“The success stories illustrate how the DLI Scheme is converting indigenous chip design capabilities into silicon-proven, market-ready products.”
Under the DLI scheme, 24 chip-design projects have been sanctioned across areas such as video surveillance, drone detection, energy meters, microprocessors, satellite communications, and broadband and IoT SoCs. Additionally, 95 companies have received access to industry-grade EDA tools, significantly reducing design and infrastructure costs for Indian chip design startups. Among the beneficiaries, following companies stands out as leading examples of how the DLI Scheme is nurturing world-class semiconductor innovation:
Vervesemi Microelectronics, with a strong portfolio of 110+ semiconductor IPs, 25 integrated circuit (IC) product variants, 10 granted patents, and 5 trade secrets is developing motor-control chips for a wide range of applications, including consumer appliances such as fans, coolers, mixer grinders, air conditioners, washing machines, and drones, as well as automotive applications like e-scooters and e-rickshaws. These chips support a unique class of BLDC motors. Vervesemi has completed pilot-lot sampling for two chips, with a third chip expected from the foundry later this year and has several global customers already engaged in product development using the existing chips.
InCore Semiconductors is focused on the design and development of indigenous RISC-V microprocessor IPs and SoC design automation tools, with the ultimate goal of building India’s most powerful embedded processor, Dolomite, targeted at entry-level smartphones and edge-AI applications. InCore’s portfolio of processor IP cores is silicon-proven across multiple customer chips, fabricated at technology nodes ranging from 180 nm to 16 nm, and aims to reduce India’s dependence on imported CPU IP while enabling strategic and commercial applications.
Netrasemi is focused on designing AI-capable SoCs for CCTV secure surveillance, smart sensors, robotics and drones, and mobility applications. The company has successfully taped out India’s first indigenously designed AI SoC in an advanced 12 nm process node, integrating in-house AI/ML accelerators, vision processing, and video engines. Netrasemi is also backed by the largest private venture capital funding to date for an Indian semiconductor company and has a series of design tape-outs lined up next year, ranging from low-end to high-complexity surveillance SoCs.
Aheesa Digital Innovations is developing Vihaan, an indigenous fiber-broadband solution used to connect homes and businesses to high-speed fiber networks. Vihaan is built around an indigenous VEGA processor–based Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) Optical Network Terminal (ONT) and Network SoC, which integrates fiber termination, data processing, and network management functions into a single chip. This enables reliable, secure, and cost-effective broadband connectivity. They are on track to introduce reference platforms for customer exploration in 2026.
AAGYAVISION is designing advanced radar-on-chip that operate reliably in all weather conditions, driving advancements in safety, security, smart infrastructure, edge computing, and emerging 6G sensor networks as well as critical application like drone detection.
The success stories illustrate how the DLI Scheme is converting indigenous chip design capabilities into silicon-proven, market-ready products. By supporting advanced design, prototyping, and commercialization, the scheme is strengthening India’s technological self-reliance and its position in the global semiconductor design ecosystem.
Source: PIB
