Wipro Supernova

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Wipro Supernova is the name of a series of high-performance computing (HPC) solutions offered by Wipro Infotech.

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The product is offered under 3 segments: entry level, mid-segment and high-end, which have varying performance and storage capacities. The entry level system costs 25,00,000; and performs at 1 TeraFLOPS and has a storage capacity of 4 TB. [1] They use the Gluster software stack. [2]

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  1. "Business Line : Today's Paper News : Wipro launches supercomputers". www.thehindubusinessline.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-08.
  2. http://businessstandard.co.in/india/news/wipro-infotech-unveils-supercomputer/297873/ - dead link