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A new supercomputer aims to closely mimic the human brain – it could help unlock the secrets of the mind and advance AI – ET HealthWorld

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A new supercomputer aims to closely mimic the human brain – it could help unlock the secrets of the mind and advance AI – ET HealthWorld

London: A supercomputer scheduled to go online in April 2024 will rival the estimated rate of operations in the human brain, according to researchers in Australia. The machine, called DeepSouth, is capable of performing 228 trillion operations per second. It’s the world’s first supercomputer capable of simulating networks of neurons and synapses (key biological structures … Read more

Supercomputer unveiled at IIT Karagpur to aid research and development activities

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Supercomputer unveiled at IIT Karagpur to aid research and development activities

West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar recently inaugurated petascale supercomputer PARAM Shakti as part of the National Supercomputing Mission  at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur. The supercomputer will help researchers solve large-scale problems in various fields of science and engineering. Petascale computing refers to computing systems capable of calculating at least 1015 floating-point operations … Read more

IISc Unveils Param Pravega, Its Latest Supercomputer: Specifications

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Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has installed a new supercomputer which is claimed to be one of the most powerful of its kind in the country. It is commissioned Param Pravega and has been installed under the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM), it is claimed to be the largest supercomputer in an academic institution. IISc’s Param … Read more

Sberbank Unveils Second Supercomputer Christofari Neo

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A second supercomputer and artificial intelligence (AI) upgrades form part of Sberbank’s enhanced offerings of digital services such as cloud computing and virtual assistant software, Chief Technology Officer David Rafalovsky told Reuters on Wednesday. Russia’s largest lender is investing more in non-banking services as it shifts towards offering more technology systems, even last year dropping … Read more

US adds Chinese supercomputer centers to export blacklist

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The United States on Thursday restricted trade with top Chinese supercomputing centers, saying that Beijing‘s growing efforts in the field could have military uses that pose dangers. The seven centers or entities were put on the US government’s entity list, which means they require special permission for exports and imports from the United States. “Supercomputing … Read more

C-DAC to commission India’s fastest HPC-AI Supercomputer ‘PARAM Siddhi – AI’ with NVIDIA

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PUNE: NVIDIA said on Monday that the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) will commission India’s largest HPC-AI supercomputer, ‘PARAM Siddhi – AI’. This initiative will put India among the top countries in global AI supercomputing research and innovation, it said. The initiative has been spearheaded by Abhishek Das, Scientist and Program Director (HPC-AI … Read more