NVIDIA sets up NVIDIA Technology Centre Asia Pacific in Singapore

Source: NVIDIA. Marc Hamilton, VP of Solution Architecture and Engineering at NVIDIA, announces the NVIDIA Technology Centre during his keynote address at
GPU Technology Conference Asia South 2015.

NVIDIA will establish the NVIDIA Technology Centre Asia Pacific in Singapore. The facility, supported by the Singapore Economic Development Board, is the first of its kind in the region to focus on deep learning research and development (R&D). Over the next few years, the centre will be used to develop solutions such as deep learning for Singapore’s Smart Nation initiative, intelligent video analytics, and large-scale data analytics.

Located at Nanyang Technological University, the centre will leverage the power of NVIDIA’s graphics processing unit (GPU) platforms to develop innovative solutions for both the private and public sectors. NVIDIA will invest more than S$20 million (about US$14.2 million) in the centre over a three-year period.

“Singapore is an ideal location for our new Technology Centre because of its great ecosystem of technology partners, government investment in infrastructure, and focus on data science and data analytics,” said Marc Hamilton, Vice President of Solution Architecture and Engineering at NVIDIA.

The funding will include the cost of deployment for a broad range of NVIDIA technologies — from the NVIDIA DRIVE PX platform for automated driver assistance systems and self-piloted vehicles to the NVIDIA Tesla platform, which powers deep learning on the world’s top five public clouds as well as some of the world’s fastest supercomputers.

“I am pleased that NVIDIA’s centre will facilitate innovation and talent development through partnerships with Singapore-based companies, institutes of higher learning and government agencies,” said Kiren Kumar, Director of infocomm and media at the Singapore Economic Development Board. “This model of partnership-driven innovation will support our ongoing efforts to position Singapore as the Digital Capital of Asia.”

NVIDIA is also partnering with other government agencies, such as the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) of Singapore, to achieve the aim of the NVIDIA Technology Centre, and build the necessary technology capabilities to realise the vision of a Smart Nation. In June 2014, NVIDIA and IDA signed a Memorandum of Intent to accelerate the growth and competitiveness of Singapore’s tech industry.

IDA has been working with NVIDIA to strengthen partnerships with local technology companies, such as Xjera Labs (smart video content analytics) and Trakomatic (video analytics technology), to develop innovative and exportable products and technologies.

“Deep learning and analytics skills are important contributors in our goal towards building the world’s first Smart Nation. Together with IDA’s efforts to strengthen our local infocomm ecosystem, the development of the NVIDIA Technology Centre will bolster efforts to enhance tech capabilities that can lead to innovation and the creation of solutions necessary to solve business and urban challenges faced locally and abroad,” said Khoong Hock Yun, Assistant Chief Executive of Development Group at IDA.