NewsForge: Profile: OptimaNumerics

“OptimaNumerics is a software firm that specializes in
high-performance numerical libraries, such as are often used on
Linux-based supercomputers. The privately held, proprietary
software firm was founded some years ago by Dr. Kenneth Tan. Tan
and a couple of other OptimaNumerics employees are based in
Belfast, Northern Ireland, because its timezone is right for their
market. The company also has employees in North America, Singapore,
China, and Japan. Revenues and profitability? Sorry, that’s
confidential information.

“The libraries OptimaNumerics provides are run by some of the
fastest supercomputers on the planet. Some of its customers are the
Russian Joint Supercomputing Center, Perot Systems, Queens
University of Belfast, and Calgary University…”

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