Union
Human Resource Development Minister Praksh Javadekar unveiled “Param-Ishan” – a
super-computing facility at IIT -Guwahati.
The high-performance “Param-Ishan” has computing speed of 250 teraFLOPS and
capacity of 300 tera bites (TB).
The 250 teraFLOPS means that
computer is capable of performing 250 trillion operations per second. The
supercomputer was installed in a partnership of the Centre for Development of Advanced
Computing (C-DAC) and IIT – Guwahati.
“It is a one of the glad
moments to have fastest and most powerful computer in northeastern, eastern and
southern regions,” Javadekar said after unveiling the Param-Ishan super
computer.
He said that C-DAC and IIT –
Guwahati partnership will provide a boost to both the high performance computer
users and the community through the deployed Param-Ishan and several technology
areas will be positively affected through the introduction of the new
supercomputer.
Prof. Gautam Biswas, Director of IIT – Guwahati, said that Param-Ishan will not
only augment the research initiatives in the institute, but also help in
creating an ecosystem for attracting right talents to the field of research.
Param-Ishan can be used in
several scientific and engineering application areas, including weather,
climate modelling and seismic data processing. This would be helpful as north east
India receives heavy rainfall during monsoon, which leads to flooding and
landslides. 
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