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Don’t expect any great thing from the CJI though. RTE act is kiIIing Hindu private and aided schools, everyone knows that, exactly how Antonia Maini intended it to be, and therefore, Indian judiciary will not have the ***** to touch it!
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PM Modi's speech during Semicon India 2025 at Yashobhoomi, Delhi
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India Unveils Indigenous Vikram Chip for Space Tech Leap
India has achieved a major milestone in technology self-reliance by unveiling the Vikram 32-bit processor, its first fully indigenous semiconductor chip, at Semicon India 2025 in New Delhi on September 2. Developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the Semiconductor Laboratory, the chip is designed for space missions, enduring extreme conditions in rockets and satellites. Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw presented it to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, emphasizing its role in reducing import dependence and boosting India's position in the global semiconductor market, backed by $18 billion in investments.
Amber G. wrote: ↑03 Sep 2025 00:41India Unveils Indigenous Vikram Chip for Space Tech Leap
India has achieved a major milestone in technology self-reliance by unveiling the Vikram 32-bit processor, its first fully indigenous semiconductor chip, at Semicon India 2025 in New Delhi on September 2. Developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the Semiconductor Laboratory, the chip is designed for space missions, enduring extreme conditions in rockets and satellites. Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw presented it to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, emphasizing its role in reducing import dependence and boosting India's position in the global semiconductor market, backed by $18 billion in investments.
-News Reports.
a 180nm chip? It will be a power hog, but probably more hardened than smaller processes?
Amber G. wrote: ↑03 Sep 2025 00:41India Unveils Indigenous Vikram Chip for Space Tech Leap
India has achieved a major milestone in technology self-reliance by unveiling the Vikram 32-bit processor, its first fully indigenous semiconductor chip, at Semicon India 2
a 180nm chip? It will be a power hog, but probably more hardened than smaller processes?
Yes — a 180 nm chip will draw more power compared to advanced processes, but in this context it’s a deliberate and practical tradeoff. In space, a slightly “power-hungry” but radiation-hardened, reliable, and indigenous processor is often preferable to a sleek, low-power but fragile 5 nm chip.
For perspective, The RAD750 (a radiation-hardened 150–250 nm - backbone for many NASA missions (Curiosity, James Webb, etc.) similarly trades power and performance for ruggedness.
As newspapers report .The Vikram 3201 is a strategic triumph—a reliable, indigenous space processor. While its 180 nm design does imply higher power use (as you correctly noted), that’s a small price for self-reliance and mission safety. Its real achievement ties into alignment with ISRO’s avionics architecture, validated flight use, and full-stack toolchain in India.
Pravula - One can see the specs on the ISRO site. (say https://www.isro.gov.in/vikram3201.html..os similar chips for space use in NASA etc for standard sources..(or may be even Wiki )
(They do not get the latest dazzling hardware/software -- I remember for space shuttle disaster investigation where Feynman took part and writes about it - magnetic core memories (! -which were being phased out in IIT Kanpur's new main frame in 1968's) ..were used in critical - space-shuttle computers - for reliability etc..and he praised it)
Vikram’s success isn’t measured by GHz or MIPS either (Not only power hungry, slow clock speed etc) - but it is sovereign (Made-in-India), space-qualified, and sufficient for guided control and navigation tasks.
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Vayutuvan wrote: ↑03 Sep 2025 02:13
I mixed up nm with 32 bit with 32nm. I stand corrected. I didn't know about the 65nm floor for space applications. Thanks.
Don’t think there is a floor, just that making hardened chips that can withstand cosmic radiation is harder with smaller lithography
^^ yes, for radiation and thermal considerations..
(Just did some quick checking with google etc.. Space chips lag ~15–20 years behind commercial chips in process nodes and raw performance.
A typical space-grade CPU- today.
Process: 150–180 nm (some 90 nm, a few 65 nm), Clock: 100–300 MHz - 100–500 MIPS , Power: 5–20 W, Radiation tolerance: 100 kRad+ )
Amber G. wrote: ↑03 Sep 2025 02:32
^^ yes, for radiation and thermal considerations..
(Just did some quick checking with google etc.. Space chips lag ~15–20 years behind commercial chips in process nodes and raw performance.
A typical space-grade CPU- today.
Process: 150–180 nm (some 90 nm, a few 65 nm), Clock: 100–300 MHz - 100–500 MIPS , Power: 5–20 W, Radiation tolerance: 100 kRad+ )
Yep, hence my hope that we hit the 90nm mark. As an engineer, if 180nm is good enough, there is no need for anything smaller
