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Dhruv64, India’s first indigenous 64-bit microprocessor: The Indian nation has moved a step closer towards technological self-reliance with the launch of Dhruv64. The chip was developed at the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) and is announced as part of the Digital India RISC-V (DIR-V) initiative. Developed to drive machines from industrial systems to connected devices, Dhruv64 enhances India’s capability of designing and deploying processors within the country. Most countries become heavily reliant on imported chips at one point, and this makes the move significant for such a large nation like India because reducing dependence on foreign technology also drives innovation, enhances security and enables scaling cost-effectively across strategic sectors.

What Is Dhruv64 and Why It Matters

A microprocessor itself lies at the heart of doing computation and running everything electronic on a device, be it a smartphone or an industrial controller or a thing in the Internet of Things. This gap is filled by Dhruv64, which mirrors the overall foreign dependency of any satellite-based system, both in terms of software and hardware, making India one of the few nations in this select club that can boast about an indigenous effort to design a CPU.

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Today in modern chipsets Tasks, like the CPU are a central processing engine. He increased his reading from 40 million sentences to a billion and is now developing Dhruv64, which is modelled on the same principles but made entirely in India.

Dhruv64 Architecture and Key Features

Dhruv64 is predicated on the open-source and royalty-free RISC-V, which endows designers with the freedom to design processors without needing to pay licensing fees. Such openness fosters cooperation between academia, startups and industry.

Key specifications include:

- 64-bit dual-core architecture

- 1.0GHz clock speed

- Designed for reliability and scalability

- Suitable for industrial, automotive, telecom, and consumer use

The chip is targeted at such applications as 5G infrastructure, industrial automation, automotive systems, consumer electronics and connected devices.

Why RISC-V Is Important for India

Unlike proprietary instruction set architectures, RISC-V allows Indian organisations to experiment, tailor and create without boundaries. This reduces development costs and shortens the time for chip prototyping. As a nation that gobbles up almost 20 per cent of the world’s microprocessors but makes very few, RISC-V designs like Dhruv64 can help fill an important gap.

Strategic and Security Advantages

The use of indigenous processors mitigates the supply-chain risk and enhances security, particularly for defence platforms and critical infrastructure. Homegrown chips also provide policymakers and engineers with more control over hardware-level security and long-term availability.

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Part of a Larger Indigenous Chip Roadmap

Dhruv64 is part of the lineage from previous IndiaCPU designs, Thejas32 and Thejas64, that will be used alongside future chips under development such as Dhanush and Dhanush+. It is a continuation, not a one-off accomplishment.

Several national initiatives support this ecosystem, including:

- Digital India RISC-V (DIR-V)

- India Semiconductor Mission (ISM)

- Chips to Startup (C2S) programme

- Design Linked Incentive (DLI)

- INUP-i2i initiative

Final Thoughts

Dhruv64 is more than just a processor announcement. It reflects India’s increasing confidence in the development of core computing technology and construction of a self-sufficient semiconductor ecosystem, industry experts said. Mass adoption will, however, take time, but the framework is there. Given continued policy support and industry participation, indigenous chips like Dhruv64 could come to power India’s digital and industrial future.


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