Summary
AI Bridging Cloud Infrastructure (ABCI) is a planned supercomputer being built at the University of Tokyo for use in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and deep learning.[4][5] It is being built by Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology. ABCI is expected to be completed in first quarter 2018 with a planned performance of 130 petaFLOPS. Power consumption is targeting 3 megawatts, and a planned power usage effectiveness of 1.1. If performance meets expectations, ABCI would be the second most powerful supercomputer built, surpassing the current leader Sunway TaihuLight's 93 petaflops.[6] But still behind the Summit (supercomputer).
| Active | Expected to be operational in 1Q 2018[1] |
|---|---|
| Sponsors | Fujitsu[2] |
| Operators | National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology |
| Location | University of Tokyo |
| Architecture | 2176 Intel Xeon Gold 4352 Nvidia Tesla V100 |
| Power | 3 MW |
| Speed | 550 petaFLOPS FP16 37 petaFLOPS FP64 |
| Cost | ¥19.5 billion[3] |
History edit
In November 2014 it was announced that a 160 petaFLOPS system will be built for ¥19.5 billion (US$172.4 million – US$231.8 million), with construction to begin in 2017.[3][7]
In October 2017 Fujitsu got the contract to build a 37 petaFLOPS system for US$44.3 million.[8][9]
Design edit
The design of the ABCI is to be focused on low precision floating point, big data, and artificial intelligence applications; rather than Linpack performance.[10]
Projects edit
The ABCI is planned to be available to Japanese corporations, small businesses, and researchers; reducing their dependence on foreign cloud computing providers such as Microsoft and Google.[7]
References edit
- ^ AI Bridging Cloud Infrastructure (ABCI) itri.aist.go.jp Retrieved 26 May 2023
- ^ Russell, John (10 October 2017). "Fujitsu Tapped to Build 37-Petaflops ABCI System for AIST". HPC Wire. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
- ^ a b David, Eric (25 November 2016). "Japan plans to build the fastest deep learning supercomputer". Silicon Angle. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
- ^ Moody, Glyn (25 November 2016). "Japan plans 130-petaflop China-beating number-crunching supercomputer". Ars Technica. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
- ^ Sayer, Peter (25 November 2016). "Japan aims for superefficient supercomputer by 2017". Computer World. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
- ^ Doran, Temujin; Scott, Katy (31 July 2017). "Japan is building the fastest supercomputer ever made". CNN. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ^ a b Jones, Rhett (26 November 2016). "Japan Throws Down The Gauntlet With Plan For World's Fastest Supercomputer". Gizmodo. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
- ^ Feldman, Michael (2017-10-11). "Fujitsu to Build Japan's Fastest Supercomputer". top500.org. Archived from the original on 2017-10-11. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
- ^ Moss, Sebastian (10 October 2017). "Fujitsu to build Japan's fastest supercomputer for AIST". Data Centre Dynamics. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
- ^ Brueckner, Rich (25 November 2016). "Japan to Build 130 Petaflop ABCI Supercomputer". InsideHPC. Retrieved 25 November 2016.