India AI Mission: The Government of India has approved an investment of Rs 10,300 crore a few days ago for the India AI Mission. Under this mission, it will help in taking forward all the projects related to AI i.e. Artificial Intelligence. Now according to the latest news, a top government official has said that hundreds of graphics processing units i.e. GPUs will be made in the next 18 to 24 months.
What did the government official say?
According to the report of Economic Times, a top official of the Government of India said that under the IndianAI mission, approved graphics processing units will be made available in the next 18-24 months. Electronics and IT Secretary S Krishnan, speaking on the occasion of Tie-Con Delhi-NCR, said, "The government will invite bids from industry under the India AI Mission and provide feasibility gap funding for GPU-based computing infrastructure. Krishnan said, " The entire GPU approved under this mission will be made available in the next 18-24 months."
The Cabinet has launched India AI Mission to develop AI technology in the country and encourage people for it. Under this mission, the government has approved to invest more than Rs 10,300 crore for the next five years. Under this grand mission, supercomputing capacity of more than 10,000 GPUs (Graphics Processing Units) will be made available to different stakeholders to create an AI ecosystem.
Demand for GPU is increasing rapidly
Let us tell you that nowadays the demand for servers based on modern technology GPU has increased, because they can process data at a faster speed than CPU based servers. The demand for GPU will increase very rapidly in the coming time, hence the government is also preparing for this fast future technology, and the government intends to make 10,000 GPU units in the next 2 years.
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