Since the dawn of computing, machines have served scientific calculation: as early as the 1930s, Konrad Zuse’s Z1 was designed to automate civil engineering operations. From that moment, progress never stopped. In the 1950s and 1960s, the first transistor-based systems and then integrated circuits paved the way for rapid advances, followed in the 1970s and 1980s by the era of vector supercomputers, with Cray as the undisputed symbol of High Performance Computing (HPC) engineering. From the 1990s onward, with the rise of clusters built on commercial components, HPC became more accessible and widespread: CERN’s SHIFT project stands out as one of the milestones of this evolution.

Today we are in the era of hybrid systems, where GPUs and specialized accelerators complement traditional CPUs, while the horizon of exascale computing comes into view.

Thanks to the experience gained within CERN’s batch group in Geneva, at Thetra we can support you in the design and implementation of robust, well-documented HPC infrastructures, providing all the necessary guidance so that, once delivered, you can manage the system independently in your daily operations.