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Hewlett Packard Enterprise to build South Korea’ s largest supercomputer
Hewlett Packard Enterprise( HPE) has been selected by the
Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information( KISTI), a government-funded research institute, to build a more advanced and versatile computing architecture for its sixth national supercomputer KISTI-6 – expected to become the most powerful supercomputer in South Korea.
Featuring a 100 % fanless direct liquid cooling system architecture, KISTI-6 will serve a wide range of data-intensive research projects and form the backbone of AI simulation research and development in Korea. bolster our scientific and technological competitiveness. Making AI accessible and inclusive is critical to encouraging innovation across industries and enhancing societal impact.”
KISTI-6 will be built on the HPE Cray Supercomputing EX4000 system with two partitions, one featuring NVIDIA GH200 Grace Hopper Superchips and another featuring 5th Gen AMD EPYC processors.
The latest accelerators will process the large amounts of data required for AI training, inference and simulation.
Joseph Yang, General manager, HPC and AI, APAC and India, HPE, said:“ We are proud to support this strategic initiative to strengthen Korea’ s capabilities in fundamental scientific research and advanced artificial intelligence, aligned with their broader mission to support national R & D advancement.”
KISTI President Sik Lee, said:“ Our goal is to cement Korea’ s position as a leading country for supercomputing and sovereign AI innovation,” said Sik Lee, President, Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information.“ We want to nurture experts in data utilization, high performance computing and AI technologies to help
StarHub Partners with Trends and Technologies Inc. to support digital transformation in the Philippines
StarHub has signed an MOU with Trends and Technologies, Inc.( Trends), a leading systems integrator and enterprise ICT solutions provider in the Philippines.
The partnership supports digital transformation for businesses in the Philippines and is part of StarHub’ s broader strategy to grow its enterprise presence across the region through high-impact local collaborations.
Bringing together StarHub’ s vision to design and deliver human-centric solutions that simplify complexity, enhance user experience and support the people behind every business, the partnership will deliver integrated solutions built on StarHub’ s Modern Digital Infrastructure platform( powered by Cloud Infinity) and its managed services 2 capabilities.
At its core, the partnership is focused on delivering practical innovation through a unified go-to-market strategy in the Philippines. This includes co-developed bundled offerings and coordinated sales and marketing efforts.
“ In Singapore, we’ ve seen how this approach helps organisations simplify transformation and drive meaningful outcomes. Together with Trends, we are bringing that same focus to the Philippines, making innovation more accessible, practical and connected to real business needs and people.”
“ We’ re creating a powerful partnership that helps businesses in the Philippines simplify operations, strengthen digital foundations, and grow with confidence in a fast-evolving landscape,” said Hasan Fard, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Trends and Technologies Inc.
“ This partnership reflects our commitment to meeting enterprises and citizens where they are, with solutions that are secure, scalable, and built to deliver real results,” said Tan Kit Yong, Head of Enterprise Business Group, StarHub.
At its core, the partnership is focused on delivering practical innovation through a unified go-to-market strategy in the Philippines. This includes co-developed bundled offerings and coordinated sales and marketing efforts.
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