Bengal IT minister Babul Supriyo on Wednesday reviewed the progress of semiconductor firm GlobalFoundries' fabless design and testing centre in Calcutta, which began operations last year at the Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) incubation hub in Sector V, Salt Lake. ADVERTISEMENT“We are thankful to GlobalFoundries for selecting Calcutta as their place to expand. Jitendra Chaddah, managing director and India country head of GlobalFoundries, said the company had established a design centre in the city focused on advanced semiconductor technologies. We now have a design centre here where we do state-of-the-art work from design to testing to validation in gallium nitride and RF design technology and non-volatile memory. Following the announcement, chief minister Mamata Banerjee had extended the state’s support to establish a global capability centre in Bengal.

Source: The Telegraph February 26, 2026 02:24 UTC