Supercomputer

What is Israel-1?

May 30, 2023

Nvidia, the renowned US gaming and computer graphics giant, is making waves in the world of AI with its groundbreaking project, Israel-1. Israel-1: The Cutting-Edge Generative AI Cloud Supercomputer Nvidia’s Israel-1 is poised to become one of the most powerful ..

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India to Launch 18 New petaFLOP Supercomputers

May 25, 2023

Supercomputers have revolutionized various fields of science and technology, and weather forecasting is no exception. India is currently planning to launch 18 new petaFLOP supercomputers for weather forecasting this year. The deployment of powerful supercomputers enables meteorologists to make more ..

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ALMA Telescope – Update (March, 2023)

March 1, 2023

ALMA telescope is to get a new brain. The ALMA is set to get a hardware and software upgrade for the collection of more data and produce sharper images. The upgrades are estimated to cost 37 million USD. These upgrades ..

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Supercomputer Param Pravega

February 4, 2022

Indian Institute of Science (IISC), Bengaluru has commissioned one of the most powerful supercomputers, called “Param Pravega” in India. About Supercomputer Param Pravega Param Pravega supercomputer has a supercomputing capacity of 3.3 petaflops. It is the largest supercomputer in an ..

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Simorgh Supercomputer

May 18, 2021

Iran recently launched its supercomputer called Simorgh. This supercomputer is hundred times more powerful than the previous Iranian supercomputers. About the Simorgh Supercomputer The Supercomputer has been named after the phoenix like bird called the Simurgh. The Simorgh Supercomputer was ..

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UK to build World’s most powerful climate-change forecasting supercomputer

April 27, 2021

Met Office and Microsoft are to build a weather forecasting supercomputer in the UK. The UK Government is to invest 1.2 billion Pound Sterling in the project. About the Supercomputer The supercomputer is expected to be one of the top ..

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Param Siddhi: India’s AI supercomputer among world top 500 most power non-distributed computers

November 18, 2020

Param Siddhi is a high-performance computing-artificial intelligence (HPC-AI) supercomputer that was established at C-DAC under the National Supercomputing Mission. It has secured rank 63 in TOP 500 most powerful non-distributed computer system list in the world. What are the features ..

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IIT Delhi has offered the use of the PADUM supercomputer

April 4, 2020

IIT Delhi has offered the use of its high performance computational resources (supercomputer) for research work regarding COVID-19 for the next 6 months. About the Initiative IIT Delhi has offered computational time worth about 1 crore INR for free for ..

IIT Kharagpur signs pact with C-DAC to build India’s first state-of-the-art 1.3 PetaFlop High-Performance Computing facility

March 17, 2019

The IIT Kharagpur has signed a MoU with Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) to set up India’s first state-of-the-art 1.3 PetaFlop high performance computing facility and data center funded under the National Supercomputing Mission. PetaFlop is the measurement ..

Pratyush- India’s Fastest Supercomputer

April 7, 2018

India’s fastest and first multi-petaflops (PF) supercomputer named Pratyush was unveiled at Pune-based Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM). The supercomputer has been named as ‘Pratyush’ meaning Sun. It is the fourth fastest supercomputer in the world  dedicated for weather and climate research.