Thiruvananthapuram-based fabless startup Netrasemi has completed silicon bring-up of the NETRA A2000 — India's first flagship edge-AI System-on-Chip, built on a 12 nm node for smart-vision robots, drones, automotive and surveillance.
What's inside the A2000
The SoC integrates a proprietary Neural Processing Unit (NPU), Vision Processing Unit (VPU), Image Signal Processor (ISP) and crypto engines — a full edge-computing stack for real-time on-device AI in robotics and drones.
India's AI-silicon push
Backed by Zoho and Unicorn India Ventures and supported by the government's Design-Linked Incentive scheme, the A2000 heads to TSMC for production, with volume targeted by mid-2027. See the wider semiconductors hub and rival edge parts like AMD's Ryzen AI embedded line and ASUS's Snapdragon X2 edge mini-PC.