{"id":126384,"date":"2026-09-26T17:18:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T11:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=126384"},"modified":"2026-09-26T17:18:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T11:48:20","slug":"indias-first-indigenous-micro-gpu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/indias-first-indigenous-micro-gpu\/","title":{"rendered":"India&#8217;s First Indigenous Micro-GPU, Features, Significance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>India&#8217;s First Indigenous Micro-GPU<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was developed by researchers at the Electrical Engineering Department of IIT Delhi on 24-25 September 2026. The project was led by M.Tech students Nammi Akash and M. Ravi Teja under Professor Jayadeva and Professor Kaushik Saha. It is the country\u2019s first working and demonstrable indigenously designed micro-GPU from a university, with applications in affordable embedded graphics systems.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>India&#8217;s First Indigenous Micro-GPU Features<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>IIT Delhi micro-GPU <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">combines programmable graphics rendering with a compact architecture designed for embedded hardware and future indigenous semiconductor development.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Custom GPU Engine: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India&#8217;s First Indigenous Micro-GPU uses a custom floating point <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/graphics-processing-unit-explained\/\" target=\"_blank\">GPU<\/a><\/strong> engine for programmable graphics rendering tasks. The complete design was implemented in Register Transfer Language (RTL).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>FPGA Platform: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The micro-GPU was mapped onto a Spartan 7 Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). FPGAs allow digital logic to be reconfigured after manufacturing and are useful for testing processor designs.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Programmable Architecture: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The architecture is designed as a scalable and programmable graphics processor intellectual property block. It can be implemented on FPGAs or mapped to silicon Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Development Team: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">M.Tech students Nammi Akash and M. Ravi Teja led the project under Professor Jayadeva and Professor Kaushik Saha at IIT Delhi\u2019s Electrical Engineering Department.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Future Roadmap: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The team is exploring an 8-16 core vector style graphics processor with an optimised compiler and graphics software toolchain. The planned ASIC proof of concept targets a 65nm process node.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>What is Micro-GPU?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <\/span><b>micro-GPU <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a compact graphics processor designed for programmable rendering and display processing tasks. It can support embedded systems where affordable and dedicated graphics capabilities are required.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Core Function: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A micro-GPU processes graphics and rendering tasks in compact computing systems. GPUs are also widely used in modern artificial intelligence and machine learning hardware.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Applications: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India&#8217;s First Indigenous Micro-GPU is designed for industrial control displays, low cost human-machine interfaces, e rickshaw dashboard navigators, inland water navigation terminals and educational e book readers.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>India&#8217;s First Indigenous Micro-GPU Significance<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>India&#8217;s First Indigenous Micro-GPU <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">project has significance for indigenous computing hardware, affordable embedded systems and future domestic graphics processing capabilities.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Reduced Import Dependence: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India&#8217;s First Indigenous Micro-GPU can support efforts to reduce dependence on imported GPU technology. The project creates an indigenous architecture for graphics and display processing.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Affordable Technology: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The architecture targets practical embedded applications where low cost graphics processing is required. It can support affordable digital access platforms and embedded visualisation systems.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/semiconductor-industry-in-india\/\" target=\"_blank\">Semiconductor<\/a> Development: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The planned 65nm ASIC proof of concept could support economically viable graphics silicon for embedded applications. The team is also seeking funding for ASIC development, system integration and commercialisation.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/semicon-india-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\">SEMICON India 2026<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India\u2019s First Indigenous Micro-GPU developed at IIT Delhi enables programmable graphics for affordable embedded systems, supporting indigenous semiconductor innovation and reducing import dependence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":126359,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[786],"tags":[5576,10511,10510],"class_list":["post-126384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-general-studies","tag-gpu","tag-indias-first-indigenous-micro","tag-indias-first-indigenous-micro-gpu","no-featured-image-padding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126384"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":126394,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126384\/revisions\/126394"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}