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India's Bargain Supercomputer

Posted by timothy on from the just-weather-predictions dept.

MaximusTheGreat writes "India beat U.S. supercomputer sanctions by building a teraflop $5 million PARAM Padma supercomputer, which is half the price of similar computers being sold in the international market. It can be scaled upto 16 teraflops, on a build-to-order basis For comparison, the fastest supercomputer in the U.S. is about 10 Teraflops. Some techical details and more info on CDAC , ITworld, Economic times and Asia Times. Also, India has been exporting older model PARAM 10000s to other countries like Russia, Canada, Germany etc. for some time, and expects to increase exports significantly with the new model PARAM Padma."

5 of 370 comments (clear)

  1. Must...resist... by dokutake · · Score: 0, Funny

    Must...resist...obvious...can't...resist...oh no it's coming

    How about a Beowulf Cluster of those then! LOLOLOLOLOLOL

    Sorry.

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  2. What would happen if someone brought one... by stephanruby · · Score: 4, Funny

    What would happen if someone brought one from India to the US and then sold it back to India? Would that person get arrested?

  3. I can see the ad campaign now by Call+Me+Black+Cloud · · Score: 2, Funny

    We put the dot in supercomputers

    (see, they're using Sun processors)

    or how about

    Now running Red Dot Linux

    Ok, I'll stop now, time for bed...and tomorrow's my wife's sleep in day! Ack. (those with kids will know to what I refer)

  4. Now it would be SO funny if by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    The Indian government prohibits exporting this supercomputer to the US because it can be used by terrorists.

  5. Re:nit nit nit by DrunkenPenguin · · Score: 2, Funny

    In the article, shouldn't the computers be ASCI Blue and ASCI White, not "ASCII" ??

    You insensitive nitpicking clod, yes. You are right. :)
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