In 2004, CeSViMa was created by the
Technical University of Madrid and
CIEMAT. The aim of the center is to provide computation resources to the researchers of
Madrid.
IBM provided the supercomputer Magerit in the center. The center also has an interactive
3D visualization infrastructure and a
terrestrial scanner. In 2007, CeSViMa joined the
Spanish Supercomputing Network and the supercomputer
Magerit was upgraded. In May 2008, the center migrated all its infrastructure to a new building in the newly created in the International Excellence Campus of Montegancedo, site of Scientific and Technologic Park of the Technical University of Madrid (). The supercomputer was upgraded again and reach 16
TFLOPS. 60% of the supercomputer CPU time is used for RES research; the remaining 40% is used for Madrid research. During 2009, the center joined the
Spanish e-Science Network and the
Madrid Laboratories and Infrastructures Network. In 2011, a full upgrade of
Magerit supercomputer put it as the most powerful and ecological supercomputer of Spain in the July editions of
TOP500 and
Green500 lists used as reference in this matter (positions 136 and 18) == Research ==