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Bengal: NIT Durgapur chip featured in memento presented to PM Modi at SEMICON India 2026

Asansol, Sep 18 (UNI) The National Institute of Technology Durgapur (NIT Durgapur) has achieved a major milestone in semiconductor technology, with its indigenously developed chip featured in a special memento presented to Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the inaugural session of SEMICON India 2026.
The fifth edition of the global summit is being held from September 17–19, at Yashobhoomi in Dwarka, New Delhi, bringing together semiconductor companies, researchers, academia, startups and tech professionals from across the globe.
This marks the second consecutive year that NIT Durgapur's research has been spotlighted at the national level. At SEMICON India 2025, the first 'Made-in-India' chip memento presented to PM Modi featured the institute's C2S0029 chip design. This year's memento features its latest chip, C2S0130, a 32-bit Fully Digital Baseband Modulator designed for FPGA and ASIC platforms.
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Gandak discharge rising, administration on high alert: Choudhary

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