IIT Bhubaneswar to set up research lab with investment of Rs 45 crore in SiCSem semiconductor unit

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhubaneswar will set up a research lab with an investment of Rs 45 crore in the SiCSem semiconductor unit, said Union Information and Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday.

SicSem, one of the companies that recieved approval to build its semiconductor plant with an investment of Rs 2,066 crore, is collaborating with Clas-SiC Wafer Fab, UK, to establish an integrated facility of Silicon Carbide (SiC) based Compound Semiconductors in Info Valley, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha.

This will be the first commercial…