“DGX-1 is like a time-machine for AI researchers,” said Jen-Hsun Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA. “Enterprises, research centers and universities worldwide are adopting DGX-1 to ride the wave of deep learning — the technology breakthrough at the center of the AI revolution.” The RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project will use the new supercomputer, scheduled to go online next month, to accelerate AI research in several areas, including medicine, manufacturing, healthcare and disaster preparedness. “We believe that the NVIDIA DGX-1-based system will accelerate real-world implementation of the latest AI technologies technologies as well as research into next-generation AI algorithms,” said Arimichi Kunisawa, head of the Technical Computing Solution Unit at Fujitsu Limited. “Fujitsu is leveraging its extensive experience in high-performance computing development and AI research to support R&D that utilizes this system, contributing to the creation of a future in which AI is used to find solutions to a variety of social issues.”