Pune, 11 Jan

(HS):- Union Minister for Railways, Information and Broadcasting, Electronics

and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnav launched a VEGA-based SoC and two

DIR V VEGA processor-based development boards designed by C-DAC. The inaugural

programme was held at C-DAC Campus in Pashan, Pune on Saturday.

The two products

– ARIES ECO and ARIES NOVA development boards and THEJAS64 indigenous 64-bit

SoC are useful for students and researchers. ARIES ECO is a hands-on

platform for experimenting with applications like sensor fusion, smart meters,

and wearable devices. ARIES NOVA offers an easily accessible platform for

education, research, and development in the rapidly evolving field of embedded

systems. The THEJA64 is the first fully indigenous 64-bit VEGA based

System-on-Chip (SoC) designed robust and secure embedded applications.

As a part of the

Government of India EISC-V (DIR-V) programme, C-DAC has completed

the design and development of the VEGA series of microprocessors including

India’s first indigenous 64-bit multi-core RISC-V-based Superscalar

Out-of-Order processor. The VEGA series comprises 32/64-bit Single/Dual/Quad

Core Superscalar Out-of-Order high-performance processor cores based on RISC-V

Instruction Set Architecture. The open-source RISC-V architecture enables

flexibility and innovation and foster hands-on learning and development in

embedded systems.

Vaishnaw also

visited an exhibition organised by C-DAC and held a review meeting with C-DAC

scientists and officers. He appreciated the achievements by C-DAC and said

research and technological development is important for India to become a

developed country by 2047. A lot of research work in the field of semi-conductors

and computing is in progress in institutions like IIT Madras, IIT Gandhinagar, and IIT Bengaluru.

Around 240 institutions have facilities for research on

semiconductors.

The Secretary to

the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology S Krishnan, Group

Coordinator (R&D) Meity, Sunita Verma, Director General of C-DAC E Mangesh, and others were present.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Ajay Vasant Mardikar