🇮🇳 boAt & HrdWyr to Co-Develop India-Made Chips
🛠 The Announcement
- boAt — India’s largest audio brand — is partnering with Bengaluru-based startup HrdWyr to design and develop a fully indigenous semiconductor chip.
- The chip is named HrdWyr Indus 1011 — an MCU-class SoC (System-on-Chip) tailored for True Wireless Stereo (TWS) headset charging cases.
- Tata Electronics will handle assembly, packaging, and testing — all within India — making this a 100% domestic design-to-production cycle.
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⚙️ Chip Highlights
- Core Design: MCU + Power Management IC.
- Efficiency: 20–30% better charging efficiency.
- Battery Life: Intelligent battery management for longer lifespan.
- Future Ready: AI-based battery optimisation planned.
- Initial Use: Premium Nirvana range.
- Expansion: Later to Prime and AirDopes series.
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📅 Rollout Timeline
- Prototype Ready: December 2025.
- First Commercial Integration: Mid-2026.
- Target Adoption: 25% of boAt’s portfolio using the chip by late 2026.
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🤝 Who’s Doing What
boAt
- Provides consumer insights and product requirements.
- Integrates the chip into devices and drives adoption.
HrdWyr
- Designs the chip architecture and owns the IP.
- 30–35 engineer team focused on low-power, high-performance design.
Tata Electronics
- Handles assembly, packaging, and testing in India.
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📈 Strategic Impact
- Short Term: Focus on ecosystem creation, not immediate cost savings.
- Long Term: Competitive costs as volumes scale.
- Industry Model: Sets a template for brand–startup–manufacturing collaborations.
- Global Ambition: Positions India as a player in semiconductor product design and IP creation.
🛠 The Announcement
- boAt — India’s largest audio brand — is partnering with Bengaluru-based startup HrdWyr to design and develop a fully indigenous semiconductor chip.
- The chip is named HrdWyr Indus 1011 — an MCU-class SoC (System-on-Chip) tailored for True Wireless Stereo (TWS) headset charging cases.
- Tata Electronics will handle assembly, packaging, and testing — all within India — making this a 100% domestic design-to-production cycle.
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⚙️ Chip Highlights
- Core Design: MCU + Power Management IC.
- Efficiency: 20–30% better charging efficiency.
- Battery Life: Intelligent battery management for longer lifespan.
- Future Ready: AI-based battery optimisation planned.
- Initial Use: Premium Nirvana range.
- Expansion: Later to Prime and AirDopes series.
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📅 Rollout Timeline
- Prototype Ready: December 2025.
- First Commercial Integration: Mid-2026.
- Target Adoption: 25% of boAt’s portfolio using the chip by late 2026.
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🤝 Who’s Doing What
boAt
- Provides consumer insights and product requirements.
- Integrates the chip into devices and drives adoption.
HrdWyr
- Designs the chip architecture and owns the IP.
- 30–35 engineer team focused on low-power, high-performance design.
Tata Electronics
- Handles assembly, packaging, and testing in India.
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📈 Strategic Impact
- Short Term: Focus on ecosystem creation, not immediate cost savings.
- Long Term: Competitive costs as volumes scale.
- Industry Model: Sets a template for brand–startup–manufacturing collaborations.
- Global Ambition: Positions India as a player in semiconductor product design and IP creation.
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Ather Announcements
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Advanced Technologies Lithium-ion Battery Manufacturing Plant at Sohna, Haryana.
✅ Will manufacture Li-ion batteries for mobiles, wearables, hearables, laptops, etc.
✅ Will manufacture Li-ion batteries for mobiles, wearables, hearables, laptops, etc.
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Battery warranty- VF7 10 yrs/2 Lakh km, VF6 7 yrs/ 2 Lakh km. Free charging until July 2028.
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🇮🇳 Made-in-India Chips Power Telecom Breakthrough
📢 The Milestone
- For the first time in history, a telecom system built entirely on chips designed and manufactured in India has passed all standards and quality tests set by the Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC).
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🛡 What TEC Certification Means
- TEC is the Department of Telecommunications’ official standards body.
- Certification confirms:
- ✅ Performance: Meets rigorous operational benchmarks
- ✅ Safety: Complies with electrical and environmental safety norms
- ✅ Interoperability: Works seamlessly with other telecom systems
- Opens the door for:
- Domestic deployment in Indian telecom networks
- Global exports to markets with similar standards
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🏭 About the Chips
- Built on 28nm to 65nm process nodes — not the bleeding-edge like 3nm, but vital for telecom, automotive, and industrial electronics
- Strategic choice:
- Avoids direct competition with ultra-advanced fabs
- Targets high-demand, less crowded market segments
📢 The Milestone
- For the first time in history, a telecom system built entirely on chips designed and manufactured in India has passed all standards and quality tests set by the Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC).
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🛡 What TEC Certification Means
- TEC is the Department of Telecommunications’ official standards body.
- Certification confirms:
- ✅ Performance: Meets rigorous operational benchmarks
- ✅ Safety: Complies with electrical and environmental safety norms
- ✅ Interoperability: Works seamlessly with other telecom systems
- Opens the door for:
- Domestic deployment in Indian telecom networks
- Global exports to markets with similar standards
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🏭 About the Chips
- Built on 28nm to 65nm process nodes — not the bleeding-edge like 3nm, but vital for telecom, automotive, and industrial electronics
- Strategic choice:
- Avoids direct competition with ultra-advanced fabs
- Targets high-demand, less crowded market segments