AsianScientist (Mar. 24, 2017) – The RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project has placed an order for a new supercomputer, set to be one of Japan’s most powerful machines specialized in artificial intelligence (AI) research. Called Deep Learning System, the platform is designed to accelerate R&D into AI technology and is scheduled to go online in April 2017.
The system’s total theoretical processing performance will reach four petaFLOPS or four quadrillion floating point operations per second. The system will be comprised of two server architectures, with 24 of NVIDIA® DGX-1™ servers and 32 FUJITSU Server PRIMERGY RX2530 M2 servers, along with a high-reliability, high-performance storage system. Fujitsu will also provide support for R&D that utilizes the system, thereby contributing to the creation of a future society in which AI is used to find solutions to a variety of social issues.
“We believe that the ‘Deep Learning System’ will accelerate real-world implementation of the latest AI technologies and enable breakthroughs in research into next-generation AI algorithms,” said Mr. Arimichi Kunisawa, Head of the Technical Computing Solutions Unit, Fujitsu Limited.
“Fujitsu has partnered with RIKEN to establish the RIKEN AIP-FUJITSU Collaboration Center, which will conduct joint research in creating ‘AI technology that predicts the unpredictable,’ using this very platform.”
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Source: Fujitsu; Photo: Shutterstock.
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