India widens semiconductor focus beyond fabs to 2D materials, eyes ‘leapfrog’ in chip tech: Sources

India is looking “very seriously” at two-dimensional (2D) materials as a possible leapfrog opportunity in chip technology, sources told CNBC-TV18.

While the bulk of current chip manufacturing relies on traditional silicon wafers, 2D materials — just a few atoms thick — offer the promise of exponentially smaller, faster, and more power-efficient chips. These next-generation materials include graphene, phosphorene, and transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), and are considered a frontier in global semiconductor research.

“2D materials are…