AIST Partners with HPE and Nvidia to Develop Advanced Supercomputer

Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology AIST has chosen HPE and Nvidia  to build a new AI-powered machine called ABCI 3.0.

It will be a cloud service that both public and private organisations can use to support big foundational models for generative AI. This will speed up the progress of research, development, innovation, and social application.

This partnership shows that Japan is serious about improving its AI skills and making itself more technologically independent.

The project is part of a larger USD 1 billion plan by Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) to improve the country’s computer resources through the Economic Security Fund. It is supported by METI and includes both ABCI activities and investments in cloud AI computing.