Which of the following supercomputers was not developed in India?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Deep Blue
Three of the four are supercomputers built in Indian laboratories:
Option (1) Flosolver — built by the National Aerospace Laboratories, Bengaluru, in 1986, India’s first parallel supercomputer, used for aerodynamics.
Option (2) PACE — built by ANURAG, a DRDO laboratory in Hyderabad, for defence research.
Option (3) PARAM 10000 — built by C-DAC, Pune, in 1998, a member of India’s PARAM series.
Option (4) Deep Blue — built by IBM in the United States, the chess-playing computer that defeated world champion Garry Kasparov in 1997, so Deep Blue is the one not developed in India.