“The July MPW opens a chapter we have been working toward with great deliberateness. As the VIHAAN series grows and our platforms expand into edge computing and next-generation telecom, I see Aheesa becoming a reference point for what indigenous deep-tech looks like when it is built to last.” Saket Singh, Chief Growth Officer & Director, Aheesa Digital Innovations
Aheesa Digital Innovations, a fabless semiconductor company, has marked five years of operations in March 2026, coinciding at a moment of heightened national focus on semiconductor self-sufficiency. Further, Aheesa has moved from concept to chip, culminating in what it calls India’s first indigenous RISC-V-based broadband access System-on-Chip.
Headquartered in Chennai, the company is now gearing up for the commercial market in Q1 2027 and MPW in July 2026, marking a defining moment for India’s technology self-reliance agenda. At the centre of this is the VIHAAN series of networking SoCs, built on RISC-V — an open-standard chip architecture that has gained significant global traction as an alternative to proprietary designs. Designed specifically for optical fibre broadband networks, the July MPW expected to place the chip in the hands of telecom operators and infrastructure providers across the country.
India, which currently imports most of the chips used in its telecom and tech infrastructure, has sharply accelerated public investment under the Semicon India programme and the Make in India framework. Against this backdrop, Aheesa has built a portfolio that spans System-on-Chip (SoC) solutions, networking processors, broadband access technologies, operating systems, and integrated hardware-software platforms, developed domestically and designed to reduce the country’s dependence on foreign architectures.
The company’s tape-out of VIHAAN-I earlier this year brings India to forefront as key player in the Semiconductor Industry. In this key milestone in which a chip design is sent to the foundry for physical manufacture — demonstrated that India’s engineering base is capable of taking a complex semiconductor from whiteboard to wafer. Aheesa’s work has also drawn formal recognition under the Government of India’s Design Linked Incentive (DLI) Scheme and, earlier this year, a strategic investment of 20 Cr from the Tamil Nadu Infrastructure Fund Management Corporation (TNIFMC) through the Tamil Nadu Emerging Sector Seed Fund (TNESSF).
Speaking on the milestone, Saket Singh, Chief Growth Officer & Director, Aheesa Digital Innovations, “India’s broadband infrastructure is growing at a pace and scale that the world is watching closely. To be launching a homegrown, RISC-V based SoC precisely at this moment is something we are genuinely proud of and already putting India into Semiconductor Global Landscape. India is at an inflection point in how it builds and owns its digital infrastructure, and VIHAAN is our contribution to that story. Over half a decade, we have developed engineering capability, earned institutional trust, and built a product that is genuinely ready for the scale India demands. The July MPW opens a chapter we have been working toward with great deliberateness. As the VIHAAN series grows and our platforms expand into edge computing and next-generation telecom, I see Aheesa becoming a reference point for what indigenous deep-tech looks like when it is built to last.”
As it enters its sixth year, Aheesa’s focus shifts from engineering milestones to market outcomes. The company is looking to expand the VIHAAN series and extend its integrated hardware-software platforms to serve the growing demand for secure edge computing and next-generation telecom infrastructure.
