India boosts space self-reliance with new indigenous integrated circuits for launch vehicles

Aug 23, 2025

Named after Indian space pioneer Kalpana Chawla, KALPANA3201, the 32-bit RISC microprocessor, is fully compatible with open-source software toolsets, tested with flight software, and...

Ravi Shankar Prasad launches "Swadeshi Microprocessor Challenge" to provide impetus to start-up ecosystem

Aug 18, 2020

New Delhi [India], Aug 18 : Union Minister of Electronics & Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday launched the "Swadeshi Microprocessor Challenge-Innovate Solutions...

MoS Rajeev Chandrasekhar addresses Digital India RISC-V (DIR-V) symposium organised by IIT Madras

Aug 06, 2023

‘RISC’ stands for ‘Reduced Instruction Set Computer’ and ‘V’ stands for the fifth generation. The DIR-V (Digital India RISC-V) Microprocessor Program, launched last year, aims...

PM Modi to flag off first 'made in India' locomotive for export to Guinea from Marhowra plant in Bihar

Jun 19, 2025

This is the first export locomotive manufactured in this factory. The release said the locomotives are equipped with high-horsepower engines, an advanced AC propulsion...