Computers used to fill rooms, chip smaller than nail now holds more power: Vaishnaw
Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw highlighted the importance of developing homegrown chips amid India's push for a semiconductor ecosystem. "Earlier, computers...filled entire room...Today more power sits inside a chip smaller than fingernail," he said. "A nation that can't design and produce semiconductors risks dependence on others for...basic needs...like healthcare and security," Vaishnaw added.