What is the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)?

About Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC):

• It is the apex research and development wing of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
• It was established in the year 1988.
• Its main purpose was to carry out research and development in Electronics, IT and other associated areas.
• It was setup to build Supercomputers in context of denial of import of Supercomputers by USA.
• C-DAC build India’s first indigenously built supercomputer Param 8000 in 1991.

Param 8000:

• It is India’s first supercomputer.
• It was developed by C-DAC in 1991.
• PARAM 8000 is the first machine in the PARAM supercomputers series built from scratch in 1991.
• All the chips and other elements that were used in making of PARAM were bought from the open domestic market.
• Applications:  long-range weather forecasting, remote sensing, drug design and molecular modelling.