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Fugaku, developed by Riken and Fujitsu, is still the most powerful supercomputer

The supercomputer Fugaku, which was jointly developed by Fujitsu and Riken, continues to lead the top lists of computers dedicated to high-performance computing. Among them are HPCG and Graph500 BFS (Breadth-First Search). In addition, it has ranked second in two other supercomputer lists: the TOP500 and the HPL-AI.

The first of the lists ranks the performance of supercomputers at work with computational methods often used for real-world applications. As for the Graph500, it ranks systems based on their analytical performance in graphs, a very important point in the intensive use of data.

On this occasion, the results have been achieved with Fugaku already running at full capacity, with 158,976 nodes spread over 432 racks. On the HPCG list it got 16.00 petaflops. In the Top500 he achieved a Linpack score of 442.01 Petaflops, and in the HPL-AI, 2,004 exaflops. As for the first place in Graph500, it was obtained with a collaboration between Riken, Kyushu University, Fixstars Corporation and Fujitsu, with a score of 102,955.5 gigaTEPS.

Naoki Shinjo, Deputy Director, Future Technology and Society Unit, Fujitsu Limitedpointed out that these results show that «Fugaku continues to be a supercomputer with first-class performance in a wide range of real-world applications. Fujitsu continues to work on a number of promising initiatives to harness the potential of Fugaku for the good of humanity, including a close collaboration with RIKEN in R&D to explore new fields in the drug discovery process, combining Fugaku with DeepTwin technology. Fujitsu AI, which accurately acquires quantitative features from complex data using unsupervised learning. We look forward to working with RIKEN and others in the global science and technology communities to promote research that uses HPC technologies to contribute to the realization of Society 5.0, the SDGs, and the realization of a decarbonized society.”

For its part, Satoshi Matsuoka, Director of Riken R-CCShighlighted about Fugaku’s R&D tasks that «embody the world’s leading Japanese computing technology, combining performance and energy savings with ease of programming.” The results obtained on this occasion, the first place in HPCG and Graph500, and the second in TOP500 and HPL-AI, show that Fugaku continues to be one of the most important supercomputers in the world in the field of high performance computing, where the Evolution and competition are fierce all over the planet. Even after 2 years since its first appearance in these benchmarks, Fugaku has achieved the highest overall performance in the world and continues to prove its versatility in a wide range of applications.”

Matsuoka has also pointed out that “Fugaku will bring DX, which is useful in the real world due to its extraordinary practicality, and will solve many societal problems as HPC infrastructure that continues to make Society 5.0 and the SDGs a reality. RIKEN will continue to work on the improvement and stable operation of Fugaku and promote research with a view to developing next-generation supercomputers.”

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