India’s Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) on Monday revealed its most advanced processor yet and hailed it as a “reliable” product and a step towards the creation of a domestic semiconductor industry that challenges current global giantswhe.
The new DHRUV64 won’t scare established chip designers because it’s a modest affair that runs at 1.0 GHz, packs a pair of RISC-V cores, is built on a 28nm process node, and can boot Linux.
Sources in India tell us CDAC is still testing the chip’s interfaces. But the org hasn’t revealed the chip’s power consumption requirements, whether it is making the design available to others, or if it has engaged foundries so they are ready to produce the chips.
The organization did suggest it will make DHRUV64 available once testing it complete, and is suitable for “5G infrastructure, automotive systems, consumer electronics, industrial automation and the Internet of Things (IoT).” Those are fields in which established chipmakers already offer mature products, and accompanying software and hardware development ecosystems. Even the most patriotic Indian electronics manufacturer would surely find it hard to put the DHRUV64 at the top of their bill of materials shopping list.
India therefore has plenty left to do if DHRUV64 is going to win customers.
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