Super Computer:
There is another category of computers, the Super Computer which is somewhat similar to the mainframe computer. These are largest, fastest and most expensive. They are used for massive data processing and solving very complicated problems like weather forecasting, weapons research and development, rocketing, atomic, nuclear and plasma physics. The processing speed of super computers lies in the range 400-10000 million instructions per sec (MIPS). Examples of the supercomputer are Eka which was developed by the TATA Group, Pune (India) in November 2007. It is the first in Asia and the 8th fastest supercomputer in the world as of June 2008 (fig (a)) PARAM (fig (b)) developed by CDAC in Pune (India), CRAY 3 (developed by control data corporation, JAPAN), SX-3R (25.6 GIGA Flops, NEC make) HITAC S-300 (32 GIGAFLOPS, HITACH make) etc. HITAC S-300 is the latest and the fastest Super Computer.
