CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -IIT Kharagpur has also established the Centre for Computational and Data Science with a mandate to train the researchers in Supercomputer accelerated R&D.

Detailed explanation-2: -PARAM ANANTA, a state-of the art Supercomputer at IIT Gandhinagar dedicated to the nation under National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) - a joint initiative of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and Department of Science and Technology (DST), was commissioned on May 30, 2022 by Smt.

Detailed explanation-3: -One of the fastest supercomputer in India is PARAM Ananta which was launched on May 30, 2022, at IIT, Gandhinagar. This supercomputer was developed under the NSM by C-DAC and IIT Gandhinagar. It is at 102 positions among the world’s top 500 supercomputers, with a peak performance of 3.3 Petaflops.

Detailed explanation-4: -PARAM Utkarsh is a High Performance Computing System setup at C-DAC, Bangalore under the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM), Government of India. This system offers Artificial Intelligence over Machine Learning & Deep Learning frameworks, Compute and Storage as a cloud service.

Detailed explanation-5: -PARAM ANANTA Supercomputer was commissioned on May 30, 2022 at IIT Gandhinagar.