EKA (supercomputer)

EKA is a supercomputer built by the Computational Research Laboratories (a subsidiary of Tata Sons) with technical assistance and hardware provided by Hewlett-Packard.
"Eka" means the number "One" in Sanskrit.
Design.
EKA uses 14,352 cores based on the Intel QuadCore Xeon processors. The primary interconnect is Infiband 4x DDR. EKA occupies about area. It was built using offshelf components from Hewlett-Packard, Mellanox and Voltaire Ltd.. It was built within a short period of 6 weeks.
Ranking history.
At the time of its unveiling, it was the fourth-fastest supercomputer in the world and the fastest in Asia. As of 16 September 2011, it is ranked at 58.