Qualcomm Automotive Modules integrating Snapdragon Digital Chassis chips will be produced at Tata Electronics’ $3 billion OSAT facility in Jagiroad — India’s first indigenous semiconductor assembly and test plant — serving both Indian and global automakers from a location with no prior identity in global electronics manufacturing.
Qualcomm Technologies and Tata Electronics announced a manufacturing partnership on Thursday under which Tata Electronics will produce Qualcomm Automotive Modules at its upcoming semiconductor assembly and test facility in Jagiroad, Assam. The facility is India’s first indigenous outsourced semiconductor assembly and test plant, built with an investment of $3 billion. Manufacturing will commence at Jagiroad, with the collaboration aimed at serving Indian and global automakers with modules designed for digital cockpits, infotainment, connectivity, and intelligent vehicle systems.
The announcement is significant for where it lands. Jagiroad is a small town in the Morigaon district of a state that has historically been peripheral to India’s manufacturing geography. A $3 billion semiconductor facility serving global automotive supply chains is a structural intervention in that geography, not an incremental addition to an existing cluster. Tata Electronics, established as a greenfield venture in 2020, now employs over 92,000 people across Gujarat, Assam, Tamil Nadu, and Karnataka. The Qualcomm partnership is the most globally significant customer relationship the company has disclosed for the Assam facility so far.
What Qualcomm Automotive Modules actually are
Qualcomm Automotive Modules integrate the Snapdragon Digital Chassis system-on-chips with essential system components into a single, production-ready unit. The design simplifies what automakers need to do to bring electronics platforms into vehicles. Rather than sourcing individual chips, integrating them onto custom boards, and managing the associated software complexity, an automaker using these modules receives a tested, complete unit ready for integration. That reduction in design complexity aligns directly with the automotive industry’s broader shift toward software-defined vehicles, where the electronics architecture is increasingly standardised and differentiation happens in software.
Manufacturing these modules in India through Tata Electronics adds a supply chain dimension to that proposition. Global automakers gain production capacity in a geography that provides diversity away from existing concentrations in East Asia. That diversification argument has gained real traction since the supply chain disruptions of 2021 and 2022, and India’s Make in India initiative has been structured in part to capitalise on it.
Nakul Duggal, EVP and Group GM, Automotive, Industrial and Embedded IoT, and Robotics at Qualcomm Technologies, said: “Our work with Tata Electronics marks an important milestone in our automotive growth strategy. As the industry accelerates its shift toward integrated, module-based architectures, expanding manufacturing capacity in key regions becomes essential. Tata Electronics brings worldclass expertise, trusted production capabilities, and a shared commitment to strengthen India’s role in the global semiconductor and automotive ecosystems. Together, we will support automakers with scalable, high-performance solutions built in India.”
What this partnership signals for Tata Electronics
Tata Electronics was set up in 2020 with an explicit ambition to become a global hub for high-technology manufacturing. It has moved faster than most observers expected. The company now manufactures iPhone components for Apple, one of the few non-Chinese companies to have broken into Apple’s tightly controlled supply chain at scale. The Qualcomm automotive partnership extends that trajectory into a second high-value electronics domain.
The Jagiroad facility’s technology scope matters here. It will specialise in Wire Bond, Flip Chip, and Integrated Systems Packaging, platform capabilities critical for automotive, communications, IoT, and AI applications. The facility is not being built for a single customer or product. The Qualcomm automotive modules are an anchor relationship for a plant designed to serve multiple industries simultaneously.
Dr. Randhir Thakur, CEO and MD of Tata Electronics, said: “We are excited to partner with Qualcomm Technologies to manufacture their advanced automotive modules in India. This collaboration supports Tata Electronics’ objective to become a global hub for high-technology manufacturing as a trusted partner to our leading semiconductor and automotive customers worldwide. We will leverage our Integrated Systems Packaging solutions and deliver high quality, high-performance products to support Qualcomm Technologies’ global product leadership.”
Savi Soin, Senior Vice President and President of Qualcomm India, said: “Modules are central to Qualcomm Technologies’ vision for the future of vehicle electronics. By providing comprehensive, ready-to-integrate solutions, we help automakers reduce design complexity and bring next-generation vehicles to market more quickly. Manufacturing in India through Tata Electronics enhances our ability to support both Indian and global OEMs with greater flexibility and supply chain resilience.”
The broader Tata Electronics momentum
The Qualcomm announcement sits within a run of significant partnerships Tata Electronics has disclosed over recent months. In December 2025, it formed a strategic partnership with ROHM in the semiconductor business and announced a strategic alliance with Intel to establish a silicon and compute ecosystem in India. In September 2025, it signed an MoU with C-DAC to develop a domestic semiconductor design and IP ecosystem. In May 2026, Tata Electronics and ASML announced a partnership to advance semiconductor manufacturing in India.
The pattern is consistent. Tata Electronics is methodically assembling relationships with the companies that define the global semiconductor supply chain: a chip design leader in Qualcomm, a lithography equipment monopolist in ASML, a processor architecture company in Intel, a power device specialist in ROHM. Each partnership adds a capability or customer that the Jagiroad facility can anchor. The question the next three to five years will answer is whether that assembly of relationships translates into the operational execution, yield performance, and cost competitiveness that global customers require from a manufacturing partner at scale.
