[1] It was founded in 1993, its goal was to serve as a platform to foster scientific innovation and invest in Research and Development.

CESGA is a public consortium founded in 1991 and located in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain.

Typical users include those working with supercomputers, workstations, or PC networks for complex calculations.

FinisTerrae supercomputer, located in CESGA is an integrated system by shared-memory nodes with and SMP NUMA architecture.

FinisTerrae is composed of 144 computational nodes: A hierarchic storing system with: As main purpose, the aim of the supercomputer is research.