Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, expressed the government’s full commitment to support the industry in developing cutting-edge competitive systems. He emphasized India’s exciting opportunity to focus on commercially and globally competitive technology during the Digital India RISC-V Symposium.
How Digital India RISC-V Microprocessor Program Will Support Atmanirbhar Bharat Mission?
The Digital India RISC-V Microprocessor program aims to achieve self-reliance under the ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ campaign by making microprocessors for the future in India. RISC-V, which stands for ‘Reduced Instruction Set Computer’ and ‘V’ for fifth generation, strives to provide free extensible software and hardware freedom.
Chandrasekhar highlighted India’s transformation from a technology consumer to an architect of innovative platforms, thanks to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision in 2015.
The program led by IIT-Madras and C-DAC has become a beacon for academic institutions worldwide interested in contributing to the semiconductor and electronics innovation ecosystem.
The focus for the upcoming years is on performance, with a strong emphasis on outperforming other systems globally based on the Indian Instruction Set Architecture (ISA).
IIT Madras Director, V Kamakoti, considered the symposium a significant event in India’s semiconductor journey, which started in 2013-14, anticipating a global digital revolution and its impact on electronic devices.
The symposium, organized by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, IIT Madras, and the IIT-Madras Pravartak Technologies Foundation, brought together around 700 participants, including students, industry professionals, and researchers at IIT Madras Research Park.
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