ParTec Cluster Competence Center GmbH

ParTec Cluster Competence Center GmbH is a German high-performance computing (HPC) company based in Munich. It is known for its work on modular supercomputing architectures and for the ParaStation cluster software stack, which is used to build and operate large-scale compute clusters. The company has participated in European research and infrastructure projects, including the DEEP and DEEP-ER projects coordinated by the Jülich Supercomputing Centre, where the modular supercomputing concept was developed and demonstrated. ParTec's technology combines cluster nodes with booster modules to improve energy efficiency and application performance. The firm operates primarily in Germany and Europe, serving research centres, universities, and industrial HPC users. It remains a privately held company.

ParTec Cluster Competence Center GmbH was founded in 1999 in Germany and is headquartered in Munich. The company emerged as a specialist in cluster computing software and system integration for high-performance computing. Its ParaStation software stack became a foundation for building and managing large compute clusters. In the 2010s ParTec became involved in European modular supercomputing research, notably the DEEP (Dynamical Exascale Entry Platform) and DEEP-ER projects led by the Jülich Supercomputing Centre. These projects explored architectures that combine general-purpose cluster nodes with specialised booster modules, an approach intended to improve energy efficiency and scalability toward exascale. ParTec contributed cluster management and software expertise to these efforts. The company continues to operate as a private German HPC technology provider.

• 2014

  Involvement in the DEEP-ER follow-up project.

• 2011

  Participation in the DEEP modular supercomputing project.

• 1999

  ParTec Cluster Competence Center GmbH founded in Germany.

Specialist provider of modular supercomputing and cluster management software for research and industry.

• ParaStation

  Cluster management and communication software for HPC systems.

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2. 2ParTec project pagefast-project.de