India, April 23 -- You or Neil Armstrong - who's smarter? Ignore the 57 years spaced in between. And, it's you, beyond doubt.

The ubiquitous smartphone you carry in your pocket today can far outcompete Apollo 11, let's keep Artemis II aside, when it comes to computing power. And, what makes it possible? It's advanced semiconductor technology that allows massive processing power, memory, and connectivity to be integrated into a single piece of silicon.

Known as a system-on-chip (SoC), this design integrates key components such as the CPU, memory, and input/output functions into a grain of sand that makes the backbone of a smartphone, or an IoT device, or any embedded system.

The $138.46 Bn SoC market is expanding faster than the sands o...