L&T Semiconductor and Tata Electronics Forge Strategic Alliance to Boost Indigenous Chip Manufacturing for Global Markets

Collaboration enables industrialisation and domestic manufacturing of India-designed chips to enhance time-to-market, reliability and supply chain resilience

L&T Semiconductor Technologies Limited (LTSCT), a leading Indian fabless semiconductor company, and Tata Electronics, a pioneering leader in India’s electronics and semiconductor manufacturing sector, announced a strategic partnership to expand indigenous manufacturing of market-leading chip products in India to serve global customers. The alliance aims to build indigenous design and manufacturing capabilities to support next-generation products across automotive, industrial, communications, security and intelligent-edge sectors.

The partnership brings together L&T Semiconductor’s fabless design innovation with Tata Electronics’ semiconductor packaging and foundry capabilities to advance domestic chip manufacturing. Both the companies will jointly explore chip fabrication and packaging opportunities for L&T Semiconductor’s current and future products across Tata Electronics’ range of fab process technologies and packaging solutions. The collaboration will also include chip design to fabrication optimisations with a focus on ensuring efficient manufacturing at scale.

“Semiconductor leadership will increasingly be defined not just by design breakthroughs but by the ability to industrialise those designs through advanced packaging and manufacturing. At LTSCT, we see this as India’s opportunity to move up the value chain. Our engagement with Tata Electronics is a decisive step in building those capabilities, ensuring that the next generation of semiconductor products can be designed in India and delivered to global markets with speed, reliability and scale”, said Dr Sandeep Kumar, Chief Executive, L&T Semiconductor Technologies Limited.

“Tata Electronics is establishing world-class semiconductor manufacturing capabilities in India to provide trusted, high-quality solutions across the semiconductor value chain to our domestic and global customers. Our partnership with LTSCT is a significant step which will accelerate India’s vision of becoming a full-stack semiconductor nation, by combining L&T Semiconductor’s deep fabless design and engineering expertise with our capabilities across semiconductor manufacturing, packaging and testing”, said Dr Randhir Thakur, CEO & MD, Tata Electronics.

The partnership aligns with Government of India’s vision to “Manufacture in India – for India and for the World”, reflecting a long-term commitment to Semicon 2.0’s focus on domestic ecosystem development and value addition, to position India as a leader in the global semiconductor industry. Together, LTSCT and Tata Electronics aim to advance packaging technologies, manufacturing excellence and quality systems that reinforce India’s semiconductor mission.

About L&T Semiconductor Technologies Limited (LTSCT)

L&T Semiconductor Technologies Ltd (LTSCT), a wholly-owned subsidiary of L&T, is the first major semiconductor products company in India. As a fabless enterprise, LTSCT focusses on designing and delivering smart devices for global customers. The company provides semiconductor devices and technology partnerships, assisting customers in achieving energy-efficient, high-performance systems that capitalise on data, electrification and software-defined technology trends.

LTSCT aims to establish an India-based semiconductor portfolio of smart devices across:

• Power
• Compute
• Analog/Mixed Signal
• IoT modules
• RF products

Supporting automotive, industrial, energy, data center and telecommunications verticals. The company operates in four key regions: the US, Europe, Japan and India, with offices located in Austin, Munich, Tokyo, Bengaluru and Noida.

For more: https://www.ltsct.com/about-us/

About Tata Electronics Private Limited

Tata Electronics Private Limited is a prominent global player in the electronics manufacturing industry, with strong capabilities in:

• Electronics Manufacturing Services
• Semiconductor Assembly & Test
• Semiconductor Foundry
• Design Services

Established in 2020 as a greenfield venture of the Tata Group, the company aims to serve global customers through integrated offerings across a trusted electronics and semiconductor value chain. With a rapidly growing workforce, the company has significant operations in India in Gujarat, Assam, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, in addition to overseas offices in US, Taiwan and Singapore.

Tata Electronics is committed to creating a socio-economic footprint by employing many women in its workforce and actively supporting local communities through environmental, education, healthcare, sports and livelihood initiatives.

For more: www.tataelectronics.com

L&T Semiconductor Technologies Partners with Synopsys to Accelerate AI-Enabled Intelligent Power Module Development

L&T Semiconductor Technologies Ltd (LTSCT), a leading Indian fabless semiconductor company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro (L&T), today announced a multiyear license agreement with Synopsys Inc., a leader in engineering solutions from silicon to systems, to strengthen its advanced power electronics design capabilities and support India’s growing semiconductor ecosystem.

Under the multiyear agreement, LTSCT will adopt Synopsys’ simulation software to accelerate AI-enabled design and optimisation of next-generation power modules and intelligent power modules (IPMs). The collaboration is expected to enhance design efficiency, improve reliability and reduce development cycles by integrating simulation, physics-based modelling and data intelligence across the design workflow.

“The agreement with Synopsys is a pivotal step toward accelerating next-generation power solutions, designed and optimised through AI-driven multiphysics simulation. This collaboration enables LTSCT to design at the chip, package and system levels seamlessly. It will thereby enhance reliability, reduce development cycles and accelerate our time to market. Together, we are shaping a new paradigm in power electronics, one where intelligence, performance and sustainability converge”, said Sandeep Kumar, Chief Executive - LTSCT.

The agreement enables LTSCT to leverage Synopsys’ multiphysics simulation technologies to enhance its design workflows across chip, package and system levels. As voltage levels scale from 1.2 kV to 10 kV, accelerating development timelines while ensuring design for reliability and design for manufacturing requires advanced modelling that integrates material science, metallurgical, thermo-mechanical and electro-mechanical properties. AIenabled simulation will support optimisation across electrical, thermal and mechanical domains, enabling improved performance and reliability while reducing prototyping costs.

Speaking about the agreement, Padmesh Mandloi, Regional VP - Ansys Customer Excellence, Synopsys, said: “This agreement enables a significant leap in the evolution of India’s semiconductor design capabilities, especially in the fast-growing domain of intelligent power modules. Following Synopsys’ acquisition of Ansys, the combined portfolio of industry-leading multiphysics simulation technologies with AI-accelerated design platforms, offering solutions from silicon to systems, will empower LTSCT to innovate at the intersection of physics, data and intelligence. We enable innovators like LTSCT to redefine how power modules are designed and enable faster, more reliable and energy-efficient solutions that will power India’s journey toward sustainable mobility and smart manufacturing”.

The collaboration will empower innovation across key sectors, including electric mobility, renewable energy and industrial automation, advancing the next generation of intelligent power solutions.

LTSCT’s work will focus on developing integrated module architectures that combine power devices, gate drivers, protection circuits and control logic in compact form factors. Through AI-accelerated multiphysics modelling, LTSCT will now be able to simulate chip, package and system-level performance concurrently, improving design robustness while reducing prototyping costs.

This multiyear agreement reflects LTSCT’s continued investment in advanced design technologies and its commitment to strengthening India’s power electronics and semiconductor design ecosystem.

About LTSCT

L&T Semiconductor Technologies Ltd (LTSCT), a wholly-owned subsidiary of L&T, is the first major Indian semiconductor products company - a fabless enterprise for designing and delivering smart devices for global customers. LTSCT is a company that provides semiconductor devices and technology partnerships by helping customers realise energy-efficient, high-performance systems to benefit from data, electrification and software-defined technology trends.

Our aim is to build an India-based semiconductor portfolio of smart devices across MEMS Sensors, Power, Analog Mixed Signal and RF products, to support automotive, industrial, energy and telecommunication verticals. We are present in four prominent geographies, i.e., the US, Europe, Japan and India, with offices in Austin, Munich, Tokyo, Bangaluru and Chennai. For more, visit https://www.ltsct.com/about-us/

India’s L&T Semiconductor Joins imec to Drive Global Automotive Chiplet Innovation

L&T Semiconductor Technologies (LTSCT), a wholly owned subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro, has officially joined imec’s global Automotive Chiplet Program (ACP), marking India’s entry into a cutting-edge semiconductor collaboration focused on modular chiplet architectures for next-generation vehicles.

Key Highlights of the Collaboration

• Program: imec’s Automotive Chiplet Program (ACP)
• Objective: Develop chiplet-based architectures and advanced packaging technologies for automotive electronics.
• Focus Areas:
  • Safety-critical computing
  • High-speed die-to-die connectivity
  • Robust testing and monitoring across the semiconductor lifecycle
• Leadership: Dr. Sandeep Kumar, CEO of LTSCT, emphasized chiplets as a fundamental shift in automotive system integration.

Why Chiplets Matter for Automotive

Traditional monolithic SoCs (System-on-Chips) are struggling to meet the demands of:

• ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems)
• Software-defined vehicles (SDVs)
• Next-gen infotainment systems

Chiplets—modular silicon blocks optimized for specific functions—integrated via 2.5D and 3D packaging offer:

• Higher compute performance per watt
• Faster time-to-market
• Greater supply chain resilience
• Scalability and cost efficiency

Strategic Importance for India

• Global Positioning: Strengthens India’s role in the semiconductor ecosystem under the India Semiconductor Mission.
• Standardization Role: Contributes to reference architectures and interoperability standards.
• Industry Impact: Positions India as a contributor to global automotive semiconductor innovation.

Comparative Context

Factor	Traditional SoC	Chiplet-Based Design
Integration	Monolithic, single die	Modular, multiple dies
Performance Scaling	Limited by die size	Flexible, scalable per function
Supply Chain	Vendor-dependent	Multi-vendor interoperability
Cost Efficiency	High for advanced nodes	Lower via modular reuse
Reliability	Challenged in SDVs	Enhanced with safety partitions

Risks & Challenges

• Standardization: Success depends on industry-wide alignment around interoperable chiplet standards.Cost & p: Developing chiplet ecosystems independently is prohibitively expensive.
• Technology Transfer: Effective collaboration between imec, LTSCT, and global partners is critical.

L&T Semiconductor Technologies’ entry into imec’s Automotive Chiplet Program is a landmark step for India’s semiconductor ambitions, positioning the country as a contributor to global automotive innovation while advancing modular, scalable chiplet architectures for future vehicles.

The core purpose of imec’s Automotive Chiplet Program (ACP) is to accelerate the transition from traditional monolithic system‑on‑chips to modular chiplet architectures in vehicles. It is designed to create standardized reference designs, interoperability frameworks, and reliability models that allow multiple vendors to contribute chiplets which can be seamlessly integrated into automotive systems. By doing so, ACP reduces development costs, shortens time‑to‑market, and ensures that advanced computing platforms for cars—covering safety, connectivity, and infotainment—can scale efficiently while meeting stringent automotive reliability standards.

In essence, ACP is about building a collaborative ecosystem where automakers, semiconductor firms, and technology providers co‑develop the foundation for software‑defined, high‑performance vehicles powered by chiplets rather than single, monolithic chips.

In essence, ACP is about building a collaborative ecosystem where automakers, semiconductor firms, and technology providers co‑develop the foundation for software‑defined, high‑performance vehicles powered by chiplets rather than single, monolithic chips.

India’s Chip Ambitions Scale Up: L&T Semiconductor Buys Fujitsu Power IP for ₹110 Crore

India’s Fabless Chipmaker Accelerates Global Expansion with Japan Deal

In a move that signals India’s rising ambitions in the global semiconductor arena, L&T Semiconductor Technologies (LTSCT) has acquired the power module design assets of Fujitsu General Electronics (FGEL) for ¥2 billion (₹110 crore). The acquisition includes proprietary IP, patents, and R&D infrastructure focused on high-efficiency power electronics—critical for electric vehicles, industrial automation, and energy systems.

The deal, approved by FGEL’s board on June 9, is expected to close by September 23, pending regulatory clearance under Japan’s Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act. LTSCT’s manufacturing partner, Kaynes Semicon Pvt Ltd, will simultaneously take over FGEL’s production facilities, creating a dual-pronged expansion into design and fabrication.

This acquisition marks a pivotal step in India’s journey toward semiconductor self-reliance,” said Sandeep Kumar, CEO of LTSCT and Chair of India’s Semiconductor Product Leadership Forum. “We’re not just buying assets—we’re inheriting decades of design excellence.

Why This Matters: Power Electronics as a Strategic Frontier

• Design patents and IP for high-voltage, high-efficiency modules
• R&D equipment for prototyping and testing
• A foothold in Japan’s advanced semiconductor ecosystem

FGEL, a legacy player in precision electronics, expects to record an extraordinary gain of ¥2 billion in its Q1 FY26 earnings.

Global Strategy: Fabless, Focused, and Expanding

• Targeting $500 million in revenue before considering an IPO
• Exploring entry into China by FY27, with outsourced production
• Investing ₹300 crore in R&D, with over a dozen products in development

This acquisition complements LTSCT’s broader strategy to become a global supplier of industrial and automotive chips, while anchoring India’s position in the semiconductor value chain.

India’s Semiconductor Vision: 100 Design Firms by 2035

As Chair of the Semiconductor Product Leadership Forum, Kumar is spearheading a national initiative to launch 100 new chip design firms by 2035. The goal: transform India from a backend service provider into a global IP powerhouse.

We’re building an ecosystem where design leads, not follows,” Kumar emphasized. “This deal is proof that Indian firms can compete—and win—on the global stage.

What’s Next

• Expand product portfolio across energy, mobility, and industrial sectors
• Deepen global partnerships in Japan, Europe, and the US
• Accelerate India’s transition from chip consumer to chip creator

As the world races to secure semiconductor supply chains, LTSCT’s strategic bet on design-first innovation could be a blueprint for India’s tech future.

L&T Semiconductor and C-DAC Collab to Create Make-In-India Integrated Circuits, SoCs and ESDM Solutions for Global Market

L&T Semiconductor Technologies (LTSCT) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC).

This strategic collaboration aims to drive indigenization efforts and accelerate innovation in areas of mutual interest. Specifically, they will focus on creating Make-in-India Integrated Circuit (IC) / System-on-Chip (SoC) and Electronics System Design & Manufacturing (ESDM) solutions for automotive, industrial, and energy applications.

By reducing reliance on electronic imports, this partnership contributes to strengthening India's economic foundation. Kudos to both organizations for fostering innovation and positioning India as a leader in the semiconductor sector.

By focusing on Make-in-India ICs and SoCs, the collaboration aims to reduce dependency on imports, fostering a more self-reliant semiconductor ecosystem.

Moreover, the focus on automotive, industrial, and energy applications means that critical sectors will benefit from advanced, locally-produced semiconductor solutions, enhancing their efficiency and competitiveness.

The partnership will likely spur innovation and research in advanced semiconductor technologies, positioning India as a hub for cutting-edge developments in this field.

Enhanced local manufacturing and design capabilities can lead to job creation and economic growth, contributing to India’s GDP.

Congratulating both the organisations, Dr Sunita Verma, Group Coordinator, (R&D E&IT) from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeiTY), said: “The signing of this MoU between L&T Semiconductor Technologies and C-DAC indicates the Government’s commitment to fostering public-private partnerships that drive innovation and economic growth. This collaboration not only underscores the importance of indigenisation in the semiconductor sector but also paves the way for India to take a leadership role on the global stage. We look forward to the transformative impact that this partnership will have on the nation’s technological landscape.”

Mr Magesh E, Director General – C-DAC, highlighted that the collaboration will significantly boost the semiconductor industry and strengthen the Digital India RISC-V (DIR-V) ecosystem. “The partnership in developing Vega based indigenous ICs and SoCs is set to accelerate the vision of Atmanirbhar Bharat by enabling the development of cutting-edge products and solutions for automotive, industrial, ICT infrastructure and the energy sectors. With a shared vision and the capability to deliver world-class solutions, this collaboration is expected to break new ground in semiconductor and related domains,” he said.

Mr Sandeep Kumar, Chief Executive – LTSCT, said: “This collaboration, led by LTSCT, will create a powerful commercialisation programme for advanced technologies created by C-DAC in semiconductor design & development, embedded software, open-source OS, HPC and power systems. C-DAC’s deep pipeline of indigenous IPs, including the VEGA processor, application design and FPGA validation will be turned into global product opportunities by LTSCT. The joint efforts are anticipated to yield innovative products and solutions that will benefit diverse sectors of the Indian economy while significantly enhancing the nation’s technological capabilities and positioning India as a leader in each of the sectors.”

L&T Semiconductor to Acquire Bengaluru-based SiliConch Systems for ₹183 Crore

L&T Semiconductor Technologies (LTSCT), a fully owned subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro (L&T), recently announced its plan to acquire Bengaluru-based SiliConch Systems for ₹183 crore. This strategic move aims to enhance L&T's fabless semiconductor business.

SiliConch Systems specializes in developing semiconductor Intellectual Property (IP) and Integrated Circuits (IC). Their expertise will strengthen L&T's engineering capabilities in this domain. The acquisition includes an upfront payment of ₹133 crore and a deferred ₹50 crore over four years, contingent on specific targets. By September, pending customary conditions, the deal is expected to be finalized.

Interestingly, this is second Indian semiconductor-based company to get acquired by the global firm within a couple of days, and both the companies are based out of Bengaluru. To recall, yesterday Accenture announced the acquisition of Excelmax Technologies, a semiconductor design services provider based in Bengaluru. This strategic acquisition enhances Accenture's growing silicon design and engineering capabilities.

Incorporated in April 2016, SiliConch Systems has a team of engineers focuses on transformative work in pre-silicon products, specializing in delivering mixed-signal solutions in power management and high-speed input/output (I/O) applications.

The founders of SiliConch Systems — Vishnu Pusuluri, Jaswanth Ammineni, Rakesh Kumar, Kaustubh Kumar, Vinay Patel, Abhishek Sardeshpande, and Shubham Paliwal —embarked on their journey in April 2016. Their motivation was to specialize in the development and design of semiconductor Intellectual Property (IP) and Integrated Circuits (IC). As a fabless semiconductor design company, SiliConch focuses on system-on-chip IP, contributing to power management systems for smartphones, automotive devices, and accessories.

SiliConch actively contributes to the USB Implementers' Forum (USB-IF) standards, ensuring that their products adhere to the latest industry specifications and innovations. The company offers cutting-edge solutions for the USB Type-C ecosystem, which is a reversible connector supporting various protocols and delivering power, data, and video signals through a single cable.

SiliConch Systems provides the industry's first Multi-port USB Type-C Power Delivery IP solution to system-on-chip (SoC) vendors. This IP enables efficient power delivery and data transfer in devices like smartphones, PCs, automotive systems, IoT devices, and accessories.

SiliConch generates revenue primarily through non-recurring engineering (NRE) revenue and license fees. The company's IPs find application in OEMs and fabless IC companies, primarily in the U.S., for power management systems.

With 30 granted Patents across geographies, SiliConch Systems has been making significant strides. In the fiscal year 2023-24, their turnover stood at ₹27.68 crore, while in FY21-22 and FY22-23, it was ₹11.02 crore and ₹19.97 crore, respectively

L&T's recent acquisition of SiliConch Systems aims to strengthen their presence in the fabless semiconductor business by adding IP, engineering skillsets, and design expertise.

Besides the recent acquisition of SiliConch Systems, L&T has been active in the acquisition space. In April 2019, L&T acquired Mindtree, a leading IT services company, to strengthen its presence in the technology sector. In May 2022, L&T announced the merger of its two software companies, L&T Infotech (LTI) and Mindtree, creating a formidable player in the IT services industry.

Back in October 2014, L&T acquired L&T Ramboll Consulting Engineers, enhancing its capabilities in real estate and infrastructure development.