Current state and future trends in high performance computing and communications (HPCC) research in India

High performance computing and communications (HPCC) plays an important role in the advancement and overall development of a country. The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) was set up by the government of India in 1988 to carry out research and development in this area. This article presents a brief overview of the major HPCC initiatives taken by C-DAC since its inception and its planned future initiatives in this area.