About Supercomputer 'AIRAWAT':
- The supercomputer has been named in the 61st edition of the Top 500 Global Supercomputing List released recently.
- The AI supercomputer AIRAWAT’ is installed at C-DAC, Pune. The system is installed under National Program on AI by the Government of India.
- AIRAWAT's manufacturer is Netweb Technologies.
- Airawat PSAI, stands as India’s largest and fastest AI supercomputing system, with a remarkable speed of 13,170 teraflops.
- Benefits:
- It will empower the Academia, Research Labs, Scientific Community, Industry and Start-Ups to develop indigenous AI-enabled products/solutions especially for solving India-specific grand challenges and complex real-life problems.
- It has the potential to revolutionize various sectors, including weather forecasting, drug discovery, climate modelling, and artificial intelligence research.
About Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC):
- It is a prominent R&D organization under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
- It focuses on research and development in various domains, including information technology, electronics, and supercomputing.
- It was established in the year 1988.
- It was set up to build Supercomputers in context of denial of import of Supercomputers by USA.
- C-DAC build India’s first indigenously built supercomputer Param 8000 in 1991.
