Question : CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED COMPUTERS (C-DAC)

(a) the details of the initiatives taken in the Information Technology Sector for the development of the centre for the Development of Advanced Computers;

(b) the details of Software Technology Parks as on date in the country alongwith their locations;

(c) the funds allocated for the development of each such park and the achievement thereof; and

(d) the details of Software Technology Parks proposed to be started in the country in the near future, location-wise?

MINISTER OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI PRAMOD MAHAJAN)

(a): The Centre for Develoment of Advanced Computing(CDAC) was set up as a national initiative of the Government of India to build capability in the country for design, development and deployment of high performance computers (also known as Supercomputers) based on parallel processing computing technology. The PARAM 10000 is the C-DAC`s latest and most powerful supercomputer in India having a peak processing power of 100 Giga Floating point Operations per second (Gflop). C-DAC is currently implementing its Third Mission for the develoment of next generation of high performance computing technology and applications. C-DAC has over the years diversified its activities, transferring the expertise it acquired and technologies it developed in the high performance computing to develop and deploy Information Technology(IT) based solutions in the various sectors of economy and offer training in various areas of IT.

The other initiatives taken by C-DAC are at Annexure-I.

(b) and (c): The detailsin this regard are at Annexure-II.

(d): Software Technology Parks(STPs) for the following locations have already been approved and in the process are being set up by STPI:-

1. Guwahati in Assam

2. Gangtok (as a hub centre to STP Guwahati) in Sikkim

3. Srinagar in J&K

4. Vizag in Andhra Pradesh

5. Indore
6. Hubli