A major step forward for India’s expanding semiconductor industry, Mindgrove Technologies is getting ready to start commercial production of their Secure IoT chip.
The RISC-V-based microcontroller system-on-chip (SoC) created by the Chennai-based, IIT Madras-incubated business is intended for use in wearables, smart meters, secure biometrics, industrial IoT, EV battery management systems, and access control devices.
Mindgrove, which was founded in 2021 by Shashwath T R and Sharan Srinivas J, says that its chip, which is based on the open-source RISC-V architecture, is India’s first commercial-grade high-performance microcontroller SoC. When compared to imported equivalents, the chip can lower overall device prices by around 30%, according to the business.
Prototype versions are now being tested by a number of clients; initial demand is anticipated from biometric authentication systems used for identity verification and telecom onboarding.
Additionally, Mindgrove has teamed up with Pinetics, based in Pune, to incorporate the chip into smart gadgets and biometric access systems.
The government’s Design Linked Incentive (DLI) program is helping the startup build a next-generation “Vision” chip for edge AI and vision-processing applications in addition to the Secure IoT chip.
Source – Monercontrol
