BRICS High Performance Computing
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Why in News ?
BRICS countries in the areas such as High Performance Computing (HPC) and its weather climate environment applications.
Key Facts
- Science, Technology, and Innovation track the Fifth BRICS Working Group meeting on High Performance Computing (HPC) and Information Communication Technologies (ICT) was hosted and organized.
- Each nation shared their country’s progress in building an HPC infrastructures network and areas of interest for advancing BRICS collaboration.
- BRICS HPC & ICT Working Group provides a platform for researchers from BRICS member countries to discuss and deliberate on mutual interest areas to forge partnerships and develop deep technology-based solutions.
- Meeting is part of BRICS Science, Technology and Innovation Calendar of Activities 2020-21 adopted by all BRICS countries.
What is High Performance Computing ?
- High Performance Computing generally refers to the practice of aggregating computing power in a way that delivers much higher performance than one could get out of a typical desktop computer or workstation
- It will helps in order to solve large problems in science, engineering, or business.
- Application of supercomputers to drug design, artificial intelligence, and HPC based precision medicine and public health, particularly for fighting pandemics as well as geoinformatics for sustainable development.
About BRICS
- The acronym for five major emerging economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.
- The grouping has held annual summits since 2009.
- New Development Bank (NDB) is a multilateral development bank established by the BRICS states.
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Membership
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 Brazil Russia India China South Africa |
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Official language
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English |
- BRICS Contingent Reserve Arrangement (CRA) is a framework for providing protection against global liquidity pressures.
- Bangladesh has been formally invited to join the organization in 2020.
- BRICS countries signed a letter of intent to cooperate in the Information and Communication Technology sector.
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