A bunch of veterans from the Indian electronics trade have fashioned a brand new non-profit group (NGO) known as EPIC Basis, which goals to supply Indian merchandise and types for electronics. The group, which incorporates HCL founders Arjun Malhotra and Ajai Chowdhry, together with semiconductor trade veteran Satya Gupta, has additionally signed memoranda of understanding with the federal government of Delhi, and Indian Institute of Technologys in Kanpur and Madras.
In response to Gupta, the group will search to design merchandise, together with semiconductors, right here in India, and companion with Indian companies who can manufacture them. Gupta additionally mentioned that the group will attempt to drive demand for Indian made chips, in merchandise like LED bulbs, that are already made in and for India.
In all, the group plans to allow the manufacture of 700 million LED chips and 10 million indigenous tablets. It can additionally search to create a $45 billion marketplace for Indian digital merchandise. “We conceived the muse with the intent to revive Indian electronics merchandise and types with indigenous design and manufacturing,” mentioned Gupta.
Additional, the EPIC Basis introduced two merchandise in the present day. The primary is a ten.1 inch pill for schooling, which shall be manufactured in India and could have synthetic intelligence (AI) and machine studying (ML) primarily based inter-lingual translation for Indian languages, together with each voice-to-voice and text-to-text translation. It can even have “distinctive options” of repairability and upgradability.
The second product is an Indian LED driver chip, which shall be supported by trade consortium the Electrical Lamp and Part Producer’s Affiliation (ELCOMA). The group mentioned that this may create demand for upcoming semiconductor ATMP models in India and the SCL Fab.
Supply: Live Mint