J Satyanarayana, Secretary, Department of Electronics and
Information Technology (DeitY), Govt of India launched PARAM Yuva -
II, the new 500 TeraFlop version of its earlier PARAM Yuva at C-DAC
Pune.
With this launch, C-DAC also becomes the first R&D institution
in India to cross the 500 TF milestone. The launch of PARAM Yuva II
was conducted as part of the Workshop on National Mission on
Supercomputing being organized by C-DAC, Pune.
Speaking on the occasion of the launch, Satyanarayana congratulated
C-DAC for achieving the 500 TF compute power, and reiterated the
support of the Indian government to “establish India’s
place as the primary destination for advanced R&D across the
global landscape. While the Indian IT sector has always been at the
top, the dynamics of the market especially in the light of
financial meltdowns force us to take a re-look at juggling our
priorities. Advanced R&D in emerging areas can be a major
interest area for India as nations struggle to find viable
solutions within budget constraints. Computational infrastructure
and trained manpower will be the initial requirements to take the
initiative forward. The Government of India has always been in
support of the R&D community and with institutions like C-DAC
leading the way forward, the future certainly looks bright for the
nation”
PARAM Yuva – II provides more than half a Petaflop of raw
compute power using hybrid compute technology with compute
co-processor and hardware accelerators. The interconnection network
comprises of home grown PARAMNet-III and Infiniband FDR System Area
Network. PARAM Yuva –II has 200 Terabytes of high performance
storage and support software for parallel computing.
Addressing the media, Prof Rajat Moona, Director General, C-DAC
expressed his happiness and “pride to be able to deliver
India’s first 500 TF supercomputer through C-DAC. Way back in
1991, C-DAC had successfully designed, developed and launched the
first ever supercomputer in India. Over the subsequent years, C-DAC
has consolidated its capabilities in the supercomputing arena to be
able to proliferate its key benefits to the scientific community in
the form of national supercomputing facilities. C-DAC has also set
the precedent by developing the first Gigascale and first Terascale
system in the country. C-DAC is committed to grow supercomputing
technologies and applications further in collaboration with various
agencies in India and abroad.”
With the launch of PARAM Yuva –II, C-DAC has taken a quantum
jump towards creating a general purpose research-oriented
computational environment. This system is designed to solve large
and complex computational problems. This will provide an
opportunity for new scientific endeavors for the research
community. By making use of hybrid technology, the increase in peak
compute power from 54 Teraflop/s to 524 Teraflop/s has been
achieved without any significant change in the electrical power
consumed by the facility.
The system achieved a sustained performance of 360.8 Teraflop/s on
Community standard Linpack benchmark. In comparison to November
2012 list of world’s Top 500 supercomputers, PARAM Yuva
– II would have stood at 62nd position in the world and at
number 1 position in the country. In terms of power efficiency, it
is better than most supercomputing systems and would have achieved
33rd position in the November 2012 List of Top Green 500
supercomputers of the world.