CYIENT, AZIMUTH UNVEIL INDIA- FIRST INDIGENOUS POWER CHIP

Cyient Semiconductors and Azimuth AI have unveiled India's first indigenously designed power semiconductor chip for smart meters and advanced edge applications.

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Hyderabad-headquartered Cyient Semiconductors and Azimuth Al jointly announced the launch of a new chip, a power semiconductor chip, for use in smart meter applications, among a wide range of other applications.Azimuth led the design of the chip, and they will sell the chip, Krishna Bodanapu, Executive Vice-Chairman and Managing Director, Cyient Semiconductors, told ANI on Monday. "Cyient Semiconductor developed the chip. And it is the first of a kind power chip to be designed in India," Bodanapu said. "The IP will reside in India. And with all the smart meters that are coming up in India, this is a very big step because this is the first indigenously designed chip that is being launched."Asked about the timeline of the commercial production of the chip, he said it is expected towards the middle to later half of next year. "So it will be in commercial applications by the end of next year," he said. Regarding future plans, he stated that the idea is to increase the number of chips designed in India and with IP ownership in India. "As you know, lot of the ecosystem is developing on OSATs even fabs