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Assess the role of high-performance computing, semiconductors and cloud infrastructure in building a robust AI ecosystem. Discuss the constraints affecting India’s preparedness.

Topic: Awareness in the fields of IT. Q5.  Assess the role of high-performance computing, semiconductors and cloud infrastructure in building a robust AI ecosystem. Discuss the constraints affecting India’s preparedness. (15 M) Difficulty Level: Medium Reference: TH Why the question The global race to build AI infrastructure, including the EU’s AI Gigafactories initiative, has highlighted …

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Project Nimbus

Source: THSubject: Science and Technology Context: During Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s keynote at Stanford University, over 100 students staged a walkout protesting Google's Project Nimbus contract, carrying Palestinian flags and wearing keffiyehs. Project Nimbus About Project Nimbus: What It Is? Project Nimbus is a massive, high-security cloud computing contract signed between the Israeli government and …

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Project Suncatcher

Source:  IE Context: Google has announced Project Suncatcher, a pioneering plan to build AI-powered data centres in space to harness continuous solar energy and reduce Earth’s carbon footprint. About Project Suncatcher: What it is? Project Suncatcher is Google’s research initiative to create solar-powered AI data centres in space by deploying high-performance TPUs (Tensor Processing Units) …

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With a large start-up ecosystem, India is a big market for cloud services

GS Paper 3 Syllabus: Science and Technology- Developments and their Applications and Effects in Everyday Life   Source: TH  Direction: The article tries to explain cloud computing, its significance for India and the way ahead to promote the cloud computing ecosystem in India.    Context: AWS or Amazon Web Services, one of India’s largest providers …

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[VIDEO] What is Cloud Computing and Edge Computing?

[VIDEO] What is Cloud Computing and Edge Computing? The video below is important as it’s directly related to UPSC civil services Mains General Studies Paper – 3 syllabus i.e Awareness in the fields of IT, Computers, etc As UPSC asks application based questions, can you answer this question after watching this video? Discuss how cloud …

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