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Atma Nirbhar Bharat, to get a boost with ‘Swadeshi Microprocessor Challenge
The ministry of electronics and IT of the government of India launched a contest titled ‘Swadeshi Microprocessor Challenge’ with the vision of going one step further towards self-reliance or “Atma Nirbhar Bharat”. In the launching event, Union electronics and information technology minister Ravi Shankar Prasad stated, the contest is going to provide impetus to the ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Atmanirbhar Bharat • Digital electronics • Government of India • Information Technology • Microprocessor
Shakti: IIT Madras develops India’s first indigenous microprocessor
The researchers from Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) have designed India’s first indigenous microprocessor called ‘Shakti’. It is aimed at developing industrial-grade microprocessors and other components of the microprocessor ecosystem. It will also help to reduce dependency on imported microchips and risk of cyber-attacks. Microprocessors are brain of all computing and electronic devices ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2018
Topics: Computing • IIT-Madras • Microprocessor • Science and Technology • Shakti
IIT- Madras launchs India’s first indigenously-developed microprocessor
The researchers at IIT-Madras have designed and booted up India’s first indigenously developed microprocessor that can be used in mobile computing devices, embedded low power wireless systems and networking systems besides reducing reliance on imported microprocessors in communications and defence sectors. The ‘Shakti’ family of processors was fabricated at Semi-Conductor Laboratory (SCL) of Indian Space ..
Topics: Electrical engineering • Indian Space Research Organisation • Microprocessor • Microtechnology • Semi-Conductor Laboratory • Space programme of India • Technology
IIT Madras develops first indigenous microprocessors ‘RISECREEK’ under Project Shakti
The group of computer scientists and a team of students from the IIT- Madras have developed the first of a family of six industry-standard microprocessors under Project Shakti. The initial batch of 300 chips, named ‘RISECREEK’, has been fabricated for free at the Intel facility in Oregon (US), which was used to run the Linux ..
Topics: ARM architecture • Computer architecture • Computers • Instruction set architectures • Intel • Microprocessor • Technology
Parts of a Computer
All general-purpose computers has the following main hardware components. Memory: Memory enables the computers to store, at least temporarily, data and programs. Mass storage device: Allows a computer to permanently retain large amounts of data. Common classic mass storage devices include disk drives and tape drives. The latest being the Hard Disks and USB mass ..
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