India’s computing infrastructure is less than 2 per cent of global capacity, which is a limiting factor in its contribution to research that remains in the range of 2 per cent, according to NVIDIA Asia South Managing Director Vishal Dhupar. The NVIDIA top executive adds that contribution of research from Indians abroad is around 12 per cent due to availability of computing infrastructure.

“India today is approximately sub-2 per cent as compared to US and China combined, which is closer to 58-59 per cent. If you go back and figure out why the research in India is as low as, what it is, we are talking about India’s contribution of 2 per cent. There is a direct correlation to that. Indians who basically contribute to the research bit are not based in India and are contributing 12 per cent because infrastructure is available there,” Mr Dhupar notes.

Demand for graphics processing unit (GPU)-based servers or accelerated computing has increased as they can process data at a higher speed compared to central processing unit (CPU)-based servers.

The race for AI development among global companies has led to a shortage of GPUs. According to industry estimates, NVIDIA dominates the GPU market with about 88 per cent share, and there is a lag of 12-18 months in getting GPUs from the company due to its high demand across the globe.