring synergies in the network infrastructure sector to strengthen their efforts in the electronics manufacturing ecosystem. Their objective is to use the strengths of both organizations to develop creative solutions for commercial and passenger vehicle businesses.
Speaking about the strategic alliance, Vincent Roche, CEO and Chairman at ADI, stated, “By combining our real-world semiconductor solutions and software expertise with Tata’s vision and capabilities, we can accelerate the development of cutting-edge technologies, from electric vehicles to next-generation network infrastructure”.
Tata Group’s Chipmaking Initiative
Tata Group has taken numerous steps for India’s semiconductor industry. The company has laid the foundation of rupees 27,000 crore semiconductors assembly and test facility in Morigaon, Assam. In Dholera, Gujarat Tata Electronics is initiating India’s first water fabrication unit and it will anticipate its operations by December 2026.