India announces plan to build its own GPU within the next two years
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) Secretary S. Krishnan has stated that the government aims to develop an indigenous GPU chip within approximately 24 months under the India Semiconductor Mission 2.0, which has an outlay of ₹1,27,500 crore.
Design and Manufacturing: The 24-month timeline refers to developing an indigenous GPU architecture and chip design. Although India is building domestic wafer fabrication plants (currently focusing on nodes ranging from 28nm to 110nm), the government has not yet announced a specific fabrication node, manufacturing partner, or dedicated budget allocation for the GPU project.
Other Processors: Alongside the GPU initiative, the government is also working to commercialize indigenously developed RISC-V-based microprocessors—such as SHAKTI (developed by IIT Madras) and VEGA (developed by C-DAC)—to reduce dependence on foreign compute hardware.
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