Noel Tata’s BIG win, Ratan Tata’s company emerges as top contenders for Rs 40000000000…, will revamp…

Tata Semiconductor and Israel’s Tower Semiconductor have emerged as the top contenders for Rs 4,000-crore revamp project which will upgrade and improve the facilities for Semiconductor Laboratory (SCL) in Mohali, reported Mint.

The two firms are shortlisted for the chip research and manufacturing facility out of around a dozen companies.

Tata Semicon In Race To Revamp Mohali Chip Lab

The two companies have been qualified in the technical bid round. This round was to review the company’s expertise. Now they will go to the next stage of financial bids that will finalize the winner.

The winner of the project will be given the work to upgrade the unit’s 180 nm fabrication line along with integrating advanced equipment which can boost production.

The revamp project also includes replacing old machines and commissioning and testing of newer ones, it said.

What Revamp Project Will Do?

Bid Package 1 is upgrading the existing 8-inch wafer fabrication line at SCL. It includes a gap analysis and detailed study of the cleanroom and utilities, engineering modifications, and the commissioning of new (35 units), upgraded (22 units), and relocated equipment. It also handles decommissioning 25 existing 6-inch tools and providing a Comprehensive Annual Maintenance Contract (CAMC) for five years, which is extendable by three years.

Bid Package 2 covers the supply and integration of three critical technology IPs into the existing 8-inch process as part of a technology transfer. The technologies include RF-CMOS, BCD (HV LDMOS), and CMOS Image Sensors (CIS), aimed at enhancing the capabilities of SCL’s fabrication line.

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