Over the last week or so, got curious about how India's home-grown cpu effort was doing. Just yesterday I linked an article where somebody reviewed the single (1!) IC that came out of that effort. Bottom line: unimpressive, and flawed in many ways. And I agree. A ehm... pathetic showing. Especially given the timespan (~2021...today, no updates, no new products, no community around that 1 part, no open source cpu/SoC designs making it into mass-produced silicon, nothing).
So... the tech talent is there. IC manufacturing plants exist (and more coming online). Designs up for grabs. Political will has been shown. Venture capital available.
And yet... nothing much of substance.
Is this a cultural thing? Too much focus on applications or services, but not on the tools themselves? Disinterest in R&D? Poor infrastructure? Bureaucracy? All of above? Other factors?
FYI: not out to bash India here. Just curious about the why & how.
RetroTechie•1h ago
Over the last week or so, got curious about how India's home-grown cpu effort was doing. Just yesterday I linked an article where somebody reviewed the single (1!) IC that came out of that effort. Bottom line: unimpressive, and flawed in many ways. And I agree. A ehm... pathetic showing. Especially given the timespan (~2021...today, no updates, no new products, no community around that 1 part, no open source cpu/SoC designs making it into mass-produced silicon, nothing).
So... the tech talent is there. IC manufacturing plants exist (and more coming online). Designs up for grabs. Political will has been shown. Venture capital available.
And yet... nothing much of substance.
Is this a cultural thing? Too much focus on applications or services, but not on the tools themselves? Disinterest in R&D? Poor infrastructure? Bureaucracy? All of above? Other factors?
FYI: not out to bash India here. Just curious about the why & how.