Singapore’s First National Petascale Supercomputer
In 2016, ASPIRE 1 came online as Southeast Asia’s most powerful supercomputer. Ranked 94th in the June 2016 TOP500 list of the world’s most powerful supercomputers, the ASPIRE 1 was one of the greenest data centres in Singapore achieving a PUE of 1.3 by operating a hot direct to chip water-cooled supercomputer with dry cooler and rear-door heat exchangers with few CRAC aircon units. Located on the 17th floor of Fusionopolis, ASPIRE 1 was one of the highest operational supercomputers housed in a high-rise building.
In the past seven years, demand for ASPIRE 1 has been off the charts with demand outstripping its capacity. The ASPIRE 1 system supported over 10,000 active users in more than 2,000 research projects with over 3 billion compute core hours allocated.
The ASPIRE 1 was officially decommissioned on 31 August 2023.
In the past seven years, demand for ASPIRE 1 has been off the charts with demand outstripping its capacity. The ASPIRE 1 system supported over 10,000 active users in more than 2,000 research projects with over 3 billion compute core hours allocated.
The ASPIRE 1 was officially decommissioned on 31 August 2023.