The Ultimate Guide to High Performance Computing
A curated Asian edition of TechDay news, analysis, interviews, reviews, job moves, and related resources for High Performance Computing (HPC).
What to know about High Performance Computing
High Performance Computing (HPC) is a field that focuses on using advanced computing technologies to solve complex problems and process vast amounts of data rapidly. It encompasses the design and deployment of powerful computing systems, including supercomputers and specialized hardware, to support applications ranging from scientific research and AI development to data analytics and industrial simulations.
Exploring this tag reveals the latest innovations, partnerships, and breakthroughs in hardware, software, and infrastructure that drive HPC forward. Readers can learn about advancements in AI integration, data centre efficiency, cooling technologies, and collaborative efforts among leading technology companies. Staying informed about HPC developments provides insight into how cutting-edge computing power is shaping industries and enabling new capabilities across diverse fields.
Asian High Performance Computing News
Regional stories with direct local relevance
NVIDIA & KAIST launch Seoul AI lab amid Korea push
The new Seoul lab deepens South Korea's push to build AI talent and infrastructure as global demand for compute and chips surges.
TSMC adds USD $100 billion Arizona spend on AI demand
The chipmaker is boosting US investment as AI demand strains advanced capacity and pushes full-year spending higher.
UMC signs imec silicon photonics deal for 12-inch wafers
Risk production of optical transceiver chips is slated for 2026 and 2027 as UMC moves silicon photonics onto 12-inch wafers.
Vertiv opens Johor plant to meet AI demand in Asia
The new site will create up to 500 jobs as the firm expands capacity for AI and high-density data centre gear across Asia-Pacific.
BW Digital, NUS launch quantum-ready data centre study
The study aims to define the infrastructure needed for quantum and AI workloads in hot, humid data centre hubs such as Singapore and Batam.
Visionbay chooses Netris for Taiwan's largest GPU cluster
Hardware-enforced tenant separation will help Visionbay scale Taiwan's largest GPU cluster without risking customer data leakage or network outages.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to High Performance Computing
Vultr adds AMD MI455X GPU & Helios rackscale support
Google tops Gartner's AI infrastructure magic quadrant
Neocloud providers set to grab AI cloud market share
Frost & Sullivan honours Fujitsu's quantum-inspired tech
Data centre market set to hit USD $1.08 trillion by 2034
Featured News
Exclusive: Virtuozzo sees GPU clouds reshape AI infrastructure
AI demand is pushing cloud providers towards GPU-as-a-service models, with efficiency and utilisation emerging as key differentiators.
Marvell targets AI connectivity bottleneck with NVIDIA boost
AI data centres are hitting copper limits, pushing Marvell and Nvidia towards optics as clusters grow larger and more distributed.
Dell Technologies makes all the hardware cool again
Renewed AI spending is boosting demand for Dell's secure, certified infrastructure as companies chase faster deployment and lower cloud costs.
Expert Columns
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the network
Exclusive: Virtuozzo sees GPU clouds reshape AI infrastructure
Marvell targets AI connectivity bottleneck with NVIDIA boost
Dell Technologies makes all the hardware cool again
How Formula 1 turns data & cyber security into speed
Beyond silicon: AMD evolves AI processor performance, makes play for investment trillions
Recent High Performance Computing News
Standard Chartered & A*STAR launch S$15 million AI lab
The three-year tie-up aims to speed up fraud detection and portfolio analysis, as banks race to turn AI research into daily operations.
AMD deepens South Korea AI push with NAVER, Upstage
AMD inks AI infrastructure deals with NAVER Cloud and Upstage in South Korea, boosting its role in the country's sovereign AI push.
Compuware unveils world's first liquid-cooled PSU for AI servers
Compuware has launched the world's first liquid-cooled PSU for AI servers, cutting fan speed and saving up to USD $750 in annual energy costs per unit.
HPE unveils smarter switches, Wi-Fi 7 for enterprise AI era
HPE has launched smarter switches and Wi-Fi 7 access points to boost enterprise AI, IoT, and HPC performance with AMD Pensando DPUs and advanced security.
Vertiv celebrates partners & launches AI hub at Asia summit
Vertiv celebrated its partners and launched a new AI Hub, fostering innovation and collaboration, at its Asia Channel Summit in Cambodia.
NTT & Dell offer high-performance computing solution in Hong Kong
NTT Com Asia joins with Dell Technologies to launch a High Performance Computing-as-a-service solution in Hong Kong, to support data centre development and AI and FinTech Innovation.
Fujitsu building massive supercomputer for the University of Tokyo
Fujitsu is set to build a supercomputer, Oakbridge-CX, for the University of Tokyo, boasting a performance peak of 6.6 petaflops via 1,368 servers.
Singapore & Japan data centers feature on Green500 for efficient cooling tech
Asetek's liquid cooling technology is behind nine installations on the Green500 list of the world's most energy efficient supercomputers.
Vertiv marks 10 years of Asia partner summit in Johor
AI and data centre demand is forcing Vertiv's Asian resellers to rethink sales plans as the group marked a decade of partner summits in Johor.
NVIDIA deploys Vera CPU to speed chip design tools
Chip design checks could run up to 50% faster after early tests with Cadence and Synopsys tools on NVIDIA's Vera CPU.
GCM signs 24-month thermal deal with Shenzhen ALVC
The tie-up gives GCM a route into data-centre cooling as AI build-outs intensify power and water pressures on operators.
VAST & AMD expand AI inference infrastructure tie-up
The tie-up is aimed at helping cloud providers cut inference costs and improve GPU efficiency as AI demand shifts beyond model training.
Google Cloud time-slices accelerators for RL training
Large language model post-training could get cheaper as idle accelerator time is cut from about 60% to 30% in early tests.
AMD unveils Helios rack-scale AI compute portfolio
Helios racks and new Instinct chips put AMD deeper into AI infrastructure as it courts major customers and challenges Nvidia.
Speedata deploys Arteris FlexNoC in Callisto & Andromeda
The deal underpins Speedata's bid to cut server counts and costs in data-preparation and ETL workloads as analytics chips get more specialised.
AMD & Anthropic strike gigawatt-scale AI partnership
Anthropic will gain a larger pool of AI computing power as AMD commits up to USD $5 billion and a gigawatt-scale chip rollout.
NVIDIA ramps up Vera Rubin AI system for cloud giants
Early cloud deployments and benchmark gains signal NVIDIA's latest rack-scale AI platform is moving into commercial use as data centres chase efficiency.
AMD expands Azure AI infrastructure deal with Microsoft
Microsoft will widen Azure's AI capacity as AMD's Helios rack system and Venice processors are added across chips, networking and software.
NetApp buys DataPelago to boost AI data processing
Businesses could cut AI data-handling costs sharply as NetApp adds DataPelago's zero-copy processing to its storage platform.
Macquarie to buy Sydney site for campus & data centre
The Sydney project is set to add roughly 200 megawatts of capacity as demand from cloud and AI customers keeps rising.