“Forget 3nm. Tata’s ₹91,000-Crore Bet At Dholera Is Built For The Chips India Actually Needs”, Swarajya, May 18, 2026
“On 16 May 2026, Narendra Modi stood inside the headquarters of ASML in the Dutch town of Veldhoven and witnessed the signing of a strategic partnership between the lithography company and Tata Electronics.
ASML is the only firm in the world that makes extreme-ultraviolet lithography machines, the most expensive piece of industrial equipment ever serially produced, without which no chip below about 7-nanometre process technology can be manufactured at scale.
The agreement committed ASML to supplying lithography systems, technical training and ecosystem support to Tata’s new semiconductor fab at Dholera, Gujarat — India’s first commercial fab, a ninety-one-thousand-crore-rupee facility being built with Taiwan’s Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation, expected to produce its first sellable wafers in late 2026…….”
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