The new RISC-V-based SoC is the first microprocessor owned, designed, and marketed entirely from India to the open market.
While semiconductor technology is a matter of national security for almost every nation, chip manufacturing is still localized to a handful of countries. The U.S. International Trade Administration found that India imports 95% of its semiconductors from China, Taiwan, South Korea, and Singapore. This makes India and many other regions almost wholly reliant on other countries for its technological backbone.