Network<\/a> of engineering colleges offering electronics and communicationsengineering (ECE) programmes for this. The state also has more than 140 colleges offering VLSI (very large system integration) courses. The VLSI course helps train students in designing semiconductor devices and circuits. The states MSME ecosystem for PCB design and layout is also among the largest in the country.<\/p>\nAll computer processors use an instruction set architecture (ISA) and currently there are two in the market -ARM and RISC-V. Before RISC-V arrived, ARM-based processors dominated giving the West a monopoly. But with advancements in RISC-V, India can take the fight to the American giants.<\/p>\n
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