HPCI, the innovative High-Performance Computing Infrastructure, is a world top class supercomputing infrastructure built by the Japanese government. In the HPCI, the flagship system, Fugaku, and the systems of major universities and national laboratories throughout Japan are connected via a high-speed network.
This website introduces activities of the HPCI including the supercomputer Fugaku, and research achievements by awarded projects.

HPCI, Your Gateway to HPC

HPCI is open to the world. Applications from all researchers are welcome, from academia to industry*1. This site also outlines public call for projects which can access the HPCI supercomputing resources including the supercomputer Fugaku.
*1 PI from industry needs to belong to a private company registered in Japan.

Press Release

2022/12/09 Overview of Application Status for the Periodic Call for Research Projects Using HPCI System Including the Supercomputer Fugaku in FY 2023 (First of Two Calls per Year)

2022/4/28 Octo-Tiger Awarded Access to the World’s Fastest Supercomputer

2022/3/18 Five Singapore research projects approved for 1 million node hours of high-performance computing resources on the world’s fastest supercomputer, Japan’s Fugaku system

2022/2/17 Overview oOverview of the Awarding Results of FY 2022 Call for Proposals of Research Projects using the HPCI System

2021/6/22 Overview of the Application Status of Fugaku FY 2021 Period-B Projects, Small-Scale Projects, and Trial Access Projects

2021/4/7 HPCI Urgent Call for Fighting against Infectious Diseases including COVID-19

What is HPCI?

HPCI is the world top class supercomputing environment as leading edge research infrastructure developed by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT).
It connects the Fugaku located at RIKEN and the supercomputers at national universities and national research institutes for FY2022 (see the map below) with high-speed networks to provide an innovative shared computing environment that responds to users’ diverse needs.
For more information, please refer to the HPCI portal site.

an image of a Japanese map
RIKEN Center for Computational Science(RIKEN R-CCS)
Information Initiative Center, Hokkaido University
Cyberscience Center, Tohoku University
Center for Computational Sciences, University of Tsukuba
Joint Center for Advanced High Performance Computing (JCAHPC)
Information Technology Center, The University of Tokyo
Global Scientific Information and Computing Center, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Information Technology Center, Nagoya University
Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies, Kyoto University
Cybermedia Center, Osaka University
Research Institute for Information Technology, Kyushu University
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
National Institute of Informatics
The Institute of Statistical Mathematics

HPCI Computing Resources

What is supercomputer Fugaku?

A supercomputer being developed by RIKEN as the successor to the K computer. In June 2020, Fugaku has taken first place on four supercomputer performance ranking and has the best performance in the world. Full-scale operation is scheduled to start in fiscal 2021.
For more information, please refer to the RIKEN Center for Computational Sciences website.

an photograph  of supercomputer Fugaku

Global Partnership

RIST maintains a Global Partnership. Based on Memoranda of Understanding with NSCC Singapore and NCI, RIST promotes information exchange between the global HPC community on the use of advanced research computing.

global partnership

About US

Research Organization for Information Science and Technology (RIST) is a general incorporated foundation which has been carrying out usage promotion services of the High Performance Computing Infrastructure (HPCI) of Japan, commissioned by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). HPCI is a world top-class supercomputing environment with Fugaku and supercomputers from Japanese universities and research institutes connected by a high-speed network. RIST has taken a role as the operation office of the HPCI. Within a framework of HPCI, we are in charge of managing HPCI shared use computational resources and promoting usage, i.e. project selection, user support, and dissemination of research outcomes.
For more details, please refer to the HPCI Portal Site banner below.

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