The world’s most powerful supercomputer Fugaku has now been fully developed in Japan. The machine is now available for research use.
Key Points
- Japanese scientific research institute RIKEN and Fujitsu started the development 6 years ago with an aim to make the device core of Japan’s computing infrastructure.
- In April 2020, it was also tested particularly in projects to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Now, Fugaku is fully open and available for shared use.
- That is why Japan’s Research Organization for Information Science and Technology (RIST) has selected 74 projects that will use the supercomputer in FY2021.
- RIST has asked for proposals of new projects in several categories and invited researchers who are interested to apply.
- Fugaku will be used with an aim to achieve research results that helps in building a long-lived and healthy society, disaster mitigation, and better energy use.
- The ultimate goal is to establish the government’s vision of an ultra-smart Society 5.0.
- Fugaku has topped the Top500 list, a supercomputer benchmark index, for two consecutive years.
- The computer has 100 times the application performance of K supercomputer and is developed to implement high-resolution, long-duration, and large-scale simulations.
A portion of Fugaku’s research is also dedicated to COVID-19 related projects. The computer is not only built for scientific researches but also to help build the Society 5.0.
