IIT Madras and ISRO have developed and booted an indigenous aerospace-grade semiconductor chip based mostly on RISC-V, an open-source Instruction Set Structure.
The ‘IRIS’ (Indigenous RISCV Controller for House Purposes) chip was developed from the ‘SHAKTI’ processor baseline. This highlights India’s efforts towards self-reliance in semiconductor know-how for house purposes.
Professor V. Kamakoti, director at IIT Madras, led the SHAKTI microprocessor mission on the Prathap Subrahmanyam Centre for Digital Intelligence and Safe {Hardware} Structure (PSCDISHA).
The mission is backed by the Ministry of Electronics and Data Expertise (MeitY) below the ‘Digital India RISC-V’ (DIRV) initiative.
IIT Madras known as this a “breakthrough in India’s self-reliance in house tech” in its put up on X. The put up additional broke down the manufacturing course of and claimed that the IRIS chip “will energy ISRO’s house missions, guaranteeing superior fault tolerance & computing reliability.”
V. Narayanan, chairman of ISRO, additionally hinted {that a} flight take a look at could also be coming quickly! Moreover, Kamakoti additionally took to X to show a demo of the chip.
@iitmadras & @isro efficiently developed and booted an aerospace-grade, SHAKTI-based semiconductor chip (@ShaktiProcessor) —a breakthrough in India’s self-reliance in house tech!
This Made-in-India processor was:Designed & examined by IIT Madras
— IIT Madras (@iitmadras) February 11, 2025
How was the Chip Made?
This Made-in-India processor was manufactured at SCL (Semiconductor Laboratory) Chandigarh and packaged at Tata Superior Methods in Karnataka. The motherboard was additional developed by PCB Energy in Gujarat and assembled by Syrma SGS in Chennai.
“After RIMO in 2018 and MOUSHIK in 2020, that is the third SHAKTI chip we now have fabricated at SCL Chandigarh and efficiently booted at IIT Madras,” Kamakoti stated.
The truth that chip design, fabrication, packaging, motherboard improvement, meeting, software program, and booting all occurred inside India validates the power of the nation’s semiconductor ecosystem.
The IRIS chip is designed for a variety of purposes, together with IoT and strategic computing wants. This effort aligns with ISRO’s purpose of indigenising semiconductors for command and management methods and different vital features in house missions.
The ISRO Inertial Methods Unit (IISU) in Thiruvananthapuram initiated the event of a 64-bit RISC-V-based controller and collaborated with IIT Madras on specs and design. The ultimate configuration was tailor-made to fulfill the computing necessities of ISRO’s present sensors and methods.
The design additionally helps future enlargement by way of a number of boot modes and hybrid reminiscence/machine extensions. In depth software program and {hardware} testing ensured excessive reliability and efficiency.
Kamaljeet Singh, director normal at SCL Chandigarh, highlighted the position of SCL, saying, “Fabricated in our 180 nm know-how node, the processor underwent in depth design validation and testing. SCL stays dedicated to supporting academia and startups.”
The put up IIT Madras, ISRO Efficiently Developed and Booted Indigenous Microprocessor for House Purposes appeared first on Analytics India Journal.
