Case Study: Hokkaido University boosts HPC and intercloud computing with Cornelis Networks Omni-Path solutions

Hokkaido University Launches New HPC and Intercloud Infrastructure for Large-scale and Distributed Computing

Hokkaido University's Information Initiative Center faced the challenge of expanding its high-performance computing capacity to support world-class computational research across Japan. To solve problems in fields like ocean analysis and weather simulation, the university needed a significant upgrade to its supercomputing and cloud infrastructure. They partnered with Cornelis Networks, utilizing their Omni-Path Architecture fabric, to build a new system.

Cornelis Networks provided the high-speed 100 Gbps Omni-Path fabric to interconnect the university's new HPC clusters and cloud system. This solution linked the 3.08 petaFLOPS Grand Chariot and 0.87 petaFLOPS Polaire supercomputers, boosting the center's total computational capability by 23 times. The result was a powerful, distributed Intercloud infrastructure that enables advanced research in analytics, IoT, and machine learning across multiple Japanese universities.

Hokkaido University