On the establishment of infrastructure for the South African national centre for high performance computing

The South African national centre for high performance computing is responsible for providing services, support and coordination to the local scientific computing community. A key aspect of this is the establishment of world-class infrastructure, specifically high performance computing resources. The first iteration of these resources, which are now in place, are believed to be among the most substantial and sophisticated of its kind in Africa. This paper provides an overview of the establishment of this infrastructure.