ASK Begins Offering NVIDIA DGX Spark AI Supercomputer

ASK Corporation will begin handling the NVIDIA DGX Spark, a desktop AI supercomputer developed by the US company NVIDIA.

“NVIDIA DGX Spark” is an AI supercomputer that uses the NVIDIA Grace Blackwell architecture. It delivers data center-level performance in a compact form factor that can be placed on a desktop, providing a new development environment for AI developers, researchers, data scientists, and students.

In recent years, the rapid spread of generative AI and physical AI has accelerated efforts at companies and research institutes to develop AI. As a result, the size of AI models has increased dramatically, requiring more complex processing. Traditionally, the development and testing of large-scale AI models required the use of cloud services and data centers, but this has resulted in issues such as cost burdens, concerns about data privacy, and dependency on external networks.

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According to a survey by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, approximately 60% of companies that have introduced AI are considering developing and operating AI in-house. In particular, in the manufacturing, finance and medical industries, in-house development of AI systems specialized for a company’s operations is attracting attention as a source of competitive advantage. NVIDIA DGX Spark is an ideal solution not only for AI developers, researchers and data scientists, but also for those who have not been able to develop AI due to various technical, economic and operational constraints.

As the democratization of AI technology progresses, we will comprehensively support Japanese companies in developing their own AI starting with the next-generation AI system “NVIDIA DGX Spark,” which accelerates AI development and promotes business innovation. In particular, we will contribute to improving the AI ​​competitiveness of Japan as a whole by providing an AI development environment at a price range that even small and medium-sized enterprises can afford, and will develop this product with an eye toward use in the fields of edge AI and robotics.

SOURCE: PRTimes