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India Builds its Biggest Computer Yet

India Builds its Biggest Computer Yet
By Maureen O'Gara
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April 14, 2003 12:00 AM EDT
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India has built its biggest computer yet, a machine using IBM's Power4 chips and either Linux or IBM's proprietary Unix, AIX. The Linux version supports only 32 processors; the AIX version 248.

Still modest by comparison to the developed world, the new Indian machine, developed by the Center for Development of Advanced Computers, should be able to do a maximum of one teraflop a second.

Its developers position the machine as a step on the way to creating a grid of supercomputers for weather forecasting and bioinformatics.

China just unveiled its ultimate machine, the Dawning 4000L, based on 644 Intel chips and capable of 3 teraflops.

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Maureen O'Gara the most read technology reporter for the past 20 years, is the Cloud Computing and Virtualization News Desk editor of SYS-CON Media. She is the publisher of famous "Billygrams" and the editor-in-chief of "Client/Server News" for more than a decade. One of the most respected technology reporters in the business, Maureen can be reached by email at maureen(at)sys-con.com or paperboy(at)g2news.com, and by phone at 516 759-7025. Twitter: @MaureenOGara

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