Fujifilm gets first DGX-2 AI supercomputer in Japan

Source: NVIDIA. Fujifilm is the first company in Japan to get
the NVIDIA DGX-2 AI supercomputer.

Fujifilm Corporation is the first company in Japan to adopt the NVIDIA DGX-2 artificial intelligence (AI) supercomputer, which is designed to enable the rapid development, testing, deployment and scaling of new deep learning models. 

Fujifilm will use the supercomputer to accelerate AI research meant to push the frontiers of healthcare and other fields.

The company is implementing a new supercomputer cluster consisting of multiple DGX-2 systems. Each system incorporates 16 NVIDIA Tesla V100 Tensor Core GPUs connected via NVIDIA NVSwitch, an AI network fabric, which delivers throughput of 2.4TBps. 

“Improving the accuracy and delivery of medical care is one of society’s greatest challenges,” said Masataka Osaki, Japan Country Manager and VP of Worldwide Field Operations at NVIDIA. “Combining Fujifilm’s expertise in medical imaging systems with NVIDIA’s AI leadership will supercharge the development and deployment of breakthrough applications for intelligent medical imaging systems.”

Akira Yoda, Chief Digital Officer of Fujifilm Corporation said: “Fujifilm applies AI in a wide range of fields. In healthcare, multiple NVIDIA GPUs will deliver high-speed computation to develop AI supporting image diagnostics. The introduction of this supercomputer will massively increase our processing power. We expect that AI learning that once took days to complete can now be completed within hours.”

Fujifilm is active in healthcare through pharmaceuticals, bioCDMO* and regenerative medicine; and in medical systems through medical equipment and services incorporating technologies for analysing and recognising medical images. It also deploys simulations in its work developing highly functional materials, such as display materials and fine chemicals.

*CDMO stands for contract development and manufacturing organisation.