OptimaNumerics, leader in high performance numerical software, announced the key partnership with the Russian Joint Supercomputer Center (JSCC), Moscow, to provide OptimaNumerics Libraries for the IBM BladeCenter JS20 platform, and collaboration on high performance computational techniques research. The supercomputer at JSCC with 168 CPUs is the fastest PowerPC970 supercomputer in the world and the second fastest supercomputer in Russia. Dr Oleg Aladyshev, Deputy Director of JSCC, said, "OptimaNumerics Libraries enable us to achieve higher performance level than with other libraries. We are looking forward to a fruitful collaboration with OptimaNumerics on high performance computational techniques research." Benchmark results of OptimaNumerics Libraries for the BladeCenter JS20 with PowerPC970 processor, have shown significant performance improvements, with components delivering 2x faster solutions compared to the closest competitor libraries.