Our Journey
From Fabless to Future: The Journey
What began as India’s pioneering fabless semiconductor incubator has evolved into the Semiconductor Future Accelerator Lab Foundation. After successfully nurturing the country’s early semiconductor startup ecosystem, SFAL now accelerates the entire innovation lifecycle—from breakthrough ideas and product development to commercialization, talent development, strategic partnerships, and global market readiness. By bringing together startups, industry, academia, investors, and government, SFAL is building a future-ready semiconductor ecosystem for India.
Startups Enabled Through SFAL
Morphing Machines
Runtime reconfigurable processor architectures
Morphing Machines is a deep-tech semiconductor startup that developed REDEFINE™, the world’s first truly runtime reconfigurable many-core processor. Incubated at SFAL, the startup leveraged access to advanced design infrastructure and ecosystem support to translate cutting-edge research into a high-performance computing solution.
ABCRL
Incubated at SFAL, AB Circuits and Research Labs (ABCRL), founded in 2019, is driving innovation in automotive semiconductors with Tire Synapse, a smart tyre monitoring ASIC that enables wear prediction, balance assessment, and more. Supported by India’s Chips to Startup (C2S) scheme and tested at IIT Indore’s CEVITS, ABCRL is moving toward its first chip tape-out, contributing to India’s ambition of becoming a global silicon leader.
Calligo Technologies
A Bengaluru-based fabless semiconductor startup founded in 2012, Calligo Technologies is advancing HPC, AI/ML, and Big Data with innovations like CRISP-core and TUNGA Silicon. SFAL’s first industry partner and a beneficiary of India’s DLI Scheme, Calligo combines deep VLSI expertise with global foundry partnerships to shape the future of high-performance computing.
SFAL Governing Council
Dr. Ekroop Caur, IAS
Secretary to Dept. of Electronics, IT, Bt and S&T, Govt. of Karnataka Chairman, SFAL GC
Darshan H, V., IAS
Director Dept. Electronics, IT, Bt and S&T, GoK and Managing
Director, KITS
Vice-Chairman, SFAL GC
CEO and President, IESA Secretary, SFAL GC
Jitendra Chaddah
VP, Country Head India, GlobalFoundries Founding Member, SFAL GC
Pradip Thaker
MD – d-Matrix, India Member, SFAL GC
Ashish Lachhwani
CBO, Steradian Semiconductors Member, SFAL GC
Gaurab Banerjee
Professor, IISc & Founder and Director, Aagyavision Member, SFAL GC
Muthukrishnan C
Founding CEO, SFAL Member, SFAL GC
Kaip Sridhar
CEO, SFAL
Dr. Manjula N, IAS
Chairman, SFAL
(Non-Executive)
Rahul Sankanur, IAS
Vice-Chairman
SFAL
Ashok Chandak
Secretary, Governing Council,SFAL
Jitendra Chaddah
Managing Director & Country Head, GF India
Ashish Lachhwani
Member, Governing Council, SFAL
Kaip Sridhar
CEO SFAL