Japan’s University of Hyogo Selects Hewlett Packard Enterprise to Build New Supercomputer to Tackle AI in Research Across Meteorology, Manufacturing and Medicine
September 01 2021 - 6:00AM
Business Wire
Students and researchers will gain advanced high performance
computing, artificial intelligence and big data capabilities to
address large, data-intensive projects
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) today announced that it
has built a new supercomputer for the University of Hyogo, Japan’s
leading public university. The new supercomputer uses HPE Apollo
systems to target modeling, simulation and artificial intelligence
(AI) capabilities to advance investigations into society’s most
complex and pressing issues. This is the university’s third
generation supercomputer with significantly improved performance to
run big data sets involving complex scientific data across
meteorology, manufacturing, physics and medicine. The advanced
capabilities will also help increase accuracy in outcomes through
the use of AI and machine learning.
The new supercomputer, which is housed at the Center for
Cooperative Work on Computational Science at the University of
Hyogo, will provide resources to support growing research demands
from academic institutions and private/public collaboration
initiatives.
“Our purpose is to contribute to society through education and
research, and this powerful new supercomputer plays a vital role in
advancing this mission and in addressing our diverse requirements,”
said Professor Dr. Hitoshi Washizu, University of Hyogo. “The HPC
and AI solution from HPE, backed by its broad portfolio, extensive
experience, and track record, has proven instrumental in realizing
our mission.”
Specific areas of research that will be addressed at the
university include the fields of meteorological phenomena, plasma
physics, complex fluids, earthquake-resistant architecture,
energy-saving materials, econophysics and environmental DNA
research. For example, research teams have already delivered
insights into the features of sudden torrential downpours of rain,
developed coating materials that prevent formation of blood clots
in artificial heart and lungs, and have been working to predict
building damage and economic loss resulting from the Nankai Trough
earthquake.
"We are honored to continue our long-standing collaboration with
the University of Hyogo and advance their R&D resources to
tackle complex scientific research in weather, manufacturing,
medicine and other phenomena,” said Fumiki Negishi, general
manager, High Performance Computing, AI, and Mission Critical
Systems, HPE Japan, HPE. "With this new 3rd generation
supercomputer we are delivering comprehensive high performance
computing and AI solutions for demanding research that aims to make
impactful contributions to society’s most pressing issues."
University of Hyogo’s new supercomputer is one of the most
powerful among public universities in Japan. It is built using HPE
Apollo 6500 Gen10 and HPE Apollo 2000 Gen10 systems featuring
NVIDIA® V100 Tensor Core GPUs. It also uses a combination of HPE
ProLiant DL360, DL380, and DL560 Gen10 servers. To address
constantly growing data, the Cray ClusterStor E1000 Storage System
from HPE was deployed to meet the demanding capacity needs required
by data-intensive HPC and AI projects.
The system’s overall technology advancements offer researchers
and students an agile supercomputing environment with enhanced big
data processing capability to help them solve major issues facing
society and can further hone and develop their skills and
knowledge.
About The University of Hyogo
The University of Hyogo was established in 2004 through a merger
of three prefectural universities, with roots tracing back 92
years, to 1929. The University of Hyogo is one of the largest
public universities in Japan, with 6 faculties, 9 graduate schools,
4 affiliated research institutes, and affiliated high school and
junior high school.
https://www.u-hyogo.ac.jp/english/index.html
About Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE:
HPE) is the global edge-to-cloud company that helps organizations
accelerate outcomes by unlocking value from all of their data,
everywhere. Built on decades of reimagining the future and
innovating to advance the way people live and work, HPE delivers
unique, open and intelligent technology solutions delivered as a
service – spanning Compute, Storage, Software, Intelligent Edge,
High Performance Computing and Mission Critical Solutions – with a
consistent experience across all clouds and edges, designed to help
customers develop new business models, engage in new ways, and
increase operational performance. For more information, visit:
www.hpe.com.
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