Starting in September 2025, the D3 Center at the University of Osaka will launch the operation of OCTOPUS(Osaka university Compute & sTOrage Platform Urging open Science), a next-generation computing and storage platform available to researchers at universities, research institutes, and companies, as well as graduate students and undergraduate students throughout Japan.

Between September and November, OCTOPUS will be offered free of charge to researchers across Japan who may consider using it in the future. This period will serve as a trial run prior to full operation.Full-scale operation is scheduled to begin in December 2025.

We encourage not only those who find their laboratory computing resources insufficient or wish to try out the latest processors, but also those who have never used a large-scale computing platform, to take this opportunity and consider using OCTOPUS.
 

System Specifications

Total Computing Performance 2.293 PFLOPS
Node Configuration Number of Nodes
140 nodes (16.384 TFLOPS)
Processor:Intel Xeon 6980P (Granite Rapids / 2.0GHz 128 Core) x 2
Memory:768 GB
Storage DDN EXAScaler (Lustre) HDD:4.48 PB (usable capacity: 3.58 PB)
Interconnect InfiniBand NDR200 (200 Gbps)

Application Guidelines

Application Period Until October 31, 2025
Usage Period (Tentative) From September to November 2025
Note: Accounts will be issued sequentially as the system becomes available.
Available Resources All 140 OCTOPUS nodes
- Shared usage environment may result in queue wait times.
- Limits on job concurrency and runtime will apply.
Storage (HDD): 4.48 PB total
- 5.0 TB per group will be provided
No. of accepted applications No limit
Notes - The trial period and available resources may be subject to change without prior notice.
- Details regarding accounts and data handling after the free trial will be communicated separately.
- During the trial, users will be asked to complete a survey. Your cooperation is appreciated.
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Application Form

Please submit your application using the following form:

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