India to have 70 super computers for high-level research

[Hindustani78]

India to have 70 super computers for high-level research
Published 24-May-2015 10:43 IST

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  New Delhi: The government has begun the process of having 70 super computers in the country, which will enable high-level research in different fields for not only government agencies but also the private sector. The super computer will help India do research in different fields ranging from climate, defence and other areas, which a normal computer is ill-equipped for.
  
  The computer would have a capacity (speed) of half petaflop to 20 petaflop, but by the time the project reaches its full peak, the speed of the super computers can go up to 50 petaflop.
  
  A petaflop is a measure of a computer's processing speed and can be expressed as a thousand trillion floating point operations per second.
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  "The project, which costs around Rs 4,500 crore is in its nascent stage.
  
  It will come up with association of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the Department of Information and Technology (DIT). These super computers will be in different parts of country," Ashutosh Sharma, Secretary of DST, said.
  
  The government has formed modalities to discuss nitty- gritty of the project. However, sources pointed out that it is expected to take seven years for the project to complete.
  
  "We will be having these computers across the country where scientists can come and do their research. These can do calculations which your normal desktop or laptop cannot. It can help in defence simulation, computing, biology and material science and earth science," Sharma said.
  
  He said even scientists/researchers other than those affiliated to government institutions can use the super computers. "Many companies have scientists doing their research. They need not go abroad for their research and can instead use these super computers," Sharma said.
  
  However, there are challenges before the plan is undertaken at a full-scale level. First would be building both software and hardware infrastructure for such a large-scale project and making applications for these super computers.
  
  More importantly, having man power for running these super computers would also be a challenge as it would require training them.

 

[WAR-rior]

till when are we supposed to have these 70?

 

[Hindustani78]

till when are we supposed to have these 70?

According to one news article 2022.

Better to wait for the official statement from the Government.

 

[Hindustani78]

B'luru pips Pune to host India's fastest supercomputer
Prashanth G N, May 31, 2015, Bengaluru, DHNS
IISc's 'SahasraT' can clock a peak performance of 1.46 petaflops



The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru has overtaken the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) Pune in hosting the most powerful supercomputer in the country.

Previously, in a 2014 list, Pune held the number one position in the country. At the international level, China hosts the most powerful supercomputer in the world, having overtaken even the United States, which has been leading the world for decades.

IISc’s new supercomputer, a Cray XC40, costing Rs 82 crore or $13 million, is placed in the Supercomputer Education and Research Centre and beats IITM’s Aaditya. “SahasraT” clocks a total peak performance of 1.46 petaflops - one petaflop is 10 to the power of 15 mathematical computations per second.

“Scientists are beaming with pride and are now ready to undertake a lot more experiments than before,” a scientist said. The supercomputers help researchers in varied domains – analysing and predicting weather and climate, making minute calculations in biology, aerospace, mathematics, chemistry, oceanography, meteorology and defence. Minute calculations have to be made in achieving accuracy in developing a fighter aircraft or to understand why the cellular pathways in the body are blocked – such complex fields require very high supercomputing powers that would save time and energy, and effectively enhance the speed of research projects.

“SahasraT” carried out interesting experiments on its launch. An entire landing sequence of a high-lift wing was simulated using complex physics and a hot over-pressured bubble was also simulated using the new machine. IISc has three IBM super computers – one each at the Department of Physics, the Supercomputer Education and Research and the Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences.

Aeronautical Development Agency too has two HP supercomputers, while the CSIR Fourth Paradigm Institute has one more, other than the one in Top 10.

In December 2012, Bengaluru had four of 26 supercomputers, and in December 2011, when Pune was the topper, the City had five of 21 supercomputers. In December 2011, the combined peak performance was 404.71 teraflops, while in December 2012, the combined performance was 1.09 petaflops.

The country is spending Rs 10,000 crore to set up next generation supercomputers in Bengaluru, Mumbai and Hyderabad.

The Chinese supercomputer Tihane-2 is the most powerful in the world. Developed at China’s National University of Defence Technology, it can reach speeds of 33.86 petaflops per second — quadrillions of calculations per second. The US-based Titan, a Cray XK7 system installed at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, comes second at 17.59 petaflop/s worth of computing power. Sequoia, an IBM BlueGene/Q system installed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the US, is third with 17.17 petaflop/s.

The US remains the leading consumer of supercomputers, with 265 of the top 500 systems, up from 253. China is the second largest consumer of supercomputers, leaving Japan in the third position.

 

[IND151]

Very good news................

 

[Hindustani78]

Super computer launched, to improve weather forecasting | Zee News
Last Updated: Tuesday, June 2, 2015 - 20:02

New Delhi: Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan on Tuesday inaugurated a 'high performance' computing facility at NCMRWF that will improve the country's weather forecasting capabilities.

Claiming that the supercomputer named 'Bhaskara' has placed India in the league of the US and European countries, Harsh Vardhan said: "Our facilities for predicting weather are world-class. But what we are adding today is a landmark achievement."

"This is technologically superior to what China and the UK have and matches Europe and the US," he added.

Housed in the National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecast (NCMRWF) in Sector 62, Noida, adjacent to Delhi, Bhaskara is part of the Earth System Science Organisation of the ministry of earth sciences that will considerably enhance prediction capabilities like tropical cyclones, heavy rainfall events, cloud burst events and monsoon, using very high resolution regional models.

"The reliability of weather forecasting is gradually improving now. In coming years it will improve further with development of new technologies and its effective use," Harsh Vardhan said.

IANS

The Union Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Dr. Harsh Vardhan lighting the ceremonial lamp at the dedication ceremony of the National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting “BHASKARA” (350 Teraflop High Performance Computing Facility) to the nation, in Noida, Uttar Pradesh on June 02, 2015.

The Union Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Dr. Harsh Vardhan unveiling the plaque to dedicate the National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting “BHASKARA” (350 Teraflop High Performance Computing Facility) to the nation, in Noida, Uttar Pradesh on June 02, 2015.

The Union Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Dr. Harsh Vardhan visiting after dedicating the National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting “BHASKARA” (350 Teraflop High Performance Computing Facility) to the nation, in Noida, Uttar Pradesh on June 02, 2015.

The Union Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Dr. Harsh Vardhan addressing at the dedication ceremony of the National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting “BHASKARA” (350 Teraflop High Performance Computing Facility) to the nation, in Noida, Uttar Pradesh on June 02, 2015.

The Union Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Dr. Harsh Vardhan addressing at the dedication ceremony of the National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting “BHASKARA” (350 Teraflop High Performance Computing Facility) to the nation, in Noida, Uttar Pradesh on June 02, 2015.

 

[Bullet500]

This is terrible... Nvidia X1 has a throughput of 1terra flops the newer Dev board has a throughput of over 2 Terra flops. And that is from a Dev board smaller than your hand. And consumes just 4 watts. We should be ashamed of calling these super computers. High performance computing my ***..

 

[AugenBlick]

This is terrible... Nvidia X1 has a throughput of 1terra flops the newer Dev board has a throughput of over 2 Terra flops. And that is from a Dev board smaller than your hand. And consumes just 4 watts. We should be ashamed of calling these super computers. High performance computing my ***..

agree.

 

[Kinetic]

Con steadily killed India's scientific capability. Not a single initiative!

I hope NaMo will change this. CDAC should work like a company to sell sucomp

 

[Echo_419]

This is terrible... Nvidia X1 has a throughput of 1terra flops the newer Dev board has a throughput of over 2 Terra flops. And that is from a Dev board smaller than your hand. And consumes just 4 watts. We should be ashamed of calling these super computers. High performance computing my ***..

I agree with you but this is what happens when you Congress ruling over is for more than 6 decades

 

[Hindustani78]

Power drive: India is working to enter the big league of supercomputing. The picture shows China’s fastest supercomputer, ‘Tianhe.’

http://www.thehindu.com/news/nation...-juggernaut/article17363153.ece?homepage=true


The as-yet-unnamed giant could win a spot in the top ten global list, and improve weather forecasting
Come June, India will likely unveil its most powerful supercomputer. If its processors operate at the full capacity of 10 petaflops (1 followed by 15 zeroes of floating point operations per second), a clock speed a million times faster than the fastest consumer laptops, it could earn a place among the world’s top 10 fastest supercomputers.

Though India has built or hosted supercomputers since the 1990s, it held a ‘top 10’ spot only once, in 2007, thanks to the EKA built by the Computational Research Laboratories, which is part of the Tata group. This position was lost, though several ultra-fast machines exist in Indian academic institutions: they feature in the 100s or 200s in global rankings.

The as-yet-unnamed machine will be jointly hosted at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune and the National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting at Noida in Uttar Pradesh.

For the first time, colleges and other research institutions can log in and harness its power to address problems, ranging from weather modelling to understanding how proteins fold. “The tender [to select the company that will build the machine] is ready and we hope to have it [the computer] by June” Madhavan Rajeevan, Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences, told The Hindu.

₹400 crore sanctioned
The government has sanctioned ₹400 crore for the project this year. Most of the machine’s computing power will help in monsoon forecasting, using a dynamical model. This requires simulating the weather for a given month — say March — and letting a custom-built model calculate how the actual weather will play out over June, July, August and September.

The processing speed of supercomputers is only one of the factors that determine its worth, with power usage and arrangement of processors, being other key metrics that determine the worth of a system.

Top500, the global authority tracking the fastest 500 computers, said in its latest report that China and the U.S. were “pacing each other for supercomputing supremacy.”

 

[Hindustani78]

Ministry of Earth Science
30-January, 2018 17:18 IST
Dr. Harsh vardhan inaugurates high performance computing (HPC) facility at Noida

Facility to propel India’s ranking to Top 30 in the list of hpc facilities in The World

Union Minister for Earth Science, Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Dr. Harsh Vardhan has urged scientists and researchers to strengthen fundamental science and move towards solution science. Dedicating to the nation, the High Performance Computer (HPC) System named ‘Mihir’ (meaning ‘Sun’) at the National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF) at Noida today, Dr. Harsh Vardhan said that with this facility, India’s capacity in weather forecasting will improve. The Minister said that the HPC facility will be India’s largest HPC facility in terms of peak capacity and performance and will propel India’s ranking from the 368th position to around the top 30 in the Top 500 list of HPC facilities in the world. He also pointed out that India will now also be ranked 4th, after Japan, UK and USA for dedicated HPC resources for weather/climate community. Dr. Harsh Vardhan expressed confidence that soon India will be able to match the capacities of these four nations. Stating that India’s scientific research capabilities can be compared to the best in the world, he pointed out that Government sponsored National Laboratories top the institutions contribute most in terms of number of research papers in the field of Earth Sciences.

Dr. Harsh Vardhan stated that the Ministry, in collaboration with Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is providing district-level agro meteorological advisories to farmers through 130 agromet field units. “Presently about 24 million farmers receive these advisories with information of weather forecasts on district level. These services will now be extended to block level (for about 6500 blocks) by establishing district centres (630 centres) with the help of ICAR KrishiVigyanKendras. It is planned to reach out to about 45 million farmers by July 2018”, he said. In this regard, the Minister also referred to the Union Cabinet’s approval to the National Monsoon Mission. Recounting some of the other achievements of Ministry of Earth Science, Dr. Harsh Vardhan referred to a Rs. 500 crore project in Koyna for putting in place an earthquake warning system.

Speaking on the occasion, Secretary, MoES, Dr M. Rajeevan said that at present, forecasts are being made for the district level, but efforts are being made to take it down to the block level.

The new HPC facility is expected to improve the following services:

• Weather forecasts at block level over India which can predict extreme weather events.
• High resolution seasonal/extended range forecasts of active/break spells of Monsoon.
• Very high resolution coupled models for prediction of cyclones with more accuracy and lead time.
• Ocean state forecasts including marine water quality forecasts at very high resolution.
• Tsunami forecasts with greater lead time.
• Air quality forecasts for various cities
• Climate projections at very high resolution.

This new HPC facility will not only help in meeting the operational requirements of the MoES but also support the research and development activities in MoES and other academic institutions working on various problems related to Earth Science. The Ministry of Earth Science has developed several services for societal benefits catering to a variety of sectors of economy by building state-of-the-art systems for multi-hazard risk reduction from cyclones, floods/droughts, heat/cold waves, earthquakes and tsunamis. The Ministry has acquired the HPC facility of 6.8 Peta Flops (PF) and has been installed at two of its constituent units: 4.0 Peta Flops HPC facility at Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune and 2.8 Peta Flops facility at NCMRWF, Noida. The HPC facility ‘Pratyush’ at IITM was dedicated to the nation on January 8, 2018. This facility is part of Ministry’s continuous endeavor to provide world class forecast services to the citizens of India through its various operational and research and development activities.

The Ministry holistically addresses all aspects related to the Earth System Science for providing weather, climate, ocean, coastal state, hydrological and seismological services. The services include forecasts and warnings for various natural disasters. In addition, the ministry also has the mandate to undertake ocean surveys for living and non-living resources and exploration of all the three poles (Arctic, Antarctic and Himalayas). The services provided by the Ministry are being effectively used by different agencies and state governments for saving human lives and minimizing damages due to natural disasters.



REPORT ON BIBLIOMETRICS ANALYSIS OF RESEARCH IN EARTH SCIENCE RELEASED


Dr. Harsh Vardhan also released the report titled “Bibliometrics analysis of research in the field of Earth System Science” on the occasion. He emphasized that on an average, Indian researchers contribute about 5% of papers in Earth Sciences published worldwide and Indian researchers contribute about 7% of highly cited papers published in Earth Sciences worldwide.

After releasing the report, the Minister said that India’s scholarly output has shown a growth of 11.8% (Compound Annual Growth Rate) during 2006-2015, registering a sharp increase from 5.6% (1995 to 2005). The Minister underlined that in terms of number of research papers during the recent decade (2006-2015), India stands 1st in Himalayan Research, 9th in Atmospheric Sciences, 9th in Geosciences, 15th in Ocean sciences, 16th in Antarctic Research and 25th in the field of Arctic Research. The Minister also stated that institutes that top in various fields include - NGRI, Hyderabad in Geosciences, IITM Pune in Atmospheric Sciences, NIO Goa in Ocean Science, NCAOR Goa in Antarctic and Arctic Sciences and Wadia Institute Dehradun in Himalayan Science. Dr. Harsh Vardhan also pointed out that some universities come very close to the top positions and cited Annamalai University in Ocean Sciences and IIT Kharagpur in Geosciences as examples.

Expert analysis of global research outputs is an essential prerequisite to understand global structure and dynamics of research and development and integrate it into policy documents. Latest tools and techniques of Bibliometrics and Scientometrics are routinely used for such analysis. Understanding the importance of this activity, a project was taken up for the first time in the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) to carry out intensive analysis of research landscape of Earth System Science in India and the world, in two time periods: 1996-2005 and 2006-2015. Publication of the report titled “Bibliometrics analysis of research in the field of Earth System Science” is the outcome towards that end. The report will help us to understand research development scenario in Earth System Science, and the position of India in international landscape.

The Study was performed on the following six topics which are of relevance to the Ministry of Earth Sciences, in two time periods, 1996 to 2005 and 2006 to 2015.

1. Antarctic Research
2. Arctic Research

• Himalayan Research

1. Atmospheric Science & Technology
2. Geo-science and Technology (Geo Research) and
3. Ocean Science and Technology (Ocean Research).

Some other key findings:

• Global research in Earth System Science published 340,905 papers between 1996 and 2005 and 571,616 papers between 2006 and 2015, a nearly 70% increase between the two decades. Annual research output in all subject areas increased in the 20-year period.
• The proportion of internationally collaborative papers also increased from 27.6% to 36.7%. Between 1996-2005 and 2006-2015, the level of international collaboration increased in the most recent period in all six subject areas.
• On an average 20-30% of research papers published by Indian researchers come from international collaborations.
• Among the funding agencies in research, DST, MOES and CSIR contribute maximum number of research papers.

Director, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), Dr. K.J Ramesh, the Head of NCMRWF, Dr. E.N Rajgopal, Project Director, Dr. Praveen Kumar, Joint Secretary, MoES, Dr. Vipin Chandra were among those in the gathering.



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The Union Minister for Science & Technology, Earth Sciences and Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Dr. Harsh Vardhan inaugurating the 2.8 Peta Flops (PF) capacity High Performance Computer (HPC) system named ‘Mihir’, at the National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF), in Noida, Uttar Pradesh on January 30, 2018. The Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Dr. M. Rajeevan is also seen.

The Union Minister for Science & Technology, Earth Sciences and Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Dr. Harsh Vardhan releasing the publication at the inauguration of the 2.8 Peta Flops (PF) capacity High Performance Computer (HPC) system named ‘Mihir’, at the National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF), in Noida, Uttar Pradesh on January 30, 2018. The Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Dr. M. Rajeevan and other dignitaries are also seen.

The Union Minister for Science & Technology, Earth Sciences and Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Dr. Harsh Vardhan visiting after inaugurating the 2.8 Peta Flops (PF) capacity High Performance Computer (HPC) system named ‘Mihir’, at the National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF), in Noida, Uttar Pradesh on January 30, 2018.

The Union Minister for Science & Technology, Earth Sciences and Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Dr. Harsh Vardhan visiting after inaugurating the 2.8 Peta Flops (PF) capacity High Performance Computer (HPC) system named ‘Mihir’, at the National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF), in Noida, Uttar Pradesh on January 30, 2018.

The Union Minister for Science & Technology, Earth Sciences and Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Dr. Harsh Vardhan addressing at the inauguration of the 2.8 Peta Flops (PF) capacity High Performance Computer (HPC) system named ‘Mihir’, at the National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF), in Noida, Uttar Pradesh on January 30, 2018.

The Union Minister for Science & Technology, Earth Sciences and Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Dr. Harsh Vardhan addressing at the inauguration of the 2.8 Peta Flops (PF) capacity High Performance Computer (HPC) system named ‘Mihir’, at the National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF), in Noida, Uttar Pradesh on January 30, 2018. The Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Dr. M. Rajeevan and other dignitaries are also seen.

The Union Minister for Science & Technology, Earth Sciences and Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Dr. Harsh Vardhan addressing a press conference, after inaugurating the 2.8 Peta Flops (PF) capacity High Performance Computer (HPC) system named ‘Mihir’, at the National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF), in Noida, Uttar Pradesh on January 30, 2018. The Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Dr. M. Rajeevan and other dignitaries are also seen.

 

[AndrewJin]

congrats for the world's fastest supa computa

 

[rcrmj]

congrats for the world's fastest supa computa

OMG, you digged this $hit out ?``they said they are going to have 70 super computers in 2022, still 4 years to come, you are bit too early to have fun on this``wine tastes better when its vintage

 

[cirr]

Two separate systems, our Indian friends simply added them up and claim the resultant top30?