▲ The Ministry of Science and ICT is launching’High-Performance Computing Support’, which supports the development of new technologies and services by easily utilizing computing resources, the source of artificial intelligence (AI) competitiveness.[기계신문] The Ministry of Science and Technology Information and Communication (hereinafter referred to as the’Ministry of Science and Technology’) is launching’High Performance Computing Support’, which supports the development of new technologies and services by easily utilizing computing resources, which are the source of artificial intelligence (AI) competitiveness.
Artificial intelligence development is completed as a final service through the process of creating an artificial intelligence model (algorithm) through numerous iterative learning through data collection and processing.
Since large-scale computation is required in this process, securing operator resources for high-speed processing of large amounts of data determines the competitiveness of artificial intelligence development. However, as high-performance computing is expensive, the use of computational resources in universities, start-ups, and research centers is a big burden.
Accordingly, the Ministry of Science and ICT has expanded high-performance computing resources (30.6PF, 1,000 units) this year compared to 2019 (regular support 4PF, 200 companies/institutions) and 2020 (25.7PF, 883 companies/institutions), which were the first years of application. Enterprises and institutions) will be secured and provided to enterprises and institutions. For reference, one addition operation per second is called flops, and if one trillion times per second is calculated, TF (TeraFlops) 1,000 trillion times is called PF (PetaFlops).
▲ Supported environment: Hardware specifications * Artificial intelligence accelerator provides GPU products (14TF (single-precision standard), 32GB memory) that show the best performance for artificial intelligence learning among the products on the market.In the case of 2020, 883 small and medium-sized venture companies, research institutes, and universities were supported to reduce the AI technology development period by an average of 3.9 months and to reduce costs by an average of 5 million won per month.
In 2021, NAVER Cloud will be selected as a high-performance computing support business provider, and will be promoted as a support system throughout the year. Selected users apply for only the required capacity, check the usage on a monthly basis, and adjust the computational capacity according to the usage performance.
Resources will be provided immediately from March to users who received applications at the end of 2020 (December 2020-January 2021), and additional applications will be received from the AI hub portal from March 8, 2021 to support more users.
▲ Support environment: software“We will create an environment in which anyone with innovative ideas can easily and quickly develop artificial intelligence technology through the high-performance computing support project,” said Song Kyung-hee, the Ministry of Science and ICT. We will continue to promote policies to create a competitive industrial ecosystem and support the growth of the artificial intelligence industry.”
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