Worth Rs 130 crore, these Super computers are developed indigenously under National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) and have been deployed in Pune, Delhi and Kolkata. These include:
- Giant Meter Radio Telescope (GMRT) in Pune will explore Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) and other astronomical phenomena.
- Inter-University Accelerator Centre (IUAC) in Delhi will enhance research in fields like material science and atomic physics.
- S.N. Bose Centre in Kolkata will drive advanced research in areas such as physics, cosmology, and earth sciences.
- PM also launched new HPC systems named 'Arka' and 'Arunika’ which will enhance accuracy and predictions related to tropical cyclones, heavy precipitation, thunderstorms, etc.
About Supercomputers:
- They’re largest and more powerful mainframe systems that solve complex computations by splitting tasks into multiple parts and working on them in parallel.
- Speed of a supercomputer is measured in floating-point operations per second (FLOPS).
National Supercomputing Mission (NSM):
- Launched: 2015.
- Objective: To provide country with supercomputing infrastructure to meet increasing computational demands of academia, researchers, MSMEs, and startups.
- NSM is steered jointly by Department of Science and Technology (DST) and Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY).
- Implemented by Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Pune and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru.
- Application areas: Computational Biology, Atomic Energy Simulations, National Security/ Defence Applications, Seismic Analysis, etc.
About C-DAC
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