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IIT Delhi develops India's first working indigenous micro-GPU
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IIT Delhi develops India's first working indigenous micro-GPU
IIT Delhi researchers have developed India's first working indigenous micro-GPU, a milestone for domestic chip design capability.
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Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi have developed and demonstrated India's first working indigenous micro-Graphics Processing Unit (micro-GPU).
The achievement, credited to the institute's Electrical Engineering Department, marks a step towards domestic capability in chip design for graphics and parallel-processing applications, an area currently dominated by a handful of global semiconductor firms.
It is seen as significant for India's semiconductor and electronics self-reliance goals.
Sources: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
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- IIT Delhi
- micro-GPU
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- indigenous chip design
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- IIT Delhi, micro-GPU, semiconductor, indigenous chip design
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India's first working indigenous micro-Graphics Processing Unit (micro-GPU) was recently developed by researchers at which institution?
- IIT Delhi
- IIT Madras
- Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
- IIT Bombay
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Answer: A — IIT Delhi is correct: researchers in its Electrical Engineering Department developed and demonstrated India's first working indigenous micro-GPU, a milestone for domestic semiconductor design capability.
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