Rudra I: Indigenous Server is India’s ‘Super’ Power in Computer Race against US, China, Expert Tells

With the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing agreeing to manufacture 7,000 Rudra I, the first indigenous server, for various institutions of higher learning and premier research institutions funded by the Government of India, News18 speaks to an industry expert on the potential of Rudra I and the possibilities. An official statement also noted that Rudra is poised to demonstrate India’s capability to design, develop, build, and deliver on the nation’s multidisciplinary computing needs, as well as is of critical strategic and national significance. Jadhav also said: “I think launching Rudra I is a vital first step towards a long journey in the x86 computing world.” This initiative, according to him, should be highly applauded and boosted for the benefit of the Indian cloud service providers. The expert said: “With the Trinetra HPC interconnect, it is possible to create a Torus network architecture in a switchless manner that avoids performance bottlenecks and enables systems to intercommunicate over a short distance.” He also believes that such innovations in the network and computing side will enable India to compete in the supercomputers race against the US, China and other countries.