India plays an integral role in designing the semiconductors needed for smartphones, artificial intelligence, automotive software and industrial applications.
Most of the country’s semiconductor ecosystem is rooted in design, not fabrication. The Indian government wants to change that, though: In 2021, it unveiled its $10.2 billion India Semiconductor Mission, which aims to incentivize chip manufacturing in the country.
Top Semiconductor Companies in India
- AMD
- Applied Materials
- Broadcom
- Intel
- Microchip Technology
- Micron Technology
- MosChip
- Nvidia
- NXP
- Samsung Semiconductor
As demand for semiconductors heats up, India expects its semiconductor sector to be worth between $100 billion to $110 billion by 2030.
Below, we take a look at the companies that have established a solid foundation for India’s growing semiconductor sector.
Semiconductor Companies in India to Know
Headquarters: Chennai, Tamil Nadu
India Locations: Chennai
Founded: 1988
SPEL Semiconductor says it is India’s first and only assembly and test facility for semiconductor integrated circuits (IC). The company provides package design, assembly and wafer sorting to integrated device manufacturers and fabless semiconductor companies. The company, which has offices in Chennai, was acquired in 2014 by Singapore-based semiconductor packaging and design company Natronix.
Headquarters: Eindhoven, Netherlands
India Locations: Bangalore, Hyderabad, Noida and Pune
Founded: 2006
NXP designs and manufactures semiconductors for the automotive, mobile phone and industrial sectors. Headquartered in the Netherlands, it employs more than 2,500 engineers across four Indian offices in Noida, Bangalore, Pune and Hyderabad. These employees work across a variety of NXP product lines, including edge processing, advanced analog, connectivity and security.
Headquarters: Bangalore, Karnataka
India Locations: Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, Noida and Pune
Founded: 1945
Wipro has more than 30 years of experience in the semiconductor design industry. The Bangalore-based company provides engineering solutions to eight of the top 10 semiconductor companies, including a longstanding partnership with Broadcom. With 35 patents to its name, Wipro has delivered more than 250 application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) and SOCs.
Headquarters: Maidenhead, England
India Locations: Bangalore
Founded: 2018
ChipLogic, which was founded in 2018, offers semiconductor IP blocks that can be used to design custom silicon solutions. The company has developed semiconductors that can be used for power management, memory storage, networking and image and video processing, among other applications. ChipLogic has offices in Bangalore and the United Kingdom.
Headquarters: Hubli, Karnataka
India Locations: Bangalore, Hubli and Kolkata
Founded: 2005
Sankalp Semiconductor has designed semiconductors for a wide range of industries, including automotive, Internet of Things (IoT), medical electronics, networking and wireless technologies. The company has offices in Bangalore, Kolkata and Hubli. It was acquired in 2019, becoming a division of HCL Technologies.
Headquarters: Bangalore, Karnataka
India Locations: Bangalore
Founded: 2007
Founded in 2007, Saankhya Labs says it is India’s first fabless semiconductor company. The company also developed the world’s first software-defined radios (SDR) chipsets, according to its website. Saankhya Labs is headquartered in Bangalore, and was acquired by Tejas Networks in 2022 to expand its wireless product offerings.
Headquarters: New Delhi, Delhi
India Locations: Chennai, Kolkata, Mohali, New Delhi and Pune
Founded: 1964
Continental Device India Pvt. Ltd. (CDIL) says it was the first company to introduce silicon semiconductor technology when it was founded in 1964. The New Delhi-based company tests and packages transistors, diodes, rectifiers and other semiconductor technologies. Its test and packaging plant in Mohali, Punjab has the capacity to produce 600 million units per year.
Headquarters: Suwon-si, South Korea
India Locations: Bangalore
Founded: 1974
Samsung Semiconductor, a subsidiary of Samsung and one of the biggest semiconductor companies in the world, has a research and development office in Bangalore that designs processors, sensors, memory storage solutions and a spectrum of process technologies for performance computing, automotive and connectivity applications.
Headquarters: Santa Clara, California
India Locations: Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai and New Delhi
Founded: 1968
Intel, one of the world’s top chip manufacturers since 1968, develops processors that can power AI solutions, data centers and other high-performance computing needs. The U.S. company employs over 13,000 workers in India, and it operates semiconductor design facilities in Hyderabad and Bangalore.
Headquarters: Noida, Uttar Pradesh
India Locations: Bangalore, Chennai, Gurugram, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Mumbai and Noida
Founded: 1991
HCLTech is a Noida-based IT consulting company that offers various technical services, including semiconductor equipment manufacturing and engineering services. Its semiconductor services also cover software and digital engineering, product testing and more to aid fabrication plants and outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) vendors. HCLTech employs over 2,900 semiconductor engineers and subject matter experts, with multiple locations across India.
Headquarters: Santa Clara, California
India Locations: Bangalore, Hyderabad and Pune
Founded: 1995
Marvell Technology designs and manufactures semiconductors for data infrastructure ranging from AI cloud data centers to 5G wireless infrastructure. It also develops networking, storage and industry-specific solutions. Marvell has offices in Bangalore, Hyderabad and Pune.
Headquarters: Cambridge, England
India Locations: Bangalore and Noida
Founded: 1990
Arm has played an influential role in developing GPU, CPU and NPU designs that continue to be licensed by leading technology companies. The company’s technology has been used in billions of chips used in smartphones, cloud computing, AI and automotive software. Arm has offices in both Bangalore and Noida in India.
Headquarters: Chandler, Arizona
India Locations: Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad
Founded: 1989
Microchip Technology designs embedded control solutions using microprocessors, microcontrollers, analog semiconductors and radiofrequency (RF) devices. The company, which employs more than 2,500 workers in India, announced in 2023 that it will invest $300 million in its facilities in Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad.
Headquarters: Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
India Locations: Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Pune
Founded: 1999
MosChip is a Hyderabad-based semiconductor design and verification company founded in 1999. The company has developed intellectual property for semiconductor designs and verification modules that can be leveraged along with third-party IP in its custom silicon solutions. It employs more than 1,300 engineers across its offices in Hyderabad, Bangalore and Silicon Valley.
Headquarters: Boise, Idaho
India Locations: Bangalore, Gujarat and Hyderabad
Founded: 1978
Micron Technology manufactures computer memory and data storage solutions such as memory cards, solid state drives and advanced computing systems. The Idaho-based company employs more than 4,000 people across its research and development sites in Bangalore and Hyderabad. In 2023, it broke ground on the first phase of a $2.75 billion assembly and test manufacturing facility that is expected to create 5,000 new jobs in Gujarat.
Headquarters: San Diego, California
India Locations: Bangalore, Chennai, Gurgaon, Hyderabad, New Delhi and Noida
Founded: 1985
Qualcomm develops processors used in 5G, smartphones, Bluetooth and other telecommunications technology. The company employs thousands of people across its 13 offices in India. The company said in 2023 that it would partner with Tata Group to package chips in India.
Headquarters: Santa Clara, California
India Locations: Bangalore, Gurugram, Hyderabad, Mumbai, New Delhi and Pune
Founded: 1993
Nvidia, one of the world’s leading semiconductor companies, is developing graphic processing units (GPUs), processors and AI supercomputers that could transform data center architecture and accelerate AI innovation in the manufacturing, automotive and healthcare industries. Nvidia has more than 3,800 employees in India, and it has engineering development centers in Gurugram, Hyderabad, Pune and Bangalore.
Headquarters: Santa Clara, California
India Locations: Bangalore, Chennai, Coimbatore, Mumbai and Pune
Founded: 1967
Applied Materials, which specializes in materials engineering solutions for semiconductors, operates five India offices. In 2023, the company announced it would build a collaborative engineering center in Bangalore to develop and commercialize technologies needed for semiconductor manufacturing. The company expects to create 500 engineering jobs at the new engineering center.
Headquarters: Bangalore, Karnataka
India Locations: Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad and Pune
Founded: 1992
ASM Technologies is an engineering services firm that advises semiconductor equipment manufacturing companies on wafer metallization and packaging, among other manufacturing processes. The Bangalore-based company has development centers in Bangalore and Pune. It also operates manufacturing facilities in Chennai.
Headquarters: Bangalore, Karnataka
India Locations: Bangalore, Chennai, Ghaziabad, Hyderabad, Kotdwara, Machilipatnam, Navi Mumbai, Panchkula and Pune
Founded: 1954
Bharat Electronics creates electronic systems and products for Indian aerospace and defense applications. In 2025, Bharat Electronics and Tata Electronics announced they would jointly explore and develop semiconductor solutions for the Indian market. As part of this collaboration, Bharat Electronic will identify its requirements for components like microcontrollers and Systems-on-Chips, and Tata Electronics will provide solutions spanning semiconductor fabrication, OSAT and design services.
Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra
India Locations: Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai and Pune
Founded: 1868
Tata Group, a Mumbai-based conglomerate, announced in 2024 that it will open a semiconductor fabrication plant in Gujarat. The plant is being established in partnership with Taiwan’s Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (PSMC), a leading global wafer foundry. Tata Elxsi, Tata Group’s technology and design arm, also advises on semiconductor topics, like embedded system engineering and field-programmable gate array solutions.
Headquarters: Santa Clara, California
India Locations: Bangalore, Gurugram, Hyderabad, Mumbai and New Delhi
Founded: 1969
AMD is a large semiconductor company that develops internal processors, graphics cards and adaptive Systems on Chips (SoCs). The California-based company employs 6,500 employees across 10 locations in five Indian cities. In 2023, AMD announced it would open a 500,000-square-foot design center that will employ an estimated 3,000 engineers in Bangalore. The company expects to invest $400 million in research, development and engineering operations in India by 2028.
Headquarters: Palo Alto, California
India Locations: Bangalore and Hyderabad
Founded: 1991
Broadcom is a U.S. company with offices in Bangalore and Hyderabad. The company’s semiconductor products are used in a variety of telecommunications products, including data center switches and routers, embedded processors and wireless connectivity solutions. Broadcom Corporation was acquired by Avago for $37 billion in 2015. The combined companies were later renamed Broadcom Inc.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is driving India’s semiconductor sector?
The Indian government launched the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM) in 2021 — an over $10 billion initiative — to incentivize chip manufacturing in the country. The demand for semiconductors globally and the growth potential of India’s electronics market also underpin these developments.
What semiconductor companies operate in India?
AMD, Broadcom, Intel, Nvidia and Samsung Semiconductor are a few companies operating in India that develop semiconductors or offer semiconductor solutions.
