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CHENNAI, INDIA – Avalon Technologies Limited (Avalon), an Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) company, announced that it is now a strategic manufacturing partner for C-DAC (Centre for Development of Advanced Computing), a R&D organization of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). This, the company said, will enhance the indigenous manufacturing capability of High-Performance Computing (HPC) systems as part of the ‘RUDRA’ programme, which aims at designing and manufacturing of supercomputers in India.

The programme is poised to demonstrate India’s competency to design, develop, build and deliver as per nation’s multidisciplinary computing needs, and has critical strategic and national importance.

Avalon has been working as a strategic design and manufacturing partner to C-DAC since 2021, delivering PCB design & analysis, Prototype PCB assemblies, Cables, and Sheet metal chassis.

Kunhamed Bicha, Chairman & Managing Director, said, “We are proud to announce that we will be a key partner in assisting with the manufacturing of RUDRA HPC servers – India’s first ever natively designed server by C-DAC. We have been involved in the process of development of RUDRA server by providing advanced manufacturing solutions and are delighted to now take on a strategic role in bringing about the Make in India story. We believe this partnership will be a significant boost to the advancement of indigenous research, design, and manufacturing of HPC systems in India, and are proud to be in the forefront of this movement.”

E Magesh, Director General, C-DAC, said “Rudra Server, an outcome of National Supercomputing Mission is a Secure, Reliable, server with current generation of Intel Xeon scalable processor and supports accelerated computing also. With the provision of liquid cooling technology, it is aimed at achieving better energy efficiency, density, and architectural features to suit requirements of the various national missions. Addition of M/s Avalon Technologies is a welcome step to expand the competitive proliferation of this indigenously designed server. By doing this, we not only contribute to our nation’s technological self-reliance but also pave the way for innovation and growth”.

“We have been associated with Avalon technologies for the manufacture of Rudra Chassis as well as C-DAC’s high-speed switch for a couple of years. It will be an added advantage partnering with a company like Avalon Technologies for manufacturing of our indigenously designed server platform, Rudra,” added Col. A K Nath (Retd.), Executive Director, Corporate Strategy and C-DAC, Pune.

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