Ministry of Earth Science has installed a High Performance Computer (HPC) System called Mihir (meaning ‘Sun’), at the National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF).
This HPC facility will be India’s largest HPC facility in terms of peak capacity and performance.
The Earth Science ministry has installed HPC facility total of 6.8 Peta Flops (PF) in two instalments at two different places.
0 PF HPC facility named ‘Pratyush’ at Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune.
8 Peta Flops facility at NCMRWF, Noida.
This will propel India’s ranking from the 368th position to around the top 30 in the Top 500 list of HPC facilities in the world.