GaN Power Chips: India Builds Its First Gallium Nitride ICs

India has quietly crossed a meaningful line in its long march toward chip self-reliance.

The announcement, made in mid-May 2026 alongside US-based partner Navitas Semiconductor, may not have the glamour of a flagship smartphone launch.

For more than half a century, the workhorse material of power electronics has been silicon.

Gallium nitride is a so-called wide-bandgap semiconductor.

The new Indian portfolio is not a single chip but a family of seven devices.