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2022

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who launched “Swadeshi Microprocessor Challenge-Innovate Solutions for #Aatmanirbhar Bharat” to Support Startups?
A
Ravi Shankar Prasad
B
Ramesh Pokhriyal
C
Nitin Gadkari
D
None of these
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -MeitY launches “Swadeshi Microprocessor Challenge”

Detailed explanation-2: -The Correct answer is Shakti. Shakti is the first Microprocessor Of India which is designed and developed by the students of IIT (Indian Institute Of Technology) Chennai. It is built with a microchip that is manufactured or created at ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) Chandigarh.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has announced ‘Swadeshi Microprocessor Challenge- Innovate Solutions for #Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ to provide further impetus to the Start-up ecosystem, innovation and research in the country.

Detailed explanation-4: -IIT Madras and the Centre for Development of Advance Computing (CDAC) have developed two microprocessors named Shakti (32 bit) and Vega (64 bit) respectively using Open Source Architecture under the aegis of the Microprocessor Development Programme of the Ministry of Electronics and IT.

Detailed explanation-5: -SHAKTI processors are based on the RISC-V ISA. The processors are designed to be have either 22 nm FinFET or 180 nm CMOS technology nodes depending on the manufacturing foundry. SHAKTI has envisioned a family of processors as part of its road-map, catering to different segments of the market.

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