Vikram 32-bit Processor
Kartavya Desk Staff
Source: DH
Context: Prime Minister of India unveiled India’s first indigenously developed semiconductor — the ‘Vikram 32-bit processor’ at Semicon India 2025, marking a milestone in India’s journey towards semiconductor self-reliance.
About Vikram 32-bit Processor:
• What it is?
• A 32-bit indigenously designed semiconductor chip, officially named VIKRAM3201. Built as India’s first made-in-India processor, suitable for use in space, defence, and advanced technologies.
• A 32-bit indigenously designed semiconductor chip, officially named VIKRAM3201.
• Built as India’s first made-in-India processor, suitable for use in space, defence, and advanced technologies.
• Developed by:
• ISRO’s Semiconductor Laboratory (SCL), Mohali, Punjab, under the India Semiconductor Mission launched in 2021.
• ISRO’s Semiconductor Laboratory (SCL), Mohali, Punjab, under the India Semiconductor Mission launched in 2021.
• To reduce India’s dependence on imported chips. To build strategic self-reliance in critical technologies. To power applications in aerospace, defence, automotive, and high-reliability energy systems.
• To reduce India’s dependence on imported chips.
• To build strategic self-reliance in critical technologies.
• To power applications in aerospace, defence, automotive, and high-reliability energy systems.
• Features:
• 32-bit architecture, robust enough for advanced applications. Designed to withstand harsh environmental conditions such as those in space launch vehicles. Suitable for defence, aerospace, automotive, and industrial electronics. Supports next-gen technologies like mRNA medicines, immersive tech, and digital security systems (as per ISRO & Semicon Mission’s broader design focus).
• 32-bit architecture, robust enough for advanced applications.
• Designed to withstand harsh environmental conditions such as those in space launch vehicles.
• Suitable for defence, aerospace, automotive, and industrial electronics.
• Supports next-gen technologies like mRNA medicines, immersive tech, and digital security systems (as per ISRO & Semicon Mission’s broader design focus).
• Significance:
• Strategic: Boosts India’s technological sovereignty, crucial amid global chip supply chain vulnerabilities. Economic: Supports India’s ambition of becoming a semiconductor hub, with projects worth ₹1.6 lakh crore approved across states.
• Strategic: Boosts India’s technological sovereignty, crucial amid global chip supply chain vulnerabilities.
• Economic: Supports India’s ambition of becoming a semiconductor hub, with projects worth ₹1.6 lakh crore approved across states.