C-DOT signs TTDF agreement with Silizium Circuits for LEO satellite components and GNSS RF front-end chip
C-DOT signed an agreement with Silizium Circuits Pvt Ltd, a startup under IIT Hyderabad's fabless chip design incubator, for LEO satellite components and a GNSS RF front-end ASIC, as announced on 17 December 2024.
Summary
The Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), the telecom R&D centre of the Department of Telecommunications, signed an agreement with Silizium Circuits Pvt Ltd for the 'Design and Development of LEO Satellite Components and GNSS RF Front End ASIC', DoT announced on 17 December 2024. Silizium Circuits is a fabless semiconductor IP and SoC startup under FABCI (Fabless Chip Design Incubator), IIT Hyderabad. The agreement was signed under DoT's Telecom Technology Development Fund (TTDF) scheme, which funds Indian startups, academia and R&D institutions to design, develop and commercialise telecom products.
Key facts
- Parties
- C-DOT and Silizium Circuits Pvt Ltd
- Project
- Design and Development of LEO Satellite Components and GNSS RF Front End ASIC
- Startup
- Fabless semiconductor IP and SoC startup under FABCI, IIT Hyderabad
- Scheme
- Telecom Technology Development Fund (TTDF), DoT
- Announced
- 17 December 2024
Practice MCQs 2 questions
Under which scheme of the Department of Telecommunications did C-DOT sign the agreement with Silizium Circuits for LEO satellite components in December 2024?
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Correct answer: A — Telecom Technology Development Fund
PIB (Communications): the agreement was signed under the Telecom Technology Development Fund (TTDF) scheme of the Department of Telecommunications.
Silizium Circuits, which signed an agreement with C-DOT in December 2024, is a startup under the fabless chip design incubator of which institute?
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Correct answer: D — IIT Hyderabad
PIB (Communications): Silizium Circuits Pvt Ltd is a fabless semiconductor IP and SoC startup under FABCI (Fabless Chip Design Incubator), IIT Hyderabad.