New Delhi, Sept. 17 -- The most advanced 2nm (nanometer) chips, which will power AI servers, drones, and smartphones, will be designed at the newly inaugurated office of British semiconductor firm ARM in Bengaluru, IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced on Tuesday while inaugurating the office.

The minister congratulated ARM and its team for choosing India as a hub for such cutting-edge work. ARM's 2nm chip design programme would make it only the second company after Renesas to hit this milestone in India.

"As we develop the semiconductor ecosystem in the country, we must go to more leading nodes," said the minister, adding that the government is in continuous engagement with companies like ASML, IBM Albany, IMEC.

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