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Nidhi Singal

Nidhi Singal

Nidhi Singal is a technology journalist reporting on how emerging technologies are reshaping economies, companies, and nations. With over two decades of experience, she covers the full arc of the tech industry—from mobile telecommunications to consum...

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New rules of AI chip access: What Nvidia's whitelist means for India

by Nidhi Singal |Jul 22, 2026

The reported screening system is aimed at stopping chips from reaching China, but startups and smaller cloud providers in India could face delays and additional scrutiny.

India’s ISM 2.0 cuts chip subsidies, bets on building a deeper ecosystem

by Nidhi Singal |Jul 17, 2026

The government has reduced support for fabs and packaging units, but expanded incentives to equipment, chemicals, gases and materials as it seeks to address gaps exposed during the first phase.

China's helium export ban rattles semiconductor supply chain already hit by West Asia crisis

by Nidhi Singal |Jul 16, 2026

Experts say leading fabs have enough inventories for now, but a prolonged disruption could force production cuts and prioritisation of high-margin AI chips.

Can India secure a place in quantum computing?

Can India secure a place in quantum computing?

by Nidhi Singal |Jul 8, 2026

Quantum computing may be years away from large-scale deployment, but can India secure a place in the sun?

Billions are flowing into memory fabs. Why chip prices won’t cool anytime soon

by Nidhi Singal |Jul 6, 2026

Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron are pouring billions into new factories, but long construction cycles, HBM demand and manufacturing complexity mean relief could remain years away.

Long Road to Silicon

Semiconductors: Can India have its own Silicon Valley?

by Nidhi Singal |Jun 26, 2026

India's semiconductor ambitions are taking shape but equipment, materials and technologies powering them still come largely from abroad. Can India truly be self-sufficient?

As HBM shortages bite, AMD turns to software to stretch AI memory

by Nidhi Singal |Jun 24, 2026

The acquisition could help enterprises use costly memory more efficiently across AMD’s data-centre stack, though analysts say benefits will vary sharply by workload and may take 12–18 months to emerge...

India may need $80 billion in government incentives by 2035 to build semiconductor ecosystem

by Nidhi Singal |Jun 23, 2026

Even as fabs and packaging units take shape, India will continue importing most semiconductor equipment, wafers, gases and specialty chemicals. Industry estimates suggest building a competitive domest...

India’s AI dream runs on a stack it does not control

by Nidhi Singal |Jun 18, 2026

As the US extends strategic controls from chips to frontier models, India’s dependence on foreign compute, software frameworks and AI platforms is coming under sharper scrutiny.

The Intel-3DGS proposal would place India among a small group of countries attempting to build capabilities in this emerging technology.

From missed fabs to glass substrates: Intel’s India chapter enters a new phase

by Nidhi Singal |Jun 9, 2026

The proposed Intel-3DGS glass substrate facility will not make chips, but it could help India secure a place in the supply chain powering the next generation of AI hardware.