C-DAC: NPSF - Super Computer PARAM Anant

C-DAC Home

RELATED LINKS

	C-DAC's Tera-Scale Supercomputing Facility
	General Enquiry Form

Home > NPSF > PARAM Anant

PARAM Anant

PARAM Anant is a low-cost supercomputing solution based on C-DAC's unique OpenFrame architecture for scalable and high-performance computing that incorporates well-known Cluster of Workstations (COW) and Massively Parallel Processing (MPP) concepts. The core supercomputing technologies for the PARAM Anant are derived from C-DAC's 100GF PARAM 10000 installed at the National Param Supercomputing Facility located at Pune, India which is a culmination of over 10 years of C-DAC's expertise in the development of supercomputers for scientific and engineering applications.

The entire system including the compute nodes, network elements and the system software are upgradeable at the system, component and technology levels to suit the needs of the users.

With PARAM Anant, supercomputing is now accessible to the education, research and business communities at an affordable cost. The distinguishing features of this supercomputing platform are:

Based on off-the-shelf components
Supports cluster of microprocessors (CLUMPS), exploiting shared and distributed memory
Uses PARAMNet as the high-bandwidth System Area Network (SAN)
Switch architecture supports scalability through multistage networks
MPI layered over active messages to exploit the low latency and high bandwidth of SAN
C-DAC's HPCC software suite for program development, system management and software engineering
Wide range of applications/kernels

Further details about its various features and usage can be obtained by following the links given below:

	Architecture Overview
	PARAMNet
	Open Software Environment
	Benchmarks
	Applications
	Specifications

NPSF

	NPSF Objectives
	Resources at NPSF
	PARAM 10000
	PARAM Anant
	NPSF Technical Affiliation Scheme
	Users at NPSF
	Virtual Walkaround of NPSF