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1988 September | Taiwan's National Science Council (NSC) suggested planning a supercomputing center to assist researchers on a national level. |
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| 1989 July | The NSC and Ministry of Education (MOE) formed a committee to conduct a feasibility study. | |
| 1991 January | The Executive Yuan approved the 5-year plan of development for the NCHC | |
| 1992 February | The NCHC headquarters was established in the Hsinchu Science Park | |
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1993 | The NCHC headquarters opened its doors to the public and began providing HPC services |
| 1999 | The NCHC assumed responsibility for the operation and maintenance of the TANet2 R&D network | |
| 2002 | The NCHC's south business unit was established The NCHC accepted the Executive Yuan’s “Challenge 2008” mandate to develop and maintain the TaiWan Advanced Research and Education Network (TWAREN) |
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2003 | The NCHC's corporate status was changed to a non-profit (i.e. incorporated) organization |
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2005 January | The NCHC's southern business unit was completed and began serving as TWAREN's Network Operation Center (NOC) |
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2005 February | NCHC received ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management certification |
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2005 May | The NCHC's central business unit Grid Operation/Knowledge Management Center was established. |
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2006 May | The NCHC received “Technology Efficiency” certification |
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2006 June | The NCHC received ISO 27001:2005 Information Security Management certification |
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2007 April | Dr. Fang Pang Lin Wins the "2006 Award for Outstanding Contributions in Science and Technology." |
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2007 June | The NCHC placed 35th on the TOP500 supercomputing list |
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2007 November | The NCHC's open source-based software, Diskless Remote Boot in Linux (DRBL), won first place in “Public Sector Applications” category at the Libre Software Meeting in France |
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2007 December |
Dr. Jan-Li Wang received the Golden Eagle Award for the Handicapped from Taiwan's Ministry of the Interior (MOI) |
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2009 August | The NCHC and Japan’s NII sign a MOU |
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2010 February | The NCHC signs a MOU with Walsin Lihwa Corp. |
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2010 August | The NCHC founds the Alliance of Cloud Computing Technologies and Applications (ACTTA) |
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2010 November | The NCHC finishes the establishment of the self-built supercomputer-- Formosa 3 |
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2011 May |
The NCHC receives ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 27001:2007 |
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2011 |
The NCHC deploys the “Windrider” (a.k.a. ALPUS system) supercomputer possessing 177 TFLOPS computational capability.The Windrider, ranked 42nd on Top500 supercomputing list, is the Taiwan’s first high-performance supercomputer with more than 100 TFLOPS computational capability. |
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2011 November | The NCHC finishes the establishment of the self-built supercomputer-- Formosa 4 |
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2011 November | The NCHC Wins One Gold and One Silver Medals at the iENA Nuremberg International Trade Fair |
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2012 May |
The NCHC signs a MOU with Japan’s MIRACLE LINUX |
















