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Super computer is something that very few countries have. In the past, it was limited to rich and developed countries. In fact, out of top 500 super computers, USA and Europe together nearly 430 of them. So, it is great to see that India has 9 super computers in this list.

Times of India wrote:

It is the first time that India has figured in the Top 100 let alone Top Ten of the supercomputing list. The list, which is usually dominated by the United States, is also notable this time because it has five new entrants in the Top Ten, with supercomputers in Germany and Sweden up there with the one in India.

The fourth-ranking Tata supercomputer, named EKA after the Sanskrit term for one, is a Hewlett-Packard Cluster Platform 3000 BL460c system. CRL has integrated this system with its own innovative routing technology and to achieve a 117.9 Teraflop or trillions of calculations per second.

This clearly indicates that India has a lot of highly talented persons in the field of science and technology. Indian government should allocate more resources in high quality research projects in the universities. The, India people will see a lot of success stories like this.

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