IIIT Students Achieve Milestone in Custom Chip Design with SIDHARUD1
A team of 12 engineering students from IIIT has designed a 180nm silicon chip, SIDHARUD1, selected for a global chip tape out program. This achievement enhances India's position in semiconductor innovation and addresses hardware limitations in modern computing.
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The Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) has produced the SIDHARUD1 chip, a custom-designed 180nm silicon chip, as part of a global chip tape out program. This initiative saw IIIT's team of 12 students selected among only six teams from India, out of 55 worldwide, highlighting their technical capabilities and innovation.
The chip acts as a GPIO expander, utilizing the I2C protocol to connect up to 25 peripheral devices using just two wires. Furthermore, it features programmable capabilities and localized data pre-processing.
Developed from May to September, the chip is now in fabrication at GlobalFoundries in Germany and will arrive for testing within a month. This project underscores the importance of open-source frameworks in reducing dependency on proprietary solutions, thereby fostering local semiconductor advancements.
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