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IIT Delhi Researchers Develop India’s First Indigenous Micro-GPU
IIT Delhi researchers built a small computer design called a micro-GPU.
A GPU helps computers create images and supports artificial-intelligence and machine-learning systems.
The team says this is India’s first working, demonstrable indigenously designed micro-GPU from a university.
They tested it by putting its design on a programmable Spartan-7 FPGA.
This means the device can be programmed to render graphics.
It is intended for affordable embedded devices such as dashboards, displays, and e-readers.
The researchers want to expand it into an 8-16-core processor and create supporting software.
They also hope to make a version using a 65 nm ASIC process.
The team is seeking funding to continue development and eventually commercialize the technology.
IIT Delhi researchers developed a working, demonstrable indigenously designed micro-GPU.
The programmable graphics engine was implemented in RTL and mapped to a Spartan-7 FPGA.
The architecture targets affordable embedded applications, including industrial displays, dashboards, navigation terminals, and e-readers.
The team is exploring an 8-16-core vector-style processor, optimized software, and a 65 nm ASIC proof of concept.
Researchers are seeking funding for ASIC development, system integration, and eventual commercialization.
- Who
- MTech students Nammi Akash and Ravi Teja led the project under Professors Jayadeva and Kaushik Saha at IIT Delhi.
- What
- They developed a working, demonstrable indigenously designed micro-Graphics Processing Unit.
- Where
- The work was conducted in the Electrical Engineering Department of IIT Delhi, India.
- When
- The article does not specify when the micro-GPU was developed.
- Why
- The project aims to reduce dependence on imported GPU technology and support affordable embedded visualisation systems.
Key facts
- Institution
- Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
- Technology
- Programmable micro-Graphics Processing Unit
- Implementation
- Custom floating-point GPU engine implemented in Register Transfer Language
- Test platform
- Spartan-7 Field-Programmable Gate Array
- Planned architecture
- 8-16-core vector-style graphics processor
- Planned process
- 65 nm application-specific integrated circuit proof of concept
- Funding sought
- ASIC development, system integration, and eventual commercialisation
Quotes
Nammi Akash and Ravi Teja
MTech students who led the IIT Delhi micro-GPU project
“Our objective was to create a compact but genuinely programmable graphics-processing architecture suitable for FPGA implementation and future ASIC realisation. We hope such indigenous hardware systems can support affordable digital-access platforms and contribute meaningfully towards bridging the digital divide. We are grateful to our institute, IIT Delhi, for providing the academic environment and the technical platform that enabled this work.”
NDTV
“To the best of our knowledge, this is the first working, demonstrable indigenously designed micro-GPU from a university in India.”
NDTV
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