Three global companies are discussing for an agreement with the government to create a desi graphic processing unit (GPU) in India. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is prepared through GPU. Hulit Packard Enterprise (HP), Advanced Micro devices (AMD) and NVDia are talking to the government about this.
According to a senior government official, the discussion is going on and the agreement will be decided soon. But Nvidia spokesperson refused to comment on the issue and HPE and AMD did not respond to the email sent in this regard.
Recently, Electronics and Information Technology and Railways and Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said in a conversation with Business Standard that the government is under discussion with the government for Make in India GPU and the government will support it. He informed that for this, the Center for Development for Advanced Computing is already being interacted and discussions are going on with global companies.
This discussion is being held at a time when the Ministry of Electronics and Information Broadcasting has already identified the companies that will help in the purchase of GPU necessary in creating important AI infrastructure in the country. The government has received proposals for more than 18,000 GPUs, which is almost double the target (10,000). The country’s largest super computer runs on 700 GPU.
Companies have offered a series of GPU in the application, including Nvidia H10, H200, A100 and L4, AMD Mi 325X, Intel, Intel including Gody-2 BBS and others. Industry sources said that the price limit starts at least Rs 64 per hour for on demand computing in various GPUs. Vaishnav said that this startup, research centers and universities will provide compund power at the rate of about $ 1 per hour, which most in the world
Will be cheaper.
Sources who are aware of the case said that even though the proposed GPU processing power designed in India is not advanced, it will be economical and can introduce a powerful tool for AI with innovation.