Vishal Dhupar, MD, South Asia, Nvidia and Rajan Anandan, MD, Peak
India’s computing infrastructure is less than 2 percent of global capacity, which a senior official from GPU chipmaker Nvidia said is a limiting factor in research contributions staying within the 2 percent range.
Speaking at StartUp Mahakumbh, Nvidia Asia South MD Vishal Dhupar on Monday said the contribution of research from Indians abroad is around 12 percent due to the availability of computing infrastructure.
“India today is about below 2 percent compared to the US and China combined is closer to 58-59 percent. If you go back and figure out why research in India is as low as, what it is, we’re talking about India’s contribution of 2 percent. There is a direct correlation with that. Indians who actually contribute to the research part are not based in India but contribute 12 percent because infrastructure is available there,” Dhupar said.
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The demand for GPU-based servers or accelerated computing has increased as they can process data at a higher speed compared to CPU-based servers.
The race for AI development among global companies has led to a shortage of GPUs.
According to industry estimates, Nvidia dominates the GPU market with a share of around 88 percent and there is a 12-18 month delay in acquiring GPUs from the company due to high demand around the world.
The Cabinet has approved the India AI Mission with an outlay of Rs 10,372 crore for five years to boost AI development in the country.
Under the mission, supercomputing capacity comprising over 10,000 GPUs (graphics processing units) will be made available to various stakeholders for creating an AI ecosystem.
“For researchers you need infrastructure: the instrument on which research is done and that is something that is being developed. Of course we are very excited about what the government has announced. That is a good start,” said Dhupar.
Reliance, Tata, Yotta, Netweb and some other Indian companies have collaborated with Nvidia to build and install GPU-based servers in India.
Dhupar said the machines ordered by Yotta have landed in the country and will soon be deployed in the country.
Hiranandani group-owned data center company Yotta Data Services plans to install more than 20,400 Nvidia GPU-based supercomputers by June 2024.
“If we can build accelerated computing infrastructure quickly and quickly, research will happen and, more importantly, you will add $1 trillion to the economy,” Dhupar said.
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First print: March 19, 2024 | 12:02 pm IST