Next-Generation HPC Infrastructure Development Division

To promote science, technology, and various innovations, including generative AI, as well as to strengthen industrial competitiveness, the importance of computing infrastructure continues to grow. As demand for computing resources rises and their required functionalities evolve and diversify, providing world-class computing resources to researchers across academia, industry, and government is crucial. This necessitates the continuous development and deployment of flagship supercomputers. In this division, we will lead the development and deployment of the next-generation flagship system while also conducting research and development of advanced foundational technologies essential to its realization, in collaboration with domestic and international researchers and industry.

In order to promote the project, the division offers a hub function to collaborate with research organizations both within and outside RIKEN. For this purpose, several units are established to promote the development of the system and applications for the next-generation computing infrastructure as well as to continuously develop the technologies necessary for the next-generation computing infrastructure. In addition, an office is established within the division to manage the promotion and development related to the next-generation computing infrastructure.