India’s government yesterday celebrated an “important milestone” in the development of its semiconductor industry, and therefore the nation’s ambition to become a global contender, but the celebrations seem premature because the chip that was the star of the show is nothing special.

The outpouring of enthusiasm took place at an event called the Semicon India 2025 conference, where IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw handed prime minister Narendra Modi a locally developed and manufactured processor – the Vikram 3201.

Developed by India’s Semiconductor Lab (SCL), which has ties to the nation’s Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the processor has already been to space on several successful missions. At the conference, Modi and Vaishnaw suggested the chip’s success indicates India’s semiconductor

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