The High Performance Computing (HPC) system of NESAC with 1440 cores and peak performance of 119 TFLOPS, was inaugurated by Dr. S. P. Aggarwal, Director, NESAC, on 23rd December 2025, in the presence of Dr K K Sarma, Group Head, RSAG. The program was also attended by the Heads of Divisions and scientists of the Centre as well as the representatives from the vendor who supplied the system.
The NESAC HPC system is a state-of-the art system with latest generation of both CPU and GPU ready servers and Integrated Data Centre (IDC). The HPC system was procured, installed and commissioned with the technical support from Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC), Pune. The Cluster management software has also been supplied by CDAC, Pune. The HPC system has been established to support compute-intensive scientific research and operational activities, including numerical weather prediction, lightning research, flood modelling, as well as large-scale geospatial data processing, particularly involving high-volume satellite and drone-based datasets. During the inaugural address, Director, NESAC highlighted the importance of having such a modern facility for conducting cutting edge research and congratulated NESAC Scientists for having this facility. He provided a brief overview of the HPC system, highlighting its computational capabilities, that will create new opportunities in the domain of data-intensive research activities.
