India's Operational Chip Units Reach Five as SEMICON India 2026 Closes - Production, Not MoUs, Is the Hard Signal

SEMICON India 2026 closed on 19 September with a harder signal than its 56 MoUs: the PM inaugurated commercial production at CDIL Semiconductor (Mohali) and Suchi Semicon (Surat), taking operational units among the twelve Semicon 1.0 projects from three to five. Commercial production is the part of India's chip story that cannot be walked back.