Tata Electronics signs chip deal with Japan’s ROHM

As part of the deal, Tata Electronics will assemble and test ROHM’s India-designed automotive-grade Nch 100V, 300A Si MOSFET in a TOLL package, targeting mass production shipments by next year. The companies will also explore co-development of high-value packaging technologies in the future. Both companies will combine efforts to market the products manufactured through this collaboration, they said in a press release. ROHM is a major semiconductor manufacturing and design company in the automotive space.

With this announcement, India’s ambitious Rs 76,000 crore semiconductor mission is taking commercial shape, as companies approved the project begin signing on customers. India has approved 10 semiconductor plants, including two fabrication facilities and eight packaging and testing facilities. The Indian Express had earlier reported that the next phase could be worth $15 billion, with incentives for capital goods and the raw materials industry as well.

“Through our semiconductor assembly and test facilities, Tata Electronics will deliver chip packaging services to support ROHM in creating products tailored for Indian and global markets,” said Randhir Thakur, CEO and MD, Tata Electronics.

Earlier this month, Tata Electronics and Intel signed a deal for the manufacturing and packaging of Intel products for local markets at Tata Electronics’ upcoming fabrication and OSAT (Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test) facilities. The deal will also focus on collaboration for advanced packaging in India.

Intel and Tata will also explore the opportunity to rapidly scale tailored AI PC solutions for consumer and enterprise markets in India, which is projected to be a global top five market by 2030.

In August, the Union Cabinet approved four new semiconductor assembly and testing plants in the country, with the government now offering financial incentives for the construction of a total of 10 chip-related factories, ranging from a fabrication plant to assembly and testing operations.

This includes the Tata-PSMC fab, being built at a cost of roughly $11 billion, along with assembly and testing plants by US-based Micron Technology, the Tatas, Murugappa Group’s CG Power in partnership with Japan’s Renesas, Kaynes Semicon, and HCL-Foxconn.