NIT Tiruchirappalli signed MoU with C-DAC Pune for installing state of art super computer

National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Pune for installing a state of the art super computer in the process of becoming part of the National Super Computing Mission of the Government of India.

Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020

Key-Points

A total of 10 Centrally Funded Institutions have been inducted into National Super Computing Mission (NSM) including IISc, Bangalore and seven IITs in addition to NIT, Trichy.

The objective of the NSM is to empower technology institutions with high-performance computing capabilities that can be used for solving socially relevant, computationally intensive problems.

The super Computing facility worth 17 crore rupees will be made available to neighbouring educational institutions, as mandated and in line with NEP-2020.