Under a deal announced on Wednesday, HP will join hands with Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) to develop next-generation technologies.
Over the next three years, HP's research arm HP Labs and A*STAR will invest more than S$30 million to establish the HP Shared Services Platform Laboratory (HPSSP Lab).
A*STAR says this collaboration reinforces Singapore's attraction as a global research and info-communications hub.
Under the deal, more than 30 researchers from A*STAR's Institute of High Performance Computing (IHPC) and HP Labs will work together to develop next-generation data centre and grid-related technologies.
"HP Labs has decided to put its latest and most important research in the area of new generation data centre in Singapore with IHPC and in Fusionopolis. It's a testimony to the competence, capabilities and the talent of the researchers, and also the strength of the research infrastructure we have here in Singapore," said Boon Swan Foo, MD of A*STAR.
One of the areas the joint R&D lab will look into is the use of grid computing.
"The technologies that we're working on with HP actually represent the future of computing, where people can use computer resource from all over the world, even from their desktops. We'll have services that will enable them to do so," said Dr Raj Thampuran, executive director of Institute of High Performance Computing (IHPC).
Another area the lab will focus on is the development of a secure and robust data centre that would meet future needs.
"The areas of application would be in enterprise; it could be in desktop publishing, in multi-media or it could be in logistics. Businesses and individuals can benefit from a system where computers distributed all over the world are harnessed by an individual as and when he or she wants to use it, on-demand," said Dr Raj Thampuran.
Initially, the research facility will be located at the Institute of High Performance Computing. Come 2007, it will move into its new home at Fusionopolis, when the first phase of the construction is completed.
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