PARAM

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PARAM is a series of supercomputers designed and assembled by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) in Pune, India. The latest machine in the series is the PARAM Yuva^[1], which reached no. 109 on the TOP500 in June 2009.^[2] Others include PARAM 10000 and PARAM 9000/SS and the PARAM Padma. The PARAM 10000 was India's first Teraflop supercomputer. Currently, C-DAC is developing a Petaflop Supercomputer which is expected to be in operation by 2012.^[3]

The major applications of PARAM are in long-range weather forecasting, remote sensing, drug design and molecular modelling. PARAM is also used in many major scientific research institutes in India and may also see use in India's space programme. In addition, collaborative research and experimentation is enabled by a national computing grid known as Garuda which connects 45 institutions across 17 cities.^[1] As of 2008, 44 PARAM systems have been deployed in India. An additional 8 systems are in operation in Russia, Singapore, Germany and Canada.^[1]

PARAM Yuva Hardware Specifications

System Family	HP Cluster Platform 3000
System Model	HP DL580 Cluster
Operating System	Linux
Number of Processors	4608 Intel Xeon 73xx 2.93 Ghz, Infiniband
Peak Theoretical Performance	54005.8 Gigaflops
Peak Measured Performance	38100 Gigaflops

[edit] External links

• PARAM information from C-DAC website

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