The National Supercomputing Centre (NSCC) Singapore institute has officially announced the new state-of-the-art AI supercomputer called the ASPIRE 2A+.
Powered by NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD, the new system is located within the premise of the National University of Singapore (NUS), providing petascale computing capabilities to support local demands of AI workloads such as LLMs trained with regional language data as well as various breakthroughs and research in scientific fields, be it data-driven discoveries within Biomed, material science or resource-heavy simulations for the physics groups.
Already up and running from its recent soft launch, the software layer is operated with the NVIDIA AI Enterprise software platform that allows the development and deployment of production-level AI applications.
The collaboration strengthened the partnership between NVIDIA and NSCC, which started back in 2017 with the integration of NVIDIA DGX-1 systems into NSCC’s original ASPIRE 1 supercomputer. Thanks to the aligned goals of Singapore’s National AI Strategy 2.0 and economic growth goals meeting NVIDIA’s recent years of booming AI trend, both parties look forward to more opportunities to expand into more AI-based deployments.
“Powered by NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD, this AI supercomputer can help Singapore develop AI models, maintain data sovereignty, and drive innovation in critical fields such as quantum computing, drug discovery, and climate research,” said Tony Paikeday, senior director of DGX platforms at NVIDIA. “It also fosters a thriving AI ecosystem, attracting global talent and reinforcing Singapore’s leadership in AI and high-performance computing.”
On the other hand, the chief executive at NSCC Singapore, Terence Hung, stated: “Our vision is to transform research and capabilities by equipping scientists with the NVIDIA accelerated computing technology, and equipping researchers with the skills they need to tackle global challenges and drive innovation.”
