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Fujitsu has this week announced that their Fugaku supercomputer has now been optimised for preparation to be enabled for public use. Fugaku is a Japanese supercomputer developed as a core system for the innovative High-Performance Computing Infrastructure (HPCI) promoted by Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT).
Fugaku has won four supercomputer titles for the second consecutive period in the world’s major high-performance computing rankings and is making full use of its outstanding potential to solve urgent social and scientific problems. With its outstanding computational power, Fugaku will play an important role in building Society 5.0, the Super Smart Society, through the following technologies.
Fujitsu and RIKEN Complete Joint Development of Japan s Fugaku, the World s Fastest Supercomputer
TOKYO, Mar 9, 2021 - (JCN Newswire) - 1. Overview
Fugaku is Japan s supercomputer that has been developed as a core system for the innovative High-Performance Computing Infrastructure (HPCI) promoted by Japan s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT).
In 2014, RIKEN and Fujitsu began joint development of Fugaku and completed delivery of all racks in May 2020. Since then, they have developed and optimized the user environment in preparation for the commencement of shared use.
In the meantime, Fugaku has claimed the world s top spot for two consecutive terms in June and November 2020 in four categories on the major high-performance computer rankings: the TOP500, HPCG, HPL-AI, as well as the Graph 500, and has been used on a trial basis under the Program for Promoting Research on the Supercomputer Fugaku , research projects aimed to combat COVID-19 , etc.