TNPSC Thervupettagam

PARAM Rudra Supercomputers

October 2 , 2024 13 days 154 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.

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