Tata, the tea-to-cars
conglomerate comes in at number four in the super league as
America's dominance fades
India has broken
into the top tier of supercomputing after a new machine built
by Tata, the country’s largest industrial conglomerate, was
listed as the fourth fastest in the world. Based in Pune, EKA,
the Tata system, is the most powerful computer in Asia,
according to Top 500, the organisation that compiles what is
regarded as the definitive list of the world’s most powerful
systems. The machine was constructed from $30 million worth of
off-the-shelf components from Hewlett Packard in an
architectural framework designed by Tata engineers. It will
work on problems ranging from oil exploration expediations and
research on new drugs to animation and video gaming software.
India’s entry into the top flight of high-speed computing
comes amid a significant reshuffle among the sector’s elite
installations with America’s dominance over the sector coming
under challenge.
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