<s>
Cineca	B-Device
is	O
a	O
non-profit	O
consortium	O
,	O
made	O
up	O
of	O
69	O
Italian	O
universities	O
,	O
27	O
national	O
public	O
research	O
centres	O
,	O
the	O
Italian	O
Ministry	O
of	O
Universities	O
and	O
Research	O
(	O
MUR	O
)	O
and	O
the	O
Italian	O
Ministry	O
of	O
Education	O
(	O
MI	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
established	O
in	O
1969	O
in	O
Casalecchio	O
di	O
Reno	O
,	O
Bologna	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
most	O
powerful	O
supercomputing	B-Architecture
centre	O
for	O
scientific	O
research	O
in	O
Italy	O
,	O
as	O
stated	O
in	O
the	O
TOP500	B-Operating_System
list	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
powerful	O
supercomputers	B-Architecture
in	O
the	O
world	O
:	O
Marconi100	O
,	O
is	O
ranked	O
at	O
the	O
18th	O
position	O
of	O
the	O
list	O
as	O
of	O
November	O
2021	O
,	O
with	O
about	O
30	O
P/FLOPS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
consortium	O
's	O
institutional	O
mission	O
is	O
to	O
support	O
the	O
Italian	O
scientific	O
community	O
through	O
supercomputing	B-Architecture
and	O
scientific	B-Application
visualisation	I-Application
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
1980s	O
,	O
Cineca	B-Device
has	O
broadened	O
the	O
scope	O
of	O
its	O
mission	O
by	O
embracing	O
other	O
IT	O
sectors	O
,	O
developing	O
management	O
and	O
administrative	O
services	O
for	O
universities	O
and	O
designing	O
ICT	O
systems	O
for	O
the	O
exchange	O
of	O
information	O
between	O
the	O
MIUR	O
and	O
the	O
Italian	O
national	O
academic	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Today	O
it	O
merges	O
the	O
specificities	O
and	O
competences	O
of	O
the	O
other	O
two	O
Italian	O
high	B-Architecture
performance	I-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
consortia	O
,	O
CILEA	O
and	O
Caspur	O
:	O
as	O
a	O
unique	O
reference	O
point	O
for	O
technology	O
innovation	O
in	O
Italy	O
,	O
with	O
its	O
services	O
Cineca	B-Device
supports	O
the	O
whole	O
higher	O
education	O
and	O
research	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cineca	B-Device
takes	O
part	O
in	O
several	O
research	O
projects	O
funded	O
by	O
the	O
European	O
Union	O
for	O
the	O
promotion	O
and	O
development	O
of	O
IT	O
technologies	O
(	O
grid	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
,	O
bioinformatic	O
,	O
digital	O
content	O
,	O
the	O
promotion	O
of	O
transnational	O
access	O
to	O
European	O
supercomputing	B-Architecture
centres	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
the	O
scientific	O
community	O
by	O
means	O
of	O
high	B-Architecture
performance	I-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
,	O
develops	O
management	O
systems	O
for	O
the	O
university	O
administrations	O
and	O
for	O
the	O
Ministry	O
of	O
Universities	O
and	O
Research	O
,	O
designs	O
and	O
develops	O
information	O
systems	O
for	O
businesses	O
,	O
health	O
care	O
organizations	O
and	O
public	O
administration	O
.	O
</s>
