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India disagrees. FTA: > A processor made in India offers more than just the cost benefits. It provides the country with autonomy and self-reliance in the elec
by geezerjay 8y ago
India disagrees.
FTA:
> A processor made in India offers more than just the cost benefits. It provides the country with autonomy and self-reliance in the electronics sector and reduces our dependence on technology imported from other parts of the world. It also ensures a secure system with no opportunity for any backdoor entry, thus preventing digital sabotage by other countries or malicious organisations.
- geo999 8y agoyeah, the Russians went this way too, ... , anybody heard anything else than one or two press releases ?
- geezerjay 8y agoWhy don't you mention China? I've lost track of the amount of cynical comments regarding their initial projects, and now China relies on the output of those research powers to supply their HPC centers. Hell, this blend of cynicism was also directed at ARM's offering.
- geo999 8y agowhat I'm trying to say is that it takes a hell lot more than a team of 20,30 to create something successful these days. it takes a lot more than a piece of silicon that executes code to create something successful. only advantage they have is that they have the support of nationalism ... ARM was massively successful in the mobile space before they considered desktop and server and people start knowing them.
- chimpburger 8y agoIndia has a population of 1.339 Billion. They'll have no problem finding/training more engineers to build up that team.
- floatboth 8y agoBaikal MIPS is available on dev boards you can buy: https://www.cnx-software.com/2018/09/26/baikal-t1-last-mips-processor/ https://www.cnx-software.com/2018/09/26/baikal-t1-last-mips-...
- gruez 8y agoElsewhere in this thread people mentioned that these CPUs are based off designs from the 90s. Maybe they're useful for controlling your nuclear reactors or something, but it's not going to be useful for general computing needs.
- mikeash 8y agoEmbedded CPUs vastly outnumber the ones used for general purpose computing, so that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
- rwmj 8y agoThey have to start somewhere. Despite what you think it's almost impossible to create a 7nm FAB from nothing. The fact they've made a 180nm chip which works is quite miraculous given how hard this technology is to master.
- segmondy 8y agoThis is silly, general computing has been done forever in lesser processors.
- int_19h 8y agoHence why you start with the stuff for controlling your nuclear reactors (and, perhaps more importantly, fighter jets and guided missiles) to develop the local engineering and industrial base. And then gradually evolve that into general computing.
- lallysingh 8y agoDid nobody watch Gandhi? Home spun is important!
- jbottoms 8y agoHome spun was important. Now business has changed and companies are in a race to get up the learning curve quickly and capture new markets. It might be better if they partnered for foreign direct investment (FDI) in exchange to tech assistance. They don't have much to offer otherwise. There are many who would like to get a piece of the action in India, and the companies that try to go it alone will miss out on the globalization wave.