Open supply design of laptop chipsets RISC-V is changing into a worldwide motion with India as a number one participant, Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar mentioned right here on Wednesday.
Whereas talking at RISC-V Know-how Convention organised by Tenstorrent, the minister mentioned Indian startups utilizing RISC-V have super alternatives for growing merchandise, units and AI options with world corporations like Tenstorrent evincing curiosity for collaborations.
“RISC-V is changing into a worldwide motion with India as a number one participant,” Chandrasekhar mentioned.
The Ministry of Electronics and IT has began the Digital India RISC-V (DIR-V) programme to launch the primary indigenous chipset by 2023-24 and enhance the native growth of digital chips.
“We live in extraordinarily fascinating occasions for know-how house and within the subsequent 5 years, centres of gravity might be rebuilt round newer geopolitics and newer expertise swimming pools. Younger Indians are going to form the way forward for Semicon design and construct and create new merchandise, new units and new options,” the minister mentioned.
Chandrasekhar, himself a former chip designer, welcomed the transfer by legendary chips designer Jim Keller’s determination to arrange his startup Tenstorrent’s workplace in India.
Keller is thought for his work in designing the AMD K7 processor, which was the primary laptop chipset to attain 1 gigahertz processing pace, AMD K8 processors, Apple A4 and A5 chipsets and later his position for the main design group at AMD.
The Apple A4 chip was used to construct the primary iPad.
“I’m pleased that inside a yr of the launch of the first Semicon India Convention by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, world semicon leaders like Jim Keller are shifting to India and catalysing future design startups within the nation. The time and place for RISC-V is India and Bengaluru is the capital of RISC-V innovation,” Chandrasekhar mentioned.
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