Accelerate your research with NTU's new supercomputing Hydra AI service
The Computer Science department in our School of Science and Technology has launched an exciting new computing service designed to help researchers accelerate their projects and delve deeper into their work.
By Lucy Eaton | Published on 15 May 2024
Categories: Research; School of Science and Technology;
Built and tested over a span of five months, a 320-node supercomputer – Hydra AI – provides research colleagues with a cost-effective way of gaining access to a large amount of computing processing power.
Unlike conventional systems which use central processing units (CPU) or graphics processing units (GPU), it uses Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) technology. This is a groundbreaking approach also employed by tech giants like Amazon and Microsoft.
Hydra AI is currently being used by our computer science researchers on projects related to quantum computing, medical imaging and artificial intelligence; and it’s now ready to tackle the diverse range of research challenges across NTU. The plan for the future is to extend access to regional organisations and eventually to national companies.
The service is flexible and you’ll be able to rent the system for the length of time needed for your project. If you require large amounts of processing power to do calculations such as mathematical processing, optimisation, machine learning, data analysis or computational modelling, these would work well on the Hydra AI platform.
Learn more about the service and how it can help you
If you're interested in learning more about the Hydra AI supercomputer and what it can offer, including costs of renting the service, join the team on the afternoon of Friday 7 June. If you’d like to come along to this event, please complete our online form to register your interest.
If you have any other questions, please contact us at hydra@ntu.ac.uk.