Tata’s Eka Supercomputer Goes Cost Effective (for Enterprises) – Rented as a Service
Tata’s EKA supercomputer (ranked 13th among world’s top supercomputers) has devised a ‘desi’ way of monetizing – by renting the supercomputer to enterprises.
- Tata Elxsi used Eka’s processing power to crunch the time required for rendering the animation movie, ‘Roadside Romeo.’ The activity, which would have taken the firm approximately 36-40 months to digitally render the movie in a studio, took only six months, due to the computing power of Eka. It is also significant to note that the firm achieved this feat using only one-third of the processing power of Eka
- Boeing is using Eka’s capability to bring its ideas faster to the market, by offering design and simulation support. Group company, Tata Motors, is using Eka for vehicle simulation and testing digital prototypes. – source
We have tracked Tata EKA right from the day it was launched and what impresses the most is CRL’s (Computational Research Laboratories, Tata Sons’ subsidiary that build Eka) clear plans on making concrete effort towards using their R&D/IP for ‘real-life’ purposes; and most importantly, daring attitude to monetize by renting the supercomputer to enterprises (world’s first?)
A clear difference when intelligence + big thinking comes to responsible private hands as opposed to government (do you know that most of supercomputers at research institutions are lying idle?).
What is it about Tata’s that they are able to innovate so fast? Insights?
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6 months to render a movie.. unbelievable.
Yes, movie producers took 5 months to search in West for help from American supercomputer makers but was refused any help because such sensitive tech. is banned to Indian firms in India.
Then they suddenly found Eka(TATA made) and came back to India, asked for help and got it in last one month.
“A clear difference when intelligence + big thinking comes to responsible private hands as opposed to government (do you know that most of supercomputers at research institutions are lying idle?).”
>> Not True. This is typical Indian mentality to blame Government for everything on earth.
Goto Param Supercomputer made by C-DAC. It was used by DRDO to simulate and test Agni and Prithvi Missiles. Also, by ISRO for PSLV,GSLV simulations.
Apart from PARAM, there are 5 other versions of PARAM made to specific needs of BARC, NPOL and others, being used for simulation and design.
Now, compare TATA with Infosys who waste all their brains on serving western MNC but ZERO focus on R&D.