India’s first semiconductor mission brought fabs, OSAT units, and chip projects into the policy pipeline. Its second phase is being shaped around a harder question: whether India can fix the weak links that determine if those projects become a sustainable semiconductor ecosystem.

Bloomberg reports that Texas Instruments (TI) has sued former vice president Kannan Soundarapandian, alleging he joined GlobalFoundries without fully disclosing his new employer and may bring proprietary power semiconductor knowledge into competitive use. TI is seeking to block his role, arguing it could expose confidential process “recipes, roadmaps, and know-how,” with broader implications for competition in power device manufacturing and advanced process development.

LG Innotek has secured substrate supply terms with major technology customers that increasingly resemble long-term agreements used in the memory-chip sector, boosting the South Korean supplier’s revenue visibility and reducing profit volatility, according to reports.Hankyung and Yonhap, citing a KB Securities report, said the proposed contracts include large upfront payments, binding multi-year supply commitments with penalty clauses, and equipment investment support from customers.