IIT-M develops indigenous microprocessor

News: Indian Institute of Technology, Madras have developed a microprocessor named ‘Moushik’

Facts:

• Moushik: It is an indigenous microprocessor-cum-system on a chip that can cater to the rapidly-growing Internet of Things(IoT) devices.
• The project was funded by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.

Additional Facts:

• Microprocessor: It is an integrated circuit(IC) that contains a few millions of transistors (semiconductor-based electronic devices) fused on a semiconductor chip.It is just a few millimetres in dimension and is used in almost every electronic device from microwave and washing machine in homes to advanced supercomputers of a space station.