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Source: The post is based on the article “9 more supercomputers to be added under National Supercomputing Mission, list of four current fastest machines in India” published in TOI on 19th August 2023
What is the News?
The Union Cabinet has recently approved an extension of the Digital India programme.
The programme also proposes nine more supercomputers to be added under the National Supercomputing Mission.
What is the National Supercomputing Mission?
Which are the fastest Supercomputers in India?
India’s fastest supercomputers are AIRAWAT, PARAM Siddhi, Pratyush and Mihir.
AIRAWAT: It is installed at the Center for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Pune.
– It stands as India’s largest and fastest AI supercomputing system, with a remarkable speed of 13,170 teraflops (Rpeak).
– It has been manufactured by Netweb Technologies.
– It ranked number 75 at the International Supercomputing Conference in Germany and was listed as such in the 61st edition of the Top 500 Global Supercomputing list.
PARAM Siddhi-AI: It is installed at Center for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Pune.It is ranked at No. 131 position:
– It aims to serve as AI / HPC specific Cloud Computing Infrastructure for INDIA subsuming academia, R&D institutes and start-ups.
Pratyush supercomputer: This supercomputer is installed at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology. It is a Cray XC40 machine.It is ranked at No.169 position.
Mihir supercomputer: It is installed at the National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting in Noida.It is also a Cray XC40 machine.It is ranked at No.316.
