Fujitsu to equip HPC and Services Solution to King Abdulaziz University

Fujitsu has announced that a signing ceremony with the King Abdulaziz University (KAU) was held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to kick off a project for a new high-performance computing (HPC) and service solution at KAU.

The new HPC system named Aziz will consist primarily of a cluster of FUJITSU Server PRIMERGY CX250 S2 x86 servers and a storage system that includes models from the FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS series. Furthermore, Fujitsu will provide a number of end-to-end services such as day-to-day management of operations and operational load of the system by highly skilled support staff.
 
KAU plans to use Aziz to advance their research capabilities across a number of scientific fields, while offering HPC cloud services to other educational, government, and commercial entities in the region.

Masahiko Yamada, President of Technical Computing Solutions Unit, Fujitsu Limited, said, “Through our supercomputer technology, Fujitsu strives to contribute to building a prosperous society where people can live in peace of mind. We are proud to present KAU with a new supercomputer system, which is based on our strong expertise in HPC, as well as our know-how in services and support. KAU has given a very positive evaluation of the system, and we are confident that it will benefit KAU's advanced research and educational activities in a variety of fields of science and technology, not only in Saudi Arabia but around the world.”

Fujitsu will provide not only hardware, but also maintenance and training services, as well as services meant to increase institutional collaboration worldwide by linking the resources of remote organizations to an HPC cloud service that will be hosted on KAU's new system.