IISc scientists aim to fabricate world's smallest chip using novel 2D material

A team of 30 scientists from India's premier institution, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), had submitted a proposal to the government aimed at developing 'angstrom-scale' chips, which would be significantly smaller than the chips currently available in the market. The team focused on a new class of semiconductor materials known as 2D Materials, suggesting that these materials could facilitate the production of chip sizes as small as one-tenth of today’s smallest offerings, thereby potentially establishing India's leadership in semiconductor technology. A government source familiar with the proposal indicated that the IISc team had first submitted a detailed project report (DPR) to the Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA) in April 2022. After revisions, a new version of the report was resubmitted in October 2024 and subsequently shared with the Ministry of Electronics and IT. The project aims to create angstrom-scale chips that would drastically reduce the size of existing nanometer-scale technologies.

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