This partnership aims to achieve a milestone in India’s indigenisation efforts of supercomputing.
On Monday, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (meitY) announced that the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) has collaborated with MosChip Technologies and Socionext Inc. to design and develop a high-performance computing (HPC) processor System-on-Chip (SoC).
This SoC is based on Arm architecture and will be fabricated using Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s (TSMC) 5nm technology node.
As per the agreement, C-DAC will create a high-performance Arm Neoverse V2 CPU platform and integrate advanced packaging techniques.
The government has appointed Keenheads Technologies, an Indian startup, as the project’s Program Management Consultant (PMC).
The ministry mentioned in its official statement that C-DAC is focused on achieving full indigenisation of supercomputing technology in India. They have developed the indigenous compute node RUDRA, Trinetra-Interconnect, and a system software stack.
This approach will allow the government to maintain ownership of distinctive features, ensuring a notable competitive advantage.
Mr. S. Krishnan, Secretary of MeitY, mentioned that their indigenisation efforts have surpassed 50% with server nodes, interconnects, and system software stack.
According to his statement, the Government of India and MeitY are committed to advancing India towards technological sovereignty and leveraging supercomputing for national development and global leadership.
Shri E Magesh, Director General, C-DAC, also spoke on the occasion and said,“This collaboration is designed to meet the evolving demands of HPC and related applications and aims to design, develop, and produce a native HPC processor that propels India to the forefront in the supercomputing arena.”
The National Supercomputing Mission (NSM), launched in 2015 and supported by MeitY and DST, aims to establish India as a global leader in supercomputing. It focuses on advancing India’s capacity to tackle significant national and global challenges. As part of this initiative, C-DAC is developing and installing high-performance computing (HPC) systems in renowned research and academic institutions nationwide.
