Chennai, Jan. 8 -- union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) Secretary S. Krishnan on Thursday launched 'Param Shakti', an indigenously developed and manufactured 3.1 Petaflop Param Rudra supercomputing system, at the IIT-Madras.
The National Supercomputing Mission-backed system strengthens India's self-reliance in high-performance computing and accelerates advanced research across disciplines.
Built entirely in India with C-DAC's Rudra series of servers, the system runs on open-source software, including AlmaLinux, C-DAC's Indigenously designed and developed system software stack and reinforcing India's commitment to technological self-reliance.
The 3.1 petaflop capability signifies that the system can perform ove...