According to S. Krishnan, Secretary, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), the government wants to fully indigenize and become a global leader in supercomputing by developing its own high-performance computing (HPC) processor, or AUM.
He was giving a speech at a national capital event when the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) announced its collaboration with Socionext Inc. and MosChip Technologies on the design and development of an HPC chip that will be made in the country.
The 5nm technology node from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is the foundation for the Arm architecture that powers the HPC processor.
“The announcement represents a noteworthy advancement in semiconductor architecture. It illustrates India’s capacity for domestic high-performance computing development. The Department of Science and Technology’s Head of Scientific Divisions (HOD), Dr. Praveen Kumar S., stated that these consortium-style endeavours in collaboration with business are vital.
Keenheads Technologies, an Indian startup, has been hired by C-DAC as a programme management consultant (PMC) for the creation of the AUM, an indigenous HPC processor.
“We have achieved over 50% indigenization with regard to the system software stack, interconnects, and server nodes. We now want to construct an indigenous HPC processor, called AUM, to achieve full indigenization,” Krishnan stated.
