OIST has access to the Japanese High-Performance Computing Infrastructure, or HPCI. The organization connects Japanese supercomputers — the Fugaku system especially — to a nationwide high-speed network and a single identity management system. You can get an ID from HPCI that lets you apply for access to high-performace systems throughout Japan.
The list of resources is available on this webpage. Resources range from the Fugaku supercomputer and specialized accelerator systems, down to smaller university-level clusters similar in size to Deigo. Click through to each system’s page to see details on specifications and availability.
Large HPC systems are a valuable resource and they have serious security concerns (they are used for commercial and classified computing along with academic projects), so getting access to a system can be quite involved.
You need three things to get computing time on an HPC resource in the HPCI network:
The entire process is outlined in English in this pdf file.. Please follow the steps outlined there (they change over time so our local documentation quickly becomes outdated).