Tata Electronics is sending dozens of personnel to Taiwan for training as the company’s plans for a semiconductor fabrication (fab) and assembly and test (OSAT) facility gain momentum, The Economic Times reported.
So far, the Tata Group’s electronics business has sent “a couple of hundred” people to its technical partner Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (PSMC) for training in specific skills required to manage the future fab in Dholera, they added.
“The number of people going in for training to Taiwan from Tata Electronics has certainly gone up as the company gets closer and is preparing for its fab,” one of the persons cited said. “Talent is the biggest gap.”
TEPL is establishing two semiconductor production plants in India. The company has partnered with PSMC to create India’s first AI‑enabled fab plant in Dholera, Gujarat, with an initial investment of ₹ 91,000 crore (approximately $ 11 billion).
The fab is planned to produce up to 50,000 wafers each month, creating around 20,000 direct and indirect skilled jobs in the region. The facility will manufacture chips for applications such as power‑management ICs, display drivers, microcontrollers (MCUs) and high‑performance‑computing logic, meeting the growing demand in sectors like automotive, computing and data storage, wireless communication and artificial intelligence (AI).
Additionally, TEPL is establishing an ₹ 27,000 crore OSAT plant in Assam, expected to create approximately 27,000 direct and indirect jobs. The Assam OSAT plant is projected to be operational by mid‑2025, with the first chip from the Dholera unit expected in December 2026, according to federal IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.
Tata Electronics is intensifying its focus on talent, hiring top executives from chipmakers like Intel and GlobalFoundries while equipping new or less‑experienced staff with the necessary skills.
Tata Electronics is not the only company advancing semiconductor manufacturing in India under the Indian Semiconductor Mission. The Centre has also approved a proposal from Micron Technology, which has committed $ 825 million to a semiconductor plant in Sanand, Gujarat.
