Paper I · 2 General Science & Technology · 2.12 Computers, communication and Digital India

2.12.3 Semiconductors and supercomputers: India Semiconductor Mission, PARAM and AIRAWAT

India Semiconductor Mission (₹76,000 crore, December 2021) funds chip fabs and packaging units such as Tata Electronics' Dholera fab, while C-DAC's PARAM series and the National Supercomputing Mission build India's high-performance computing.

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Key terms

  • semiconductor
  • transistor
  • integrated circuit
  • fab
  • OSAT
  • India Semiconductor Mission
  • Tata Electronics
  • Dholera
  • Micron
  • SCL Mohali
  • PARAM
  • C-DAC
  • National Supercomputing Mission
  • AIRAWAT
  • Pratyush
  • FLOPS

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