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The Centre for AI is equipped with advanced computational and research facilities to support high-end AI experimentation, model training, and applied research.

NVIDIA DGX Spark computing system at Centre for Artificial Intelligence

Computing infrastructure

NVIDIA DGX Spark™

The most recent addition to our computing infrastructure, the NVIDIA DGX Spark delivers up to one petaFLOP of FP4 AI performance in a compact, energy-efficient form factor. It enables faculty and students to run large-scale AI models and conduct cutting-edge research directly on campus.

NVIDIA DGX Spark — Powered by the GB10 Superchip

Key System Highlights

PetaFLOP AI Performance

Up to 1 PFLOP of FP4 compute for training and inference workloads.

Energy-Efficient Design

Desktop-class form factor with data-center-grade performance for sustainable research.

GB10 Superchip

Powered by the NVIDIA Blackwell GPU and 20-core ARM CPU with 128 GB unified memory.

Seamless Integration

Fully compatible with existing HPC workflows, Docker containers, and Jupyter environments.

Research laboratory

High Performance Computing Facility Overview

The Centre for AI houses a dedicated high-performance computing laboratory with an infrastructure investment exceeding ₹50 lakhs. The facility supports GPU-accelerated deep learning, large-scale data processing, and parallel computing research for both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.

Server infrastructure

HPC Server Details

Vega 1 (Server 1)

Processor

2 x Intel Xeon Gold 5220 2.2G, 18C/36T, 24.75M Cache

Graphics Card

2 x NVIDIA Tesla V100 16G Passive GPU

Hard Drives

4 x 1.2TB 10K RPM SAS 12Gbps

Memory

6 x 32GB RDIMM, 3200MT/s, Dual Rank

OS

Ubuntu 18.04.05 LTS

Applications

Docker (Containers: TensorFlow, MXNet, PyTorch)

Vega 2 (Server 2)

Processor

2 x Intel Xeon Gold 5220 2.2G, 18C/36T, 24.75M Cache

Graphics Card

2 x NVIDIA Tesla V100 16G Passive GPU

Hard Drives

4 x 1.2TB 10K RPM SAS 12Gbps

Memory

6 x 32GB RDIMM, 3200MT/s, Dual Rank

OS

Ubuntu 21.04 LTS (GUI Enabled)

Applications

Keras, TensorFlow, Jupyter Notebook

Lab workstations

Desktop Lab & Developer Kits

Hardware Inventory

Desktops

20 x OptiPlex 3070 SFF — Processor: Intel Core i7-9700 (8 cores), Memory: 16GB DDR4

Developer Kits

Jetson Nano (2), Jetson TX2 (2)