India, May 14 -- To boost India's semiconductor landscape, IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has unveiled two new state-of-the-art design facilities in Noida and Bengaluru.

During the inauguration, Vaishnaw said that Renesas Electronics India Private Limited is India's first design centre to work on cutting-edge 3 nanometer chip design.

With these design facilities, the government aims at expanding end-to-end semiconductor capabilities from architecture to testing in India, said Renesas Electronics chief executive officer and managing director Hidetoshi Shibata.

Besides, the facilities will also focus on helping more than 250 academic institutions and startups through government-backed initiatives like Chips to Startup (C2S) Programme & Des...