South Korea Lays AI Superhighway: Builds Supercomputer Infrastructure in Indonesia

South Korea is increasing its digital cooperation with ASEAN by establishing high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure, a core basis for synthetic intelligence (AI) improvement, in Indonesia.

The Ministry of Science and ICT and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs introduced on June 18 that they, along with the Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI), have accomplished the Korea-ASEAN HPC Infrastructure Project and held an official opening ceremony at Indonesia’s National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN).

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HPC is a supercomputing infrastructure important for large-scale knowledge evaluation and coaching of superior AI fashions. The newly established system is a 4.2-petaflops (PF) unit able to 4,200 trillion calculations per second.

This challenge, supported by the ASEAN-Korea Cooperation Fund (AKCF), is a US$10 million (roughly 14.7 billion gained) initiative operating from 2024 to 2028. It was launched to share South Korea’s expertise in constructing and working supercomputing methods with ASEAN member states.

Currently, among the many 10 ASEAN member nations, solely Singapore and Thailand possess their very own HPC infrastructure. Accordingly, the HPC infrastructure established in Indonesia is anticipated to turn into a key hub for supporting AI analysis and knowledge utilization ecosystems throughout the ASEAN area.

Expanding Digital Influence Beyond AI Infrastructure Exports

South Korea shouldn’t be solely offering gear, but in addition supporting native workforce improvement and the institution of operational methods.

By 2028, coaching applications and technical training might be supplied for roughly 160 native operational workers, and KISTI’s National Science and Technology Information Service (NTIS) platform might be tailored to go well with native situations. Through these efforts, ASEAN nations might be supported in working and growing their very own HPC infrastructure.

This challenge has included a wide selection of home applied sciences, together with HPC software program and options, Korean AI semiconductors, and safety applied sciences. As a outcome, it’s anticipated to function a bridgehead for South Korean AI and digital corporations to additional increase into the ASEAN market.

Kim Kyungman, Policy Chief for Artificial Intelligence on the Ministry of Science and ICT, said, “The opening of the HPC infrastructure in Indonesia is a meaningful achievement that realizes the Korea-ASEAN vision of sharing South Korea’s AI innovation capabilities with ASEAN countries and growing together,” including, “Through subsequent cooperation, including technology exchange and joint research, we will further expand Korea’s digital influence in the ASEAN region.”

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