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===PARAM 8000=== The PARAM 8000 was the first machine in the series and was built from scratch.<ref name="1996-kahaner" /> A [[prototype]] was [[Benchmark (computing)|benchmarked]] at the "1990 Zurich Super-computing Show":<ref group="note">This is likely the CONPAR 90 - VAPP IV, Joint International Conference on Vector and Parallel Processing, which took place in Zurich, Switzerland, 10β13 September 1990. The statement is difficult to fully attest to other than the referenced article. The proceedings of the conference can be found at https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-53065-7</ref> of the machines that ran at the show it came second only to one from the United States.<ref name=1998-outlook /> A 64-node machine was delivered in August 1991.<ref name="1996-kahaner" /><ref name="UNIDO" /> Each node used [[Inmos]] T800/T805 [[transputer]]s.<ref name="UNIDO" /> A 256-node machine had a theoretical performance of 1GFLOPS, however in practice had a sustained performance of 100-200MFLOPS.<ref name="UNIDO" /><ref name="1996-kahaner" /> PARAM 8000 was a [[distributed memory]] [[Multiple instruction, multiple data|MIMD]] architecture with a reconfigurable interconnection network.<ref name=1997-marvin /> The PARAM 8000 was noted to be 28 times more powerful than the Cray X-MP that the government originally requested, for the same $10 million cost quoted for it.<ref name="1999-rajaraman-p75" /> ====Exports==== The computer was a success and was exported to [[Germany]], [[United Kingdom]] and [[Russia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2001/02/26/stories/102618ma.htm |title=''Only protected usable knowledge can create wealth.'' |publisher=Thehindubusinessline.com |date=26 February 2001 |access-date=10 September 2016}}</ref> Apart from taking over the home market, PARAM attracted 14 other buyers with its relatively low price tag of $350,000.<ref name="Washington Post Archive">{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1993/03/19/cray-deal-a-casualty-of-atomic-weapon-fears/24f11e87-effe-4a2c-8976-d3d844cb4275/ |title=CRAY DEAL A CASUALTY OF ATOMIC WEAPON FEARS|newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> The computer was also exported to the ICAD [[Moscow]] in 1991 under [[Russia]]n collaboration.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cdac.in/html/about/success/moscow.aspx |title=C-DAC furthering ties with ICAD, Moscow: From PARAM 5ooo to PARAM 10000|publisher=Center for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) |access-date=15 September 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cdac.in/html/press/1q06/spot563.aspx |title=Supercomputer being developed at Pune, Bangalore will be ready in 6 months| quote=...giving India her first indigenous supercomputer in 1991 (PARAM 8000)|publisher=Center for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) |access-date=15 September 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cdac.in/index.aspx?id=aboutus_digital_india_week|title=Digital India Week}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thebetterindia.com/82076/india-first-supercomputer-param-cdac-vijay-bhatkar/|title=The Little Known Story of How India's First Indigenous Supercomputer Amazed the World in 1991|date=13 January 2017|work=The Better India|language=en-US}}</ref>
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