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Karnataka’s Seven Semiconductor Deals Aim to Boost Chip Startups

Karnataka’s Seven Semiconductor Deals Aim to Boost Chip Startups
How Karnataka’s 7 new semiconductor deals are set to give a boost to chip startups · financialexpress.com

Karnataka has made seven new agreements to help semiconductor startups.

Semiconductors are tiny electronic parts used in many devices.

The agreements bring together researchers, software companies, manufacturers, trainers and business advisers.

IISc will help with research and building early versions of products.

Silvaco will provide tools that engineers use to design chips.

Kaynes Semicon will help turn designs into manufactured products.

Other partners will support automotive electronics, worker training, mentoring and fundraising.

Karnataka hopes this support will help more chip ideas become real products and create skilled jobs.

Key facts

Initiative
Semiconductor Future Accelerator Lab, or SFAL
Partnerships
Seven new strategic agreements
Event
SEMICON India 2026
Research partner
IISc Centre for Nano Science and Engineering
Design tools partner
Silvaco, providing semiconductor expertise and EDA tools
Manufacturing partner
Kaynes Semicon, supporting validation, manufacturing and commercialisation
Skills and funding support
WOWSEMI Foundation, PeachTree Elevate and Aarayaa Advisory

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Priyank Kharge

Karnataka Home Minister

“We started SFAL in my previous tenure through a collaboration between the Government of Karnataka and industry stakeholders, with the vision of creating a platform that could accelerate semiconductor innovation and bring startups, research, technology and industry closer together.”
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“Together, they are strengthening the semiconductor innovation pipeline—from research and design to validation, manufacturing and commercialisation.”
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