1999	collaborative high performance computing (HPC) initiative among University of Cape Town (UCT) scientists development into informal consortium of Western Cape institutions
2001	Department of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology (DACST) recognises potential of HPC on a national level, making it part of the national ICT Roadmap project
2003	Department of Science and Technology (DST) invites the CSIR into the fold
2004	DST appoints interim advisory committee first international workshop involving science councils, higher education institutions, government departments, major national projects, industry players, vendors and international HPC centres
2005	the Centre for High Performance Computing (CHPC) is established at the Meraka Institute, a national research centre managed by the CSIR formal agreement between the CSIR and UCT for hosting of the primary node of the CHPC
2006	start of procurement process for computational platform third international HPC workshop construction work to upgrade facilities for the CHPC in Rosebank, Cape Town
2007	computational platform installed first three flagship projects commence CHPC inauguration by the Minister of Science and Technology