Most of the supercomputers of India are in bangalore
By siliconindia   |   Tuesday, 05 January 2010, 21:51 IST   |    1 Comments
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Most of the supercomputers of India are in bangalore
Bangalore: The latest ranking by Supercomputer Education and Research Centre (SERC) shows that Bangalore has five of India's top 15 supercomputers, including the third fastest. The 'Top supercomputers-India' list identifies the number of supercomputers and the most powerful ones in India, and is complementary to the 'Top 500' project that lists supercomputers globally, according to the Times of India. According to the survey, Pune and Chennai follow Bangalore with three Supercomputers each. Delhi has two Supercomputers, while Mumbai and Hyderabad have one each. But when it comes to speed Pune has the two fastest supercomputers in India, which are HP supercomputer at Computational Research Laboratory and Param supercomputer at C- DAC, Pune. IISc's IBM Blue Gene supercomputer in Bangalore is at the third spot. Blue Gene is followed by HP Proliant at Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, and SGI Altix at CSIR Centre for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation. The procedures for submission of supercomputers and verification in India are similar to the ones needed for the world list. The evaluation procedure is the same as in Top 500 project, in which the best performance on the Linpack (software) benchmark is used as the measure for ranking every supercomputer. The performance criteria for ranking is a minimum 1.71 TFlops. The new average performance is 16.49 TFlops, while the combined performance is 247.28 TFlops. The three fastest supercomputers in India are on the Top 500 list in the world, thanks to talented scientists. Scientists say the list can help Indian installation sites or institutes to compare the capabilities of supercomputers. "The project is meant to create and promote healthy competition among supercomputing initiatives, and can lead to significant advancement in this area," a scientist said. 'Top supercomputers-India' list identifies number of supercomputers and the most powerful ones in India. The list is complementary to 'Top 500' project that lists supercomputers globally. It can help institutes to compare the capabilities of supercomputers.

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