EKA (abbreviation of Embedded Karmarkar Algorithm, also means the number One in Sanskrit[6]), is a supercomputer built by the Computational Research Laboratories, a company founded by Dr. Narendra Karmarkar, for scaling up a supercomputer architecture he designed at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research with a group of his students and project assistants over a period of 6 years.
| Active | October 2007[1] |
|---|---|
| Operators | Computational Research Laboratories, Tata Sons |
| Location | Computational Research Laboratories, Pune, India |
| Memory | 28.7 TeraByte[2] |
| Storage | 40 TeraByte[2] |
| Speed | 172.6 TeraFLOPS[3] |
| Cost | US$30,000,000 INR 1,800,000,000 (assuming US$1 = 60 INR)[4] |
| Ranking | 14 November 2007 |
| Purpose | Multipurpose[5] |
CRL became a subsidiary of Tata Sons after their investment into the company. The hardware platform required for initial software development was built with technical assistance from Hewlett-Packard.[5]
Design
editTo enable design of new software, a previously proven hardware platform was needed. This was provided in the EKA system using 14,352[2] cores based on the Intel QuadCore Xeon processors. The primary interconnect is Infiband 4x DDR. EKA occupies about 4,000-square-foot (370 m2) area.[7] It was built using offshelf components from Hewlett-Packard, Mellanox and Voltaire Limited.[2] It was built within a short period of 6 weeks.[8]
Ranking history
editAt the time of its unveiling, it was the fourth-fastest supercomputer in the world and the fastest in Asia.[7]
See also
edit- SAGA-220, a 220-TeraFLOPS supercomputer built by ISRO
- PARAM series of supercomputers by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing
- Supercomputing in India
References
edit- ^ "Tatas' supercomputer Eka adjudged world's fourth fastest". 14 November 2007. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
- ^ a b c d "Top500: EKA (Details)". Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
- ^ "Top500: EKA(Performance)". Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
- ^ "Tata's supercomputer Eka is fastest in Asia". The Economics Times. 14 November 2007. Archived from the original on August 12, 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2007.
- ^ a b "India breaks into supercomputing elite". Times Online. 13 November 2007. Retrieved 16 September 2007.
India has broken into the top tier of supercomputing after a new machine built by Tata
[dead link] - ^ "eka - Sanskrit Meaning".
- ^ a b "Top500: EKA (Supercomputer)". 14 November 2007.
- ^ "Supercomputer another feather in Tatas` cap". 14 November 2007. Retrieved 24 April 2017.