India unveiled Pratyush, meaning the sun, the High Performance Computing (HPC) facility has been established at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune
It has the array of computers which can deliver a peak power of 6.8 petaflops.
Petaflops is a Unit of computers Computing Speed.
Pratyush is the fourth fastest supercomputer in the world dedicated for weather and climate research, and follows machines in Japan, USA and the United Kingdom.
With the new system, it would be possible to map regions in India at a resolution of 3 km and the globe at 12 km.
It will also move an Indian supercomputer from the 300s to the 30s in the Top 500 list, a respected international tracker of the world’s fastest supercomputers.
The machines will be installed at two government institutes:
0 petaflops HPC facility at IITM, Pune
8 petaflops facility at the National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecast, Noida.