SCAPOS AG

Their core work

SCAPOS AG is a German SME that serves as a bridge between the European High Performance Computing (HPC) ecosystem and its industrial users. They coordinate HPC Centres of Excellence, organize training and outreach to help businesses — especially SMEs — access supercomputing resources, and contribute to European HPC strategy and roadmapping through bodies like PRACE and ETP4HPC. Their practical focus is making HPC accessible for industrial simulation, data analytics, and AI workloads rather than developing HPC hardware or software themselves.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In the early period (2015–2018), SCAPOS was involved in both technical HPC hardware R&D (ExaNoDe's low-power processors, memory architectures, 3D integration) and strategic roadmapping through EXDCI. By 2018–2022, the focus shifted decisively toward HPC governance, ecosystem coordination, and industrial outreach — coordinating Centres of Excellence via FocusCoE and enabling SME access through FF4EuroHPC. The technical hardware work faded, replaced by a stronger emphasis on EuroHPC policy alignment and making HPC practically useful for businesses.

SCAPOS is moving away from technical R&D toward becoming a connector between the European HPC infrastructure (EuroHPC, PRACE) and industrial end-users, especially SMEs.

How they like to work

SCAPOS operates primarily as a third-party contributor or participant rather than a lead partner — coordinating only 1 of 7 projects. With 77 unique partners across 15 countries, they have a broad but non-exclusive network, typical of an organization embedded in large HPC coordination actions (CSA-type projects with many members). Their value in consortia lies in connecting technical HPC communities with industry rather than delivering deep technical R&D.

SCAPOS has worked with 77 unique partners across 15 countries, reflecting the pan-European nature of HPC coordination and infrastructure projects. Their network is heavily centered on the PRACE/ETP4HPC/EuroHPC community rather than any single national cluster.

What sets them apart

SCAPOS occupies a specific niche as an SME that understands both the technical HPC landscape and the business needs of industrial users. Unlike HPC centres or universities that focus on research computing, SCAPOS focuses on outreach, training, and connecting industry with HPC resources. For consortium builders, they bring established relationships across the entire European HPC ecosystem — PRACE, ETP4HPC, EuroHPC, and the Centres of Excellence network.

Highlights from their portfolio

• FocusCoE
  The only project SCAPOS coordinated — a concerted action linking all European HPC Centres of Excellence with industrial users.
• ExaNoDe
  Their largest funded project (EUR 524,400) and most technically deep, working on exascale processor and memory node design.
• FF4EuroHPC
  Their most recent project, directly targeting SME access to HPC — signaling their current strategic direction.