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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."

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  1. 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?

  2. 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.