Discussion
Which of the following is/are correct with regard to Supercomputing in India ?
A. India's supercomputer programme was started in late 1980s.
B. PARAM 8000 is considered as India's first supercomputer.
C. Aaditya is a series of supercomputers designed and developed by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) for their internal use.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
Answer: A
Statements A and B are correct, so the answer is Only A and B.
India's supercomputer programme began in the late 1980s, when the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) was set up in 1988 after India was refused the import of a Cray supercomputer (A). C-DAC's PARAM 8000, unveiled in 1991, is regarded as India's first supercomputer (B).
Statement C is wrong: Aaditya is the supercomputer of the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, used for weather and climate modelling. BARC's in-house supercomputers are the Anupam series. Any option containing C is therefore wrong.
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