Following NEC’s successful evaluation of the Cornelis CN5000 Omni-Path platform, AI and HPC infrastructure collaboration is expanding across Japan. Cornelis and NEC Corporation will support next-generation computing deployments across Japan and the broader Asia-Pacific region.
The companies will build on their existing collaboration in Europe. Meanwhile, NEC will also participate in early evaluation activities for the upcoming Cornelis CN6000 platform. The expanded relationship will support enterprise, manufacturing, academic, and research organizations. It will also help customers address increasingly demanding AI and high-performance computing workloads.
Cornelis and NEC Corporation announced an expanded collaboration focused on next-generation AI and HPC infrastructure. The partnership will use Cornelis high-performance networking solutions to support organizations across Japan. It will also extend opportunities throughout the wider Asia-Pacific market.
NEC recently completed a successful evaluation of the Cornelis CN5000 Omni-Path platform. The evaluation focused on HPC workloads and networking performance. The results provide a foundation for broader customer support across Japan. In addition, the collaboration strengthens work between the companies in Europe.
CN5000 Evaluation Supports HPC Networking Growth
The expanded collaboration will address enterprise AI and manufacturing requirements. It will also support academic research and high-performance computing deployments. NEC plans to participate in early evaluation activities for the Cornelis CN6000 platform. This step will help customers prepare for increasingly complex AI and HPC workloads.
“AI infrastructure is placing unprecedented demands on network performance, scalability, and efficiency,” said Lisa Spelman, CEO of Cornelis. “NEC’s extensive experience delivering enterprise and HPC infrastructure throughout Japan makes them an outstanding partner as we continue giving customers more choice and bringing advanced networking technologies to new markets. Together, we’re helping customers build AI and HPC environments that deliver greater performance today while preparing for the next generation of large-scale computing.”
The collaboration also reflects broader demand for open, high-performance networking alternatives. AI and HPC deployments continue to expand across multiple industries. Following the technical evaluation, NEC and Cornelis will continue supporting customer opportunities. They will leverage NEC’s established relationships across Japan.
These relationships span enterprise, manufacturing, academic, and research organizations. Therefore, the collaboration can address different infrastructure requirements across the market. NEC’s evaluation included extensive MPI communication testing. The testing covered multiple workloads and communication patterns.
The process validated the capabilities of the CN5000 platform. It also identified optimization techniques that can improve application performance. The joint evaluation highlighted the importance of engineering collaboration. Close cooperation can help customers improve networking efficiency across large-scale HPC environments.
Cornelis and NEC Prepare for Next-Generation AI Infrastructure
The companies also plan to extend their collaboration to the Cornelis CN6000 platform. This initiative will give NEC an opportunity to evaluate next-generation networking technologies. Customers are preparing for larger AI training and inference deployments. At the same time, HPC workloads continue to require greater networking performance.
“Organizations across Japan are preparing for increasingly complex AI and HPC environments that require higher performance, scalability, and efficiency,” said Takeshi Hirose, Senior Director of Compute Department, NEC Corporation. “Our collaboration with Cornelis broadens the high-performance networking technologies available to our customers while allowing us to evaluate next-generation capabilities that support future computing requirements.”
The partnership also expands Cornelis’ global ecosystem of infrastructure partners. Customers also get access to high-performance networking via established server providers. Furthermore, customers will benefit from continuous innovation in the Cornelis product portfolio. This approach is supportive of evolving needs in AI and HPC environments.
Networking performance is still a top concern as AI clusters scale. AI training and inference workloads can be very demanding on infrastructure. Therefore Cornelis and NEC will continue to explore new networking technologies. The companies will also concentrate on optimizing customer deployments.
The work the two will do together will underpin future AI and HPC infrastructure in Japan and the world. This will also assist organizations in preparing for more challenging computing environments. This enhanced relationship is based on the CN5000 evaluation. In the meantime, early trials with the CN6000 help customers prepare for future networking requirements.
The partnership merges NEC’s regional infrastructure expertise with Cornelis’ high-performance networking technologies. The companies plan to work together to enable scalable computing environments for organizations across Japan and the Asia-Pacific region.
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