ABSTRACT
So, the question is indeed pertinent: are supercomputers a necessity or a luxury in Spain?
Let us take a look at history.
10.2 HISTORY It is important to clarify that this chapter does not intend to o er an exhaustive explanation of the situation of high-performance computing (HPC) in Spain. We will be focusing on its fundamental player, the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC-CNS), appointed as a National Facility by the Spanish government in 2005. e rst HPC systems and the pioneering industrial usage of HPC systems in Spain date from the late 1980s to early 1990s, covering the use of vector computing, followed by various parallel computing systems. A number of public regional centers initiated their service at that time.
