‘AIRAWAT’, an AI Supercomputer, Ranked 75th in the World

‘AIRAWAT’ is an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Supercomputer of India that has secured 75th rank in the top 500 list of supercomputers in the world. ‘AIRAWAT’ Supercomputer details are discussed below.

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‘AIRAWAT’ AI Supercomputer: It is an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Supercomputer of India that has secured 75^th rank in the top 500 list of supercomputers in the world. ‘AIRAWAT’ AI Supercomputer is also important for UPSC Prelims Exam and UPSC Mains Exam (GS Paper 3- Science and Technology, Indigenous developments in science and technology in India).

‘AIRAWAT’ AI Supercomputer in News

C-DAC, Pune’s AI Supercomputer named ‘AIRAWAT’ has achieved the impressive rank of 75th in the latest edition of the Top 500 Global Supercomputing List. This announcement took place at the International Supercomputing Conference (ISC 2023) held in Germany.

‘AIRAWAT’ AI Supercomputer Features

The achievement of ‘AIRAWAT’ AI Supercomputer being raked at 75^th, positions India as a leading nation in AI Supercomputing globally. The installation of this system is part of the Government of India’s National Program on AI. The ‘AIRAWAT’ AI supercomputer has been installed this year only.

Capacity: Airawat PSAI, stands as India’s largest and fastest AI supercomputing system, with a remarkable speed of 13,170 teraflops (Rpeak).
Installation: The AI supercomputer ‘AIRAWAT’ is installed at C-DAC, Pune.
Manufacturer: AIRAWAT’s manufacturer is Netweb Technologies.
Operating System: The operating system of AI Supercomputer ‘AIRAWAT’ is Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS.
Processor: The supercomputer runs on AMD EPYC 7742 64C 2.25GHz processor with 81,344 cores.

Top 500 List of Supercomputers

The Top500 is a compilation of the 500 fastest computer systems currently in use. It was first initiated in 1993 and has been regularly updated every six months since then.

The list identifies the locations that possess the 500 most powerful computer systems worldwide.
The ranking is based on the best performance achieved in the Linpack benchmark, which measures a computer’s floating-point execution rate.
This benchmark involves running a program that solves a complex system of linear equations.
It’s worth noting that the characteristics of the benchmark have evolved somewhat over the years.

Other Indian Supercomputers under Top 500 List

Artificial Intelligence is the most promising technology in the digital age. India has a strong ecosystem and competitive advantage for AI due to its massive data availability, strong digital economy and skilled workforce. There are three other supercomputers in the Top 500 list. These include:

PARAM Siddhi-AI supercomputer ranked at No. 131: The PARAM Siddhi-AI supercomputer’s specs include NVIDIA DGX A100, AMD EPYC 7742 64C 2.25GHz, NVIDIA A100, Mellanox HDR Infiniband, Atos. This supercomputer too is installed at Center for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Pune.
Pratyush supercomputer ranked at No. 169: The supercomputer is Cray XC40, Xeon E5-2695v4 18C 2.1GHz, Aries interconnect, HPE. It is installed at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology.
Mihir supercomputer at No. 316: Mihir supercomputer is Cray XC40, powered by Xeon E5-2695v4 18C 2.1GHz, Aries interconnect, HPE. It is installed at the National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting.

PARAM ANANTA Supercomputer- National Supercomputing Mission (NSM)