IIT-M partners Thales group to design processor for sensitive equipment

The ultimate objective is to improve the security and dependability of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, embedded systems and machine learning implementations

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M) is partnering with French multinational Thales Group to design a processor compatible with the highest safety critical standards, which once get approval could be used in sensitive equipment in defence, aerospace, space and transportation sectors. 

The collaboration will result in defining and prototyping a Shakti Risc-V based processor. Thales and IIT Madras are going to take up joint research programs in many areas including aerospace, space, transportation, security and defence.

As a result of this tie up, a fault-tolerant Shakti framework would be developed and will undergo evaluation by the world’s top experts in Safety Critical