The super cluster a set of tightly-connected computers that work together at IIT-Madras has been declared the fastest among all educational institutions in the country. <\/p>\n
TOP500, a global project that details the most powerful known computer systems in the world, has ranked the new IBM Virgo Super Cluster at IIT-Madras as the 224thin the top 500. <\/p>\n
The other Indian entries ahead of the one at IIT Madras are the machines at an ISRO facility in Mumbai and the CSIR Lab in Bangalore. The cluster worth Rs. 9 crore, which will be put to use from Monday, will enormously increase the speed of computing and accuracy of results of research experiments. <\/p>\n
This new system will be available to users, both professors and research scholars, across departments. Users can access it from wherever they are. <\/p>\n
Five years ago, the institute was the first IIT to set up a cluster with a computing power of 20 teraflops, but Virgo has a computing power of 97 teraflops. <\/p>\n
It took almost ten months for us to plan this, said P.B. Sunil Kumar, professor (physics), in-charge, high performance computing. The cluster will be of great help to various ambitious projects at IIT-Madras. <\/p>\n
If a normal desktop CPU requires power of 300 units, this cluster works on 120 Kilo units per hour and is spread across 36 sq m. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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