{"id":61795,"date":"2021-03-10T10:03:44","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T09:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/?p=61795"},"modified":"2021-03-10T10:03:44","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T09:03:44","slug":"fujitsu-and-riken-complete-joint-development-of-japans-fugaku-the-worlds-fastest-supercomputer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/61795-fujitsu-and-riken-complete-joint-development-of-japans-fugaku-the-worlds-fastest-supercomputer\/","title":{"rendered":"Fujitsu and RIKEN<\/span> Complete Joint Development of Japan\u2019s Fugaku, the World\u2019s Fastest Supercomputer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Begin\u00adning of shared use offers rese\u00adar\u00adchers glo\u00adbal\u00adly access to top-class com\u00adpu\u00adting resources<\/strong><\/p>\n

RIKEN<\/span>, The Rese\u00adarch Orga\u00adniza\u00adti\u00adon for Infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon Sci\u00adence and Tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy, Fuji\u00adtsu Limited<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Tokyo, March 09, 2021<\/p>\n

RIKEN<\/span>, the Rese\u00adarch Orga\u00adniza\u00adti\u00adon for Infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon Sci\u00adence and Tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy (RIST<\/span>), and Fuji\u00adtsu today announ\u00adced the com\u00adple\u00adti\u00adon and begin\u00adning of shared use of super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter Fug\u00ada\u00adku, which has been joint\u00adly deve\u00adlo\u00adped sin\u00adce 2014 by RIKEN<\/span> and Fujitsu.<\/p>\n

On the same day, RIKEN<\/span> and RIST<\/span> have star\u00adted to offer the sys\u00adtem for shared use, pro\u00advi\u00adding access for a wide ran\u00adge of rese\u00adar\u00adchers and users in aca\u00adde\u00admic and indus\u00adtri\u00adal fields.<\/p>\n

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An inau\u00adgu\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon cerem\u00ado\u00adny of Fug\u00ada\u00adku
(From the left is HPCI<\/span> Con\u00adsor\u00adti\u00adum Pre\u00adsi\u00addent Tai\u00adsuke Boku, RIKEN<\/span> Pre\u00adsi\u00addent Hiro\u00adshi Mat\u00adsu\u00admo\u00adto, RIST<\/span> Pre\u00adsi\u00addent Yasu\u00adhi\u00adde Taji\u00adma, and RIKEN<\/span> R\u2011CCS<\/span> Cen\u00adter Direc\u00adtor Sato\u00adshi Matsuoka)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1. Over\u00adview<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fug\u00ada\u00adku is Japan\u2019s super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter that has been deve\u00adlo\u00adped as a core sys\u00adtem for the inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adve High-Per\u00adfor\u00admance Com\u00adpu\u00adting Infra\u00adstruc\u00adtu\u00adre (HPCI<\/span>) pro\u00admo\u00adted by Japan\u2019s Minis\u00adtry of Edu\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon, Cul\u00adtu\u00adre, Sports, Sci\u00adence and Tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy (MEXT<\/span>).<\/p>\n

In 2014, RIKEN<\/span> and Fuji\u00adtsu began joint deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of Fug\u00ada\u00adku and com\u00adple\u00adted deli\u00advery of all racks in May 2020. Sin\u00adce then, they have deve\u00adlo\u00adped and opti\u00admi\u00adzed the user envi\u00adron\u00adment in pre\u00adpa\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon for the com\u00admence\u00adment of shared use.<\/p>\n

In the mean\u00adti\u00adme, Fug\u00ada\u00adku has clai\u00admed the world\u2019s top spot for two con\u00adse\u00adcu\u00adti\u00adve terms in June and Novem\u00adber 2020 in four cate\u00adgo\u00adries on the major high-per\u00adfor\u00admance com\u00adpu\u00adter ran\u00adkings: the TOP500<\/span>, HPCG<\/span>, HPL-AI<\/span>, as well as the Graph 500, and has been used on a tri\u00adal basis under the \u201cPro\u00adgram for Pro\u00admo\u00adting Rese\u00adarch on the Super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter Fug\u00ada\u00adku\u201d, \u201crese\u00adarch pro\u00adjects aimed to com\u00adbat COVID-19<\/span>\u201d, etc. sin\u00adce April 2020. In the\u00adse tri\u00adals, two pro\u00adjects, \u201cStu\u00addy on Lar\u00adge-Sca\u00adle Nume\u00adri\u00adcal Flu\u00adid Simu\u00adla\u00adti\u00adon\u201d and \u201cLar\u00adgest Ever Meteo\u00adro\u00adlo\u00adgi\u00adcal Cal\u00adcu\u00adla\u00adti\u00adon\u201d have alre\u00ada\u00addy been sel\u00adec\u00adted as the ACM<\/span> Gor\u00addon Bell Pri\u00adze fina\u00adlists. In addi\u00adti\u00adon, rese\u00adarch on \u201cPre\u00addic\u00adtion and Coun\u00adter\u00adme\u00ada\u00adsu\u00adres for Infec\u00adtion by Virus Con\u00adta\u00admi\u00adna\u00adted Dro\u00adp\u00adlet in Indoor Envi\u00adron\u00adment\u201d has led to chan\u00adges in people\u2019s life\u00adstyl\u00ades, and Fug\u00ada\u00adku is alre\u00ada\u00addy making ste\u00adady pro\u00adgress toward beco\u00adming a key tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgi\u00adcal plat\u00adform for sci\u00adence and for buil\u00adding Socie\u00adty 5.0.<\/p>\n

RIKEN<\/span> and Fuji\u00adtsu will con\u00adti\u00adnue to coope\u00adra\u00adte to ensu\u00adre sta\u00adble ope\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon of Fug\u00ada\u00adku while con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adting to the reso\u00adlu\u00adti\u00adon of social issues and the acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon of lea\u00adding-edge rese\u00adarch through the deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of the world\u2019s best ope\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy, the enhance\u00adment of the user envi\u00adron\u00adment, and the deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment and pro\u00advi\u00adsi\u00adon of various super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting technologies.<\/p>\n

In addi\u00adti\u00adon, RIST<\/span>, which is the Regis\u00adtered Insti\u00adtu\u00adti\u00adon for Faci\u00adli\u00adties Use Pro\u00admo\u00adti\u00adon, has sel\u00adec\u00adted 74 pro\u00adjects for public use and indus\u00adtri\u00adal use in FY<\/span> 2021 through an open call for pro\u00adpo\u00adsals so that the \u201cPro\u00adgram for Pro\u00admo\u00adting Rese\u00adarch on the Super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter Fug\u00ada\u00adku\u201d can be con\u00adtin\u00adued, and a wide ran\u00adge of rese\u00adar\u00adchers, etc. can imme\u00addia\u00adte\u00adly start full-sca\u00adle use after the begin\u00adning of shared use of Fug\u00ada\u00adku. Curr\u00adent\u00adly, RIST<\/span> is cal\u00adling for pro\u00adpo\u00adsals in seve\u00adral cate\u00adgo\u00adries, and rese\u00adar\u00adchers who are inte\u00adres\u00adted are invi\u00adted to apply.<\/p>\n

2. Use of Fug\u00ada\u00adku and future development<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fug\u00ada\u00adku has won four super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter titles for the second con\u00adse\u00adcu\u00adti\u00adve peri\u00adod in the world\u2019s major high-per\u00adfor\u00admance com\u00adpu\u00adting ran\u00adkings and is making full use of its out\u00adstan\u00adding poten\u00adti\u00adal to sol\u00adve urgent social and sci\u00aden\u00adti\u00adfic pro\u00adblems. With its out\u00adstan\u00adding com\u00adpu\u00adta\u00adtio\u00adnal power, Fug\u00ada\u00adku will play an important role in buil\u00adding Socie\u00adty 5.0, the Super Smart Socie\u00adty, through the fol\u00adlo\u00adwing technologies.<\/p>\n

Simu\u00adla\u00adti\u00adon<\/strong>
\nFug\u00ada\u00adku boasts up to 100 times the appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon per\u00adfor\u00admance of the K com\u00adpu\u00adter, allo\u00adwing for simu\u00adla\u00adti\u00adons of \u201chigh reso\u00adlu\u00adti\u00adon\u201d \u201clong dura\u00adti\u00adon\u201d \u201clar\u00adge-sca\u00adle\u201d and \u201cmul\u00adti\u00adple case\u201d. It is expec\u00adted to have various impacts ran\u00adging from sol\u00adving fami\u00adli\u00adar social pro\u00adblems to hel\u00adping impro\u00adve under\u00adstan\u00adding of fun\u00adda\u00admen\u00adtal science.<\/p>\n

AI<\/span> (arti\u00adfi\u00adci\u00adal intel\u00adli\u00adgence), data science<\/strong><\/p>\n

The next gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon of deep lear\u00adning-based AI<\/span> is com\u00adpu\u00adta\u00adtio\u00adnal\u00adly inten\u00adsi\u00adve and will requi\u00adre lar\u00adge-sca\u00adle super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting resour\u00adces. Fugaku\u2019s CPU<\/span> pos\u00ads\u00ades\u00adses high per\u00adfor\u00admance in \u201ccon\u00advo\u00adlu\u00adti\u00adon ope\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons,\u201d which are cen\u00adtral to deep lear\u00adning, and is con\u00adnec\u00adted by a net\u00adwork with supe\u00adri\u00ador com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon per\u00adfor\u00admance, and it will be lever\u00ada\u00adged for AI<\/span> and data sci\u00adence research.<\/p>\n

Fusi\u00adon of simu\u00adla\u00adti\u00adon and AI<\/span>\/data sci\u00adence<\/strong>Fug\u00ada\u00adku makes it pos\u00adsi\u00adble to com\u00adbi\u00adne simu\u00adla\u00adti\u00adon with AI<\/span> and data sci\u00adence at the hig\u00adhest level in the world. For ins\u00adtance, AI<\/span> can be used to search for para\u00adme\u00adters neces\u00adsa\u00adry for simu\u00adla\u00adti\u00adon and to extra\u00adpo\u00adla\u00adte simu\u00adla\u00adti\u00adon results. Con\u00adver\u00adse\u00adly, simu\u00adla\u00adti\u00adon can gene\u00adra\u00adte a lar\u00adge num\u00adber of data for AI<\/span> to learn.<\/p>\n

The appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon of the\u00adse methods with Fug\u00ada\u00adku will offer the fol\u00adlo\u00adwing anti\u00adci\u00adpa\u00adted outcomes:<\/p>\n