Question : DEVELOPMENT OF SUPER COMPUTER BY BARC



(a) whether the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) has recently developed a super computer; and

(b) if so, the details thereof?

Answer given by the minister

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES, MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS, MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE DEPARTMENTS OF ATOMIC ENERGY AND SPACE (SHRIMATI VASUNDHARA RAJE)

(a) Yes, Sir. The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) has developed a 86 & node ANUPAM super computer. It has a sustained computational speed

(b) of 15 GIGA flops. Presently, this is the fastest super computer operating in the country with a speed 10-15 times faster than any other indigenously developed computer.