The Indian government is already working on building a native HPC processor called AUM with the ultimate goal of indigenization and a monopoly in global supercomputing for Made in India products. This plan was unveiled by S. Krishnan, Secretary of the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), at an event in Delhi where C-DAC MosChip Technologies & Socionext Inc teamed up to design & develop the indigenous HPC chip.
The HPC processor is designed on Arm architecture & implements TSMC’s five-node model; it is a landmark achievement in chip designing & illustrates the potential of India to develop indigenously high-performance computing chips. Dr Praveen Kumar S., the head of scientific divisions at the Department of Science and Technology, continued by noting the need to undertake consortia ventures with industries while noting the importance of such endeavours in taking forward the fortunes of the nation’s technological landscapes.
C-DAC is currently leading the design of the AUM indigenous HPC processor, where Keenheads Technologies, an India-based firm, is involved in the project program management consultancy. In this aspect, Krishnan pointed out that India has already localised over 50 percent and has achieved improvements in the server Nodes, interconnect and the System Software Stack. Now, the goal is total indigenisation, which will be complemented by the creation of an AUM processor.
The move actually forges with India’s strategic direction of moving towards making the country an independent destination in key technology segments, which is not just the mission of developing countries to become technologically self-reliant nations but to become prime movers and leaders in advanced computing systems. The concept of an organized strategy of government bureaus, research institutes, and industry partners supports a systematic approach to promoting indigenous innovation and specialized technologies.
Over the course of the project, its outcomes are anticipated to enhance India’s competence in design and fabrication methods related to these semiconductor technologies for use in various fields such as scientific, defence, and industrial sectors. The formation of the AUM processor is consistent with the Indian visual direction of leveraging ‘Made in India’ solutions for ‘Developments of India & Enhancing India’s Competitiveness’.
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