Gumi-si Secures Gyeongbuk's First Supercomputer for SME Support

Top-Performance PC Equivalent to 3,000 Units Equipped with AI-Specialized GPU A100 and 13 Types of Simulation Software

Gumi City in Gyeongbuk has established the only specialized supercomputing system for corporate support in Gyeongbuk, accessible to any company within the province, through the establishment project of the Process Innovation Simulation Center.

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Supercomputers are essential infrastructure in the era of the 4th Industrial Revolution and are considered a barometer of national competitiveness, with their importance growing daily. However, due to high construction costs and significant expenses for software purchases, they have been out of reach for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

In response, since 2021, the city has accelerated the construction of supercomputer infrastructure through the Process Innovation Simulation Center project. This year, it built Gyeongbuk’s first corporate support supercomputing system with the performance equivalent to 3,000 PCs, equipped with 16 AI-specialized GPU A100s and 13 types of software highly demanded by companies.

The existing operating system was practically unusable without specialized knowledge, but the city developed its own operating system accessible to general users, laying the foundation for SMEs lacking expert personnel to freely utilize supercomputers.

Companies in Gyeongbuk can freely use the general high-performance supercomputer and the expensive simulation software installed at about 50% of the cost compared to commercial services.

Company A in Gumi shortened its development period by 9 months and saved approximately 200 million KRW in development costs by receiving optimal design and product performance and reliability evaluations during the development stage of a plastic crusher. Company B secured a total solution covering materials, structure, and design when developing a mobile tray for battery manufacturing processes, leading to an additional supply contract with a large corporation and generating about 700 million KRW in additional sales.

The city, together with Gyeongbuk Province, is striving to discover linked projects such as additional infrastructure construction to improve corporate accessibility and usability so that more companies can utilize this excellent supercomputing infrastructure to secure global competitiveness beyond the region.

Mayor Kim Jang-ho said, “We will actively support more companies to utilize supercomputers, which are core assets of digital transformation, to enhance the competitiveness of companies in the Gumi National Industrial Complex and support the growth of technology-centered small and strong enterprises.”