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Company Outline Business Area Organization Chart Company History Location
Corporate Name | Prometech Software, Inc. |
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Board Members | President and CEO SUZUKI Takahiko ( Executive Vice President and Group CFO at Prometech Group, Inc. ) Executive Vice President and COO OKAMORI Katsutaka ( Group COO at Prometech Group, Inc. ) |
Founded | April 6, 2023 |
Capital Fund | 50 million JPY |
Shareholder | Prometech Group, Inc. |
Location | [ HQ ] Hongo Dai-ichi Building, 8F, 34-3, Hongo 3-chome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan Tel: +81-(0)3-5842-4082 Fax: +81-(0)3-5842-4123 [ Nagoya Office ] Round Terrace Fushimi, 3F, 17-26, Nishiki 1-chome, Naka-ku, Nagoya 460-0003, Japan Tel: +81-(0)52-211-3900 Tel: +81-(0)52-211-3901 |
URL | https://prometech.co.jp/en/ |
Academic Advisers | YAGAWA Genki (Professor Emeritus at The University of Tokyo / Former President of IACM) NISHITA Tomoyuki (Professor Emeritus at The University of Tokyo) YAMAMOTO Makoto (Professor at the Tokyo University of Science) SHIBATA Kazuya (Assistant Professor at the Department of Systems Innovation, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo) ASAI Mitsuteru (Assistant Professor at Faculty of Engineering Dept. of Civil and Structural Engineering, Kyushu University) IMAMURA Taro (Professor at The University of Tokyo) SHIMOKAWABE Takashi (Associate Professor at The University of Tokyo) MATSUNAGA Takuya (Research Associate at the Department of Systems Innovation, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo) |
Industrial Advisers | SHINAGAWA Hiroshi (Former senior employee of Honda R&D Co., Ltd.) |
Researchers of Prometech CG Research | Director NISHITA Tomoyuki (Professor Emeritus at The University of Tokyo) Vice Director DOBASHI Yoshinori (Professor at Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University) Researcher KAKIMOTO Masanori (Professor at School of Media Science, Tokyo University of Technology) SHINYA Mikio (Professor at Graduate School of Science, Toho University) IWASAKI Kei (Saitama University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Information and Computer Science, Professor) ISHIKAWA Tomokazu (Associate Professor at Faculty of Information Networking for Innovation and Design, Toyo Univerity) SATO Syuhei (Associate Professor at Faculty of Computer and Information Sciences, Hosei University) NOH Seung-Tak (Assistant Professor at School of Media Science, Tokyo University of Technology) |
Technical Advisory Institute | National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) |
Management of group companies, etc.
https://group.prometech.co.jp
GPU Platform Services | Cloud Infrastructure Services | GPU Venture
https://gdep-sol.co.jp/
Sales and marketing support for the European distribution of Particleworks and of Granuleworks
https://particleworks-europe.com
Research related to computer graphics, visualization of natural objects and phenomena, lighting simulation, etc.
https://www.prometech.co.jp/products_and_services/cgresearch/
A cutting-edge users’ community for NVIDIA HPC SDK and OpenACC users, creating the new era of HPC
https://hpcworld.jp/
The dot at the edge of the logo represents Prometech’s origin, “a Particle”. The “T” that stands out stands for our policy of the state-of-the-art research and development. The dynamic image and passion that grows from the point of origin with a bright red dot.
In addition to simulation technology of complicated physical phenomena which has been researched in the field of computer science, Prometech Software Inc. provides interactive high quality computational realities to the manufacturing, video production and entertainment industries by using high-speed HD drawing technology.
Prometech’s core business is providing groundbreaking particle-based physical simulations by the use of top of the edge hardware. Prometech is creating a new world by joining both (1) engineering simulations (CAE) and (2) visualization and video productions.
As of April 2024
Professor Koshizuka (The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Engineering) introduces his MPS method, a calculation method which makes the simulation of phenomena such as water splashing or landslides a reality.
[Sep.]
Establishment of the research group “Visual Engineering Study Group” with the aim of combining computer graphics and simulations within the next generation structural analysis group of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s IT program “Strategic Foundation for Software Development” (Representative: Professor Koshizuka, secretary: Toshimitsu Fujisawa).
[Oct.]
Establishment of Prometech Software, Inc. State-of art CAE simulation software and computer graphics technology.
[Jul.]
Capital funds increased to 16.5 million yen.
[Aug.]
Concluded a joint test agreement with NHK (Physics simulation technology for TV broadcasting).
[Dec.]
Capital funds increased to 31.5 million yen.
[Jul.]
Capital funds increased to 56.6 million yen.
[Nov.]
Introduced the Disaster Simulation Product FLUIDSISTA in the US and in Japan.
* Jointly developed with SGI Japan, Ltd.
[Mar.]
Capital funds increased to 201.61 million yen.
[Jun.]
Headquarter relocation (Entrepreneur Square, The University of Tokyo).
[Nov.]
BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc. releases the arcade version of Tekken 6, which uses Prometech Software’s Physics Engine OctaveEngine Nature.
[Jun.]
Sony Computer Entertainment releases Shiki-Tei, which uses Prometech Software’s Physics Engine OctaveEngine Nature.
[Jul.]
Hudson Soft Co., Ltd. releases AQUA FOREST Powered by OctaveEngine Casual for iPhone, which uses Prometech Software’s Physics Engine OctaveEngine Casual.
[Jan.]
The game division has spun off from Prometech Software, Inc.
[Jun.]
Release of Particlesworks. Particle-based CAE Software.
[Mar.]
Establishment of G-DEP, Nihon GPU Computing Partnership.
[Aug.]
G-DEP, Nihon GPU Computing Partnership, is designated as a Tesla Preferred Partner 2.0 by NVIDIA Corporation.
[Mar.]
”Development of the Next Generation Particle Method CAE Software” was chosen as the second “Open-innovation project for IoT technology development” by NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) in 2011.
[Apr.]
“Particleworks Ver2.1” received the Outstanding Performance Award from The Resona Foundation For Small and Medium Enterprise Promotion. *23rd Resona Foundation For Small and Medium Enterprise Promotion New Technology Award – Software Division.
[Apr.]
Opening of the West Japan Branch Office.
[Oct.]
Particleworks was awarded with the Award of Excellence Tokyo Venture Technology Award 2011.
[Mar.]
Signed a reseller agreement with PRISM CO., LTD.
[Oct.]
Signed a capital/business alliance agreement with KOZO KEIKAKU ENGINEERING, Inc.
[Nov.]
Particleworks has been named one of the Brilliant Industrial Technologies of the National Capital Region during the 62th National Capital Region Nine Government Summit 2012.
[Sep.]
Signed a reseller agreement with Functionbay K.K.
[Jan.]
Establishment of a reseller in Taiwan. (Scientific Formosa Inc.: KOZO KEIKAKU ENGINEERING Inc.’s second agency)
[Apr.]
Signed a reseller agreement for Particleworks with Functionbay, Inc. (South Korea).
[May.]
Particleworks received The Japan Society for Computational Engineering and Science’s 25th Technology Award.
[Sep.]
Received the “Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award” of the “Award for Academic Startups (Organized by the Japan Science and Technology Agency. Sponsered by MEXT).
[Jan.]
Signed a reseller agreement for Particleworks with EnginSoft (Italy).
[Apr.]
Headquarter relocation (Bunkyo ward, Tokyo).
[Sep.]
Signed a reseller agreement for Particleworks with FASOTEC Co., Ltd.
[Nov.]
The West Japan Branch has been relocated to the Asahi Kaikan (Naka ward, Nagoya).
[Jan.]
Establishment of GDEP Solutions Inc.
[Nov.]
Release of Granuleworks (ver1.0) – The advanced simulator for granular materials.
[Jan.]
Signed a reseller agreement with PERA Global (China).
[Jul.]
Opening of the Osaka Branch Office. The “West Japan Branch” has been renamed to the “Nagoya Branch”.
[Dec.]
Nagoya Branch has been relocated to the Round Terrace Fushimi (Naka ward, Nagoya).
[Apr.]
Opening of Prometech CG research.
[Jun.]
Opening of Tokyo Satellite Office.
[Jul.]
Osaka Branch has been relocated to SYNTH, Dojima Axis Bldg 4F ( Kita-ku, Osaka).
[Oct.]
Establishment of Particleworks Europe S.r.l.(Italy).
[Jan.]
PGI compiler products and HPC engineering business succession from SofTek Systems, Inc.
[Feb.]
Launched the user community “HPC WORLD” for NVIDIA HPC SDK and OpenACC users
Launched NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise and Simulation Consulting.
[Oct.]
Transitioned to holding company structure through a corporate split.
Acquired ISO 27001 certification, the international standard for information security management systems (ISMS).
Hongo Dai-ichi Building, 8F, 34-3, Hongo 3-chome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
Tel: +81-3-5842-4812 Fax: +81-3-5842-4123
Round Terrace Fushimi, 3F, 17-26, Nishiki 1-chome, Naka-ku, Nagoya 460-0003, Japan
Tel: +81-52-211-3900 Fax: +81-52-211-3901