Summary
These computers can solve huge problems like predicting weather. 🌦️
Kids and teachers can also use special small super‑computers for learning. 🎓
Key Points
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Goal: 50 supercomputers with more than 123 petaflops of power.
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By September 2026, 40 computers were already working.
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The first Indian computer was called PARAM 8000, made in 1991.
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Newer models like PARAM Rudra use many Indian‑made parts.
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Supercomputers help predict floods and forest fires.
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Over 16,000 researchers, including 2,900 PhD students, use them.
New Words to Learn
8 wordssupercomputer
a huge, very fast computer that can solve big problems
indigenous
made in the country, not bought from elsewhere
petaflop
a measure of speed; one petaflop means a thousand trillion calculations each second
teraflop
a measure of speed; one teraflop means a trillion calculations each second
interconnect
the fast wires that let many computers talk to each other quickly
genomics
the study of all the DNA information in living things
simulation
a pretend version of something real that helps us understand how it works
cooling technology
methods used to keep computers from getting too hot
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