Supercomputer Param Ishan launched at IIT Guwahati
Q. State of art supercomputer installed in IIT Guwahati is called ___________- Published on 20 Sep 16a. Param Vishan
b. Param Ishan
c. Param Mishan
d. None of the above
ANSWER: Param Ishan
State of the art supercomputer Param Ishan was launched at IIT Guwahati on 19th Sept by MHRD Union Minister Prakash Javadekar
Several technology areas will be positively affected through this supercomputer
- While some already have supercomputers, number of institutes with computer will rise and go up to 60 as government focuses on advancing infrastructure
- Param Ishan has a power of 250 teraflops
- It has a capacity of 300 terabytes
- Super computer augments research initiatives in institute and also creates right ecosystem for research
- It will be used in following areas
- Computational Chemistry,
- Computational Fluid Dynamics,
- Computational Electromagnetic,
- Civil Engineering Structures,
- Nano-block Self Assemble,
- Optimisation
- Weather and Climate Modelling
- Seismic data processing