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Fujitsu Awarded Network Contract for Connected Coast

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Tuesday, August 3, 2021
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today announced that Fujitsu hardware, software and services have been chosen for the Connected Coast project to bring high-speed connectivity to rural and remote communities along the coast of British Columbia and around Vancouver Island.

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  • today announced that Fujitsu hardware, software and services have been chosen for the Connected Coast project to bring high-speed connectivity to rural and remote communities along the coast of British Columbia and around Vancouver Island.
  • The CityWest Connected Coast Network Corporation and Strathcona Connected Coast Network Corporation selected the Fujitsu 1FINITY platform and Virtuora Network Control (NC) solution, as well as Fujitsu field services and project management to build the new fiber network.
  • The Connected Coast initiative aims to enable vital access to high-speed broadband internet for remote working, online learning, telehealth services and emergency notifications.
  • About Fujitsu Network Communications Inc.
    Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc. is a leading provider of digital transformation solutions for network operators, service providers and content providers worldwide.

Fujitsu appoints iMocha as its global skills assessment partner

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Wednesday, July 21, 2021
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PUNE, India, July 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Fujitsu, a leading Japanese multinational information and communications technology equipment and services company, has appointed iMocha, the world's largest AI-powered skills assessment platform, as its global skills assessment partner for faster hiring of job-fit candidates.

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  • PUNE, India, July 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Fujitsu, a leading Japanese multinational information and communications technology equipment and services company, has appointed iMocha, the world's largest AI-powered skills assessment platform, as its global skills assessment partner for faster hiring of job-fit candidates.
  • With this global partnership, iMocha will help Fujitsu automate the assessment candidates on technical and language-based competencies.
  • In the first phase of the global rollout, iMocha's AI-powered skills assessment platform will be implemented in more than 7 countries across Asia and Europe.
  • On this partnership, iMocha's CEO and Co-founder, Amit Mishra, commented, "We are delighted to be Fujitsu's Global Skills Assessment Partner.

Fujitsu and Digital Commodity Exchange Enter Strategic Agreement to Accelerate Digital Transformation in Global Commodities Trading

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Tuesday, July 13, 2021
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TOKYO, July 13, 2021 - (JCN Newswire) - Fujitsu Limited and Digital Commodity Exchange Pte.

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  • TOKYO, July 13, 2021 - (JCN Newswire) - Fujitsu Limited and Digital Commodity Exchange Pte.
  • Ltd. (DCX) today announced that they have entered a global strategic agreement to accelerate the digital transformation (DX) of the global commodity (1) trading industry, including the trade of agricultural products such as grains and raw materials for manufactured goods.
  • In addition, Fujitsu will make a strategic investment in DCX on July 13, 2021 through a fund managed by its subsidiary Fujitsu Ventures Limited.
  • Ultimately, Fujitsu and DCX aim to deliver new innovations in trading operations by developing global trading platforms for the agricultural, food, manufacturing, and international trading businesses.

NTHU Team Steals the Show at the ASC Student Supercomputer Challenge

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Monday, July 5, 2021
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A team from NTHUs Department of Computer Science has won the Championship in the online group of the 2020-2021 ASC Student Supercomputer Challenge, outperforming more than 300 teams representing prestigious universities around the world.

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  • A team from NTHUs Department of Computer Science has won the Championship in the online group of the 2020-2021 ASC Student Supercomputer Challenge, outperforming more than 300 teams representing prestigious universities around the world.
  • NTHU, currently ranking second in the world, is a force to be reckoned with in the circle of supercomputer competitions.
  • The team also won several awards at SCC, including the Championship in 2010, 2011 and the Highest LINPACK Award in 2007, 2008, and 2014.
  • This years team consisted of juniors Wang Tzuwen, Huang Wenyuan, and Chang Chenghsun, and sophomores Mou Chanyu and Chiang Liyuan.

Japan's Fugaku Retains Title as World's Fastest Supercomputer for three consecutive terms

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Monday, June 28, 2021
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TOKYO, June 28, 2021 - (JCN Newswire) - The supercomputer Fugaku, jointly developed by RIKEN and Fujitsu, has successfully retained the top spot for three consecutive terms on all four of the major high-performance computer rankings.

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  • TOKYO, June 28, 2021 - (JCN Newswire) - The supercomputer Fugaku, jointly developed by RIKEN and Fujitsu, has successfully retained the top spot for three consecutive terms on all four of the major high-performance computer rankings.
  • The results this time were made with Fugaku's full complement of 158,976 nodes fit into 432 racks.
  • With this continued dominance we have been show that Fugaku is leading the world in a range of areas.
  • Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 3.6 trillion yen (US$34 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2021.

Fujitsu Demonstrates High Performance Simulations for Industrial Use Cases with Commercial Applications on the World's Fastest Supercomputer, Fugaku

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Wednesday, June 23, 2021
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Fujitsu and the participating vendors have additionally collaborated to validate operations and conduct performance tuning for commercial applications in high demand with manufacturers for Fugaku as well as the Fujitsu Supercomputer PRIMEHPC series, which draws on technology developed for the Fugaku project.

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  • Fujitsu and the participating vendors have additionally collaborated to validate operations and conduct performance tuning for commercial applications in high demand with manufacturers for Fugaku as well as the Fujitsu Supercomputer PRIMEHPC series, which draws on technology developed for the Fugaku project.
  • However, the growing demand for increasingly complex simulations presents challenges for users requiring rapid calculation results.
  • In large-scale simulations, Fujitsu analyzed the performance of commercial applications, did performance tuning to eliminate bottlenecks and applied parallel processing technology so that they could run efficiently with highly parallel processing.
  • Leveraging its industry-leading capabilities in high performance computing and its applications, Fujitsu will continue to contribute to the active development and innovation of technology development and research.

Luxembourg’s Supercomputer MeluXina is Operational

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Friday, June 11, 2021
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Luxembourgs high performance computer MeluXina was officially launched on June 7 putting the country on the global map of computer super powers.

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  • Luxembourgs high performance computer MeluXina was officially launched on June 7 putting the country on the global map of computer super powers.
  • MeluXina is capable of executing more than 10 Petaflops, the equivalent of 10 million billion calculations per second, which will rank it among the worlds top 50 supercomputers.
  • Its innovative modular architecture allows MeluXina to serve a large variety of complex, data-driven computational workloads.
  • We have set up a national HPC competence centre that provides operational support and training for users.

AMD EPYC™ Processors to Power New System for National Supercomputing Centre Singapore

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Tuesday, May 11, 2021
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b'SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 11, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) announced that AMD EPYC\xe2\x84\xa2 7003 Series processors will be used to power a new supercomputer for the National Supercomputing Centre (NSCC) Singapore , the national high-performance computing (HPC) resource center dedicated to supporting science and engineering computing needs.\nThe system will be based on the HPE Cray EX supercomputer and will use a combination of the EPYC 7763 and EPYC 75F3 processors.

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  • b'SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 11, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) announced that AMD EPYC\xe2\x84\xa2 7003 Series processors will be used to power a new supercomputer for the National Supercomputing Centre (NSCC) Singapore , the national high-performance computing (HPC) resource center dedicated to supporting science and engineering computing needs.\nThe system will be based on the HPE Cray EX supercomputer and will use a combination of the EPYC 7763 and EPYC 75F3 processors.
  • The supercomputer is planned to be fully operational by 2022 and is expected to have a peak theoretical performance of 10 petaFLOPS, 8x faster than NSCC\xe2\x80\x99s existing pool of HPC resources .
  • Researchers will use the system to advance scientific research across biomedicine, genomics, diseases, climate, and more.\n\xe2\x80\x9cAMD EPYC processors are the leading choice for the HPC research that makes an impact on the world, and that\xe2\x80\x99s why they have been chosen to power Singapore\xe2\x80\x99s most powerful supercomputer,\xe2\x80\x9d said Ram Peddibhotla, corporate vice president, AMD EPYC product management.
  • AMD employees around the world are focused on building great products that push the boundaries of what is possible.

LUG 2021 Virtual Event Hosted by OpenSFS and the University of Florida

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Thursday, May 6, 2021
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b'BEAVERTON, Ore., May 06, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Open Scalable File Systems (OpenSFS) , the premier non-profit organization advancing and coordinating the Lustre\xc2\xae file system community , has announced plans for the 2021 Lustre User Group (LUG) conference .

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  • b'BEAVERTON, Ore., May 06, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Open Scalable File Systems (OpenSFS) , the premier non-profit organization advancing and coordinating the Lustre\xc2\xae file system community , has announced plans for the 2021 Lustre User Group (LUG) conference .
  • LUG 2021 will take place May 19-20, 2021 in cyberspace, hosted by OpenSFS and the University of Florida.
  • This year\xe2\x80\x99s networking events will be online via a virtual platform that allows registrants and sponsors to mingle and interact.
  • LUG 2021 brings together Lustre system architects, administrators, and users from around the world.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Selected to Build New Supercomputer for the National Supercomputing Centre Singapore to Support Scientific Research

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Wednesday, April 28, 2021
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b'\xe2\x80\x9cWe are inspired by how Singapore\xe2\x80\x99s community of scientists have leveraged high performance computing to improve ongoing research efforts.

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  • b'\xe2\x80\x9cWe are inspired by how Singapore\xe2\x80\x99s community of scientists have leveraged high performance computing to improve ongoing research efforts.
  • It also includes the HPE Cray EX software stack for software-defined capabilities that allow the NSCC\xe2\x80\x99s users to gain the high-performance of a supercomputer, but through the operational experience of a cloud.
  • NSCC\xe2\x80\x99s new supercomputer will deliver 10 petabytes of storage with over 300GB/s of read/write performance speeds.\nThe new system will be operational in early 2022.
  • To learn more about NSCC and Singapore\xe2\x80\x99s national HPC resources, please visit www.nscc.sg\nHewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud platform as-a-service company that helps organizations accelerate outcomes by unlocking value from all of their data, everywhere.