India, Sept. 18 -- Odisha is stepping up efforts to emerge as a major semiconductor hub, with Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi highlighting the state's growing pipeline of semiconductor projects, investments and research initiatives at a press conference held on the sidelines of Semicon India 2026 in New Delhi on Friday.

Majhi said Odisha has received two of the 12 semiconductor projects approved under the India Semiconductor Mission - those of SiCSem Private Limited and 3D Glass Solutions (3DGS). Construction work on both projects has already begun, he said.

SiCSem is setting up a silicon carbide semiconductor fabrication and integrated packaging facility in Odisha, while 3DGS is establishing an advanced glass substrate packaging faci...