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PARAM Rudra Supercomputers

October 2 , 2024 20 hrs 0 min 30 0

Three PARAM Rudra supercomputers, Indigenously Developed under the National Supercomputing Mission were launched recently.
Along with this, a ₹850 crore High-Performance Computing (HPC) system, designed for weather and climate research, was also launched at the event.
The three supercomputers have been built at a cost of ₹130 crore and have been stationed in Pune, Delhi, and Kolkata.
They will aid scientific research in fields such as astronomy, medicine, and high-energy physics.
The most powerful of these is the one installed at Delhi which has 3 petaflop capacity.
Pune has got one petaflop supercomputer, while the one at Kolkata has a capacity of 838 terraflops.
Others in the range include, PARAM 8000, PARAM Siddhi AI and PARAM Utkarsh.