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{{Infobox custom computer
| Name = EKA
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| Dates = October 2007<ref name=hindu>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/todays-paper/article1674679.ece?ref=archive|title=Tatas’ supercomputer Eka adjudged world’s fourth fastest|date=14 November 2007|access-date=16 September 2011}}</ref>
| Location = [[Computational Research Laboratories]], [[Pune]], [[India]]
| Operators = Computational Research Laboratories, [[Tata Sons]]
| Architecture =
| Memory = 28.7 [[TeraByte]]<ref name=top500EKA3>{{cite web|url=http://www.top500.org/system/details/9504|title=Top500: EKA (Details)|access-date=16 September 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320010358/http://www.top500.org/system/details/9504|archive-date=20 March 2012}}</ref>
| Storage = 40 TeraByte<ref name="top500EKA3"/>
| Speed = 172.6 [[FLOPS|TeraFLOPS]]<ref name=top500EKA>{{cite web|url=http://www.top500.org/system/performance/9504|title=Top500: EKA(Performance)|access-date=16 September 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320010428/http://www.top500.org/system/performance/9504|archive-date=20 March 2012}}</ref>
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| Cost = US$30,000,000<br/>[[Indian rupee|INR]] 1,800,000,000 (assuming US$1 = 60 INR)<ref name=indiatimes>{{cite news|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2007-11-14/news/27686717_1_supercomputer-computational-research-laboratories-crl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812020132/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2007-11-14/news/27686717_1_supercomputer-computational-research-laboratories-crl|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 12, 2011|newspaper=The Economics Times| title=Tata's supercomputer Eka is fastest in Asia|date=14 November 2007|access-date=16 September 2007}}
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| ChartDate = 14 November 2007
| Purpose = Multipurpose<ref name=timeol>{{cite news | title=India breaks into supercomputing elite| url=http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/technology/article2863079.ece| newspaper=Times Online| quote=India has broken into the top tier of supercomputing after a new machine built by Tata|date=13 November 2007|access-date=16 September 2007}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
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'''EKA''' (abbreviation of Embedded Karmarkar Algorithm, also means the number ''One'' in [[Sanskrit]]<ref name="eka">{{cite news |title=eka - Sanskrit Meaning |url=https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/eka-}}</ref>), is a [[supercomputer]] built by the [[Computational Research Laboratories]], a company founded by Dr. Narendra Karmarkar, for scaling up a supercomputer architecture he designed at the [[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research]] with a group of his students and project assistants over a period of 6 years.

CRL became a subsidiary of [[Tata Sons]] after their investment into the company. The hardware platform required for initial software development was built with technical assistance from [[Hewlett-Packard]].<ref name="timeol"/>

== Design ==

To enable design of new software, a previously proven hardware platform was needed. This was provided in the EKA system using 14,352<ref name="top500EKA3"/> cores based on the [[Intel Xeon#Quad-Core and Multi-Core Xeon|Intel QuadCore Xeon]] processors. The primary interconnect is [[Infiband]] 4x [[DDR SDRAM|DDR]]. EKA occupies about {{convert|4000|sqft|adj=mid}} area.<ref name="top500EKA5">{{cite news |date=14 November 2007 |title=Top500: EKA (Supercomputer) |url=https://top500.org/system/175324/}}</ref> It was built using off-the-shelf components from [[Hewlett-Packard]], [[Mellanox Technologies|Mellanox]] and Voltaire Limited.<ref name="top500EKA3"/> It was built within a short period of 6 weeks.<ref name=bsstd1>{{cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/supercomputer-another-feather-in-tatas%60-cap/304236/|title=Supercomputer another feather in Tatas` cap|date=14 November 2007|access-date=24 April 2017}}</ref>

== Ranking history ==

At the time of its unveiling, it was the fourth-fastest supercomputer in the world and the fastest in Asia.<ref name="top500EKA5"/>

== See also ==

* [[SAGA-220]], a 220-TeraFLOPS supercomputer built by [[ISRO]]
* [[PARAM]] series of supercomputers by the [[Centre for Development of Advanced Computing]]
* [[Supercomputing in India]]

==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://top500.org/system/9020 Eka Top 500 Supercomputer list] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080316022018/http://www.top500.org/system/9020 |date=2008-03-16 }}
* {{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20130102065339/http://www.crlindia.com/ Computational Research Laboratories]}}
* [http://www.tcs.com/news_events/press_releases/Pages/TCS_enhance_High_Performance_Application_Cloud_acquires_CRL.aspx TCS acquires Computational Research Laboratories]

[[Category:X86 supercomputers]]
[[Category:Hewlett-Packard supercomputers]]
[[Category:Information technology in India]]
[[Category:Supercomputing in India]]

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