Japan – The University of Osaka D3 Center and NEC Demonstrate Wide-Area Distributed Campus AI Processing Platform

The University of Osaka D3 Center and NEC Demonstrate Wide-Area Distributed Campus AI Processing Platform

On-demand usage of GPU’s from Compute Servers by means of an Optical Network

TOKYO, Nov 13, 2025 -( JCN Newswire) –The University of Osaka D3 Center and NEC Corporation(NEC; TSE: 6701) have actually collectively begun a presentation focused on the application of a wide-area dispersed school AI processing platform that allows on-demand usage of GPU’s from calculate servers. This presentation will utilize NEC’s “ExpEther,” an innovation that transfers signals from IT devices with high dependability and low latency, to construct a high-performance AI processing platform that can link and detach calculate servers and GPUs on-demand, even when they remain in various structures throughout school.

Recently, the requirement and significance of AI analysis and usage for large quantities of delicate information, such as genome information and medical trial information, have actually quickly increased. This information needs rigorous management, making it hard to use computing facilities that is shared by an undefined variety of users. There is a need for innovation that makes it possible for protected information management in a safe environment, along with on-demand access to a safe and secure computing environment for AI analysis and usage of the information.

NEC’s ExpEther transfers PCI Express interactions, which are generally performed inside computer systems, over Ethernet. This makes it possible for high-speed and smooth connection and disconnection of gadgets such as CPUs, GPUs, and storage situated at remote areas, as if they belonged to a single system. This presentation will make use of ExpEther to develop a wide-area dispersed AI processing platform that can link and detach GPUs found in a remote information center on-demand from a research study laboratory’s calculate server, and will validate its efficiency and effectiveness. Based on the outcomes of this presentation, the companies intend to develop a wide-area dispersed school AI processing platform that can securely use delicate information dealt with by research study institutes, such as the Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, and numerous departments.

Overview of the Demonstration

In this presentation, a GPU (NVIDIA H100NVL) set up as a resource swimming pool in the D3 Center IT Core Building on The University of Osaka’s Suita Campus will be linked to a calculate server (Express5800/R120j -2 M) situated in the primary structure. This connection will be developed utilizing ExpEther through a 100Gbps Ethernet fiber optics. In this environment, functional checks and efficiency confirmation will be carried out, concentrating on AI applications that make use of GPUs.

1. Application of a Wide-Area Distributed Computing Platform Enabling On-demand Configuration on a Campus Scale

GPUs combined and pooled as resources in D3 Center IT Core Building will have the ability to be linked and detached on-demand from calculate servers found in remote research study institutes and departments. By releasing this innovation, the presentation intends to develop an AI processing platform that permits research study laboratory calculate servers to use from another location situated GPUs on-demand.

2. Performance Improvement through GPU Consolidation and Sharing

Costly computing resources such as GPUs will be centrally handled as a typical resource swimming pool, intending to enhance university-wide capital expense, lower resource waste, and enhance GPU usage performance.

Future Vision

The University of Osaka D3 Center and NEC objective to develop a wide-area dispersed school AI processing platform that enables calculate servers found in different structures throughout the school to link and make use of pooled high-performance GPUs and SSDs on-demand. D3 Center likewise prepares to provide devoted storage services for the safe operation and management of delicate information, such as medical trial information and genomic details, dealt with by the Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research and other entities. This platform intends to accomplish a safe AI processing platform that can securely use delicate information by integrating the rigorous operation of delicate information with the vibrant system reconfigurability made it possible for by ExpEther. This will add to enhancing the performance of research study activities including delicate information. Moving forward, the companies will even more deepen joint research study and add to the development of development in scholastic research study.

NEC will arrange and solve technical problems for the application of a remote shared GPU usage platform based upon the understanding got from this presentation, going for commercialization of the option in 2026.

NEC will show ExpEther, used in this presentation, at its cubicle throughout SC25: The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis, to be held from November 16 to 21, 2025, in St. Louis, USA.

“The wide-area distributed campus AI processing platform currently being built in this demonstration holds significant meaning for the realization of the bioinformatics platform concept promoted by The University of Osaka. Flexible utilization of high-performance computing resources is indispensable for multiple departments and graduate schools to collaborate and advance the analysis of vast amounts of data in the life sciences and medical fields. We expect that its practical application will significantly accelerate cross-departmental collaborative research and large-scale data analysis, as computing environments previously limited to individual laboratories or departments can now be safely and efficiently shared across the entire campus,” stated Professor Masateru Taniguchi, SANKEN (The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research), The University of Osaka.

“This demonstration holds great significance as a potential solution to the challenge of balancing the expectations and interest in AI utilization in the life sciences and medical fields with confidential information management. By on-demand connection and disconnection of securely managed data resources and high-performance computing resources essential for future academic research, we can provide a dedicated secure AI processing platform for any research group. If the handling of sensitive data, which was previously difficult from a data security perspective, becomes possible, it will dramatically increase the productivity of academic research areas using sensitive data at The University of Osaka. This enables the promotion of new research formats for cross-disciplinary and inter-organizational collaboration, where even research using sensitive data can flexibly utilize cutting-edge AI platforms. To realize the bioinformatics platform concept, we will continue to stabilize and expand this platform, leading research innovation across the university,” stated Professor Susumu Date, D3 Center, The University of Osaka.

About The University of Osaka

The University of Osaka was established in 1931 as one of the 7 royal universities of Japan and is now among Japan’s leading extensive universities with a broad disciplinary spectrum. This strength is paired with a particular drive for development that extends throughout the clinical procedure, from basic research study to the development of used innovation with favorable financial effects. Its dedication to development has actually been acknowledged in Japan and all over the world. Now, The University of Osaka is leveraging its function as a Designated National University Corporation chosen by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology to add to development for human well-being, sustainable advancement of society, and social improvement. Site: https://resou.osaka-u.ac.jp/en

About NEC Corporation

NEC Corporation has actually developed itself as a leader in the combination of IT and network innovations while promoting the brand name declaration of “Orchestrating a brighter world.” NEC allows companies and neighborhoods to adjust to quick modifications occurring in both society and the marketplace as it attends to the social worths of security, security, fairness and effectiveness to promote a more sustainable world where everybody has the opportunity to reach their complete capacity. To find out more, see NEC at https://www.nec.com.