The National Center for High-Performance Computing (NCHC; ) is one of ten national-level research laboratories under

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(NARL), headquartered at

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. The NCHC is Taiwan's primary facility for high performance computing (HPC) resources including large-scale computational science and engineering,

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and

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development,

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and

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, data storage, networking, and HPC-related training. The NCHC is also responsible for the operation of the 20

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/s Taiwan Advanced Research and Education Network (TWAREN), the

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of Taiwan. The NCHC supports local academia and industry with hardware and software, advanced research and application development, and professional training.

History

The research center was opened in 1993. In November 2018 the National Center for High-Performance Computing owned supercomputer Taiwania 2 debuted at number 20 on the

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list of fastest supercomputers.

Branches

* Hsinchu HQ *

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* * {{authority control 1993 establishments in Taiwan Research institutes in Taiwan Supercomputer sites Internet mirror services

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