In this era of information revolution, our country India has come a long way. Not only the city but the people of the village are also going digital very fast. In the field of science and technology also, we are walking in the front line with countries like America, Britain, Russia. But there was a time when we were lagging far behind the developed countries in technology. This is the story of that era, when America had made a super computer and the Indian government wanted to buy it by paying money to the American company. But America refused to give super computer to India. Why did America do this to India? Did America want India to never get ahead of it? But then what did India do after that? The question here is that who has the fastest supercomputer ever?

Is China's quantum computer beyond human imagination?

Chinese scientists claim to have built the world's fastest computer. This supercomputer is one million times more powerful than the fastest computer on earth. This computer made in China has been named Quantum Computer. It is being told that China is working on quantum computers even further. These computers are capable of doing everything that humans cannot even imagine right now. China's National Supercomputing Center has claimed that it has built the world's first 'exaflop' quantum computer. But friends, America had built supercomputers even before China and America has more than one supercomputer even at this time. So friends there, if we talk about India. So our country is also not behind in this matter. But there was a time when India wanted to buy supercomputers from America. But America had categorically refused to give super computer to India. Scientists of India were disappointed and upset by this decision of America. Because without supercomputers, many of India's projects could have slipped back. But then something happened that India surprised the world. India had shown its talent to the world by making a super computer in one stroke. But questions also began to arise that how suddenly he could have done this seemingly impossible task.

After all, why did China hide the world's fastest computer?

Chinese scientists had kept this computer hidden from the world for many years. But then suddenly one day Chinese scientists said in a study, 'Our guess is that the goal has been accomplished. What our computer Xuchongzhi completed in just 1.2 hours, it would have taken at least 8 years to complete the world's fastest computer. He said that it is a miracle of 'quantum' computing technology, due to which he was successful in making this computer. Usually traditional computers such as laptops or our smartphones convert the information to another zero. Computer processors also have to work similarly between one and zero but there is a limit to how fast they can do it. Quantum computers use the smallest particles in the universe to find the 'state of quantum'. On coming to this stage, the processors also work on another zero at the same time. This enables them to work much faster. This makes work very fast and easy. Chinese scientists were working on this computer for a long time. The closest to this quantum supercomputer of China is Google's Sycamore computer. Google's computer solved such problems related to computation, which would have taken 10 thousand years for common computers to solve. Now it has become the talk of the world's fastest computer made in China. But let's talk about why America refused to give supercomputer to India? And what was the next step India took after that?

Indian scientists did wonders

Just imagine that today, how much is visible on a click through the Internet on mobile, but about decades ago there was a period when the world was not introduced to the computer. The world's first automatic digital computer was invented by British mathematician and inventor Charles Babbage in the 1830s. Because of his efforts, today we are using the modern version of the computer. Charles Babbage revolutionized the world by inventing the computer. After this, changes were made in the computer and their modified version kept coming out. Then scientists started preparing supercomputers. Finally in 1964, American electrical engineer Seymour Cray succeeded and the world's first supercomputer CDC 6600 came out. Let us tell you that super computer is very important for any country. It is used from weather and climate information and research, etc. to making military weapons. America was the first country in the world to make a 'supercomputer'. Then India also needed a super computer. Around 1988, India decided to buy it. The cost of the supercomputer was close to Rs 70 crore. At that time Rs 70 crore was a lot. Despite this, India decided that it would buy supercomputers. For this, India talked to America. India approached American company Cray to buy supercomputers. Then America's policy was strict. Any American company had to get permission from the US government to sell its goods abroad. When the company sought permission from the US government before selling 'supercomputers' to India, the government refused. The US government believed that India would not use it for research, but for military purposes, and in such a situation, India could not get a 'supercomputer' at that time.

Why did the then PM Rajiv Gandhi call a meeting?

At that time India needed a super computer in any condition. So about this, the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi called a meeting of the country's leading scientists and asked them whether we can not make supercomputers in our country? Then scientist Vijay P Bhatkar said, why not! Our scientists are equally capable. When the PM asked about the time and cost, Bhatkar said that we can make a super computer in less time than America and our scientists can prepare it at a much less cost than what we were ready to buy from America. can. The then PM Rajiv Gandhi was very impressed by Vijay P Bhatkar's words in a meeting with scientists and the government gave permission to prepare a 'super computer'. Scientists named this project- C-DAC. Then within just 3 years, in the year 1991, India made its first supercomputer. Scientists named this supercomputer 'Param'. But by making a super computer, India surprised the countries of the world including America. But America could not digest this thing either. So he started spreading rumors of Indian supercomputer being weak. However, India proved itself worldwide including America by showcasing its supercomputer 'Param' in the International Exhibition. And 'Param' proved to be the world's second fastest 'supercomputer'. India was ready to pay Rs 70 crore for the American supercomputer 'CDC 6600', while the cost of 'Param' was close to Rs 3 crore. Due to the low price, many countries including Britain, Germany, Canada bought supercomputers from India. And today these supercomputers are doing amazing work for the country in all fields including meteorology, civil engineering, space science. Today, even though 9 supercomputers out of the top 500 computers in the world are counted in India, no other supercomputer can match the recognition and fame that PARAM 8000 brought to India in the digital world.