Supercomputing in Japan

NTHU Team Steals the Show at the ASC Student Supercomputer Challenge

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Monday, July 5, 2021

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

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

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.

Hexagon Adopts The Supercomputer Fugaku To Revolutionise The Use Of Simulations In Product Innovation

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Wednesday, June 23, 2021

As a result, the cost and time to achieve these simulations is prohibitive and engineers can only simulate an approximation of a product.

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  • As a result, the cost and time to achieve these simulations is prohibitive and engineers can only simulate an approximation of a product.
  • Now, Hexagon's Cradle CFD customers will have the opportunity to tap into the power of the ARM-based Fugaku computer architecture to achieve complex simulations quickly and easily.
  • Hexagon experts collaborated closely with Fujitsu Limited to tune the Cradle CFD code to run on Fugaku and complete test simulations.
  • "Both Cradle CFD and Fugaku are based in Japan, and I believe we can leverage these excellent achievements globally through Hexagon's network."

Luxembourg’s Supercomputer MeluXina is Operational

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Friday, June 11, 2021

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.

Valley TeleCom to Enhance Broadband Services with 1FINITY™ Solution from Fujitsu and Power & Tel

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Tuesday, April 20, 2021

By deploying Fujitsu 1FINITY L100 Lambda blades, plus T300 & T310 Transport blades, Valley TeleCom is enabling greater network capacity and scalability in a minimal footprint.

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  • By deploying Fujitsu 1FINITY L100 Lambda blades, plus T300 & T310 Transport blades, Valley TeleCom is enabling greater network capacity and scalability in a minimal footprint.
  • 1FINITY T-Series blades can be combined with 1FINITY L-Series blades to quickly and efficiently create CD or CDC ROADM nodes that scale from small to large network applications.
  • We use our experience and the power of ICT to shape the future of society with our customers.
  • Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 3.9 trillion yen (US$35 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2020.

Fujitsu and RIKEN Complete Joint Development of Japan's Fugaku, the World's Fastest Supercomputer

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Tuesday, March 9, 2021

In 2014, RIKEN and Fujitsu began joint development of Fugaku and completed delivery of all racks in May 2020.

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  • 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.
  • It is expected to have various impacts ranging from solving familiar social problems to helping improve understanding of fundamental science.
  • Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 3.9 trillion yen (US$35 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2020.

Fujitsu Leverages World's Fastest Supercomputer 'Fugaku' and AI to Deliver Real-Time Tsunami Prediction in Joint Project

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Tuesday, February 16, 2021

As part of the joint initiative, numerous high-resolution tsunami simulations were carried out using Japan's flagship supercomputer Fugaku.

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  • As part of the joint initiative, numerous high-resolution tsunami simulations were carried out using Japan's flagship supercomputer Fugaku.
  • A new AI model was then created using simulated offshore tsunami waveforms and coastal flooding conditions as training data.
  • Ultimately, this technology offers the potential for disaster management teams to make near real-time, data-driven disaster mitigation and evacuation measures.
  • Founded in 1968 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Fujitsu Limited, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. is one of the premier research centers in the world.

ASC20-21 Student Supercomputer Challenge Kickoff: Quantum Computing Simulations, AI Language Exam and Pulsar Searching with FAST

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Tuesday, December 15, 2020

The preliminary round of the 2020-2021 ASC Student Supercomputer Challenge (ASC20-21) officially kicked off on November 16, 2020.

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  • The preliminary round of the 2020-2021 ASC Student Supercomputer Challenge (ASC20-21) officially kicked off on November 16, 2020.
  • During the finals, they will compete for various awards including the Champion, Silver Prize, Highest LINPACK, and e- Prize.
  • The ASC Student Supercomputer Challenge is the worlds largest student supercomputer competition, sponsored and organized by Asia Supercomputer Community in China and supported by Asian, European, and American experts and institutions.
  • The first ASC Student Supercomputer Challenge was held in 2012 and since has attracted nearly 10,000 undergraduates from all over the world.

Japanese Research Group Performs Largest Ever Meteorological Calculation on Supercomputer Fugaku

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Tuesday, November 24, 2020

In June and November 2020, supercomputer Fugaku consecutively won first place in four categories of the world rankings for a variety of computing performance metrics.

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  • In June and November 2020, supercomputer Fugaku consecutively won first place in four categories of the world rankings for a variety of computing performance metrics.
  • This research is the result of conducting the largest and most feasible experiment of high-resolution and large ensemble data assimilation using Fugaku, marking the culmination of these co-design achievements.
  • Figure 2 shows the flow of the calculation and the amount of data input and output for each calculation.
  • As an example of the calculation result, the calculation time of the data assimilation part is summarized in Fig.