Government mulls partnerships to make semiconductor chips

Subject: Science and Tech

Section: Awareness in IT

Context:

Six working groups, which had been formed to mull the Indian government’s artificial intelligence (AI) roadmap, have submitted the first edition of their report adding that the report’s recommendations included public-private partnerships to make semiconductors for AI applications.

Details:

The PPP model would be leveraged to build “GPU clusters”, masses of resource-intensive graphics processors that are used by AI applications.
These clusters would be made available to Indian start-ups and researchers.
Use cases for AI: agriculture, healthcare, education, fintech, security, and governance.
India Dataset Platform:
- A planned collection which will be among the largest and most diverse collections of anonymised datasets for Indian researchers and startups to train their multi-parameter models.

Significance of semiconductor for AI development:

Semiconductors Are Essential For AI In Providing the Required Processing Power.
Advanced semiconductor materials provide the performance and power efficiency needed for AI applications.
Semiconductor design is critical to AI chips’ performance and efficiency. As AI algorithms become more complex, semiconductor designers will need to develop new ways to optimize the performance of AI chips.

INDIAai portal- National AI portal of India:

INDIAai is the National AI Portal of India – a central hub for everything AI in India and beyond.
A joint initiative of MeitY, NeGD and NASSCOM, the website aims to be the trusted content powerhouse in the backdrop of India’s journey to global prominence in Artificial Intelligence.

US-India AI Initiative:

In 2023, US-India Artificial Intelligence was launched by IUSSTF to build a strong platform for promoting the growth of AI through idea exchange, exploring R&D opportunities, and strengthening the collaboration prospects between the two countries.

MCA 3.0 portal:

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs introduced a modern and agile version of its portal- version 3.0, MCA 21.
It is designed to take the complexity out of regulatory filing for companies with the help of AI/ML and advanced data analytics capabilities for automating and streamlining the processes.
Along with improving ease of doing business this initiative will also strengthen compliance monitoring and help create a well-organized ecosystem for businesses.
It will provide a robust tracking mechanism for monitoring historical law changes while also providing quick access to most current legislations. Overall it will help in bringing transformative changes to incorporate regulatory and governance systems.

AI portal:

A joint venture of MeitY and NASSCOM, the AI portal is a dedicated central ecosystem encompassing information, resources, and the latest updates about different initiatives and developments in the field of AI in India.
It has been thoughtfully designed to invite people of different backgrounds and educational qualifications to be a part of the AI community.

Draft National Strategy on Robotics:

Released by: Union Minister of State for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship and Electronics & IT Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar.
It represents the significant opportunities for the manufacturing sector, Industry 4.0 and cyber-physical systems among others, it has the potential to create a lot of impact.
It aims to capitalize this potential and nurture the development of robotic technology, helping India emerge as a “Robotics Hub” for the world. To drive India’s global leadership in Robotics, four sectors of strategic importance have also been identified, namely – manufacturing, agriculture, healthcare and national security.
The draft strategy recommends fiscal interventions to facilitate local manufacturing of robotics hardware, building of ‘demonstration facilities’ to test and show off technologies, and building capacity in the robotics sector.

Source: TH