Question: What is the capacity of the “Param-Ishan” supercomputing facility at IIT, Guwahati?
(a) 200 TB
(b) 250TB
(c) 300TB
(d) 400 TB
Ans: (c)
Related facts:
- On 19 September 2016 Union Human Resource Development Minister Shri Praksh Javadekar launched PARAM-ISHAN supercomputing facility at IIT, Guwahati.
- It is fastest and most powerful computer in northeastern, eastern and southern regions.
- The supercomputer was installed in a partnership of the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) and IIT – Guwahati.
- The high-performance “Param-Ishan” has computing speed of 250 tera FLOPS and capacity of 300 tera bites (TB).
- PARAM-ISHAN can be used in the application areas like Computational Chemistry, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Computational Electromagnetic, Civil Engineering Structures, Nana-block Self Assemble, Optimization etc.
Reference:
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=150905
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/science/super-computing-facility-param-ishan-launched-at-iit-guwahati/articleshow/54414529.cms
http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/iit-guwahati-gets-param-ishan-supercomputer-fastest-in-neighborhood-1460622