With its superior capabilities to establish chip defects, the Quantum Diamond Microchip Imager is a leap ahead in semiconductor imaging. Representational
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The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-Bombay) has entered a strategic partnership with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to develop India’s first Quantum Diamond Microchip Imager.
This superior sensing software will maintain the potential to unlock new ranges of precision within the examination of semiconductor chips, cut back chip failures and enhance the power effectivity of digital gadgets.
Over the following two years, consultants from TCS will work with Dr. Kasturi Saha, Associate Professor within the Department of Electrical Engineering of IIT Bombay, to develop the quantum imaging platform within the PQuest Lab.
This platform will allow higher high quality management of semiconductor chips, thereby bettering product reliability, security, and power effectivity {of electrical} gadgets.
Semiconductor chips are important to all fashionable digital gadgets, making them sensible and environment friendly. With the flexibility to course of information and full duties, these chips act because the brains of gadgets throughout industries reminiscent of communications, computing, healthcare, army methods, transportation and clear power.
Dr. Kasturi Saha stated, “PQuest group at IIT-Bombay is excited to collaborate with TCS on developing a quantum imaging platform for the non-destructive examination of chips, leveraging our extensive expertise in quantum sensing to drive innovation. We aim to transform various sectors, including electronics and healthcare, and propel India forward through groundbreaking technologies and products aligned with National Quantum Mission’s Quantum Sensing and Metrology vertical.”
Dr. Harrick Vin, Chief Technology Officer, TCS, stated, “The Second Quantum Revolution is progressing at an unprecedented speed, making it imperative to pool our resources and expertise to build cutting-edge capabilities in sensing, computing, and communication technologies. This initiative will have a transformative impact on various industries and society, with applications ranging from electronics to healthcare, and beyond. By working together, we can drive innovation and create a brighter future for all.”
‘We are keen to collaborate with industry’
The collaboration between TCS and IIT-Bombay is aligned with the National Quantum Mission — an initiative by the Government of India to place the nation as a world quantum know-how chief.
Prof. Shireesh Kedare, Director, IIT-Bombay, stated, “This collaboration aims to develop a quantum imaging platform for the non-destructive examination of chips. We are keen to collaborate with industry to translate the ideas, innovations and research into the technologies and products through such collaborations as well as start-ups that will take India ahead.”
Wide utility
As semiconductors proceed to shrink in measurement, conventional sensing strategies lack the precision and capabilities to detect anomalies in chips. The Quantum Diamond Microchip Imager can picture magnetic fields, enabling a non-invasive and non-destructive mapping of semiconductor chips, very similar to an MRI at a hospital.
It makes use of the defects in a diamond’s construction, referred to as Nitrogen-Vacancy (NV) centres, along with the opposite {hardware} and software program for detecting and characterizing anomalies in semiconductor chips. The diagnostic capabilities can have important implications for failure evaluation, machine growth, and numerous optimisation processes, Mr. Kedare defined.
With its superior capabilities to establish chip defects reminiscent of present leakages and allow visualisation of three-dimensional cost stream in multi-layer chips, Quantum Diamond Microchip Imager is a leap ahead in semiconductor imaging.
It can have large purposes in microelectronics, organic, and geological imaging, and fine-scale imaging of magnetic fields, amongst others. This mission builds on TCS and IIT-Bombay’s dynamic partnership because the Nineties, spanning joint analysis tasks, collaborative teaching programs, internships, school growth packages, and extra. IIT-Bombay was the first institute to be signed as an instructional associate for TCS’ Co-Innovation Network, a platform driving industry-academia collaboration for pioneering options.
