AI Bridging Cloud Infrastructure

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).

AI Bridging Cloud Infrastructure
ActiveExpected to be operational in 1Q 2018[1]
SponsorsFujitsu[2]
OperatorsNational Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
LocationUniversity of Tokyo
Architecture2176 Intel Xeon Gold
4352 Nvidia Tesla V100
Power3 MW
Speed550 petaFLOPS FP16
37 petaFLOPS FP64
Cost¥19.5 billion[3]

History

In November 2014 is was announced that a 160 petaFLOPS system will be build 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

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

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
  1. http://www.itri.aist.go.jp/events/sc2016/pdf/P06-ABCI.pdf?platform=hootsuite
  2. Russell, John (10 October 2017). "Fujitsu Tapped to Build 37-Petaflops ABCI System for AIST". HPC Wire. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  3. David, Eric (25 November 2016). "Japan plans to build the fastest deep learning supercomputer". Silicon Angle. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  4. Moody, Glyn (25 November 2016). "Japan plans 130-petaflop China-beating number-crunching supercomputer". Ars Technica. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  5. Sayer, Peter (25 November 2016). "Japan aims for superefficient supercomputer by 2017". Computer World. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  6. Doran, Temujin; Scott, Katy (31 July 2017). "Japan is building the fastest supercomputer ever made". CNN. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  7. Jones, Rhett (26 November 2016). "Japan Throws Down The Gauntlet With Plan For World's Fastest Supercomputer". Gizmodo. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  8. Feldman, Michael (2017-10-11). "Fujitsu to Build Japan's Fastest Supercomputer". top500.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-11. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  9. Moss, Sebastian (10 October 2017). "Fujitsu to build Japan's fastest supercomputer for AIST". Data Centre Dynamics. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  10. Brueckner, Rich (25 November 2016). "Japan to Build 130 Petaflop ABCI Supercomputer". InsideHPC. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
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