A Survey of High Performance Computing (HPC) Infrastructure in Thailand
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In the last decade, government organizations and private companies in Thailand have invested considerably in computing resources. Research collaborations typically band together based on shared interests and propose projects to compete for funding. Thus, many institutions frequently use similar computing resources. A bird's eye view of high-performance computer infrastructure in Thailand is important in many ways. To the best of our knowledge and ability, we gathered information on government procurements of HPC resources in the past five years, which cover several organizations and ministries. We list the system specifications and tabulate the target application areas for each system. The aggregated number of cores and storage space for HPC in Thailand, commissioned during the past five years, is 54,838 cores and 21 PB, respectively. We also describe the large data transfers using UniNet for HPC applications. The survey results can be used by academics and decision-makers to build research agendas and national development strategies.
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