What is Supercomputer
Let’s learn about the importance of supercomputers in technology for high speed, huge data storage, accurate analysis, simultaneous use by many people, scientific research, coding faster than humans, and research.
Supercomputer
A supercomputer is an electronic device with a high processing speed. It has a higher computing capacity than a normal computer. It is characterized by large memory and high speed. The performance of supercomputers is measured in Plops.
Applications: Useful for large-scale computer simulations. Large-scale data analysis. Government data storage and analysis. Urban climate problems. Banking Financial Sectors. Defense sector applications. Analysis of earthquakes. Disaster management.Pharmaceutical development.Interdisciplinary research.Computational chemistry.Computational material science, nanomaterials.Molecular dynamics. Predicting climate. Climate Modelling.Aero Space Engineering.Computational Biology, Bioinformatics.Nuclear Science.Astrophysics.
Supercomputers in India
For the first time, the National Aero-Space Laboratory in Bangalore started the Floswar project for the development of supercomputers. C-Doc (Center for Development of Advanced Computing) is an organization that is useful for the development of research in information technology and electronics. It comes under the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
C-Doc research centers are located in Pune, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Thiruvananthapuram, Kolkata, Mohali, Mumbai, Delhi, Patna, and Noida. This organization has established two supercomputer centers in India. They are National Param Supercomputing Facility – Pune. C-Doc Tera Scale Supercomputing Facility -Bangalore.
India’s first supercomputing facility – Bangalore. Param-8000, India’s first supercomputer, was manufactured by C-Doc in 1990. Its capacity is one gigaflop. Parlay Mission was shortened to Param.
C-Doc Param series of supercomputers
Param-10000 in the year 1998: It has a capacity of 100 gigaflops.
Param Padma in 2002: It has a capacity of 1 teraflop. It was ranked 171 in the 2003 world supercomputer rankings.
In 2008, Param Yuva: its capacity of 54 teraflops ranked 69th in the 2008 World Supercomputer Rankings.
Param Yuva-2 in 2013: This computer has a capacity of 529 petaflops. It was ranked 44th in the 2013 World Supercomputer Rankings.
Param Kanchan Jung: It has a capacity of 15 teraflops. It is used in NIT-Sikkim. C-Doc has been jointly established by the Center for Communication and Information Technology.
Supercomputers at various institutions
Virgo -IIT Madras is there. It was ranked 364th in the world supercomputer rankings in 2012.
Anupam: It is located in Baba Atomic Research Center. It is used for molecular dynamics simulation, crystal structure analysis, gamma ray simulation, etc. Another supercomputer built by Bark company in 2005 is Anupam Ameyah.
Saga: Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre.
PACE: Processor for Aerodynamic Computations and Evaluations is the full name of PACE. It was developed by Anurag of DRDO. It is used for computational fluid dynamics, the automotive sector, aircraft design, etc.
EKA: Computational Research Laboratory, Pune.
Aditya: Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune. Another computer with it is Pratyush. It was ranked 39th among the world’s supercomputers in 2018.
Vikram 100: Physical Research Laboratories, Ahmedabad.
Param Ishan: Capacity 250 teraflops, IIT caves.
Mihir: National Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasting, Noida. It was ranked 66th among the world’s supercomputers in 2018.