India is driving the evolution of the Asian HPC market

Supercomputers are now being used in commercial ventures unlike initially

when they were used only for R&D. What are the trends in this space?



Supercomputer application is getting diversified from its previous domains

of R&D to industrial use and spans across areas ranging from environment

perspective to engineering designing like automobile and jetliner, energy, earth

resources prospecting, etc. We are now better able to predict imminent

hazardous, severe weather, and its impact on the environment. Climate

researchers have seen their computational requirements increase at a warp speed

to come up with feasible solutions to the imminent global environmental change.

Now, HPC is getting pervasive in pursuing curtailed time-to-solution in

engineering designing, as well as reduced total cost of ownership. Auto

manufacturers are maximizing the possibilities of large-scale simulations for

test crashes and fluid dynamics, which enable shorter development periods.

One promising future application would be for medical sciences where HPC can

be utilized for identifying root causes of diseases and drug discovery that

would pave the way for customized medications.

How do you view the Indian supercomputer market currently?



India is now spearheading the evolution of the Asian HPC market.

Historically, India has been competitive in fundamental research with its

technological marvel, and the demand for intensive number crunching and

data-centric solutions is growing with its focus gradually shifting from

high-end research purpose to industrial usage.

How important is the Indian market for NEC?



The criticality of the Indian market can be gauged from the fact that India

is spearheading the development of the Asian IT industry and economy and its

market growth is skyrocketing at an annual rate of around 20%; synergy with

increased dominance of the investment in IT service and application usage in

sharp contrast to China; and high adaptability of business globalization. The

emergence of India as a major force in the global economy is one of the most

notable events during the past quarter century and the continued growth is

likely to dominate the world economy for the next several decades.

Stuti Das



stutid@cybermedia.co.in